Paphos Life

I have more confidence in the Cyprus Govt and the President, than I feel for the Govt in my home country right now. So far, the Cypriots have got it right. Let’s hope they will in whatever happens in the immediate future. But it’s a worrying time for most of us.

Hope for the best!
Dee

You are comparing normality with conditions that are far form normal though.

Covid is at least 6 times as deadly as Influenza

Jimgward wrote: ↑Tue Sep 22, 2020 8:14 pm Covid is at least 6 times as deadly as Influenza

Where did you get this statistic from?

Please differentiate between those that have died from and those that have died with Covid

Dominic wrote: ↑Tue Sep 22, 2020 4:40 pm And yet, somehow, life goes on.

Let us hope so!

Austin7 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 23, 2020 9:44 am https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/arti ... aster.html

Here's an interesting article from a doctor (yes I know, it's the DM). I tend to agree with what is being said here.

So do I

"What I did not foresee, back in March, was how Covid-19 would be channelled by the lockdown into the very places that sheltered Britain’s most vulnerable people: our care homes."

That part is nonsense. The lockdown did not channel covid into care homes. THE NHS Hospitals channelled patients with Covid into care homes

"Already, they are taking hold. Two weeks ago, according to the Office for National Statistics, 991 deaths were attributed to flu and pneumonia, Covid-19 or both over a seven-day period.

Yet in the same period, the ONS data showed only 78 official deaths of patients who tested positive for Covid-19 within the past month (though this doesn’t mean the virus caused all the deaths).

These figures show that flu and pneumonia are currently roughly ten times as deadly... and according to the ONS, flu season hasn’t even started yet."

That's dangerous speculation, implying Influenza is a bigger problem than Covid. Flue kills the old and very weak. Full-stop. Covid kills and maims more than that and at least 6 times as deadly

Re that article:

"Six months ago, when the coronavirus took hold in Britain, the Prime Minister imposed a draconian lockdown that forced people to stay indoors. I warned at the time that this policy would have a devastating long-term effect on general healthcare – especially mental health – and it saddens me deeply that I was proved right."

Where is this proof?

Today's news, admittedly in the DM - "Sweden shifts towards lock down measures amid spike of cases in Stockholm".

Beechwood wrote: ↑Tue Sep 22, 2020 8:51 pm

Jimgward wrote: ↑Tue Sep 22, 2020 8:14 pm Covid is at least 6 times as deadly as Influenza

Where did you get this statistic from?

Please differentiate between those that have died from and those that have died with Covid

There are medical reports, many listing as 10 x

https://theconversation.com/random-test ... ted-138709

It maybe that England and Wales and N.ireland impose a essential travel only rule just like they have already done in Scotland then it will be irrelevant what category the U.K. is in as people will be unable to travel anyway

Jimgward wrote: ↑Thu Sep 24, 2020 10:53 am

Beechwood wrote: ↑Tue Sep 22, 2020 8:51 pm

Jimgward wrote: ↑Tue Sep 22, 2020 8:14 pm Covid is at least 6 times as deadly as Influenza

Where did you get this statistic from?

Please differentiate between those that have died from and those that have died with Covid

There are medical reports, many listing as 10 x

https://theconversation.com/random-test ... ted-138709

The word ‘estimate’ is used on a number of occasions in this article.

And I may have missed this but I can’t see the differential between those that have died from and those that have died with Covid

Beechwood wrote: ↑Fri Sep 25, 2020 2:26 pm

Jimgward wrote: ↑Thu Sep 24, 2020 10:53 am

Beechwood wrote: ↑Tue Sep 22, 2020 8:51 pm

Where did you get this statistic from?

Please differentiate between those that have died from and those that have died with Covid

There are medical reports, many listing as 10 x

https://theconversation.com/random-test ... ted-138709

The word ‘estimate’ is used on a number of occasions in this article.

And I may have missed this but I can’t see the differential between those that have died from and those that have died with Covid

Surely you could argue the same about stats to do with flu deaths as well. So what is your point?

All this speculation has no useful end, but continually harping on the forum about it is certainly not a morale boost to most people.
What will be will be.

Dee

In fairness I think the only countries in Europe that should not be in category C for travelling to Cyprus should be Finland and Latvia in every other countriy their numbers are way too high to be in category B
I say close the airports and reopen again in spring next year

We need to keep as much open for as long as we can to help individuals and businesses survive and I believe the authorities are handling each situation promptly and efficiently as it occurs. Up to all individuals to do their bit as well to keep public areas safe - I certainly don't want the authorities enforcing the elderly and/or infirm to stay at home just because a few still think the rules don't apply to them. I missed going out in April/May because of the lockdown so looking forward to getting out and about more now the cooler weather is on the way!