Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[peteblue]

Is anybody starting to think that a huge chunk of the population have already had/currently have this?

The missus was off sick for 2 days this week (not taken a sickie in almost a decade) and now I feel as rough as a bear's arse

I believe the answer is Yes.....

 

[Barnfred 55]

That's what I said

I wasn't referring to Boris Johnson though

 

[marnie]

Christ, how is your luck?

Some Ajax player has been in a coma for 2 years and 9 months; wakes up today.

Prays for @Darren78

 

[Zezti]

Good lord, is he functioning?

Ajax footballer Abdelhak Nouri awakes from coma after 32 months

The 22-year-old who suffered a cardiac arrest during a match wakes up after two years, eight months and 19 days.

www.aljazeera.com

The player's brother Abderrahim said the 22-year-old woke up and showed signs of life, Dutch daily De Telegraaf reported late on Thursday.

"It is going well with Appie [Abdelhak]. Yes, what is good? He's awake, he's asleep, he's eating, he's burping, but he's not getting out of bed," Abderrahim told the Amsterdam-based newspaper.

"At good times there is a form of communication, then he moves his eyebrows. He just can't keep it up for long, that seems to be top sport for him," he said, adding that Nouri was at home with his family and "aware of where he is".

 

[navidson]

seen fleeing from Downing Street apparently, like a fourteenth century rat whose Genoese trading ship is going to leave in five minutes

He's definitely got more than a touch of the Petyr Baelish about him

 

[Connor]

Apparently so. Talksport labelled it a "Good News" item in their 1.00pm news slot.

Not so sure me.

Bloody hell, I'd forgotten all about him – same as Schumacher. Just hadn't heard anything for a while.

Picked some time to wake up mind.

 

[NilSatisOptimum]

Agree whether you like the man of not, no one should wish illnesses on another.

Remember Johnson does not do victim status so he won't appreciate sentiment.

 

[ramacca]

Why hasn't Raab done more for those stranded.

Steven Morris
More than 60 cross-party MPs have signed a letter to the foreign secretary, Dominic Raab, calling on him to arrange charter flights to bring home British nationals who are stranded abroad.
Many British nationals have complained to MPs of receiving little to no consular support and say there is a lack of clear advice from the Foreign Office. The cost of commercial flights has skyrocketed leaving those unable to pay for new flights trapped.
Afzal Khan, MP for Manchester Gorton, said there were a significant number of British nationals stuck in Pakistan.
Khan said:

I have been contacted by a number of constitutes who are growing increasingly anxious about being unable to return home to the UK.
Many have serious underlying health conditions and are running low on essential medication which is only adding to their anxieties. We are calling on the Government to do more to bring British citizens home to safety.

 

[Barnfred 55]

You can disagree, but it's true. I'm not against testing as a whole, btw. The only people who need testing are those sick with it and those who are at significant risk. There might be correlation with countries that do a lot of testing and them dealing with it well, but that's not a direct result of the testing. Those countries have also implemented actual strategies to stop the spread, like enforced quarantine.

More health officials are coming out and are saying stay at home, don't try to get tested. It makes absolute sense. Do you really want valuable medical resources used up just to confirm that some guy with a fever and a cough has the coronavirus, even though you can't do anything to help him, and he'll just be told to go home anyway?

Health and care workers need testing mate. Especially those not dealing with CV but coming into daily contact with the higher risk.

 

[PITA]

What I find odd is how many famous people are getting the virus and are fine with it. Whether it's Idris Elba, Tom hanks, probably now Boris Johnson.

I did have a feeling Johnson would catch it at some point, just a matter of time before it was announced.

But yeah, many cases in hospital all over the world with the virus yet not a single famous person has ended up there. Just strikes me as a little odd.

I'm not saying they don't have it neither. Given the perspective media wise that it is almost like a plague of sorts, it's odd that they don't have a famous person as poster child for how bad this is, only us normal people

Mark Blum: Madonna pays tribute to co-star after coronavirus death

Madonna pays tribute to "loving and professional" Mark Blum following his coronavirus-related death.

www.bbc.com

 

[Sentinel]

Well he’s faster than Siggy....

Remember those days when we just sat around jesting about our overpaid players. And then Ancelotti became our manager and things looked brighter. Then coronavirus hit. Everton that.

 

[PITA]

all the best mate, sounds like you've been on the frontline pretty much and that shouldn't be underestimated as a contribution

My wife works for the NHS and she is so annoyed about the lack of press concerning shopworkers.

 

[PITA]

Only a matter of time, I've gone high temp overnight.
My youngest temp very high too.

Isolation it is. Hope I didn't pass it on to father in law when I dropped off his groceries yesterday. Ffs.

Stay strong.

 

[marnie]

Remember those days when we just sat around jesting about our overpaid players. And then Ancelotti became our manager and things looked brighter. Then coronavirus hit. Everton that.

The days when you didn't want to throttle yer missus.

 

[summerisle]