Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

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PhilM said:
I was reading that and it's worrying.

Potentially, the real long-term impact of COVID-19 will be in a few years, a decade or longer when respiratory problems emerge in wide parts of the population.
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You mean like exposure to asbestos, damages you but its many years later the problem really kicks in
 
peteblue said:
The important thing though is that infections are coming down, and deaths will start to follow the infection trend. 4 million now have had a jab, with 450,000 having two jabs. The number of deaths is horrific and I sincerely hope that China is made to pay for all this......
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They will get away with it, no one will do anything, even within China nothing will change, the wet markets, the secrecy, nothing.
 
grandjoeblue said:
I read the thread under this, how can asymptomatic people have significant damage to their lungs? I know quite a few people who have recovered with very little problems but that thread suggests 80% of covid carriers have damaged lungs?
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A mate of mine is a triathlete and she got COVID in March. Bedridden but not bad enough to be hospitalised. She still can’t walk without being out of breath. In her 30s.

People focus on the death rate and rightly so, but this is having a much wider impact than that.
 
mill said:
A mate of mine is a triathlete and she got COVID in March. Bedridden but not bad enough to be hospitalised. She still can’t walk without being out of breath. In her 30s.

People focus on the death rate and rightly so, but this is having a much wider impact than that.
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Young people can get bad issues during and after having it. I'm definitely not denying that.

I know probably 10 people who have had it with fairly minimal issues afterwards. For some of them it took a while to get their taste or smell back.

Its definitely real but some of these articles seem to suggest a large proportion of people have life changing after effects. Maybe they do but surely you'd feel rougher at first?
 
mill said:
A mate of mine is a triathlete and she got COVID in March. Bedridden but not bad enough to be hospitalised. She still can’t walk without being out of breath. In her 30s.

People focus on the death rate and rightly so, but this is having a much wider impact than that.
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Hence the concern and lockdowns instructed. And because it's new virus it may predispose those infected to other illnesses other time...



www.bbc.co.uk

Covid-19: Vaccine rollout extended to over-70s in England

More than five million more people will be offered a jab as 10 new mass vaccination hubs open in England.
www.bbc.co.uk www.bbc.co.uk

Good news with the jabs, when the great British state is allowed to do it's a thing and profit is not a consideration it's a force to be reckoned with...
 
CharliePotato said:
I’ve had it, I’m in isolation with a lad knows who’s got it, I know about 40 people who have tested positive. No side affect of COVID lung sorry.

Ive been in the gym ok the pads with people who have tested positive with it and just got on of their isolation, there is no way it is as bad as a smokers lung. Sorry but complete pony. Again.
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Aye that 70-80% figure doesn't seem the most reliable. It looks like a figure that that doctor in Texas has taken but it's not clear how precise it is. It doesn't look like it's come from a study if anything. She could've been giving an estimate and exagerrated a bit. Hard to say.
 
  • One in six Covid-19 patients in NHS hospitals in England were infected while being treated for other conditions since September
  • So far this month, 5,684 Covid-positive in-patients out of 44,315 were infected after being admitted for other conditions.
Seen these statistics this morning. It was in the Daily Mail (terrible paper). Interesting that hospital transmission is still a huge issue.
 
grandjoeblue said:
Young people can get bad issues during and after having it. I'm definitely not denying that.

I know probably 10 people who have had it with fairly minimal issues afterwards. For some of them it took a while to get their taste or smell back.

Its definitely real but some of these articles seem to suggest a large proportion of people have life changing after effects. Maybe they do but surely you'd feel rougher at first?
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I found this one where an actual study was done. Not a very big one, but still. According to this one the estimate is 10% rather than 70-80% but they want to do a bigger study:

www.bbc.com

Covid-19: Lung damage 'identified' in study

Researchers are to investigate whether young people and those not in hospital could be affected.
www.bbc.com www.bbc.com
 
grandjoeblue said:
  • One in six Covid-19 patients in NHS hospitals in England were infected while being treated for other conditions since September
  • So far this month, 5,684 Covid-positive in-patients out of 44,315 were infected after being admitted for other conditions.
Seen these statistics this morning. It was in the Daily Mail (terrible paper). Interesting that hospital transmission is still a huge issue.
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illness that is airborne, transmission indoors is always high risk. Particularly as some people will have no symptoms whatsoever... Not sure if it's here or else where covid virus found lurking in food stuffs like ice cream. This pandemic started with a single transmission in Wuhan and spread the entire world. Just not practicable to have hospital run as a Porta Down lab.
 
NilSatisOptimum said:
illness that is airborne, transmission indoors is always high risk. Particularly as some people will have no symptoms whatsoever... Not sure if it's here or else where covid virus found lurking in food stuffs like ice cream. This pandemic started with a single transmission in Wuhan and spread the entire world. Just not practicable to have hospital run as a Porta Down lab.
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Nightmare isn't it. Its so hard to control.

Just seen that Israel has seen vastly reduced numbers of their older population in hospitals due to the vaccine. Thats very positive.
 
grandjoeblue said:
Nightmare isn't it. Its so hard to control.

Just seen that Israel has seen vastly reduced numbers of their older population in hospitals due to the vaccine. Thats very positive.
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Going forward I would hope there is big changes in the labour market, like more assistance and financial support for people leaving the labour market to care for loved ones in the family unit.
It's crazy we expect new parents to be back in labour market within months. Encouraged to pack them off to nursery in matter months or weeks, in school by 4ish. Then cry ass for ever more over teacher holidays etc, tragic.
 
NilSatisOptimum said:
Going forward I would hope there is big changes in the labour market, like more assistance and financial support for people leaving the labour market to care for loved ones in the family unit.
It's crazy we expect new parents to be back in labour market within months. Encouraged to pack them off to nursery in matter months or weeks, in school by 4ish. Then cry ass for ever more over teacher holidays, tragic.
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Full time carers get £10 a day.

Thats about 80p an hour.
 
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