Main Coronavirus / Covid-19 Discussion Thread

[Triggaaar]

the strategy at present seems to be to get people just scared enough to take sensible precautions without causing panic

Looks like you got a copy of the leaked memo too.

 

[Triggaaar]

A level of caution is completely sensible, granted. Diseases of any kind should of course be treated with respect, and the necessary steps taken to deal with said diseases.

Agreed.

However, there are people on here - and in society - with real anxiety problems and some of the statements you read on here and hear in the press are very foolish and irresponsible. Scare a herd of sheep and it will do stupid things.

Yes of course some posts here have been over the top. One poster is suffering from anxiety issues and thinks half the world is going to die. Contrast that with others who are saying 'it's just a cold'. As usual, the truth is more likely to be in the middle and most people appear to be saying something along the lines of 'this is very serious, and actions need to be taken or a lot of lives will be lost'.

 

[CHAPPERS]

Surprising lack of information or use of sanitizer at the Natural History Museum today. Only one sanitizer pump as you leave and it is very easily missed. I understand this thing is hard to stop but we REALLY don’t seem to be trying.

 

[Giraffe]

It's worth tracking this to see where the hot spots are.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publi...ronavirus-covid-19-number-of-cases-in-england

But they haven't updated it today.

 

[Deportivo Seagull]

So that's Italy. What about France and Germany? Do you think we're more like Zhejiang than France and Germany?

No and where have I said that. China was ground zero and like Italy it wasn’t addressed as quickly as it should have done.

They kiss cheeks in France and I’ve seen it done it Bavaria. The pint I was making is that culture will have an effect on transmission. Hence all the jokes on tapping elbows etc.


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[Deportivo Seagull]

I think the effect of the virus might end up with the opposite affect making governments and businesses think about future resilience which in turn brings some production back closer to home, in the medium to long term be of a benifit to UK after exciting the EU time will tell

This.


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[Albion Dan]

Just had our weekly work debrief and the message from Public Health England is we're still in containment phase. Still fine to get on with your normal life and message is to continue using recommended hygiene measures. Seems like no risk to football fixtures yet then....

 

[Triggaaar]

Personally, I’m going to wrap myself in clingfilm.


Not because of covid-19, just because I fancy it.

Pictures or it didn't happen

 

[Bozza]

This twitter thread (ie open the tweet and read the authors full chain of tweet that follow it) might bring it home for some, and what I and the likes of [MENTION=805]Kalimantan Gull[/MENTION] have been trying to explain. Probably not though.


[tweet]1236095180459003909[/tweet]

 

[Triggaaar]

No and where have I said that.

You didn't, and I didn't say you did, but you did compare us to Zhejiang, saying that their population was similar and that they didn't have many cases and only had one death. I don't think Zhejiang is the most appropriate place to compare us with, due to the extreme measures of isolation they've taken there.

China was ground zero and like Italy it wasn’t addressed as quickly as it should have done.

China was, but Zhejiang wasn't, and they took measures quickly there.

They kiss cheeks in France and I’ve seen it done it Bavaria. The pint I was making is that culture will have an effect on transmission.

Yes I agree. We're culturally different to Italy, and we're probably also now being more cautious because of what we've seen in Italy. But I don't think we can expect things to play out here as they have in Zhejiang.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Agreed.

Yes of course some posts here have been over the top. One poster is suffering from anxiety issues and thinks half the world is going to die. Contrast that with others who are saying 'it's just a cold'. As usual, the truth is more likely to be in the middle and most people appear to be saying something along the lines of 'this is very serious, and actions need to be taken or a lot of lives will be lost'.

He says let it run its course.

[tweet]1236778356105981953[/tweet]

 

[The Andy Naylor Fan Club]

Good advice is what we need...
https://youtu.be/mA1wqjaeKj0

 

[Ninja Elephant]

He says let it run its course.

[tweet]1236778356105981953[/tweet]

Well, now I KNOW I'm in the wrong because I agree with Boris. Let it do what it's going to do, crack on with your life and hope you and your elderly relatives aren't impacted at any point. The chances of them dying because of Covid-19 is currently less than 1% of confirmed cases in the UK. Probably a reasonable risk to take.

 

[The Clamp]

Well, now I KNOW I'm in the wrong because I agree with Boris. Let it do what it's going to do, crack on with your life and hope you and your elderly relatives aren't impacted at any point. The chances of them dying because of Covid-19 is currently less than 1% of confirmed cases in the UK. Probably a reasonable risk to take.

A bit of bloody sense.

 

[Algernon]

It's worth tracking this to see where the hot spots are.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publi...ronavirus-covid-19-number-of-cases-in-england

But they haven't updated it today.

I thought I'd take a look at whether this has spread to the area around me I.e Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire and found not a single case.
Then I realised it's probably because nobody wants to visit here.

 

[rogersix]

Personally, I’m going to wrap myself in clingfilm.






Not because of covid-19, just because I fancy it.

got room for a little one?

 

[Bozza]

Well, now I KNOW I'm in the wrong because I agree with Boris. Let it do what it's going to do, crack on with your life and hope you and your elderly relatives aren't impacted at any point. The chances of them dying because of Covid-19 is currently less than 1% of confirmed cases in the UK. Probably a reasonable risk to take.

On the downside, this approach would likely absolute decimate the NHS and many more people would die than is needed, both directly from the virus and from other causes that are unable to be treated as they would normally.

FWIW, I think the actual approach being taken isn't far removed from that, as it is accepted it can't be stopped. So "let it run its course" but in a controlled fashion, ie impose social distancing to slow the spread and give the NHS a better chance.

 

[The Clamp]

For the first time in my entire life I actually trust Johnson with this.
Jesus . I can’t believe I typed those words. I take a small quantum of solace knowing that it’s nit actually an idea he thought of, it’s just born out of his innate instinct to do nothing.

 

[Eeyore]

For the first time in my entire life I actually trust Johnson with this.
Jesus . I can’t believe I typed those words. I take a small quantum of solace knowing that it’s nit actually an idea he thought of, it’s just born out of his innate instinct to do nothing.

Johnson isn't running this. He's a spokesperson. I trust the medical experts who are handling this. As long as he and his cohorts just listen we should get the best outcome. It'll get worse before it gets better though.

 

[The Clamp]

Johnson isn't running this. He's a spokesperson. I trust the medical experts who are handling this. As long as he and his cohorts just listen we should get the best outcome. It'll get worse before it gets better though.

Yes, you talk sense.