For the majority of people the symptoms are pretty mild compared to a flu. Think it hits around 20% of people pretty hard though.
SARS CoV-2 coronavirus / Covid-19 (No tin foil hat silliness please)
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The temperature is only your body's first response by trying to flush the invader out with heat.
Flu is often mild. I'm not sure why people are suggesting it always knocks the shit out of you.
No idea.
There's reports that people have it mildly e.g Tom Hanks was still able to do Instagram. Then there's that Doctor in China who has fully fit and healthy, but died. I don't know what the average is.
I work in NHS, and though i haven't visited infected patients, i'm told by ICU nurses that those suspected of having the virus on their ward are on deaths door. Though that's what you'd expect on ICU
Yup. Based on what have I heard this morning, out of 10 people that have symptoms 2 will be sick enough to be hospitalized and 1 of them should end up in ICU. Many won't even realize that they are infected.
Well, you absolutely shouldn't go to the doctors for flu, unless the symptoms won't pass or you develop complications, so you're doing the right thing. There's no bigger timewasters for GPs, then people rocking up with basic viral conditions. They can't do shit for you.
Accountancy firm, I’m in the Manchester office.
You’re at impressive levels of wrong here.
Yeah that’s my attitude. I saw my medical record for the first time recently and in the last few years I’d been in for slipping a joint in my back, then this accursed labyrinth syndrome. If any caf docs are reading this btw and want to share their wisdom about the latter please do so
No. It ranges from totally asymptomatic to feeling a bit under the weather to can't breathe without medical intervention. It's impossible to positively diagnose without specific tests, but it is possible to rule it out from regular flu with a stethoscope according to doctors here.
I think it's obvious Trump and Boris have decided to let everyone get it and then see about what happens then .
They are not thinking about preventing it or delaying it and as far as they are concerned screw those who die as a result
They are not thinking about preventing it or delaying it and as far as they are concerned screw those who die as a result
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I'm getting ads for face masks on this site now. And not the ones from Wish with a gimp hole on the front.
how the feck did they put a man on the moon
When have the televangelists put a man on the moon?
Italy keeps getting worse.
I don't know about Trump but this simply isn't true abuout Boris. Stop finger pointing. No one knows exactly when it is the right time to start the lockdowns.
Would love United to announce an official mask partner in the next few weeks.
Is it random how the severity is distributed, or do the more susceptible (elderly etc.) tend to be the ones hit harder?
Feck
This. A lot of people i read get mild flu during the flu season and mistake it for a cold.
There's almost certainly got to be a couple of us on here with the virus right now and we just don't know about it.
Yeah I agree. I turned em off completely on my old phone. Probably gonna leave them off now.
Definitely. The scary shit is the lack of available medical capacity seemingly inflating the death percentage.
I've been isolating for a couple of weeks, trying to be pre-emptive, but it's clearer the past few days that that's pointless.
It's still too early to have definitive answers but based on Italy and China, people over 70 and younger people with chronic diseases are more likely to be hit harder.
Is there any research on why that is the case (after you take out the age, health, smoking, obesity factors)? It seems even some young, healthy folks end up in treatment - so has any link based on say blood type etc established?
Jesus. I initially read that as 250 new cases and my first reaction was "that's very low" was filled with optimism that they've got on top of it. Deaths. Genuinely frightening .
He asked what most people will feel like...
The lockdown measures won't be effective until next week. The people who tested positive for the virus probably got it last weekend. If the number of new cases doesn't drop in the next 2 weeks then something is wrong.
Nah flu is usually feeling like you got hit by a truck. Common cold is mild.
It will continue this way for a few days at least, but thankfully the exponential growth seems to have slowed down. The lockdowns wont have any effect until next week.
The government also said in the press conference they expect a spike in cases this weekend as a result of everybody fleeing the weekend just gone
I'm not a doctor. I thought he was asking the symptoms to look out for. As you were.
A severe case of influenza feels like that. I've had one. It was awful and then I got pneumonia.
A mild case of influenza does not and is common. It's not distinguishable from a cold to the average person.
Aye. I don't believe for a second that there's zero cases there and the fact they've stopped testing people means that they're committed to this herd theory course of action. They don't want people to know the true figures. I feel for anyone that works for the NHS I really do. Gonna be hell
Yes. Considering that he is a senior citizen, I can offer to him 'thoughts and prayers' if he catches the virus.
So under a lockdown, how are deliveries to supermarkets handled? Do the army step in and take over?
Does it matter which deity you pray to?
I live in a building that is inhabited predominantly by the elderly so my flatmate and I are putting up a flyer on the main entrance offering our help to all the residents with their grocery/pharmacy shopping. That way we have something to do during the quarantine and don't get bored out of our minds, and we also help reduce the overall number of people being exposed. I wish the hospital lets me back in so I can do actual work instead of this but it's all I can do right now.
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