Comments by "Dale Crocker" (@dalecrocker3213) on "" video.

With "cases" increasing at this rate and deaths and hospitalisations plunging it looks very much as though herd immunity is being achieved without a vaccine. And that's a scenario which is sending all sorts of vested interests into panic mode.
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@nicadi2005 I didn't say a vaccine is infectious. As I clearly implied it it is a mild infection in a way because it stimulates the immune system while creating few or no symptoms.
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Hope C You really should take your own advice instead or relying on newspaper articles which have a vested interest in sensationalising the facts. As you will clearly see from the official figures and graphs here below, hospital admissions continue to be minimal in numerical terms and as a percentage of cases. News outlets cherry-pick data to suit their purposes. If the number of admissions goes up from five to fifteen it is - shock! Horror! a STAGGERING 200 per cent increase. But it is still only fifteen people in hospital out of many thousands who could be there. https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/healthcare
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@CMI2017 Well at least actual events will settle this question. I remain optimistic on the whole. I am particularly encouraged by the ever-widening gap between cases and severe outcomes. As to mutation: if Covid 19 follows the example of common cold covids evolution will select milder forms to be the more successful. And as for the winter it is certainly the case that SARS 1 flourished in spring and early summer, thriving in temperatures of 18c upwards.
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@gio-oz8gf Experts have their axes to grind too, and the medicos have a sworn duty to follow what appears to be the safest course, and one must respect that. My optimism is historical and statistical. As for long-term effects - obviously people react differently and a percentage of patients will suffer these, but there is no reason to suppose that Covid will be any worse in this regard. One simply cannot run a society based on fear and pessimism. We are still acting as the Covid 19 is the 21st century version of the Black Death. And it just isn't.
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@anonymous-xy5ue Rarely three months though.
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Death rates continue to decline in all age groups though.
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How about an optimistic picture? Covid cases are rising but death and hospitalisation rates are falling. Covid 19, like its predecessor SARS 1, seems to flourish in warmer weather. The current death rate from all causes is much lower than last year - largely because Covid has already culled a chunk of the elderly and frail. This winter's deaths will be lower than usual for this very reason.
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@CMI2017 Do you have a link for this?
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@CMI2017 Both scenarios are true at the moment then. Long term damage could be a problem in some cases, as it appears to be in all severe infections of this type. Herd immunity, achieved either with or without a vaccine, should obviate this. I'm pretty convinced though that the big bad beast is going to turn into nothing much more than a nuisance now that its initial tantrum appears to be over.
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I hope you are feeling better now. There have only been a handful of secondary infections you know, and all appear to be in instances when the first infection was very mild. Covid 19, like its predecessor SARS 1 seems to like warmer weather, but this was in Asia of course where there is little need for central heating. I would suggest that people should open a window in the winter and damn the expense. If you feel cold put a pullover on!
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Mild infections - which nearly all these new cases appear to be - are a good thing. A vaccine after all is just a mild infection in a way. Deaths and hospitalisations continue to drop while "cases" rise. This is a clear indication that the disease is evolving into milder forms, as many thought it would.
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@globetwig4401 Possibly not. But it seems a likely explanation for why so man new "cases" are exhibiting such mild symptoms. And it would follow a sound evolutionary principle. since viruses which kill their hosts cannot reproduce and spread. Covid 19 is related to forms of the common cold don't forget - which is successful because its symptoms are so mild our bodies don't bother on wasting energy to combat it.
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@Dariab83 With much the same effect as mild forms of the virus. In America, incidentally,there is mounting evidence that some positive tests are resulting from dead viruses. I don't know if the same applies here.
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