COVID-19 — Coronavirus

[kaz7]

Just to clarify an X-ray (or CT) won't distinguish viral or bacterial pneumonia.

The radiological features of covid-19 are non-specific and the guidelines state radiology plays no role in the diagnosis at present; just used to exclude other causes.

You're of course correct antibiotics won't help a viral infection.

Have you seen the scans that have been using in from positive patients? I will try and and find it,it is interesting


https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/coronavirus-x-rays-show-terrifying-21672219

 

[jay_mcfc]

Never fucking happy is what the never fucking happy are, the only thing missing from that today was a round of applause

Fuck off

Looks like someone is celebrating the lottery whilst people lose grandparents.

 

[Blue Maverick]

Random question.
Does corona linger in the outside air ?
So walking down a high street and could breath it in ?

Not that they know right now, but one of the fears is it mutating into been airborne then we would truly be fucked.

 

[i8rags]

Haha - walked into that one ;)

What!!!! U caught them

 

[BlueMedic]

Random question.
Does corona linger in the outside air ?
So walking down a high street and could breath it in ?

No it won't be floating around in the air.

It's mainly spread through close contact with others through respiratory droplets, hence the idea behind social distancing.

It can also be spread through contaminated surfaces that you touch, and then touch your face. Hence the idea behind handwashing.

 

[i8rags]

Looks like someone is celebrating the lottery whilst people lose grandparents.

Weirdo

 

[i8rags]

can anyone assist, this 3 month mortgage grace on payments, does anyone know if it applies to secured loans that are not with a hight St bank?,,,the product was sold as a 2nd mortgage

Not buy to let, is only scenario

 

[WNRH]

Why did the government announce this ‘won the lottery’ type funding tonight before closing the pubs? It seems like the entire country is on a massive piss up tonight. Without a proper lockdown in place the ramifications are gonna be felt for weeks and months.

Two weeks after the first person died China had 56 deaths and Italy 35. The UK has 144. This is madness.

Are they official statistics? How many before the first official recording?

 

[kaz7]

I’m personally not worried for myself (Ive run 445 days in a row!) but worry so much for my elder relatives on this one.

Ah right,just keep them in isolation and take them food,that is the best place for them

 

[BlueMedic]

Have you seen the scans that have been using in from positive patients? I will try and and find it,it is interesting


https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/coronavirus-x-rays-show-terrifying-21672219

These scans won't be being used to diagnose coronavirus, the findings are very non-specific and a whole host of lung pathology looks like that.

The guidance is that, currently, the scans play no role in diagnosis, and are used to exclude other pathology. (Although worth noting there are daily updates on this).

In China they used CT as a diagnosis tool when they ran out of testing kits, however this won't have been a very specific method for diagnosis of the virus, and isn't used in the UK.