Coronavirus outbreak

[Rusty Nails]

That is the worst case scenario, not what they are predicting at all. Spreading blind panic helps no one at all.

And it is in line with the worst case infection and mortality rates for the UK that have been talked about for weeks. It has not worsened just because Vaughan Gething put numbers to it.

 

[Racing roadkill]

I was in London today. Usually at 5 pm on a Friday, if you’re on the Northern / Piccadilly lines, you have to put your best war face on, form up the front row of a Rugby scrum, put your head between your legs, and prepare to kiss your arse goodbye. Today was somewhat different though. There was a serious lack of anyone ‘non-local’ and it felt really strange.

 

[numbnuts]

Worth watching, the start is a bit of a joke, but the rest is not

View: https://youtu.be/D_Vau7NDjQw

 

[Pale Rider]

Trump's just announced America's emergency measures.

Interesting to hear him thank 'great companies' such as Roche and Google.

Presumably, without their help and that of others, the American government could do very little.

I'm wary of trying to compare one society with another, but I think our way of dealing with the virus is the better one.

 

[Starchivore]

I'm off to Spain on Monday, meant to have a little trip and then arrive in Madrid a week or so later. Slightly awkward timing

Okay turns out I'm not going to Madrid. I was going to go anyway because my girlfriend is there, but the thing she's involved with there has closed so she's returning Sunday.

I was trying to figure out if the UK government is taking a sensible approach or not but then it dawned on me that I have no expertise and no idea. The UK's approach and Ireland's approach both seem to make sense for different reasons.

 

[Mugshot]

Too many commentators start with the fixed view that Trump is a nutter, and then scrabble around trying to find evidence to prove it.

Start with a clean sheet and rationally assess his approach to this crisis then a different picture emerges.

A few of Trump's claims have been fact checked by the BBC.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-51818627

 

[Rusty Nails]

In supermarkets around us there have been cost reductions on Corona and Moretti beers. Are those beers not selling so well due their nominal links to the virus and Italy?

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

In supermarkets around us there have been cost reductions on Corona and Moretti beers. Are those beers not selling so well due their nominal links to the virus and Italy?

The Italian link doesn't seem to have deterred people from ravaging the country's pasta stocks.

 

[Rusty Nails]

The Italian link doesn't seem to have deterred people from ravaging the country's pasta stocks.

You're not telling me spag-bol is an Italian dish?

 

[BoldonLad]

Info about pets and CV here:

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/202...latest-advice-about-coronavirus-and-your-pets

Answer seems to be it's unlikely that you can pass it on, or catch it, to/from pets, but better to reduce contact anyway and quarantine the pets of those infected.

I think if it was easily transmitted to pets we would have heard about a lot more pet deaths from China and Italy by now.

Not to mention a lot more concerted action!

 

[johnnyb47]

I think reality is starting to hit home with me now.
For the past few weeks its just been a what you read in the papers, and kind of felt disconnected from it all, but watching Boris and his cronies last night talking live on the news and at the same time getting messages on my phone from my local GP giving general advice really felt like Armageddon day.
Today at work i was briefed about new practices i am to start on Monday.
As my roll is to take in many deliveries a day of up to 40 vehicles, I,ve now got to keep outside drivers from entering the building and tell them to stay inside there vehicles except for opening there trailer. I'm not to sign any of there paper work as it will be now done via a fax or email (basically treat every driver like they may be carrying this awful virus)
Shift patterns have been changed so a 30 minute window will be created to keep the numbers of staff to minimal levels whilst the cleaners sanitise high traffic areas.
It's a good call by my company and I'm glad there taking steps to minimise risk, but as said before its really bringing home to me how serious this could get.
These practices are going to cause some issues and disruption in the smooth running, but we must all do our bit to help

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

Benidorm goes into lockdown from midnight for 15 days

All Public offices & town Halls are to close.
All Bars & Restaurants must close.
All activities including water sports must stop.
All shop to close except shops selling food & pharmacies
All Gyms & Recreational centres must close.

There are people sitting in planes at Manchester that have been held on the runways for over an hour. Flights to Tunisia are being refused permission to land - they're being diverted to Palma then returned to the airport of departure.

 

[marinyork]

On the way out of uni, scanning machines sealed off and two cleaners wheeling in huge trolleys of cleaning stuff and spending ages cleaning the contact points of the building sacanning machines. They do clean them all the time but usually it's a quick scrub-a-dub-dub.

Edit: now we know why!!!!

 

[Racing roadkill]

I’ve never seen this, at this time, on a normal Friday, in my life.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]