Corona virus - Covid 19 discussion

[dunover]

And to think, people mocked my 'Billy no mates' brown paper bag idea for Meistermeets

Well who's laughing now

Yes, being a billy no-mates certainly helps you avoid contagious diseases.

 

[LordSilver]

The virus may take my life but it won’t take my money.

No that is true, Bonanza will make sure of that

 

[goatwack]

Plane from Wuhan landing in Brize Norton as we speak.

People turning out to greet them and welcome them back into the fold

 

[steveh35]

The 2 Coronavirus victims are chinese students staying at a hotel in York.

 

[Mr_Slot5]

Wonder how many people these two Chinese student have passed this onto?? No chance this will be contained now IMO.

Best of British to everyone, this might get grim for a while.

 

[steveh35]

Wonder how many people these two Chinese student have passed this onto?? No chance this will be contained now IMO.

Best of British to everyone, this might get grim for a while.

Was listening to LBC last night a taxi driver from York rang said he was sat outside the hotel and there were no signs of any quarantine apart from one room he said he was worried as he was transporting passengers to the hotel and the hotel was carrying on as normal.

 

[Mr_Slot5]

Was listening to LBC last night a taxi driver from York rang said he was sat outside the hotel and there were no signs of any quarantine apart from one room he said he was worried as he was transporting passengers to the hotel and the hotel was carrying on as normal.

Sounds about right. As ever, the UK will get serious when the horse has already bolted and it's circulating freely amongst the public.

The thing is, there are already reports of people wearing face masks after these cases. If this gets out further, you can guarantee people will go batshit crazy...panic buying etc.

 

[irish-ranger]

The virus may take my life but it won’t take my money.

That’s due to bonanza already achieving the money bit..

 

[dionysus]

Plane from Wuhan landing in Brize Norton as we speak.

People turning out to greet them and welcome them back into the fold

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who knew my halloween costume would be prophetic

 

[nutnut]

i live in york and that hotel is at the back of my house. One thing I can tell you is york is rammed with chinese all year round, infact i'd argue more Chinese than nay other tourists from anywhere else in the world.

So doesn't suprise me it's started here and it won't be the last. that said it's nothing but a flu, that will kill old people off. not as bad as they making out.

 

[nutnut]

Sounds about right. As ever, the UK will get serious when the horse has already bolted and it's circulating freely amongst the public.

The thing is, there are already reports of people wearing face masks after these cases. If this gets out further, you can guarantee people will go batshit crazy...panic buying etc.

The chinese in york wear them all year round, so just the press trying to scare people, it's nothing new wearing them.

 

[pinnit2014]

The chinese in york wear them all year round, so just the press trying to scare people, it's nothing new wearing them.

I’d a health and safety guy tell me, almost with glee, that most of them from what he’s seen wouldn’t do much good as it didn’t look like they’d be face fitted correctly anyhow.

It was a long smoke break.

 

[sufferinsilence]

Is Bat Soup off the menu at the Meister Meet then?View attachment 122364

Do I have to be the one to ask the question? Is protected sex with live wild or farm animals still OK according to the WHO? Can anyone confirm?

 

[goatwack]

What am I reading

Of course it is

 

[steveh35]

Do I have to be the one to ask the question? Is protected sex with live wild or farm animals still OK according to the WHO? Can anyone confirm?

Depends who is top and who is bottom.

 

[goatwack]

 

[RickyMicky]

who knew my halloween costume would be prophetic

AWESOME! Where did you buy this wonderful thing?

 

[Playford7]

The hysteria is palatable.
Yes it’s newish, people have died.
Heard it all before with sars and mad cow and Ebola.
The media don’t help at all.
It’s hardly the rage virus where we all need to stockpile and get sharpened knives.

 

[dionysus]

AWESOME! Where did you buy this wonderful thing?

amazon

 

[Matti]

I'm not worried of the virus. It's a Friday evening and I'm like a scout. Always ready.

 

[Oscar Arnhem]

@Kroffe , is that you?

 

[steveh35]

@Kroffe , is that you?

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Oh dear looks like Kroffe has caught it. put him in CM quarantine room.

 

[Kroffe]

Yeah, me and some friends all caught the virus.
But since bears are more badass than humans it does not really affect us much.
Some things are a bit weird tho.

 

[lockinlove]

We had two patients at our hospital tested for it come back negative but were told there was a confirmed case in London Ontario. The media have people spooked because people are coming into our emerge and stealing all the face masks

 

[goatwack]

The hysteria is real here too, aided in no small part by the media revelling in people's fears (like Brexit f.e)

Shops are bereft of masks everywhere. I doubt one could even get those Skeletor or Smurf ones it's that bad

 

[steveh35]

I am really glad I don't work in a GP surgery anymore, they used to panic when they sneezed more than twice in a day and screaming

 

[slotmaster]

Was at Shopper's this morning and they had sign on the door saying out of masks and cashier said the same thing to me and no hand sanitizer left.

 

[dionysus]

Was at Shopper's this morning and they had sign on the door saying out of masks and cashier said the same thing to me and no hand sanitizer left.

oh good lord
any other season, id be in there, people be sneezing all over the place, rubbing their noses passing round the flu like it was free candy

 

[slotmaster]

oh good lord
any other season, id be in there, people be sneezing all over the place, rubbing their noses passing round the flu like it was free candy

Yup, I lol at people. I don't think we need to panic at the moment and run out and clear shelves.

