COVID-19 — Coronavirus

[Man_City_Loyal]

I have IBS. On a bad day I'll have to visit the loo for a dump on a dozen occasions.

so do I, baby wipes/wet wipes doing the trick. Dispose in a plastic bag etc

 

[BlueAnorak]

I have borderline high blood pressure, seriously considering binning off medicine and monitoring it while this goes on.

Talk to your doctor they are rapidly getting up to speed on these issues.

 

[BobKowalski]

Good read on the evolving Govt strategy over the last 10 days, the division in opinion amongst scientists, ministers and officials and how rapidly (or not rapidly enough dependent on your viewpoint) we went from ‘herd immunity’ to shutting down pubs etc. Long story short. We went out on a bit of a limb, backtracked and with some reluctance went with the wider consensus. None of it is a great surprise as you could plainly see the Govt shift in messaging and strategy start last weekend.

https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexwickham/10-days-that-changed-britains-coronavirus-approach

 

[Marvin]

Reports of people in West Africa overdosing on dehydroxychloroquine (an anti-viral in trials across the world).

I am getting confused between the epidemiologist Neil Ferguson, and the academic Niall Ferguson who are both commenting about C19.

Hoping the downward dip we saw in Spain's new cases yesterday is confirmed with another fall. The data moves around day to day and it's a bit unreliable I think because the number of new cases might move due to the number of tests a country does from day to day. Overall though it is clear that we have yet to see any sign of the epidemic breaking in Europe. I think a reasonable expectation is around a week.

I think the daily press conferences should have more detailed information from the medical advisors. what is their interpretation of the data seen in Iran, Italy, Spain, UK etc. How long before the measures we've taken have an effect, and what should we look for? What do their sample tests show?

 

[sir baconface]

Says the person who clearly has never tried to work and look after a 5 year old! :-)

Two full incomes and the opportunity to look after the child you brought into the world.
Could be worse, H.

 

[Indaparkside]

Talk to your doctor - they are rapidly getting up to speed on Coronavidus and Potassium.
Potatoes, Sweet Potatoes, Squashes of all sorts, Broccoli, Kale, Bananas, Avocados are all Potassium rich and have to be taken in moderatition for some medical conditions.

Fuck me theres nowt in the shops as it is and you’ve just taken away the food we can possibly get

 

[M18CTID]

Just idiotic then. And BTW have you tried buying cleaning products online, or indeed any of the other things you are are essential? Good luck with that.

I’m looking forward to him actually practice what he preached to you in that other post!

 

[Crouchinho]

This is all bollocks. I get told to stay home and keep distance from people, but when I gotta pick up a bit of grub from the grocery store there is ten billion people. What's the point!?

 

[BosnianBlue]

spain reaching italian numbers in next few days. 3355 new cases and 233 deaths in last 24 hours.

 

[Elbow beards]

Talk to your doctor they are rapidly getting up to speed on these issues.

Would do if I could get through :)

 

[M18CTID]

You can go to your local shop and post them to her.

Ask for her next door neighbours phone number and speak to them. If she doesn’t know it, ask her to post a note through her neighbours door with your phone number and a little message on it.

The postal service is still operating and so are the phone lines.

The postal service and phone lines aren’t essential. How do you think people communicated thousands of years ago?

 

[DRINKLEVEDRY]

I have borderline high blood pressure, seriously considering binning off medicine and monitoring it while this goes on.

I am expecting along with many others information from the NHS about this and copd sometime this week as reported on the news that we would I have wanted for a longtime to bin off some of the meds I'm on but my missus goes apeshit at me so hoping to get some decent info.

 

[Deleted member 77198]

The postal service and phone lines aren’t essential. How do you think people communicated thousands of years ago?

I never said they were essential.

 

[sir baconface]

The postal service and phone lines aren’t essential. How do you think people communicated thousands of years ago?

This. No iPhones and shit when living in family groups in caves.

 

[Summerbuzz]

This is all bollocks. I get told to stay home and keep distance from people, but when I gotta pick up a bit of grub from the grocery store there is ten billion people. What's the point!?

The stats show that if we reduce our contact by 75% it makes a massive difference to the rate at which the disease spreads, thanks to the magic of maths, it reduces the rates of transmission many times over (I think it's twenty times less opportunities for transmission).

There's no real way to feed everyone without supermarkets so going there forms part of the 25%. Just wash your hands before and after, keep your distance, wash anything like produce. Some countries make shoppers use latex gloves, not a bad idea if you are worried.

 

[M18CTID]

I never said they were essential.

But you were suggesting he use those services despite them not being on your list of essentials

 

[Indaparkside]

This. No iPhones and shit when living in family groups in caves.

The taliban likes this

 

[M18CTID]

The taliban likes this

Hi Osama

 

[BlueAnorak]

Fuck me theres nowt in the shops as it is and you’ve just taken away the food we can possibly get

I'm recomending these - unless you have kidney disease - when you need to talk to your doctor about Potasium in your diet.

 

[M18CTID]

Not sure if it’s been mentioned but 3355 more cases in Spain today and 233 more deaths