Corona Virus: How Are We Doing?

[lane]

The point being made is that if a large part of the population had already had covid-19 then we would have already seen the deaths at that point. It is not possible for a large part of the population to have been exposed without the vulnerable fraction also being exposed.

Antibody testing in the US and the Netherlands indicates that only between 1 and 3% of the population are likely to have been exposed.

Yes all I have seen is ranges between 2 and 14% with questions being raised about methodology at the higher end or it being testing in significant hot-spots. Even if it is higher with more asymptomatic cases than we now seem to expect, it has all happened in the past few week not in December or January. I can't see more than 5% of people in the UK have been exposed which seems to tie in with what experts are suggesting.

 

[gavroche]

"If UK does what France does I will be upset"

I never said I will be upset, but just that I will not agree with it either and not follow their recommendation . As for Boris, well, his past speaks for itself.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

you still managed to get a dig in about a man convalescing from a life-threatening disease. Good for you.

Oh well done. You just managed to use an irrelevant reference to Johnson's illness as an excuse to avoid criticism of him. Good for you.


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[Levo-Lon]

I spent some time this morning creating a painted line for visitors .

Took a while to cut out and used yellow aerosol.. to paint the words and line.

I was pleased with it.

Receptionist said oh that's good you could be "Banksy"
No more like Wanksy

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Oh well done. You just managed to use an irrelevant reference to Johnson's illness as an excuse to avoid criticism of him. Good for you.


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Don't worry, your kudos is maintained through the use of the excellent word 'dagnabbit' - possibly a forum first although @classic33 will probably prove me wrong.

 

[Bazzer]

We had been in self isolation (because of child 2), for 2 weeks from around 4 weeks ago, although she was never tested. We had a rough couple of days, when it was touch and go whether we took her to hospital, (and after a heated argument cancelled an ambulance).
We thought child 2 was over it, but it seems the after effects persist for weeks.
GP now believes she had the virus and she needs antibiotics for breathing difficulties and recommended to wear a face mask for her own lung protection when taking her exercise. She has had blue lips a couple of times, but fortunately I have a supply of pure oxygen. (Albeit limited).
Apparently through hygiene, health or just plain good luck, Mrs B and I didn't suffer any ill effects.

 

[classic33]

Don't worry, your kudos is maintained through the use of the excellent word 'dagnabbit' - possibly a forum first although @classic33 will probably prove me wrong.

He just likes the word, that's all.

And there's nothing to see here.

 

[lane]

We had been in self isolation (because of child 2), for 2 weeks from around 4 weeks ago, although she was never tested. We had a rough couple of days, when it was touch and go whether we took her to hospital, (and after a heated argument cancelled an ambulance).
We thought child 2 was over it, but it seems the after effects persist for weeks.
GP now believes she had the virus and she needs antibiotics for breathing difficulties and recommended to wear a face mask for her own lung protection when taking her exercise. She has had blue lips a couple of times, but fortunately I have a supply of pure oxygen. (Albeit limited).
Apparently through hygiene, health or just plain good luck, Mrs B and I didn't suffer any ill effects.

Glad things are looking up. Sounds horendous. Hope he / she continues to recover.

 

[PaulB]

I was very disappointed on my bike ride today. My intended route was to go through a village near me (which shall remain nameless) but it has gone right over the top in terms of keeping 'undesirables' out. Farms on the roads leading to the place had hand-written warnings frightening off any person headed in that direction. The main car park servicing the village and big hill is closed off and barricaded but the adjacent turn to the village itself is firmly blocked with signs telling you there is no go under any circumstances - unless your house is along that road. The worrying thing is, this is the same sort of mentality that brought this village the thing it's known for - witchcraft and the madness that had them denouncing any helpless old woman in the vicinity. The locals were also going unnecessarily over the top in applying daft rules during the foot-and-mouth crisis and maintaining restrictions long after they were lifted. What harm could a solo bike rider cause going through the village on the road out the other side? What I saw in the 2001 F&M thing was that once this village had gone full lockdown, the adjacent villages brought the same restrictions in there not long after. There's no benefit from having 'strangers' in the vicinity because all the pubs and other businesses are closed so the mentality runs, let's keep the buggers out.

 

[fossyant]

I was very disappointed on my bike ride today. My intended route was to go through a village near me (which shall remain nameless) but it has gone right over the top in terms of keeping 'undesirables' out. Farms on the roads leading to the place had hand-written warnings frightening off any person headed in that direction. The main car park servicing the village and big hill is closed off and barricaded but the adjacent turn to the village itself is firmly blocked with signs telling you there is no go under any circumstances - unless your house is along that road. The worrying thing is, this is the same sort of mentality that brought this village the thing it's known for - witchcraft and the madness that had them denouncing any helpless old woman in the vicinity. The locals were also going unnecessarily over the top in applying daft rules during the foot-and-mouth crisis and maintaining restrictions long after they were lifted. What harm could a solo bike rider cause going through the village on the road out the other side? What I saw in the 2001 F&M thing was that once this village had gone full lockdown, the adjacent villages brought the same restrictions in there not long after. There's no benefit from having 'strangers' in the vicinity because all the pubs and other businesses are closed so the mentality runs, let's keep the buggers out.

Pendle then......

 

[fossyant]

If we are riding a bike, we haven't a virus. FFS I couldn't ride mine if ill - I'm not out for a pootle, I'm out training - if I was ill, I wouldn't ride.

 

[vickster]

If we are riding a bike, we haven't a virus. FFS I couldn't ride mine if ill - I'm not out for a pootle, I'm out training - if I was ill, I wouldn't ride.

I think one of the main reasons for social distancing is to stop those who are carriers but asymptomatic from spreading it. Could be any of us

 

[buzzy-beans]

It makes my blood boil when I here cyclists saying they are out training................. now come on for heavens sake, be responsible and observe the full meaning of the laws of our land!
You might think you are safe, you might think you aren't endangering anyone, but what happens if you have an accident, what happens if you unfortunately ride into a pothole and go base over apex into the road smashing yourself up good and proper in the process. Then because of your selfish exercising at least 1 or more police cars would have to come out to you along with at least one paramedic and then an ambulance and all because you, you selfish 'B' were only doing a bit of exercise on your bike!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Boring as it is, we are doing all of our exercise on our turbo trainers in our own back garden, endangering absolutely no one.

 

[Illaveago]

That Brandon Lewis was talking b ******s! When asked why we are not choosing PPE from British manufacturers said that it's not the right type !
When heath workers told to re use or make PPE last longer surely not quite the right stuff is better than nothing !

 

[Julia9054]

It makes my blood boil when I here cyclists saying they are out training................. now come on for heavens sake, be responsible and observe the full meaning of the laws of our land!
You might think you are safe, you might think you aren't endangering anyone, but what happens if you have an accident, what happens if you unfortunately ride into a pothole and go base over apex into the road smashing yourself up good and proper in the process. Then because of your selfish exercising at least 1 or more police cars would have to come out to you along with at least one paramedic and then an ambulance and all because you, you selfish 'B' were only doing a bit of exercise on your bike!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Exercise is allowed. One person calls it training, another person calls it exercise. Same thing.