Novel Coronavirus – China

[Puddy Galore]

8 minutes ago, weirpig said:

Great   better not be here 

Local farcebook talk is patient from WV11 area but that might be being confused with the fact New Cross Hospital is where they are, which is roughly same area.  

Edited March 8, 2020 by Snowycat

[The PIT]

Not surprised there isn't any checks at the airports where would they get the people to do that from?

[The PIT]

2 minutes ago, DAVID SNOW said:

Its very interesting that his wife did not get the virus, obviously I am unaware of their personal circumstances, maybe they never got to within 3 feet of each other and self isolated in different houses?

Not yet anyways. Hopefully she won't.

[DAVID SNOW]

6 minutes ago, The PIT said:

Not surprised there isn't any checks at the airports where would they get the people to do that from?

Brings me back to some weeks ago, pilots and cabin crew must have made umpteen trips back and forth all over the world, their 'exposure' risk must be huge, but...

[Dami]

10 minutes ago, The PIT said:

Not yet anyways. Hopefully she won't.

When it was all about swine flu, hubs got it as did a member of staff where i worked, 20 odd weeks pregnant and didn't even get a runny nose.

[Zak M]

 

[Summer Sun]

France have reported 177 new cases and 3 new deaths

Total to 1,126 cases and 19 deaths

[Summer Sun]

Bad figures expected from Italy in the next few minutes. Lombardy's update has at least 100 new deaths according to local media.

[Spikecollie]

9 minutes ago, Summer Sun said:

France have reported 177 new cases and 3 new deaths

Total to 1,126 cases and 19 deaths

I was just out for a nice dog walk and chucker ball play in the thick drizzle.Not what I wanted to come back to...

[Guest Delete Me]

Italy update will be scary given that Lombardy is literally out of control.

[Daniel*]

Goodness gracious 

 

[feb1991blizzard]

^^

Time to shut down the channel tunnel and fast - would serve countries on both sides of the channel well.

[Summer Sun]

Lombardy data

• 4189 cases (+769)
• 221 in hospital (+556) 
• 399 in intensive care (+40)
• 257 deaths (+113)
• 550 recovered (+26)

Edited March 8, 2020 by Summer Sun

[Snowy L]

This is another Wuhan. Horrible numbers.

[kold weather]

1 minute ago, Paul Faulkner said:

Italy update will be scary given that Lombardy is literally out of control.

Its odd because SK has similar numbers yet clearly hasn't been hit as hard.

It surely can't just be because Italy has an older population, not that large of a difference. I mean the numbers are far above what other countries have and only China and Iran compare.

[Zak M]

I saw something somewhere that said if schools in the UK were to close from the coronavirus for about 2 months then students won't be able to have a full summer term, as school would probably run then.

I'm in Year 11 so if school was going to close for about two months then I would probably have to take my final exams in late July/August, which for me, certainly isn't good.

It is to control the spread of the virus however so it's good that they're trying out something.

Edited March 8, 2020 by Zak M

[Snowy L]

1 minute ago, Summer Sun said:

Lombardy data

• 4189 infected (+769)
• 2217 hospitalized (+556) 
• 399 in intensive care (+40)
• 257 deaths (+113)
• 550 recovered (+26)

Over 50% hospitalised. What the hell is going on there.

[ArHu3]

1 minute ago, feb1991blizzard said:

^^

Time to shut down the channel tunnel and fast - would serve countries on both sides of the channel well.

way too late, should have done this before any infections, now it's just pointless

[weirpig]

Numbers in italy are scary   could this be a different strain ? 

[kold weather]

Just now, Snowy L said:

Over 50% hospitalised. What the hell is going on there.

Exactly, that isn't just fluke, surely not?!

That is a huge number of people who are very ill. I am a little worried Italy has got some mutated strain of this (as may Iran, as many doesn't believe in their numbers). 

[Gray-Wolf]

I wonder if there is a substance (that is widely used for the killing of bacteria/viruses?) that one could apply, on a regular basis, to the top of both nostrils (and the mucus membrane from filtrum up?)

Would such actions then regularly wipe out the 'kindergarten'  of Covid-19 as it tries to gain superiority in numbers (prior to migrating to the lower lung?)

The 'reaction' to the 'Anti-Viral/Bacteria swabbing would , naturally, produce mucus as a response and , should any person suffering such just  'snork it back' (so coating the area at the top of the throat behind it's junction with the nose i.e. the other Norovirus 'Kindergarten', with the 'agent'???)

I wonder if it might help reduce 'viral Load' and give a body a chance ( 10 days) to produce antibodies and fight off the attack..... I Wonder....

EDIT: Thinking about it when, in my youth, I went through a couple of years of regular attendance at the local Swimming Baths and hardly ever had 'Colds'?

Was that due to my overall Fitness levels or was it me 'Snorking loads of Chlorinated Water'?

Edited March 8, 2020 by Gray-Wolf

[feb1991blizzard]

Just now, ArHu3 said:

way too late, should have done this before any infections, now it's just pointless

In a way yes it is too late but at least if travel was restricted, then one can hold their own government to account and its then up to every individual country to restrict transmission as best as it can and people can judge their governments on actions where as you know the blame game will start and it will be understandable if for instance millions of deaths can be traced back to Italy or France, resentment will ensue.

[Summer Sun]

Breaking: Central and Southern Italy will forcibly quarantine everyone who has left the northern Italian regions on lockdown.

[Guest Delete Me]

Higher percentage of people with lung disease and heart disease in Italy - we don't know what % of deaths had those underlying issues also

[Guest Delete Me]

The President of Portugal, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, suspended all activity and will stay at home for 15 days, in voluntary quarantine.