stayed at my mums this weekend. (Literally unavoidable)
brother and mum now showing symptoms.
Ive started coughing.
Self isolation it is
brother and mum now showing symptoms.
Ive started coughing.
Self isolation it is
SARS CoV-2 coronavirus / Covid-19 (No tin foil hat silliness please)
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He's in the Bay Area which has a massive density of population who are going to be frantically scrambling when this thing really starts to hit. I wouldn't ever choose to be in a major US population centre when things start to go tits up.
Crikey. Okay, what if we just blast some Adele into the caves which would be like giving them a human virus as payback.based on this(part B), unless you were extremely precise, you'd also eliminate dogs, cats, anteaters, horses, zebras, rhinos, whales, pigs, deer, camels, cows, and sheep
Targetting individual Chinese people is wrong.
But it can't be denied that the Chinese government is directly responsible for this. Not just because they allowed the wet markets to be reopened, but because they then actively went about covering up the outbreak.
But it can't be denied that the Chinese government is directly responsible for this. Not just because they allowed the wet markets to be reopened, but because they then actively went about covering up the outbreak.
Haha, always mate
How's it been in South Africa? Hope you guys stay safe out there!
that’s good to hear. I’ll probably start working from home next week Monday or so. Otherwise all good man. I’m worried about this country (the informal settlements and the homeless especially) if/when this virus really takes off. HIV, TB etc. & the elderly. Things could get ugly. Otherwise we’re alright man. Keeping safe. Keeping to ourselves etc. Send our regards to the missus & keep safe out there.
I mean purely on a chance of catching it basis when the only people he sees are takeaway delivery men. I come in to contact with loads of people everyday and work in an office with lots of people with poor hygiene practices.
Of course you can get much more contact, keep in mind the population of China and the fact that a large part of the country is made of forests and jungles. There is a lot more chances of indirect interactions with exotic wildlife in China than most countries. And as far as we know it's an infected animal and not a bat that is directly to blame whether that animal, rumored to be a pangolin, got it from a bat is only speculative.
Everytime I log back in, there are another 8 new pages in this thread.
@Fridge chutney any chance you could post some info from the smaller countries around the world?
@Fridge chutney any chance you could post some info from the smaller countries around the world?
Boris is on.
£330 billion to support businesses.
New numbers from Italy. 3526/345
Nice, but genuine question, where does this money come from? We've heard it said for years there's no magic money tree etc.
This is huge news. Well done to the government - this will save thousands of businesses and hundreds of thousands, if not millions of jobs.
Do you have to interact with them ? Just tell them to leave the bags in front of your door.
Is this money coming from pension funds or something wait and see the pension age go up to 70 now
It’s clear there is they just weren’t handing it out. Dicks.
Anyone know anything about this 15-minute testing kit being developed in Ireland? If it’s reliable and can be mass produced quickly it could be quite helpful - https://www.google.ie/amp/s/amp.ind...onfirms-infection-in-15-minutes-39046582.html
Sure it’s sad to say but there will be a lot of pensions to be paid when this is said and done worldwide. A lot of elderly people will pass
We do have it using it at croke park but I’m mostly sure China have a 15 minute one aswell so it’s not new
To people in UK:
Im outside UK right now (Phuket, where its calm and very low reduced instances . Do you think its likely UK will shut down all entry into country including its own citizens abroad. I am a UK citizen.
My flight back is 25th March an am happy where I am.
Not sure of I should bring date forward. Serious advice/opinion greatly received.
Im outside UK right now (Phuket, where its calm and very low reduced instances . Do you think its likely UK will shut down all entry into country including its own citizens abroad. I am a UK citizen.
My flight back is 25th March an am happy where I am.
Not sure of I should bring date forward. Serious advice/opinion greatly received.
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3526 cases (total 31506)
345 deaths (total 2503)
Also critical condition went from 18xx to 2060
3526 cases (total 31506)
345 deaths (total 2503)
Also critical condition went from 18xx to 2060
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~150 of those are from yesterday. For the past 4 days Italy has topped out at 3400-3500 cases per day with a very slight reduction the last couple of days. Hopefully this is the start of a trend reversal.
My god! this is unreal.
Their numbers are staggering. Are we expecting them to start falling soon?
What are the daily testing numbers from Italy for the last seven days? Have they reduced testing numbers?
I think I misspoke in the thread earlier that these types of tests would not be particularly useful. While I think their sensitivity will never parallel PCR based tests these less sensitive rapid point of care tests could help in getting people isolated quickly.
And people think that locking down now is too early?
Dunno where you are, but I wish I was still in Singapore, but had to come back to the UK due to work and my cat. I'd stay out of here as long as you can in all seriousness.
Funny thing is that there is probably some indigenous tribe in the Amazon going about their daily life without problems.
This is a failure of modern globalized society in ways, as much as the good that such a system does.
This is a failure of modern globalized society in ways, as much as the good that such a system does.
Germany's death rate is at 0.27%. Quite remarkable.
Maybe they've done the maths and the dithering has culled just enough pensioners to pay for it.
Ducked that question about his Dad
What people don’t understand is most countries in Europe are catching up on Italy with loads reporting over 300+ a day now Spain and Germany over 1000, people don’t die on the day they go into ICU and after a few days pass away. Italy are steady at the moment(though high) all countries are on the up
I hope Ireland locks down soon.
Government promising all this money to business’s is all well and good but I’m not convinced many owners will use them as intended. I’m sure many will still put their staff on unpaid leave/minimum wage and keep some profit for themselves. Hopefully the money filters down to the staff as it should.
Very unlikely they'll stop entry for UK citizens abroad, don't think that'll be legally allowed?
My sister's in Columbia and coming back in 2 weeks, the worry she has is that Columbia closes their borders to foreigners, which causes a big reduction in flights coming in to Columbia, and subsequently as a result they send less planes out for money reasons and so her flight may get cancelled. Not sure how likely that scenario though