COVID-19 — Coronavirus

[kaz7]

We will do it when we are both better. To celebrate.

Brighton might still be on,i will risk it if you will ha

 

[MCFC1993]

Went to the doctor as well tonight, says I've just got a cold and it's just hit me bad. No real tests, checked my breathing with a stethoscope and then sent me on my way. I guess thats good then...

Still got a bad cough and a sore chest mind.

 

[Marvin]

Just to clarify for others, SARS-CoV-2 is the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19.

Thanks. Just checked. You are correct athough it does not cause COVID-19. It is the proper scientific name for COVID-19. They are one and the same virus. I didn't realise that when I read the paper. I thought it was a closely related virus.

In the document I read about the naming they also mention that it is expected to mutate into a low-pathogenic or non-pathogenic virus.

 

[kaz7]

And how are you feeling?

I am feeling quite a bit better this evening,last night i couldn't sleep for coughing,maybe that was getting my lungs cleared out for good,hopefully

 

[Ban-jani]

I am feeling quite a bit better this evening,last night i couldn't sleep for coughing,maybe that was getting my lungs cleared out for good,hopefully

Fingers crossed.

The news that there’s likely 10k with it around the country is actually good news IMO - it means it’s far less serious if and when you get it.

 

[kaz7]

Went to the doctor as well tonight, says I've just got a cold and it's just hit me bad. No real tests, checked my breathing with a stethoscope and then sent me on my way. I guess thats good then...

Still got a bad cough and a sore chest mind.

You'll be sore from coughing,when you have a coughing fit hold a pillow to your chest and bend fowards and it will help

 

[west didsblue]

Turkey’s doing well too - only 1 confirmed case so far

Not necessarily.
They’re bottom of the league table for testing. Even behind the US.
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/covid-19-testing/

 

[denislawsbackheel]

EVERY pneumonia case, in this country at least, will be tested for Coronavirus. People who’ve died from pneumonia, if they haven’t been tested before death and/or had a post mortem, will be swabbed to test for the virus. What this will do is tell you that a deceased person had Coronavirus, not that they necessarily died of it and, as over 25000 people die from pneumonia every year, it’s quite important.

nobody dies of coronavirus.
They die of the pneumonia or sepsis it can lead to.

 

[Marvin]

Went to the doctor as well tonight, says I've just got a cold and it's just hit me bad. No real tests, checked my breathing with a stethoscope and then sent me on my way. I guess thats good then...

Still got a bad cough and a sore chest mind.

I thought the advice was to ring 111 so as not to put the GP and other patients at risk. perhaps you rang 111 first.

 

[hilts]

Exactly. I think as a society we’ve got to question if we have the right priorities. We can recover from the hit to the economy or the societal impact, no matter how hard that may be to do and how long it takes. There’s no recovery from losing loved ones, particularly if we haven’t done everything possible to stop it.

Unfortunately life has a price, this is and will always be the case. I understand not going into full lockdown, I understand not closing schools just yet or not taking everyone out of work but we need to slow this down and to me the mindset of everyone should be interact with others only if you have to. The elderly, non workers and those with serious health issues need to stay indoors as much as possible. The rest need to act sensibly go to work unless they have symptoms then go home.

There is no need to go to a football match, a concert, a shopping centre etc...

The question is do you force people into these actions? Do you accept the economic damage from doing so? I think the government don’t have the stomach for either.