Main Coronavirus / Covid-19 Discussion Thread

[Dr Q]

Yes, worried, as suffer from Asthma and T2 Diabetes.

Currently in the USA, travelling back to the UK on Sunday. Have already cancelled my attendance (with full support from HR) on a planned sales tour of Malaysia, Aus and Japan at the end of March. The trip is still going ahead at present, but those that are going are now having second thoughts.

Certainly looking at what I touch and washing hands more regularly. Had out first fist bump rather than hand shake in Houston yesterday.

Plenty of Asians on recent flights had face masks on, although that tends to be common if they have colds etc anyway.

of course, the British 'It'll be alright, it won't affect me, Dunkirk spirit, nothing to worry about' will see us through!

 

[Triggaaar]

We have enough in our loft in the summer

Karma when I give it back to em

Any of you ****ing bats move, and I'll sneeze on every mother****ing last one of ya!

 

[Triggaaar]

It isn't though. There are FIFTEEN cases in the UK. Fifteen. A lot more chance of dying in the flooding. That's where BoJo should be focussed.

5 days later:

UK cases jumped to 85 today.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

5 days later:

3 contracted in the UK out of the 32 new cases. The other 29 have been travelling.

 

[Triggaaar]

3 contracted in the UK out of the 32 new cases. The other 29 have been travelling.

Does that give you cause for optimism (and if so, why)?

 

[Tim Over Whelmed]

For years chefs have greeted each other with an elbow swipe / bump, easy peasy and safe as 'ouses!

 

[Bry Nylon]

Not in the least bit worr

 

[DavidRyder]

A little. I'll be taking precautions.

 

[el punal]

No. It might prevent us from being relegated.

Taking a bad taste line of humour here - if we have to play the remaining fixtures behind closed doors and get relegated, can you imagine the irony of this song :

“Where were you, where were you, where were you when you were shit?”

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Does that give you cause for optimism (and if so, why)?

It doesn't give me cause for anything. It is a statement or an observation, if you like.

 

[portlock seagull]

Yes, worried, as suffer from Asthma and T2 Diabetes.

Currently in the USA, travelling back to the UK on Sunday. Have already cancelled my attendance (with full support from HR) on a planned sales tour of Malaysia, Aus and Japan at the end of March. The trip is still going ahead at present, but those that are going are now having second thoughts.

Certainly looking at what I touch and washing hands more regularly. Had out first fist bump rather than hand shake in Houston yesterday.

Plenty of Asians on recent flights had face masks on, although that tends to be common if they have colds etc anyway.

of course, the British 'It'll be alright, it won't affect me, Dunkirk spirit, nothing to worry about' will see us through!

Damn sight better than hysterical reaction many other nations doing. Saying that, we’re about as far from a single nation these days as America so plenty of ethnic communities worried here; needlessly IMO but I guess they’re closer to it knowing relatives are in isolation so probably have a distorted view and greater propensity to panic therefore, as you would, naturally.

 

[sparkie]

1 in 765,000 has now been diagnosed with it in the UK. That's 25 full Amex-es !

 

[DavidRyder]

1 in 765,000 has now been diagnosed with it in the UK. That's 25 full Amex-es !

Or 28 Amex-es if we go down!

 

[Triggaaar]

It doesn't give me cause for anything. It is a statement or an observation, if you like.

Ok.

I'd like an observation like that to mean that it's not being spread as easily over here (due to climate or whatever), but sadly I think that's unlikely to be the case.

 

[BBassic]

~50k cases have now recovered. Which is a positive number.

 

[Notters]

Or warmer weather in April / May and the spread subsides?

There is no indication that this will happen based on other coronavirus. The only person convinced of this is trump.

 

[Soylent Blue]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_m...6U5HdyMx0_nbF1gFmv9MA7u_AYI1NbaZDmkAfC6cbFlRI

 

[Tim Over Whelmed]

There is no indication that this will happen based on other coronavirus. The only person convinced of this is trump.

Oh, OK, I thought the WHO guy on the radio said this would help slow down or stop the spread

 

[bluenitsuj]

3 contracted in the UK out of the 32 new cases. The other 29 have been travelling.

Most cases are people having travelled to and from the worst infected areas and then disappearing into society to spread it. All the while this is allowed to continue it will keep spreading

 

[Dave the OAP]

Wow in Italy now 107 deaths ..28 in the last 24 hours

Italy closing schools and public buildings until mid March

Perhaps they need [MENTION=144]goldstone[/MENTION] to go over there and tell them they are over reacting.