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Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!
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Day 5 update as I isolate myself to 'prevent' the risk of spreading the Chinese Wuhan Flu to other people:
My dodgy tummy seems to have passed, my poo is now solid.
I've spent all morning watching videos of Sofia Vergara.
Since I changed my Tinder profile to 'bisexual' last night, I've had other 60 likes.
My dodgy tummy seems to have passed, my poo is now solid.
I've spent all morning watching videos of Sofia Vergara.
Since I changed my Tinder profile to 'bisexual' last night, I've had other 60 likes.
Most of us survive in most circumstances but potentially losing 30% of your net worth is enough to make most people concerned . Things have happened to people on this forum that ‘you’d survive ‘ doesn’t mean you’d want them to happen to you . Personally it Feels a very dismissive reply
I cashed in all my investment portfolio 4 weeks ago
Experts diminishing hand washing....unlikely. I need a source.
First - as this is a novel virus, information will continue to change as we learn more.
Second - there is nothing harmful about washing your hands more even if it doesn't decrease the spread of this virus (it does though) since it stops the spread of lots of bacterial and viral diseases.
Third - There is a new study that was published yesterday suggesting the virus droplets can survive in the air longer than previous thought (although hasn't been official termed airborne). The same study also shows it may survive longer on surfaces (counter tops, door handles, cell phones, ie stuff you touch with your hands) than previously thought.
TL/DR - Wash your dang hands!
And now seems a particularly good time to avoid getting ill for any reason if you can help it - both for your own health and to reduce strain on healthcare services.
Same with stopping shaking hands - very low cost way to reduce spread. Also means can avoid those idiots who crush your bones just to make sure they are doing a firm handshake!
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590 cases in the UK now. That is a fairly sizable increase on yesterday's total.
Rhetoric rather than an actual answer. The country is already in nearly 2 trillion pounds of debt.
Read through this thread and you’ll see people who have sadly lost their jobs in the past few days. The more severe the restrictions on the public and the more widespread this will become.
These lost jobs would lead to severe struggles for some and have impacts which could be life changing. Just look at the suicides which have resulted from austerity.
It’s not just ‘money’.
Dutch government just announced that they are cancelling all events where more than 100 people gather till the end of March. So no sporting events, or concerts and closing musea and theatres etc...
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The source was Michael Osterholm: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Osterholm
He didn’t discourage anyone from washing their hands but was sceptical of its efficacy in preventing the spread of a coronavirus, and holds the opinion that the virus is more likely to be contracted through breathing in infected air, rather than the touching of objects. So the reverse opinion of the assertion reportedly mentioned on Radio 4 earlier today.
I’m not going to pretend to be an epidemiologist, but I don’t think I’ll be alone in not accepting the assertion that it’s fine for large groups of people to congregate in confined spaces, and that the countries that are implementing measures to prevent such congregations are doing so as a ploy to make people wash their hands more.
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