New Posts For Thread: Chris Witty COVID-19 Lecturehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31644861/chris-witty-covid-19-lectureGiven just yesterday.1 hour 21 minutes, and yes, he is a very dry presenter, but still well worth watching.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BdPKpWbxTgIncidentally, he puts up a slide near the end that shows outcomes for COVID-19 patients who were givMy wife's uncle who has health issues and is in his late 70s, was in hospital for an unrelated issue, and tested positive for COBID-19 over 2 weeks ago. Never had any symptons.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31644861/chris-witty-covid-19-lecture?post_id=559261461#559261461My wife's uncle who has health issues and is in his late 70s, was in hospital for an unrelated issue, and tested positive for COBID-19 over 2 weeks ago. Never had any symptons.Sat, 02 May 2020 06:55:25 -0500Yes overall rate silly for them talk about.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31644861/chris-witty-covid-19-lecture?post_id=559261443#559261443Yes overall rate silly for them talk about.Sat, 02 May 2020 06:51:22 -0500One of the key points maid by Ferguson in his recent interview was to move away from the fixation with a single IFR.Now, Witty does talk of a single IFR, but does demonstate why Ferguson made his comments by displaying a number of country specific aghttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31644861/chris-witty-covid-19-lecture?post_id=559261287#559261287One of the key points maid by Ferguson in his recent interview was to move away from the fixation with a single IFR.Now, Witty does talk of a single IFR, but does demonstate why Ferguson made his comments by displaying a number of country specific agSat, 02 May 2020 06:00:25 -05001% rate for those with or without symptoms he reckons.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31644861/chris-witty-covid-19-lecture?post_id=559261265#5592612651% rate for those with or without symptoms he reckons.Sat, 02 May 2020 05:53:08 -05001.5% fatality rate if you have symptoms. Is that right?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31644861/chris-witty-covid-19-lecture?post_id=559261261#5592612611.5% fatality rate if you have symptoms. Is that right?Sat, 02 May 2020 05:52:24 -0500Forgot to note that Witty points out that, in several previous epidemics, the second wave was more deadlyhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31644861/chris-witty-covid-19-lecture?post_id=559261163#559261163Forgot to note that Witty points out that, in several previous epidemics, the second wave was more deadlySat, 02 May 2020 05:10:59 -0500Disagree with a couple of your points - breadnbutter - But agree with another one.You say ..."if the cure was a drug/chemical/substance that was freely available I don't think certain folks would be shouting from the rooftops,"By that comment, you mehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31644861/chris-witty-covid-19-lecture?post_id=559260695#559260695Disagree with a couple of your points - breadnbutter - But agree with another one.You say ..."if the cure was a drug/chemical/substance that was freely available I don't think certain folks would be shouting from the rooftops,"By that comment, you meFri, 01 May 2020 19:20:41 -0500walofs//https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31644861/chris-witty-covid-19-lecture?post_id=559260687#559260687walofs//Fri, 01 May 2020 19:08:12 -0500Think remdesivir was the antiviral being touted as the mother of all antivirals to cure a whole load of viral diseases, and this was before the outbrake, these new style antivirals are pretty recent advances in medicine. But as they say if the cure whttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31644861/chris-witty-covid-19-lecture?post_id=559260643#559260643Think remdesivir was the antiviral being touted as the mother of all antivirals to cure a whole load of viral diseases, and this was before the outbrake, these new style antivirals are pretty recent advances in medicine. But as they say if the cure wFri, 01 May 2020 18:24:42 -0500remdesivir given fast track, there may be links between those making this decision and the drug company that produces ithttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31644861/chris-witty-covid-19-lecture?post_id=559260383#559260383remdesivir given fast track, there may be links between those making this decision and the drug company that produces itFri, 01 May 2020 17:04:21 -0500