COVID-19 — Coronavirus

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The head of the World Health Organisation says Europe has now become the epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic.

More than 5,000 people have died worldwide after being diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by coronavirus.

Speaking during a news conference, WHO boss Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called the death toll a "tragic milestone".

Italy is the worst-affected nation in Europe and in its most severely-hit region, Lombardy, the number of deaths has reportedly risen from 744 to 890 in a day

https://news.sky.com/story/coronavi...-of-covid-19-pandemic-says-who-chief-11957199
 
nottsco2-0 said:
Or maybe the fact that people have to work in order to keep a roof over their children's heads and food in their bellies?

Sweeping generalisations like that are a right load of bollocks
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No mate. You need to catch up. On here all young people are useless twats as are most of their parents...
 
Gabriel said:
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karen7 said:
Your average elderly person in a care home who has respiratory probs and is expected to die of that won't be tested or have a post mortum,they have cut tests for anyone not taken to hosp with the symptoms of corona
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Good point - the stats may very well be reported at the end of this nightmare. I have a mother-in-law and father-in-law both with end stage COPD, the latter having been given only days to live, a few weeks ago before he perked up a bit. When these two finally peg out, I very much doubt they will be put down as COVID-19 victims whether they had it or not. My father-in-law is in a care home and the decision was made already not to treat him further if he takes a turn for the worst, even before all this started.
 
karen7 said:
Your average elderly person in a care home who has respiratory probs and is expected to die of that won't be tested or have a post mortum,they have cut tests for anyone not taken to hosp with the symptoms of corona
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So, you think that someone dying in a care home, showing all the symptoms of Coronavirus, will not be tested? Presumably so the rest of the people in the care home can all die within a week or two? That’s nonsense. As for, they’re not testing anyone not taken to hospital, why should they? It’s a pointless exercise and serves no purpose. If people don’t feel well, STAY AT HOME. If you feel very ill, have been ill for a while and are having breathing difficulties, go to hospital. It’s really not complicated and sending medical staff to test people seems pointless. Not only that, the only test that’s any use, is a positive one.
 
SebastianBlue said:
I just wanted to quickly say that we should all continue to be empathetic, caring, thoughtful, and supportive of fellow blues on here.

That is especially important now as in a very short time Bluemoon may be one of the few available sources of real community and (virtual) companionship for many.

Let’s keep this digital space a bastion of those qualities so we all have a place to gather when there are fewer and fewer physical places to do so.
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right oh you narcissistic, condescending ‘flu denying’ bigot! You’ve had your 33 minutes of love and peace so you can bloody jog on and let us do what we do best on BM!

There can be only one at the end of this thread !

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Chippy_boy said:
Good point - the stats may very well be reported at the end of this nightmare. I have a mother-in-law and father-in-law both with end stage COPD, the latter having been given only days to live, a few weeks ago before he perked up a bit. When these two finally peg out, I very much doubt they will be put down as COVID-19 victims whether they had it or not. My father-in-law is in a care home and the decision was made already not to treat him further if he takes a turn for the worst, even before all this started.
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Sorry to hear that lovely,it is a good example of what i am trying to say though
 
inchy14 said:
They’ll be paying for private tests by the club.
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MillionMilesAway said:
Yeah, I'd think someone got clever and ordered a bunch in, or is connected to someone who did so a while back.
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They will obviously have either purchased in advance or have connections to purchase on demand.

The point the person on Twitter and I (and probably @BosnianBlue) were making is that this advantage is not and will likely not be extended to the vast majority outside of the privileged classes.

It’s of course like that with most crises like this one, but it doesn’t mean it *should* be the case and we should highlight it as a failing in the collective response.
 
Wonder what Trump will say later.... probably something along the lines of "it's the end of days, but it will be the BEST end of days EVER EVER and the GREATEST end of days ever!!!"
 
SebastianBlue said:
I just wanted to quickly say that we should all continue to be empathetic, caring, thoughtful, and supportive of fellow blues on here.

That is especially important now as in a very short time Bluemoon may be one of the few available sources of real community and (virtual) companionship for many.

Let’s keep this digital space a bastion of those qualities so we all have a place to gather when there are fewer and fewer physical places to do so.
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Ah, fuck off!
 
The Light Was Yellow Sir said:
So, you think that someone dying in a care home, showing all the symptoms of Coronavirus, will not be tested? Presumably so the rest of the people in the care home can all die within a week or two? That’s nonsense. As for, they’re not testing anyone not taken to hospital, why should they? It’s a pointless exercise and serves no purpose. If people don’t feel well, STAY AT HOME. If you feel very ill, have been ill for a while and are having breathing difficulties, go to hospital. It’s really not complicated and sending medical staff to test people seems pointless. Not only that, the only test that’s any use, is a positive one.
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Oh yeah testing people who are not going to hosp is the right thing,it does mean that the money can go into the vaccine instead
Have you been in a care home? By their nature they are very ill elderly people,a lot of them with respiratory problems and all kinds of bugs floating around,unless it is one of the more well ones suddenly struck down with the symptoms there is absolutely no testing going to be done,sorry to sound callous but a government is not going to spare them a single thought
 
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