Two thirds of coronavirus victims would have died anyway

[bobmedley]

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/03/25/two-th...

[robbieduncan]

Surely 100% would have died over a long enough time scale?

[greygoose]

I would expect 100%, maybe over several decades though.

[oyster]

Is the other third made up of contenders for The Gathering?

[bobmedley]

True

But he does say this year, which I couldn't fit into the title.......

Edited by bobmedley on Wednesday 25th March 17:04

[Wonderman]

bobmedley said:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/03/25/two-th...

But probably not in ICU/ ventilator in high numbers simultaneously, thus using capacity that could be used to save other lives...when they say protecting the NHS (other than giving it to staff, was it 14% of cases in Spain is health workers?) it means not having to stratify access to this capacity i.e.to prioritize those likely to survive.

[JagLover]

bobmedley said:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/03/25/two-th...

Anyone else getting a distinct feeling of back tracking?

Wasn't he the chap who predicted 500K deaths from swine Flu?

[Sophisticated Sarah]

JagLover said:

bobmedley said:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/03/25/two-th...

Anyone else getting a distinct feeling of back tracking?

Wasn't he the chap who predicted 500K deaths from swine Flu?

He was probably fishing for research funding