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Yup.
When all is said and done, it's a variant of the Flu Virus.
Which has co-evolved with humanity for millions of years.
Thus 99.999% of people with normal, average, functioning immune systems will barely notice it.
Most humans easily survive well over a hundred Flu infections in their lifetime, occasionally suffering short spells of high fever and incapacity in the process.
Yes, it's a killer in extreme cases or for those with compromised immunity, but it's one we've evolved to live with.
It's not the black death or smallpox.
😷
Yup.
When all is said and done, it's a variant of the Flu Virus.
Which has co-evolved with humanity for millions of years.
Thus 99.999% of people with normal, average, functioning immune systems will barely notice it.
Most humans easily survive well over a hundred Flu infections in their lifetime, occasionally suffering short spells of high fever and incapacity in the process.
Yes, it's a killer in extreme cases or for those with compromised immunity, but it's one we've evolved to live with.
It's not the black death or smallpox.
😷
Talking of which (immune system), here's a nice animation from utube ...Which is troubling, especially when a pretty good way to compromise your immune system is to go into an NHS hospital......
Hi c_v,. . . So perhaps you and others can explain to us HOW we get it under control.
Are you effectively admitting to being a "super-spreader" and one that was unchecked as the other key guy who was identified was at least tracked for all of his contacts ? Also, did Mrs Timsk succumb to they same ?.. I strongly suspect I had the virus at the tail end of January as I went down with the symptoms whilst on holiday in Spain (Malaga).
Hi Paul,Are you effectively admitting to being a "super-spreader" and one that was unchecked as the other key guy who was identified was at least tracked for all of his contacts ? Also, did Mrs Timsk succumb to they same ?
It’s certainly not flu but it is a virus ( corona type)Yup.
When all is said and done, it's a variant of the Flu Virus.
Which has co-evolved with humanity for millions of years.
Thus 99.999% of people with normal, average, functioning immune systems will barely notice it.
Most humans easily survive well over a hundred Flu infections in their lifetime, occasionally suffering short spells of high fever and incapacity in the process.
Yes, it's a killer in extreme cases or for those with compromised immunity, but it's one we've evolved to live with.
It's not the black death or smallpox.
😷
Hi Paul,
My contention is that the authorities worldwide (and especially here in the UK) are well behind the curve in terms of how far the virus has spread and how many are infected. I suspect there are thousands - perhaps hundreds of thousands - of people with the virus who either don't realise it or, like me, have had it and recovered from it. I'm sure I wasn't the only person in the UK who had the symptoms in late Jan' / early Feb' and who - like me - did nothing about it because we were lead to believe that the virus was confined to China. So no, I doubt I'm a 'super-spreader', not least because I don't know of anyone else I've been in contact with who's had the symptoms. At my worst (and most infectious) was on the day we returned home from Spain. I've kept a close eye for reports of people getting the virus who returned from Malaga at the same time as us: I'm not aware of any. Also, I was sensible: I went straight to bed for five days didn't mix with others (besides Mrs. timsk) until I was confident I was no longer infectious. And Mrs. timsk is fine; she never gets the same illnesses as me at the same time as me - she's clever like that!
Tim.
Hot, achey, drowsy, been sleeping all day. Somethin's starting.....
Are you Long or Short??
Don't want to panic but I think I might have picked something up in London at the weekend.......
Hot, achey, drowsy, been sleeping all day
Very wise. Staying in cash is often the best position...I'm feelin' pretty flat.