COVID-19 — Coronavirus

[Sheriff Fatman]

French Dr's are saying that anti-inflamatory medication could be aggravating the infection.

Ibuprofen style painkillers are always risky for respitory issues as they narrow the airwaves. As an asthma sufferer this and aspirin aren't recommended. Paracetamol is recommended for asthma sufferers.

 

[paulchapo]

Fuck me chapo,kicked him out our rep came to see us last night 18-00 good guy gave us some good info most probs coming home Saturday they seem to want everybody of the islands.

Yes, luckily he knows someone who lives there as he goes a lot who is putting him up. In Tenerife I heard the army is being brought in to enforce the lockdown.

 

[domalino]

31st December.

https://www.newsweek.com/china-traces-coronavirus-back-first-confirmed-patient-zero-1492327

Earliest confirmed case in the world was November 17.

 

[goalmole]

whilst I am worried for my kids and grandkids which is natural I am more worried about my Mrs who has asthma. Kids should be fine based on stats so far. It’s the elderly that are dying from this.

I have a 78 year old mother that lives with us, so if the kids get infected then she probably gets infected too.
I do agree that the elderly are at much greater risk but you wouldn't want to take a chance with anyone, young or old.

 

[Chippy_boy]

I think the point was more that, using us for an example. were testing 1.5k a day, then that increased to 10k a day that means a lot more will be found in a short period of time skewing the doubling time.

so for now im trying to avoid those rates a bit.

That is of course true. The numbers of dead is a good indicator since there can be little arguing about that.

 

[M18CTID]

I agree largely - but there are some other considerations on this which the airlines have to pay attention to.

Cyprus has just gone into - I was due to fly there with BA in a few days. But..................

The lock down still means that Cypriot citizens are allowed in and of course some of the people on the flight will be Cypriot citizens - there were also other exceptions. So the flight is going ahead.

So BA cannot really just cancel the flight - what they have done is give me a voucher for the value of my tickets for use against a future booking - which seems more than fair enough to me as they will have the double whammy of still operating the flight and then the reduced profit from a further flight

Perhaps Malta has a similar policy/situation?

Yep, sorry - I'm just thinking of holidaymakers only. Of course, there are exceptions outside of that

 

[Fred_Quimby]

whilst I am worried for my kids and grandkids which is natural I am more worried about my Mrs who has asthma. Kids should be fine based on stats so far. It’s the elderly that are dying from this.

Nope. Wrong again. The majority may be but young, healthy people are still dying from it.

 

[Uncle Wally One Ball]

Correct.

Though Lad Bible did an interview with a person called Connor Reed, who was the first Brit to contract the virus in Wuhan and he stated he was sick with it back in November.

Whilst what he describes the illness being like is pretty brutal, I do feel it probably indicates that this has been around since late October/early November.

I had the flu and a temperature in early December and was totally fucked for a week. No cough though I was wheezy. Wonder if that was it?

 

[Fred_Quimby]

I had the flu and a temperature in early December and was totally fucked for a week. No cough though I was wheezy. Wonder if that was it?

If you not dead then it wasn't :)

 

[goalmole]

If all scientists were created equal, it would be a bit pointless wouldn't it?
-Anthony Costello, a UK paediatrician and former director of the World Health Organization (WHO), said he had personally written to the chief medical officer, Professor Chris Whitty, asking for testing to continue in the community.
-Devi Sridhar, professor of global public health at The University of Edinburgh
-Immunologists, in a separate open letter, said they had “significant questions” about the government’s apparent strategy
-Behavioural scientists joined the concern, saying they believed the government should immediately bring in social distancing measures

A lot of specialists don't agree with it, a lot do. The point is, you can't just blindly listen to everything you're being told IMHO and need to see both sides, then make the best decision for yourself, while remembering how it will also affect everyone due to the nature of the virus.

I'm sick of listening to all these experts with their project fear.
We should have a referendum on what to do next.