Leaked U.K. health document

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   Found this on Twitter.  Was posted in the Independent 

Coronavirus could kill half a million Britons and infect 80% of UK, leaked document suggests

A leaked government document has suggested up to 500,000 people could die from coronavirus if the disease is able to infect up to 80 per cent of the country, Shaun Lintern reports.

While the Department of Health and Social Care said it did not expect the scenario to happen, the briefing to ministers, leaked to The Sun, said “the reasonable worst case” was for four fifths of the country to succumb to the virus.

The document by the National Security Communications Team warned: “The current planning assumption is that 2-3 per cent of symptomatic cases will result in a fatality.” This could mean as many as 500,000 Britons could die.

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Emswally Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List V.I.P. Member Joined: January 25 2020 Location: Idaho USA Status: Offline Points: 1380	Post Options Post Reply Quote Emswally Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Leaked U.K. health document Posted: February 26 2020 at 6:19am
	Found this on Twitter. Was posted in the Independent Coronavirus could kill half a million Britons and infect 80% of UK, leaked document suggests A leaked government document has suggested up to 500,000 people could die from coronavirus if the disease is able to infect up to 80 per cent of the country, Shaun Lintern reports. While the Department of Health and Social Care said it did not expect the scenario to happen, the briefing to ministers, leaked to The Sun, said “the reasonable worst case” was for four fifths of the country to succumb to the virus. The document by the National Security Communications Team warned: “The current planning assumption is that 2-3 per cent of symptomatic cases will result in a fatality.” This could mean as many as 500,000 Britons could die.

BabyCat Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List V.I.P. Member Joined: January 26 2020 Status: Offline Points: 15175	Post Options Post Reply Quote BabyCat Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: February 26 2020 at 7:49am
	Thanks for posting. Shouldn't be too much of a surprise. There's a lot of "ifs" to get to that worst case scenario, but basically what I've been saying. It's common sense, epidemiology, and math. Mostly common sense, though.

Pandemic Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Adviser Group Joined: January 31 2020 Location: UK Status: Offline Points: 2725	Post Options Post Reply Quote Pandemic Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: February 26 2020 at 8:30am
	No surprises to be honest. Even the leaked documents which is concerning !.

Technophobe Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Assistant Admin Joined: January 16 2014 Location: Scotland Status: Offline Points: 88450	Post Options Post Reply Quote Technophobe Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: February 26 2020 at 9:10am
	Nah, that just shows how on the ball we really are.
	How do you tell if a politician is lying? His lips or pen are moving.