Would be up for that but no can do this eveI was thinking maybe a drink beforehand where you could take one for the Cafe and explain to me why the 99 team was so great. With fists if necessary. I'm sure you'd even get paid for it.
SARS CoV-2 coronavirus / Covid-19 (No tin foil hat silliness please)
- Thread starter Don't Kill Bill
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18k were tested. 17885 were perfectly fine. Of the 115 who tested positive.....99% of them will recover after a few days to a week.
feck, someone in the UK has died.
Not contesting that. My point was obviously there's going to be far more cases than 115.
The other 114 had better recover quickly, for your numbers to add up.
Company policy to self isolate for 72 hours if you’ve travelled to an affected area but don’t feel any symptoms. Which is ridiculous given it takes up to 2 weeks to show symptoms
Another 700 here today for a total of almost 4000. I'm pretty much resigned to it being totally out of control now, there are commuter towns with hundreds of cases and people still freely moving about. The initial government response was commendable but theyve done feck all since.
Thats rubbish - my colleague was quarantined for 2 weeks before she was allowed to return.
It hitting Canary Wharf are a nightmare for spreading, especially if it is surviving on surfaces for 2-9 hours, there's like 5 million people who use the tube every day, plus all of those on the DLR, plus, loads of people connect to national rail to the home counties. I think this HSBC infection could be a new super spreader
The person who died from it had no travel in or out of the UK either which is worrying.
Yep. London is the worst place that the outbreak could happen the with the amount of commuters there are going from one end of the country to the other.
First UK death.....no bus analogies please
If you get it are you self quarantined for 2 weeks or is that only if you are suspected of having it? I think i have a greater fear of being stuck in a hospital for 2 weeks than the virus itself
Most people over the age 70 have underlying health conditions. A good portion of people over the age of 60 have underlying health conditions.
From Berkshire.
The whole world is not taking this disease very seriously. Lots of talk but very little action. People still casually flying around the world for skiing holidays like nothing's going on. STOP GOING TO ITALY/CHINA/IRAN/KOREA you numbshits.
It almost seems like governments and health organisations want it to spread around.
Unbelievable that the WHO still won't rate it as a pandemic.
It almost seems like governments and health organisations want it to spread around.
Unbelievable that the WHO still won't rate it as a pandemic.
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I looked up stats for Flu deaths in 18/19 season : 16400
So far, in what, 2 1/2 months, which must be more than a 1/3 of the flu season this year, and Corona has accounted for 3000 deaths apparently. I wonder what flu has accounted for so far?
So far, in what, 2 1/2 months, which must be more than a 1/3 of the flu season this year, and Corona has accounted for 3000 deaths apparently. I wonder what flu has accounted for so far?
BBC just said half of the UK cases are being allowed to recover at home.
Meaning the other half are treated in hospital.
WTF? I thought symptoms were in most cases mild.
Are there any statistics for how often people require hospitalisation?
Meaning the other half are treated in hospital.
WTF? I thought symptoms were in most cases mild.
Are there any statistics for how often people require hospitalisation?
Said tutor now sent home today with sore throat, feeling like shit and sweating it out...
My impression is that it was around 20%.
Bear in mind that some may be in the hospital just because there is local capacity for it, the first few cases tend to be a bit "priviliged" in that regard. If there are isolation rooms they may be kept there until more urgent cases need them. What I mean is that from those being "treated" in the hospital, a few may just be quarantined. Just a guess.
People aren't being cautious enough at all.
That person was old and had been in and out of hospital with all sorts of ailments prior to getting the virus it's been confirmed.
That would make sense actually. If the virus goes 'mainstream' here and the UK ends up with cases into the thousands, I'd have thought the advice to the infected will be to stay home and isolate.
Presumably those 20% of cases that become serious are the elderly and immune compromised
UK from what i read was working off plans for 15% needing hospitalisation and 20% of those ICU needed.
It wouldn't surprise me if currently they're encouraging people to stay in hospital whilst they've got the space to avoid spread.
And this is why the numbers will increase, I bet in every country there's an example like this
Coronavirus patient ignored self-isolation order to go to business event
https://nypost.com/2020/03/04/coron...XPYjnSVoPFMB-YlbnbR1J3WBwqzYZCxxqCFQF5Ow96G40
Coronavirus patient ignored self-isolation order to go to business event
https://nypost.com/2020/03/04/coron...XPYjnSVoPFMB-YlbnbR1J3WBwqzYZCxxqCFQF5Ow96G40
Right?
Look I'm not particularly worried about the whole virus thing in the grand scheme of it, but after I initially heard her story the other week I told them they need to cut down on the unnecessary traffic in offices, no paper assignments etc
Now we're in a completely avoidable situation where someone potential with the virus has been teaching multiple groups of students across multiple courses in multiple rooms. All completely dismissed
When someone on your kids flight home from a hot zone (and has been with them for a week) is very sick with something what more reason do you need to be a bit more careful
Head spins...
Yep. There's numerous stories in this thread of posters knowing of people acknowledging that they're potentially Ill but not isolating themselves. That's just this forum, so imagine how many cases there are.
So estimate the total number of deaths in the UK to this thing this year?...
100k is my guess.
100k is my guess.
I think you might be right here. My family doctor told me the other day that she's been away to China in November travelling the country up and down with the group (15 people).
While there she along with the whole group would have suffered from symptoms which now pretty much describe coronavirus. Her’s case was very severe as she tried several different antibiotic courses which did not help at all. She would only recover after coming back (not sure if she would have tested positive at that point if that was coronavirus).
Family members that traveled with her and had the same disease have gone off to Scotland (where they live). Very curious if that could have been the same Coronavirus they discovered later.
So estimate the total number of deaths in the UK to this thing this year?...
100k is my guess.
I think that's a bit high. But who knows?
100k is dramatic.So estimate the total number of deaths in the UK to this thing this year?...
100k is my guess.
There's been 150 deaths in Italy and if you times it by 12 you'll get 1800.
You'd need 8333 deaths a month to reach 100k in a year. If the virus kills 3. 5% of sufferers you would need 235,000 sufferers. China has reached 80k but has slowed down its growth.
I wonder if hospitals will start putting up makeshift isolation areas for the infected. No specific treatment, just a place for the sick to stay out of society's way
100k?So estimate the total number of deaths in the UK to this thing this year?...
100k is my guess.
That’s a hell of a high number
UK government announces that anyone who has come from Italy MUST self isolate.
No. Certainly not in the developed world.
So estimate the total number of deaths in the UK to this thing this year?...
100k is my guess.
Nah, not even close to that. We've had 3k deaths on the planet in 3 months.