Will hifi die as Coronavirus spreads?

[Jimboo]

You wrote 9 M HOSPITALISED,yet your quote said The coronavirus epidemic in the UK will last until next spring and could lead to 7.9 million people being hospitalised.
Not on the same day or week or month.
Read and digest it , stop, think , read again , be logical. Listen to the bloody doctor and do the maths. You are not helping the situation.

 

[insider9]

For the record I've not bought any loo roll or pasta.

You wrote 9 M HOSPITALISED,yet your quote said The coronavirus epidemic in the UK will last until next spring and could lead to 7.9 million people being hospitalised.
Not on the same day or week or month.
Read and digest it , stop, think , read again , be logical. Listen to the bloody doctor and do the maths. You are not helping the situation.

Stop being patronising. One comment was a reprint from Guardian. The other numbers were what I believe in based on simple maths and what is happening.

 

[Deleted member 188533]

Mortality rate is far less when compared to Influenza, MERS or Ebola viruses,

Not to question your knowledge there but you sure you mean regular yearly influenza? Because if you mean H5 N1 then that's a disease like MERS with very little infectivity in humans. Regular run of the mill yearly influenza CFR is about .1% on the high side. The best case models I've seen for this come to about 1%.

 

[Deleted member 188533]

I think I said that wrong. Not CFR but total disease fatality rate. Adjusted for asymptomatic and mild disease.

These people.

https://twitter.com/Imperial_JIDEA

 

[knaithrover]

The only good thing about potential self isolation is the prospect of music and hifi tinkering all day!

 

[Jimboo]

For the record I've not bought any loo roll or pasta.


Stop being patronising. One comment was a reprint from Guardian. The other numbers were what I believe in based on simple maths and what is happening.

I am not being patronising I really am trying to cut through the crap. The simple maths you speak of should tell you exactly why you are so over the top worried.

 

[Jimboo]

The only good thing about potential self isolation is the prospect of music and hifi tinkering all day!

I know, pity you cannot wipe your arse or eat food from the two most infected parts of the globe though.

 

[insider9]

Let's see your maths Jimboo

 

[Deleted member 108165]

Sometimes I doubt posters can read as this thread has no place in HiFi subforum

As Insider said a few days ago there is no section for these kind of discussions.

 

[Deleted member 188533]

Lets be nice please. We can have an adult conversation about this. I think it's a good thing to talk about since it's going to have an impact on all our lives in some way. But let's be civil even if we disagree about some things.

 

[Deleted member 108165]

The only good thing about potential self isolation is the prospect of music and hifi tinkering all day!

You've obviously never had real flu before then? Man flu is very different to the real thing.

 

[Deleted member 108165]

Good that bigboss took the time out of his busy schedule to post, thank you. A real Doctor I will listen to. Not interested in the spin on the news or in the papers, or arm-chair physicians and clairvoyants.

 

[Jimboo]

Pity he was ignored Doug.
The maths are already posted on the thread Insider mate.

 

[bigboss]

Not to question your knowledge there but you sure you mean regular yearly influenza? Because if you mean H5 N1 then that's a disease like MERS with very little infectivity in humans. Regular run of the mill yearly influenza CFR is about .1% on the high side. The best case models I've seen for this come to about 1%.

Sorry, yes I mean H5N1 avian influenza which had a mortality of 60%. MERS had a mortality of 34% and Ebola 50%. Compared to them, the mortality rate for SARS CoV2 (Covid 19) is less, but because it's more infective than others, more people will be infected. So even a small percentage mortality can mean big numbers.

 

[Deleted member 188533]

Oh yeah. Much much much less. Any of those jump to easy transmissibility with the same CFR and that's a threat to humanity. Thankfully the ones that kill high percentages burn out quickly.

Covid19 is at an very ugly 3.7% right now or there abouts. That's missing hopefully a large number of cases though. Seems born out in the South Korean testing.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1239041092978343937

View: https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1239041092978343937

 

[Dom]

Insider. I don't think you can die...

 

[Gray]

Insider. I don't think you can die...

.....that young, healthy Chinese doctor might well have thought that too, before it killed him.
The truth is that nobody knows enough about this particular virus to be sure about anything.

 

[smbmetal]

Most hifi enthusiasts are of retirement age. As a result more susceptible to the virus. Younger people don't care about sound quality. And finally once sh*t hits the fan no one will care.

Is this the end of hifi?

I'm 40 now and got into Hi-Fi at 30. I don't think it will be the end of Hi-Fi

There's been 6,500 world wide deaths up to now https://www.theguardian.com/world/l...stralia-france-italy-spain-update-latest-news

Whilst I'm sure that number will unfortunately continue to climb I'm sure they'll be plenty of "Retirement Age" people about afterwards.

 

[Deleted member 108165]

The only thing that we can be certain of, regardless of any government intervention, is that a majority of this forum will probably get it. How it manifests itself will depend very much on age, health and underlying issues.

Regarding the above chart looks like I need to keep away from anyone in the 20-29 age group, so any of you are welcome around place as you're all over that age

Personally I'm at a standpoint between the don't worry about it crowd and the be very worried about it crowd.

 

[Moree Spingato]

If anything, the forced lockdown will make more people wonder what to do at home. Perhaps HiFi will be one of the top options

 

[Greenwich_Man]

I hope I'll be OK. I'm almost 70, and I have a heart condition. Lets pray for each other. God bless you all.

 

[Squall Leonhart]

No one has mentioned the most important thing. How will this virus affect sound quality?

Spoiler

sorry

 

[insider9]

Insider. I don't think you can die...

Oh we all will at some point.

 

[insider9]

No one has mentioned the most important thing. How will this virus affect sound quality?

Spoiler

sorry

We need humour. What else you've got? 😂

 

[knaithrover]

You've obviously never had real flu before then? Man flu is very different to the real thing.

I've not had the flu no or man flu either. I do regrettably have personal experience of serious illness and ok i wasnt tinkering with my hifi but i found music to be extremely important in getting me through it.