COVID-19 — Coronavirus

[Ban-jani]

Gaz Neville doing his bit and stepping up to the plate.
Good on him.

Fancy saying why?

 

[ancoats]

i want to tell you to F/O and behave, but thats not the first time ive heard this

am feeling silly now

just did not think and others will be taking it to heart and panic

i did over step the mark and hate all this crap that's going on and should know better sorry again folks

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Tidied the thread up now, but let’s try and be pragmatic and keep the discussion sensible. Scaremongering and conspiracy theories aren’t really helpful right now.

You used the ‘S’ word!

 

[marco]

I think there will be a vaccine quicker than some people think. Whether they can get it mass produced and available to everyone is another matter though.

i think so to mate,like you say rolling it out is another thing,i think were on the brink now of finding it

 

[kaz7]

 

[Gaylord du Bois]

Why did you keep GDM’s post about not boozing in then?

Cuz he's got Ric on the payroll.

 

[Ric]

Why did you keep GDM’s post about not boozing in then?

Must admit, my response to the crisis so far has been the precise opposite of his “more exercise, less alcohol” mantra.

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

The latter part is the worrying bit.

Why is it so far away? Because it’s so different to other diseases?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_vaccine

 

[meltonblue]

I don’t give a shite what happens to me pal as long as my kids and granddaughter’s ok let’s hope it’s not as bad as we are led to believe, thanks for your input m8

It’s worth remembering as it stands right now, your chances of even getting it are extremely low. If you do get it then your chances of being very ill are low. If you get it and are very ill then your chances of dying are low.

All of that remaining the case is dependent on all of our actions though. It is our behaviours as a society now that will dictate whether the overall cases stay in the tens to hundreds of thousands (and so either less or considerably less than a 1 in 50 chance of getting it) or not.

The issue now is one of how best to influence behaviour to make sure that either stays the same or reduces. People have to isolate and treat every outside source and object as potentially contaminated. If we all do that (and stricter measures will come to enforce us doing it) then the vast majority will be fine.

We are screwed economically, as is everyone. That is recoverable though. Life isn’t.

 

[Indaparkside]

I wonder when @urban genie started this thread he didn’t imagine it potentially could have the most posts of any thread on blue moon by the time it finishes