COVID-19 — Coronavirus

[Cityfan]

Does anyone know if we will have immunity after catching it and recovering?

No one knows for certain however the chances are high that most people will do.

 

[Deleted member 77198]

I reckon you'll be prosecuted and fined for truancy.

Parents/carers will receive a £60 fine if their child is in school less than their local council allows.

If they don’t pay that it will double after 21 days.

If they don’t pay it after 28 days they may be prosecuted!

 

[Deleted member 77198]

I’d be surprised if anyone is prosecuted for taking their kids out of school from next week onwards. Can’t see it being in the public interest.

That said, nothing genuinely surprises me these days so probably best not to listen to me!

It’ll be a money spinner for councils. They will do it as much as they can get away with before the uproar hits the media.

 

[Cityfan]

no, for the child to be in school it has to be 100% certain for a parent that the child will be fine in the event of contamination even at 99.9% is not good enough, it has to be the parents decision and theirs only, the local council should have no imput on this whatsoever, family units could have grand parent living at home or other set ups, any parent will know when the time is right to pull them out,IMO go ahead and do it

I'm not saying that people should not take into account elderly relatives at home or even themselves. I was telling the OP that the child would be fine.

 

[SebastianBlue]

Just read in the paper that some Councils are considering stopping refuse collection!!!

I’d love to know on what basic science/health principles they have based that on whilst insisting public buildings, including schools, remain open?

Want to see how quickly society can breakdown?

Don’t study viral outbreaks or natural disasters or war or famine.

Just look at times when refuse stopped being collected for more than two weeks. Everything comes after.

 

[Ifwecouldjust.......]

can someone point me in the direction of what exactly a virus is and what its on this earth for, so a virus invades the human body which in turn kills the body so in effect destroys itself,i know a virus has no brain and is acting on the DNA thats programed it, i cant think of anything else on this earth that would kill itself in the process of doing its job except a Japanese fighter pilot

Theres loads of them .... normally called Parasites.

 

[Ifwecouldjust.......]

The Lombardy health service struggling to cope by sounds of it. Patients being treated in corridors and the like as no beds left.

And they've got a higher % of hospital beds and ICU beds per population than we have in the UK

 

[Ifwecouldjust.......]

Does anyone know if we will have immunity after catching it and recovering?

No apparently it comes back

 

[SebastianBlue]

No apparently it comes back

There is *some* evidence it may return and there may be lasting issues after recovery but there is no conclusive study of that just yet.

I do think it is safer to assume, like the common cold (which can be caused by other strains of the coronavirus), the virus could become endemic if we do not respond swiftly and comprehensively to eradicate (it is unfortunately looking more and more like we have missed that boat, though).

 

[SWP's back]

Does anyone know if we will have immunity after catching it and recovering?

Looking like we won’t necessarily have immunity. So far about 14% have re-caught it.