Badger 2,405 Posted April 20, 2020 3 minutes ago, Mark .Y. said: That's not what your original post said though. Your intention was clearly to directly compare Covid-19 with the Spanish Flu pandemic when you have no idea of transmission rates etc. Feel free to crown yourself "King Tea Leaf Gazer" The irony is that I thought that we had reached a consensus that the figures were unreliable - the very opposite of being "palmists, fortune tellers and horoscope writers" Rather than making predictions we were pointing to the difficulty in doing so. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bill 1,788 Posted April 20, 2020 (edited) This sould bring it back on track it addresses the questions of how does a virus spread from one species to another and ;how does that virus further adapt to spread from one human to another ?' it was what I had origibally intended to post in the OP, but either 404 or my own incompetence caused it's ommission the chap in a blue shirt speak from 4.02 - 1109 is what I wanted to be the discussion point however he does raise as many concerns as he does add clarification Edited April 20, 2020 by Bill Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bill 1,788 Posted April 27, 2020 "This disease is very weird, the way it has a very different presentation in the population in different people – what we are showing is that isn’t random,” Spector said. “It is not mainly due to where you live or who you have seen; a lot of it is something innate about you. “I think you can say that your likelihood of getting it at all, or getting it severely, is under some genetic control.” https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/27/study-of-twins-reveals-genetic-effect-on-covid-19-symptoms Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
