Same here. Slight cough/sneezing over last few days. Some tightness in chest and had a bit of temperature last night, but otherwise feel generally fine. Seeing as this useless govt can't even arrange to test us, who knows?
The UK Only Realised "In The Last Few Days" That Its Coronavirus Strategy Would "Likely Result In Hundreds of Thousands of Deaths":
https://www.buzzfeed.com/amphtml/alexwickham/coronavirus-uk-strategy-deaths
They are only testing people who have been admitted to hospital - and not always even then. People with symptoms are just being told to self-isolate. They are NOT being tested. How do we know whether they have or have had it or not? South Korea testing 22,000 people a day. Even NHS staff with...
“We have a simple message to all countries - test, test, test,” WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a press conference in Geneva.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-healthcare-coronavirus-who/world-health-organization-says-test-test-test-for-coronavirus-idUSKBN2132S4
Exactly...
Seriously, if this scenario happens the country will collapse. What are people going to do? They will not be hospitalized- they will be left to die at home untreated.
A first hand account. Make no mistake, this is cleary a very nasty virus to contract, even if you are young and healthy. Also worrying that in this instance it just started with what appeared to be a mild cold.
https://twitter.com/Narrowthefield/status/1238969032528855041?s=19
One thing not being talked about enough is the decision just to test people who have been hospitalised. This is an absolutely disastrous policy. Widespread testing is key. There is a decline in cases in South Korea mainly because they are testing 20,000 people a day, including drive thru tests...
Good article on the 'herd immunity' policy that the government apparently wants to pursue. Seriously scary stuff.
https://theconversation.com/amp/coronavirus-can-herd-immunity-really-protect-us-133583
They've now swung the other way, using the virus as an excuse to impose a police state for the next TWO YEARS. Police able to 'detain' anyone they 'suspect' of having the virus and banning all mass gatherings. F'kin hell.
https://twitter.com/Steven_Swinford/status/1238589554342461440?s=19
Just saw two guys at the Spanish Steps wondering around filming on their phones, apart from that utterly deserted. That could be London a few weeks from now.