Coronavirus outbreak

[Levo-Lon]

Well, let's hope Trump catches it, then wakes up to how serious this is as America is going to be in deep doo doo (it already is).

Harry and Meghan got on a private jet back to LA so it cant be that bad

 

[tom73]

That would seem to allow cycling as long as you don't come by car.
suppose the walking thing is because they assume folk will come by car.

I think the issue is don't go out your way in order to just get out into the peak park.
Unless you live in the area as like everyone else they can do without everyone else turning up on mass. They are trying to head off what's been happening in other areas last weekend.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

Harry and Meghan got on a private jet back to LA so it cant be that bad

Did they?

I thought the US was not allowing flights from Europe and the UK.

 

[benb]

A infectious disease specialist has said we need to call this a Plague and not a disease.

I must admit it is more of a attention grabbing headline and will possibly make the none believers take notice.

Not entirely sure of the difference between disease and plague but I suspect a plague is harder to control and probably has no medical cure ..

That would be quite misleading, as plague is a specific set of diseases, and it bacterial not viral.

 

[Blue Hills]

Did they?

I thought the US was not allowing flights from Europe and the UK.

i think they flew from canada - no i don't follow the (ex) royals - story bounced up on that annoying screen which pops up when you log out of outlook - stories like - you'll - bitch bitch - never guess what *** looks like now - bitch bitch.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

i think they flew from canada - no i don't follow the (ex) royals - story bounced up on that annoying screen which pops up when you log out of outlook - stories like - you'll - bitch bitch - never guess what *** looks like now - bitch bitch.

Ah, that makes more sense, thanks.

 

[mjr]

Everyone used to get a BCG at school. I'm not sure when that started or stopped, but it was not available in 2008 when I started treatment which could cause a higher risk of TB.
If it's effective it ought to show up in the stats eg fewer infections for 40 - 60 year olds.

It's unlikely to protect people for that long: "They concluded the vaccine prevents about 30% of infections with any known pathogen, including viruses, in the first year after it’s given" and there's some evidence suggesting that effects may last longer but it's far from certain.

I didn't get BCG at school but I was required to get it before registering at university. I don't know between what dates that applied.

Anyway, at worst, it's another tool to test and I don't think we're short of potential test cases yet...

 

[Unkraut]

PM Boris Johnson has tested positive for Corona Virus (BBC news)

It would be churlish not to wish he gets through this quickly and without some of the more unpleasant symptoms others have had. It's difficult not to feel some irony here though.

As he has tested positive, and all measures possible must have been taken to prevent him getting this due to his office, we can at least hope that the message that this virus is highly contagious might get through the thick skulls of those who still just don't or won't get it.

 

[Mo1959]

It would be churlish not to wish he gets through this quickly and without some of the more unpleasant symptoms others have had. It's difficult not to feel some irony here though.

As he has tested positive, and all measures possible must have been taken to prevent him getting this due to his office, we can at least hope that the message that this virus is highly contagious might get through the thick skulls of those who still just don't or won't get it.

So, along with Prince Charles, he is another one that's been tested but the NHS staff still can't be? 😢

 

[marinyork]

So, along with Prince Charles, he is another one that's been tested but the NHS staff still can't be? 😢

This is the joke of testing.

Hoping the Oxford University antibody tests going on right now to validate and assess the accuracy go well.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

So, along with Prince Charles, he is another one that's been tested but the NHS staff still can't be? 😢

I'm no Boris Johnson fan, far from it, but prioritising testing the head of government does seem sensible to me.

Royal Family, not so much.

 

[tom73]

On the issue of testing
Medical Detection Dogs charity have started work with London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
To see if dogs could detect Covid-19. In the same way they already do for a number of other conditions.
Worth a try be a great help if it works.

 

[vickster]

I'm no Boris Johnson fan, far from it, but prioritising testing the head of government does seem sensible to me.

Royal Family, not so much.

Maybe a constitutional crisis in the UK due to the death of the next in line to be head of state would be unhelpful right now so they tested him?

I'm not an out and out royalist but I'd prefer to not see any further upheaval right now

 

[Unkraut]

So, along with Prince Charles, he is another one that's been tested but the NHS staff still can't be?

That's part of the irony. I suppose you have to allow testing for key people holding offices of state at a time like this. Even Charles, I suppose, as heir to the throne. I can understand this looks like one law for the rich ...

Given Johnson's dithering there is some poetic justice here, but it's a pity if the justified criticisms of him for his policy morph into personal ill will. Anyone with a relative who is seriously endangered by the virus could be excused for feeling more strongly about this.

 

[mjr]

Maybe a constitutional crisis in the UK due to the death of the next in line to be head of state would be unhelpful right now so they tested him?

What constituional crisis? There's a long line of succession before any are in dispute, isn't there? 38 before we get a potential discrimination case.