Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[Brennan]

I have a tightness in my chest and I've started coughing every ten minutes or so.

Bye

 

[peteblue]

Latest stockpiling craze is tonic water FFS! Something to do with it containing quinine which used to be the de-facto anti-malarial drug. Supermarket shelves have now been stripped.

I‘ve got a pub full of fever tree, not the best name mind.....,

 

[Mutzo Nutzo]

But Is there any beer and or tonic water ???

yes loads - I think you may have problems getting a flight though.

 

[Harryflashman]

yes loads - I think you may have problems getting a flight though.

I could always see it I could transfer one of my multi city flight bookings I’ve got for June /July . Oh hang on

 

[Mutzo Nutzo]

Wouldn't it be great though if this virus was defeated by gin and tonic

 

[peteblue]

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I have a tightness in my chest and I've started coughing every ten minutes or so.

Bye

You have a cough.....

 

[Deleted member 48881]

Spain: 20410 cases; 1041 deaths
Germany: 18450 cases; 53 deaths

despite the much better healthcare system in Germany, there has to be some kind of difference on what a "death from coronavirus" means in each country

 

[Bruce Wayne]

They've released the scientific advice - https://www.gov.uk/government/group...mergencies-sage-coronavirus-covid-19-response

There's a lot there. Is there much that's different to the paper produced by Imperial at the start of this week?

 

[peteblue]

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Wouldn't it be great though if this virus was defeated by gin and tonic

or Beer.....

 

[Mutzo Nutzo]

Spain: 20410 cases; 1041 deaths
Germany: 18450 cases; 53 deaths

despite the much better healthcare system in Germany, there has to be some kind of difference on what a "death from coronavirus" means in each country

Germany has more ICU beds per head, more ventilators and more PPE for front-line health care workers. Italy got swamped by day 7 and had to start turning away chronically ill people as they couldnt offer them any ICU help or support. Then to cap it all off they started losing their front-line docs and nurses to the virus.

I think Spain is in a similar position to Italy - and we are an in an even worse state

Thats what its all about...ICU beds, ventilators and staff.

 

[Harryflashman]

Wouldn't it be great though if this virus was defeated by gin and tonic

if it is there is an ex of mine and her mum that could wander through Wuhan unscathed

 

[peteblue]

Spain: 20410 cases; 1041 deaths
Germany: 18450 cases; 53 deaths

despite the much better healthcare system in Germany, there has to be some kind of difference on what a "death from coronavirus" means in each country

Apparently if any dies at home they do not do retrospective coronavirus tests, which may affect the numbers reported.....

 

[LinekersLegs]

Interesting thread

 

[Bruce Wayne]

think you’ve managed to focus on the least important bit of that.

Not really. There are trauma hospitals in London, and non-trauma hospitals. The four trauma hospitals in London are St Mary's, Royal London, St George's and Kings. They will have a lot of ICU beds. Non-trauma hospitals won't.

 

[LinekersLegs]

What about Florida though - there's tens of thousands of young people on a week long bender., It's like virus heaven

I can’t believe that the beaches are still open.

They are all going to come back to their home states at some point too...