Corona Virus: How Are We Doing?

[DCLane]

Would you be able to provide some detail on the booking system. It's something my club want to introduce in an attempt to restart club rides.

Thanks

They're trying one via Facebook events. A club that seems to have it working is Seacroft Wheeler - see their FB page for a good example.

 

[raleighnut]

I find this odd too. I'm totally opposed to the idea of expecting large numbers of people to pointlessly isolate themselves "just in case", when the vast majority of them won't have the virus. If we are going to limit the disruption & damage, this all needs to be done a lot more intelligently. That means making it easy for anyone to get on-demand tests whenever they want. If people could test themselves regularly they could ensure they didn't spread the virus, but everyone would still be able to go about as normal. Isolating perfectly "clean" individuals simply because no-one knows if they have the virus or not is extremely inefficient and economically costly, and is just not sustainable over a long period.

Even if you took a test you could catch it before you got the results though.

 

[SkipdiverJohn]

Even if you took a test you could catch it before you got the results though.

No regime is going to capture every infection, that's simply unrealistic to set the bar at that level. Even if you could only identify 50% of those with the virus it would still make a substantial difference, but without causing anything like the amount of disruption and lost productive hours that blanket self-isolation policies create.

Yesterday a colleague who works for a different manager told me they had two staff with virus-like symptoms, who had just reported in sick. The group comprises 24 staff + 1 manager. After much head scratching, they reckon ten other staff plus the manager had been in close contact with the two with the symptoms, so they've all been sent home. That's 13 people off work plus another member of staff taken off their normal job to provide cover for the manager. So they're down to 11 out of 24 staff doing productive work for a fortnight. The country can't afford to keep doing this sort of thing for months on end, where every time one person goes down with anything, half the people they work with get sent home. The pay cost is astronomical, and backlogs of work then build up too.
If you had a user-friendly test regime, you could get everyone sent home to have a test early next week, and if the results were same day, you could then get all the negatives back to work the day after. You might miss someone, but you'd probably catch the majority of infections. You wouldn't have a 50% absentee rate for two weeks for every sniffle.

 

[winjim]

It needs a cheap and easy rapid point of care test really, but I don't know if such a thing is feasible.

 

[newfhouse]

It needs a cheap and easy rapid point of care test really, but I don't know if such a thing is feasible.

On the moon, apparently.

 

[johnnyb47]

Hi all and hope you're all well.
I've been back at work now a good few weeks and can gladly say it really busy. In fact it's so busy it's been hard work getting the energy to get out and enjoy a bike ride.
Sadly thought Covid has made its presence felt in the work place.
My company has done everything practically possible to make it safe but this virus is very difficult to control and it's inevitably reared it's ugly head amongst is.
Last Friday we all had a Covid test down at a local mobile testing station and what a joke that was. We were told we will get are results within 48 hours via text.
The following Sunday instead of a text, i got a call to tell me i tested negative. Phew that was a relief, and reason for the call instead of a text was because they were experiencing technical problems with the texting process.
Throughout the week though most of the staff had not heard anything of there results, whilst others were getting calls and being asked if there names were such and such to which they were not. To me it looked like the testing station had somehow got the names and contact numbers mixed up of the people being tested.
Not very confidences inspiring.
Sadly last week it was confirmed a few staff members had proven positive, which is very worrying for the rest of us.
With paranoia running wild amongst us, the slightest signs of feeling unwell sets off the alarm bells.
These last few nights I've been feeling extremely tired and been heading off to bed for 8pm. Its unusual for me as i usually like to get out of the bike in the evening and get a few miles in before bed time, but I've just haven't had the energy.
Last night i woke up around 2am with a monumental headache and sweating like a pig and not long after started vomiting.
The first thing you think of under the circumstances is have i caught Covid.
Strangely this morning i feel ok apart from a little fuzzy headed.
I've been enjoying a few occasional beers at the weekend since the pubs have reopened and most of them have been very proactive with there track and trace program and ensuring social distancing is maintained. But one pub in particular seems to be completely ignoring it. No details or contact information are asked for, and the place is rammed packed with youngsters sitting on top of each other. I took one look at it and walked away..
The pub in question from all accounts has operated like this since the first opened. To me, this is fine example where the virus could re emerge into a second wave again.
I had so many plans this weekend to see family and friends but after suffering from last night's illness I'm keeping well away, just to be on the safe side.
It could be just something as simple as food poisoning (as I'm not the best of cooks:=)), but none the less, you do automatically think of the worst in these current times

 

[Mugshot]

On the moon, apparently.

You'd have to wear those helmets and suits and things on the moon too, so not a bad shout for slowing down the infection rate, plus it might sort out the anti-maskers.

 

[bikingdad90]

Noravirus is circulating at the moment so it could be that.

 

[Rusty Nails]

I've just been down the local Spar. The young lad behind the counter, always friendly, asked me would I have a vaccine when it comes about. I said I would, partly because I am in a higher risk category, but also because it may help improve the overall infection rates eventually.

He said he wasn't sure if he would, but he had heard the the government was planning to use the Army to force the population to have the vaccine .

I just smiled (not that he could tell as I was wearing a mask) and wished him a good day.

It's amazing how conspiracy stories spread.

 

[newfhouse]

he had heard the the government was planning to use the Army to force the population to have the vaccine .

It's amazing how conspiracy stories spread.

I hadn't heard that, but I'll be sure to pass it on.

 

[marinyork]

I hadn't heard that, but I'll be sure to pass it on.

You better be quick then, the vaccine might stop you passing the virus on.

 

[newfhouse]

You better be quick then, the vaccine might stop you passing the virus on.

I don't think there's an effective vaccine against most conspiracy theories.

 

[marinyork]

I don't think there's an effective vaccine against most conspiracy theories.

Common sense.

 

[newfhouse]

Common sense.

Old fashioned British common sense? How's that working out?

 

[cougie uk]

As much as I genuinely feared the effects of the virus initially, does anyone else feel that this is just being mercilessly hijacked as political tool of coercian, control and exploitation? Let's face it the establishment will always capitalise on any situation to chase their agenda (such as bailing out the banks in the financial crisis) and while their actions seemed largely legitimate and proportionate in the beginning, now it seems increasingly like they're clutching at straws for justification.

Looking at the latest stats, while our daily no. of confirmed cases has ramped back up and is now at 40% of where it was at peak, the amount of deaths has decayed exponentially since the first spike and shows no sign of further growth.

Tbh now I'm far more concerned about the measures being taken as justified by the virus than the direct effect of the virus itself..

Er no. It's a fkn global pandemic that's killed what 80k in the UK alone including one of my family members.

Coercion and control ? This government couldn't control anything. Don't give them the credit.