Coronavirus disease outbreak - COVID-19 #3

[Orange Creme]

My 7yo's school had an assembly on the importance of handwashing but he said they're not getting a chance to do it before eating! What's the point?

Yes exactly the same with my eldest daughter although my younger daughter is washing hers lots so it seems to be the teacher not following up.

 

[Vickisuder]

She's 8th.

They won’t be included in our stats as didn’t die here

 

[MarinaScorpio]

I returned from Italy(Rome) on Friday went into work yesterday as normal. Told today to stay off for 2 weeks from HR. Rules have changed as of this morning. Any part of Italy symptoms or not I have to stay off.

Will you be working from home for those 2 weeks? Or will you get sick pay? I'm curious. Some companies have terrible sickness policy.

 

[Char93]

How accurate is that map now? I read there is about 24 cases in Devon & Cornwall now but I fail to see them on there

Liverpool has 5 cases and the map hasn't updated since it was at two either

 

[Hel1975]

Does anyone have a holiday planned over Easter to France or Spain? How do you feel about going ? We are going on a coach holiday to Disney and really worried about going

 

[Candytuft]

Just heard that Kirklees has one confirmed case of Coronavirus.

 

[caitlinbullen]

Have you noticed fewer people dining out since the Coronavirus?
We went out for lunch on Saturday. There was only one other couple eating and the bar was deserted. No idea if it was just a coincidence or if people are staying away.

We went out for Sunday roast yesterday and were saying the opposite-it was rammed lol

 

[leoladyxo]

I have a haircut this weekend and my hairdresser has only just returned from a holiday to Vietnam. Would it be paranoid of me to cancel this appointment?

I feel as though I could cancel it but it probably wouldn’t matter anyway as other people in my office have just returned from cruise ships and other foreign travel.

 

[Yel]

So we had a meeting our trust today and we will have maximum 80 beds for corona patients. (80 less for non corona patients may I add). Roughly 1 bed per 3000 people in our catchment area. Shit is expected to hit the fan in the next 2-3 weeks. Good luck everyone lol

Are these just standard beds without respirators?

With a rough figure of 20% hospitalized it will be overrun if more than 0.16% of people get infected

 

[Jc456]

I can’t comment for others because they just send the kids independently so who knows what the kids do unsupervised with mine needing more support a member of staff hours with them and washes their hands at the same time to model how to do it.

My youngests teacher lines them up and as they walk out gives them a squirt of antibac to rub in. My eldest I'm guessing they are expected to be independent. It's only a small school and has 4 toilets/sinks so would take ages to wash properly with soap and water

 

[monga]

It's still a very glib saying when talking about the hastened deaths of actual people.

I'm talking death rate in general..

Not really - 1.5% of cases all with underlying health issues and of older years

And before any one jumps on me I’m not downplaying it I’m just being realistic with the figures we currently have

As someone mentioned earlier in the thread Italy started out like this ,and now the death toll is in the hundreds in one small province alone..

 

[fireflies]

I'm all for humour on this thread, if we don't have it what's even the point of existing . Although serious posts are part and parcel when taking about a serious disease.


It seems like many of the Germans that got infected were younger and more healthy skiers. That's probably why there's not been deaths like in Italy where it's spread in older communities. Still very early days to draw any conclusions. Bahrain are another country doing well and being open and honest, they have the third highest concentration.

Apparently Israel is in taking precautions too .

Coronavirus: Israel to bring in 14-day quarantine for all arrivals

Everyone arriving in Israel will be required to self-quarantine for 14 days, its PM says.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Notothefakes]

I’ve just been reading a story of a person in Italy where they’re sharing the baby sitting so there’s 6 children being looked after by a different parent each day.... you won’t ever stop children and teenagers mingling so to what extent will it be successful anyway? I know there’s no answer and no government has the perfect solution.

 

[Pajxo]

polenta was alllll that was left here too!! Just wanted some pasta for work

unbelievable isn’t it!

 

[MrsGarcia]

A very large organisation in Dorset are making all employees work from home tomorrow for just 1 day....

A test run in case of lockdown perhaps? Or are they just a bit bonkers?

 

[Notothefakes]

At least people in Australia are being calm despite their sensationalist news
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That’s so funny!!! How much do people think they need?! I got a 24 pack because it was on offer and I’m not entirely sure how much we use because I’ve never monitored it but I’m going to assume it’ll last us 6 weeks roughly. I don’t think I need to be buying 3 24 packs

 

[emmer_moans]

Coronavirus updates: eighth Briton dies, second UK MP self-isolates and Belgium records first death.

El Salvador bans mass gatherings as virus spreads – as it happened

President takes action as World Health Organization chief says number of cases reported and number of countries affected ‘doesn’t tell full story’. This blog is closed

www.theguardian.com

I thought were on 6th, now 8th? Eek.

 

[cushtybert]

Just popped to the supermarket, hardly any fresh food but plenty of loo rolls!

 

[monga]

At least people in Australia are being calm despite their sensationalist news
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Either that or ....it's mutated..

 

[Cocobean]

We've just had a confirmed case in Sunderland