Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[Joey66]

On a roll here 2x100% in a row
@COYBL25

If you are due a jab get it in the arsp

 

[Neiler]

Law of small numbers makes it hard to read too much into anything, but every day we seem to be 5 days / 4 times behind the UK

Comparisons are unhelpful I think a chara, due to scale, policies, timelines etc. Still any day there isn’t exponential growth in new cases or deaths is a good one.

It will be sometime the end of the week before we see the impact of social distancing if there is any.

I still think Western Europe are at the foothills of this and expect to see a surge at some point. We’ve also ramped up testing yesterday I believe.

 

[Barnfred 55]

The thing there is though that if the disease is more widely spread (and its a big if which must be tested) then you would still see the same filling up of hospitals over the same sort of time period - eg if there are 100000 have been infected in the UK now and 10% have an illness resulting in hospitalization, this will be the same as if a million have it but only 1% have it that bad they need hospital treatment.

The disease is obviously spreading in the UK but the state of the spread is something that must be determined asap.

I'm confused

I have the impression you were intending to contradict but ended up saying the same thing

 

[LinekersLegs]

There are slight differences in the genetic makeup of the virus, some are more dominant in geographic regions than others.


Seen some speculation that there might be differences in their harmfulness but not aware of any study so far that has evidence one way or the other so for now no proof and might just be more to do with the demographics of the underlying population exposed.

A follow up to this

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/the-coronavirus-isnt-mutating-quickly-suggesting-a-vaccine-would-offer-lasting-protection/2020/03/24/406522d6-6dfd-11ea-b148-e4ce3fbd85b5_story.html

“So far we don’t have any evidence linking a specific virus [strain] to any disease severity score,” Thielen said. “Right now disease severity is much more likely to be driven by other factors.”

Although one team of scientists earlier this year suggested that there might be two distinct strains of the virus with different levels of typical disease severity, that conjecture has not been embraced by the scientific community.

 

[Brisan123]

Like Lunya :

We are now offering a 'meals on wheels' service - restaurant standard food at fabulous prices, plus 30% off all booze & latest update

myemail.constantcontact.com

not putting a downer on it but no social distancing in that photo
if it's an old photo then apologies

 

[Neiler]

SF seems to have vanished off the face of the earth during this crisis

Mary Lou had to self isolate I think.

It’s a loose/loose at the moment, opposition can’t go on the attack during a crisis, while if they try to show a bit of innititve it will be seen as political grandstanding and undermining the Government at a time of crisis. Leo has them all ends up. When this is over he will play for an election imho a chara.

 

[john jako]

This is crazy this thread.

 

[tsubaki]

I'm confused

I have the impression you were intending to contradict but ended up saying the same thing

Not really - I was trying to say that the hospitals filling up is not necessarily indicative of one scenario or the other (ie: how widespread it is amongst the population).

 

[Brisan123]

I have no idea other than soldiers on the streets.

And even then there isn't enough to cover everywhere.

Look, I'm pretty sure even in a 'lockdown' here people will still be allowed to go out on a walk or a run or whatever. There's enough open space in places outside the major cities. I mean, that's the sensible approach.

And it's the one Johnson has tried to take today. But obviously it relies on people to use a bit of common sense.

Up until Thursday I was using the indoor gym that I go to. A small hotel gym which doesn't get very busy (it's why I go there). It was dead last week the three times I went. I'm missing it but can get by. When I went I was extra careful to clean everything down before and after use. Now I'll go on a run or a walk when it's likely I'm gonna avoid people. With the weather nice and the clocks going forward soon that's going to be easier too, plus I'm not at work in the day so can get out in the afternoon.

I just think that's a sensible approach and tbh it's the only thing that's gonna keep me sane if we're locked down for the next however many weeks.

My missus is in a Les Mills gym
They sent her a link where she can register and get all her classes online
Shes thrilled we bought a smart TV now

 

[R.Reddington]

Can anyone enlighten me as to why I've received this today? I am in my twenties , healthy, only visited once to hospital about anxiety. Do you think it's a wrong number situation?

 

[peteblue]

And laying off journalists. In fact, are they 'essential'?

only as a target for a firing squad......

 

[LinekersLegs]

 

[RAFUH]

Haven't seen this confirmed, but its local reporter

 

[peteblue]

Can anyone enlighten me as to why I've received this today? I am in my twenties , healthy, only visited once to hospital about anxiety. Do you think it's a wrong number situation? View attachment 81681

Stop panicking, everyone is getting it......

 

[tsubaki]

Can anyone enlighten me as to why I've received this today? I am in my twenties , healthy, only visited once to hospital about anxiety. Do you think it's a wrong number situation? View attachment 81681

every mobile phone on a UK network has got one, I think