 

[mina1929]

No one is wearing masks in the town where I live, I don't think they even heard of the virus, way too laid back these Aussie people

 

[dionysus]

i dont even know why Canadians are even stressing; i mean, flu and colds are practically a national identity

 

[geordiecolin]

Wonder how many people these two Chinese student have passed this onto?? No chance this will be contained now IMO.

Best of British to everyone, this might get grim for a while.

And be sure to take notice of any notifications of when and where to be vigilant

 

[lockinlove]

The hysteria is real here too, aided in no small part by the media revelling in people's fears (like Brexit f.e)

Shops are bereft of masks everywhere. I doubt one could even get those Skeletor or Smurf ones it's that bad

i am going to start wearing one of those skeletor masks to work ..and when they tell me great job taking initiative for wearing a mask to keep down the spreading i will say "oh there is a virus? i am wearing this cause it looks awesome"

 

[lockinlove]

i dont even know why Canadians are even stressing; i mean, flu and colds are practically a national identity

People do not understand how brutal winters are here and not cold and snow wise. The amount of times our household gets the flu and colds through out the winter is outrageous. Every other week someone has something and that is the reason that as soon as i have enough money im outta here in the winters! Canadian winters have finally caught up with me because now i despise them. The first 2 months are ok but then after that. enough.

 

[geordiecolin]

People do not understand how brutal winters are here and not cold and snow wise. The amount of times our household gets the flu and colds through out the winter is outrageous. Every other week someone has something and that is the reason that as soon as i have enough money im outta here in the winters! Canadian winters have finally caught up with me because now i despise them. The first 2 months are ok but then after that. enough.

I do not see any indication in the above of you taking your family with you? Destressing x2

 

[slotmaster]

I do not see any indication in the above of you taking your family with you? Destressing x2

She's taking me! Please take me with you. :/

 

[Supababe]

Catch the virus and there’s a 2% mortality rate.....
Way less than other potential deadly epidemics of the last decade.

me thinks, I’m the UK at least, it’s simply the media smokescreen to save us from the Brexit BS... you know, like the ex lady PM and her new found dancing talents.....

 

[geordiecolin]

She's taking me. Please take me with you. :/

It would be akin to talking with someone who has to refer to various forums and points of contact before getting an answer to a question

 

[slotmaster]

It would be akin to talking with someone who has to refer to various forums and points of contact before getting an answer to a question

English please.

 

[mina1929]

This is what I found, interesting.

 

[colinsunderland]

Catch the virus and there’s a 2% mortality rate.....
Way less than other potential deadly epidemics of the last decade.

me thinks, I’m the UK at least, it’s simply the media smokescreen to save us from the Brexit BS... you know, like the ex lady PM and her new found dancing talents.....

I thought 2% was extremely high for a mortality rate?

 

[Borgie]

I thought 2% was extremely high for a mortality rate?

a comparison ebola has up to a 95%mortality rate

 

[Playford7]

This is what I found, interesting.
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Where is that from mina?
Hope your well, not spoke in a while

 

[mina1929]

Where is that from mina?
Hope your well, not spoke in a while

Just something I found that was shared from NSW Young Greens

 

[mina1929]

Where is that from mina?
Hope your well, not spoke in a while

I am well and my day off today

 

[Playford7]

I am well and my day off today

Good stuff

 

[sufferinsilence]

I thought 2% was extremely high for a mortality rate?

Seasonal flu has between 1.25 and 2.5% mortality rate. So it's not extremely high. I think the numbers will be higher because this is a new virus our immune system never dealt with nor is there a "flu" vaccine for this one so more people will get sick.

 

[Mr_Slot5]

I thought 2% was extremely high for a mortality rate?

It is high for a virulent and easily transmissible virus. To put it into perspective, 1 in every 50 people you know can be expected to die with a 2% mortality rate.

Or 2 people in a company with 100 employees.

 

[Mr_Slot5]

Seasonal flu has between 1.25 and 2.5% mortality rate. So it's not extremely high. I think the numbers will be higher because this is a new virus our immune system never dealt with nor is there a "flu" vaccine for this one so more people will get sick.

I think seasonal flu has a circa 0.5% mortality rate. Spanish flu had a 3% mortality rate so I believe.

This is a notch more deadly than seasonal flu. Not something you want to be playing russian roulette with.

Some good news though. Apparently HIV antivirals are proving to be effective against the virus with reports that some people are showing significant improvement after just 24 hours on them.

 

[chuchu59]

I live in Hong Kong which has several borders with mainland China. The number of infection cases have exceeded 16000 with 305 deaths and 380 recoveries. No vaccine has yet been developed and the number of infection cases in mainland China are rising by more than 2000 daily.

My whole city is in turmoil as I type. Our Chief Executive is unwilling to close the borders with mainland China and at least several thousand come to Hong Kong everyday and they are indeed high risk carriers of the coronavirus. Ridiculous as it seems the whole population of 7 million are scrambling for surgical face masks at up to 20 times the normal price as the government has refused o take measures to diffuse the situation. Just today our medical staff are on strike against the stance to leave the borders open yet again the government doesnt budge. Hong Kong now has 15 infection cases which is more than any country outside China but the full effects will be fully felt within a week as tens of thousands of our citizens return to Hong Kong from the mainland.

This virus is contagious and those infected carry no symptoms eg. coughing, high temperature etc. until a week or up to 2 weeks. Anyone who has been to Wuhan, China is a high risk carrier of the virus but 5 million Wuhanese escaped from the place to all parts of the world before the place was totally locked down so there is a likelihood of there being many carriers of the virus everywhere especially mainland China. Not to be racist to my fellowmen but be extra careful if you are in close contact with anyone coming from China in the past 2 months ie since mid-Dec last year. Bless you all.