Seems fair enough to me. What does your travel insurance policy say ?
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Seems fair enough to me. What does your travel insurance policy say ?
- Nov 11, 2009
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man city Benjamin Mendy Self isolating https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51864868
seasons not going to finish imho
seasons not going to finish imho
Lyndhurst 14
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- Jan 16, 2008
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Seems like some insurance companies are going to play the Coronavirus pandemic card to decline paying out on existing policies and issuing future ones including coverage for any viral infections.
Who'd have thunk it?
Who'd have thunk it?
The Wookiee
Back From The Dead
Refunded in full in Foreign office say you can’t travel to that area or flights are cancelled
darkwolf666
Well-known member
My wife undergoes her fourth cycle of chemotherapy tomorrow for Lymphoma. We will be self isolating for the week immediately following her treatment, when her immune system will be at its lowest.
Probably over reacting, but hey, wouldn’t you?
Probably over reacting, but hey, wouldn’t you?
Sincere best wishes to you both
Coronavirus / Covid-19
Our government took a strategic decision to frighten the shit out of people by declaring that 80% of the population could catch it. This was a tactic to scare people into action in the hope that it would help reduce the spread (although screening passengers from Italy, Iran etc would have been a lot more effective). That rate of infection is ‘War Of The Worlds’/‘Independence Day’ disaster level. It’s bollocks however well intentioned. The Germans copied us but chose 70% which is still absurd but a tiny little bit more believable!
However, look at the Diamond Princess (as [MENTION=616]Guinness Boy[/MENTION] pointed out) and you have a fantastic model of what could happen in a worst case scenario. A closed environment, an elderly population and very little experience or expertise in dealing with Covid-19.
This figures were 25% infection rate with 1% deaths. They tested everyone to get precise figures.
Divide this down and you can see that in a worst case scenario in South East England, about 23,000 people would sadly die.
SE England Pop: 9,140,000
Infected: 2,285,000
Deaths: 22,850
This is very very tragic but not the end of the world.
I think every tiny little measure everyone takes will reduce these figures down and down. We’ve got the NHS on our side, we just need to keep washing our hands, using tissues and self isolating.
I think we’ll better Hubei’s infection rate of 0.015% because we have the knowledge of what has happened there first and some of the most talented medical people on the planet.
Also, China tried to cover up Coronavirus before it exploded so we are already ahead of the curve but if we matched their figures, it could look something like this in the South East.
SE England Pop: 9,140,000
Infected: 137,100
Deaths: 1,371
Extrapolate that to the UK population as a whole and that’s 6,650 deaths in the UK in total which still seems a large amount compared to China’s death toll (which I assume could double).
That death toll would be a disaster, but it’s not 100,000.
Our government took a strategic decision to frighten the shit out of people by declaring that 80% of the population could catch it. This was a tactic to scare people into action in the hope that it would help reduce the spread (although screening passengers from Italy, Iran etc would have been a lot more effective). That rate of infection is ‘War Of The Worlds’/‘Independence Day’ disaster level. It’s bollocks however well intentioned. The Germans copied us but chose 70% which is still absurd but a tiny little bit more believable!
However, look at the Diamond Princess (as [MENTION=616]Guinness Boy[/MENTION] pointed out) and you have a fantastic model of what could happen in a worst case scenario. A closed environment, an elderly population and very little experience or expertise in dealing with Covid-19.
This figures were 25% infection rate with 1% deaths. They tested everyone to get precise figures.
Divide this down and you can see that in a worst case scenario in South East England, about 23,000 people would sadly die.
SE England Pop: 9,140,000
Infected: 2,285,000
Deaths: 22,850
This is very very tragic but not the end of the world.
I think every tiny little measure everyone takes will reduce these figures down and down. We’ve got the NHS on our side, we just need to keep washing our hands, using tissues and self isolating.
I think we’ll better Hubei’s infection rate of 0.015% because we have the knowledge of what has happened there first and some of the most talented medical people on the planet.
Also, China tried to cover up Coronavirus before it exploded so we are already ahead of the curve but if we matched their figures, it could look something like this in the South East.
SE England Pop: 9,140,000
Infected: 137,100
Deaths: 1,371
Extrapolate that to the UK population as a whole and that’s 6,650 deaths in the UK in total which still seems a large amount compared to China’s death toll (which I assume could double).
That death toll would be a disaster, but it’s not 100,000.
Sorrel
Well-known member
Once a heavy lock down starts it's going to be difficult to stop it., especially if the suggested temperature sensitivity of the virus is true and we will be in the worst phase of it at the end of March and through April. If that was the case, we don't want people giving up with the lock down at the worst time for it.
I still expect there to be a gradually increasing lock down from now on, with further measures implemented every couple of days. I think that is more sensible than a full-on lock everything down now approach.
And anyway, we can lock ourselves down if we want. My household have certainly changed their behaviour and I expect a lot of other people have too.
I still expect there to be a gradually increasing lock down from now on, with further measures implemented every couple of days. I think that is more sensible than a full-on lock everything down now approach.
And anyway, we can lock ourselves down if we want. My household have certainly changed their behaviour and I expect a lot of other people have too.
AZ Gull
@SeagullsAcademy @seagullsacademy.bsky.social
Didn't India close their borders yesterday?
Not over reacting in the slightest. All the best to you both.
Well now...
Ohio health official estimates 100,000 people in state have coronavirus
http://hill.cm/zU4OKZ9
(Let's hope this is way out)
Ohio health official estimates 100,000 people in state have coronavirus
http://hill.cm/zU4OKZ9
(Let's hope this is way out)
Not overreacting at all. Completely understandable and sensible.
I’ve no idea. They went this week.
Lyndhurst 14
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- Jan 16, 2008
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In 2018, the Trump administration fired the government’s entire pandemic response chain of command, including the White House management infrastructure.
Smart move Captain Chaos
https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/01/31/coronavirus-china-trump-united-states-public-health-emergency-response/
Smart move Captain Chaos
https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/01/31/coronavirus-china-trump-united-states-public-health-emergency-response/
Is it PotG?
Thrifty non-licker
It's March 2020, with a virus we've never scene before
pb21
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- Apr 23, 2010
- 6,684
Is it though?
You had a literally fully compartmentalised group of people. I am not sure when they were quarantined but I expect it was relatively early on when the first case was confirmed.
Beach Hut
Brighton Bhuna Boy
I think from tomorrow they are not issuing a visa to enter for at least a month
Good luck to both of you.