Comments by "John Woodrow" (@johnwoodrow8769) on "Aussies are saying they've 'had a gutfull' of the coronavirus restrictions" video.

Gail McLean Hi Gail, I'm 68 and feel exactly the same way. All I care about are the young people who have needlessly been thrown out of work. In my 20's I went through the recession at the end of the Frazer years, know what it's like to not have enough money to buy food or pay your way among friends. Totally demoralizing, will never forget, and wish it on nobody, no matter the circumstances. I can look after myself thank you Mr. Big Brother Government, as I've done for the past 68 years just fine.
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@ff-ek3oo And that's probably about the number of people who die in any one large nursing home on average every day. Unless people have actual spent time in the high care section of an aged care home due to a parent or spouse being a resident , they can have no idea of the EXTREME poor state of health of the majority of residents. They are only there for one reason.
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@iam7712 Can you please explain why a slow spread of the virus to achieve herd immunity is better than a quick one as long as it doesn't overwhelm the health system and the vulnerable are well protected. Wouldn't your 'slow spread' strategy just leave the vulnerable in that state for longer and as such at increased risk?
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@iam7712 Derrrrr..... on what basis do you make such a ridiculous claim. At NO TIME has Australia ever looked even remotely close to overwhelming its health system. Basically empty wards with people standing around totally bored. All Australia has achieved is make matters possibly worse by failing to take advantage of the warm weather prior to winter to allow as many people as possible to develop natural immunity. Aren't our 'experts' f'ing smart, not.
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@Vibes1722 And are you saying people don't die from Influenza? Try around 3,500 people a year in Australia, every year. And between 260,000 to 600,000 people a year globally depending on the severity of the 'season'.
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@oldman2800 I don't know about 'more' being accurate. In 1968 an estimated 1 million people die from the 'flu'. That included around 100,000 people in the USA. That strain of flu (Hong Kong flu) is still around and just circulates as part of the annual flu mix.
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@jackflaherty5 What scientists say a vaccine is highly likely? Those with a vested interest in getting as much research funding as they can, before even considering those who hope to make a fortune if they do fluke it. I've yet to see a credible truly independent expert say discovery of a vaccine is likely. All say in effect while they hope it happens, the reality is it's highly unlikely.
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@moonjimunji7916 Yes, I can see that.
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@ATARI-DAVE-73 I'm assuming from your internet name you are obese. And certainly from the data, the heightened risk to you from your poor lifestyle choices is a very real one. Asking millions of Australians to make massive sacrifices, some lifelong, some even loosing their lives from depression, marriage breakdown etc to protect you and allow you to continue with your eating habits and lazy lifestyle is a perfectly reasonable thing to expect.
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@carlenedickinson9535 That they are likely counting anyone who died who tested positive, or they just assume without testing it might be Covid-19 is consistent with data I looked on the UK Government data base for Influenza. In that case 30,000 people a year are reported as dying from Influenza or its related Pneumonia each year. But around 100,000 (including the 30k) people a year die who had Influenza at the time of death noted on the death certificate. Over three times the amount where the doctor thought the Influenza or Pneumonia just accentuated say the chronic heart condition. With Covid-19 you can bet they are using the 100,000 a year methodology. So comparing apples with apples, UK deaths from/with Influenza are probably around 120,000 people each and every year (adding a guess at 20,00 for Scotland, Wales, etc). Covid-19 deaths so far are around 30,000 people. Makes a MASSIVE difference when things are placed into some sort of proper perspective.
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My take on the most likely reason. Influenza is just as deadly to the elderly as Covid-19, so they don't want someone to die from Influenza and have a doctor just guess its Covid-19 like they have done in most parts of the world and write that on the death certificate. Brings them a world of pain from all the media attention. No one cares much about the all the people in aged care homes who die each and every year from Influenza.
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Richard Cross I must admit in looking up some data to respond to another comment I was surprised to find just how low the effectiveness rate of Influenza vaccination is. As low as 30% in some years. About 30% of the population protected against 30% infection isn't great. This is massively different to the popular perception, I have a flu shot so I'm fully protected.
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