Coronavirus outbreak

[Blue Hills]

Quick question (apologies for not knowing/not having read coverage as much as I should have).

Would I be correct in thinking that if you get it and then recover you will no longer be able to get it and pass it on?

Reason I ask is that I am wary of passing it on to elderly mother when I visit.

Am pretty confident that it won't bump me off.

So, contrary to no doubt sensible advice on here, am considering a bit of intensive tube travel/rail licking.

 

[tribanjules]

Reports of re-infection @Blue Hills .
I spent a while trawling medical sites and even phoning - there is no hand gel to be had.
someone has a serious stash of it somewhere

 

[Smokin Joe]

Reports of re-infection @Blue Hills .
I spent a while trawling medical sites and even phoning - there is no hand gel to be had.
someone has a serious stash of it somewhere

Luckily we don't need it. Soap and water is enough.

 

[tribanjules]

Luckily we don't need it. Soap and water is enough.

Not always sinks on the bus !

 

[Smokin Joe]

Not always sinks on the bus !

Now that's what I call paranoia.

 

[Spinney]

Luckily we don't need it. Soap and water is enough.

Soap and water is better, I believe, not just 'enough'. Hand gel (if >60% alcohol) is for when soap and water not available.

 

[kingrollo]

Quick question (apologies for not knowing/not having read coverage as much as I should have).

Would I be correct in thinking that if you get it and then recover you will no longer be able to get it and pass it on?

Reason I ask is that I am wary of passing it on to elderly mother when I visit.

Am pretty confident that it won't bump me off.

So, contrary to no doubt sensible advice on here, am considering a bit of intensive tube travel/rail licking.

Don't think anyone is sure. One of theories is that you catch flu shortly after or during convid 19 - so you test clear then get I'll/die with another flu strain.
My guess would be that unless you're patient facing in healthcare - you are unlikely to get it twice in a short period of time.

 

[Globalti]

I was at Addis Ababa airport last Thursday morning and in the gents there was a Chinese guy giving it the full nasal washout, hawking gobbing retching and gagging into a sink. That's how it got spread in China. I came home early and my employer told me to stay at home, then on Monday morning the company's computers all went down because... guess what... they've been attacked by the LeChiffre ransom virus! So I'm stuck at home doing DIY jobs and fielding Watsapps and calls from customers complaining that we aren't answering their emails. Tonight IT and the company who have come to clean us will be working through the night to check 180 computers. I bet they won't be ordering a Chinese takeaway though!

 

[Julia9054]

Had a staff meeting today. One of the items under discussion was what to do if govt advice was to shut schools.
Apparently, we are to record a short video of ourselves giving instructions and then provide materials online for the students to complete. Parents will be encouraged to make their children stick to lesson timings but at home.
My videos will be of me dressed as a teacher from the waist up. The lower half of me will be wearing cycling shorts and all of me will be buggering off on my bike as soon as my video segments are uploaded!

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Luckily we don't need it. Soap and water is enough.

or a hip flask of cheap whisky.

 

[tom73]

This is starting to be shared on Facebook:

1. If you have a runny nose and sputum, you have a common cold
2. Coronavirus pneumonia is a dry cough with no runny nose.
3. This new virus is not heat-resistant and will be killed by a temperature of just 26/27 degrees. It hates the Sun.
4. If someone sneezes with it, it takes about 10 feet before it drops to the ground and is no longer airborne.
5. If it drops on a metal surface it will live for at least 12 hours - so if you come into contact with any metal surface - wash your hands as soon as you can with a bacterial soap.
6. On fabric it can survive for 6-12 hours. normal laundry detergent will kill it.
7. Drinking warm water is effective for all viruses. Try not to drink liquids with ice.
8. Wash your hands frequently as the virus can only live on your hands for 5-10 minutes, but - a lot can happen during that time - you can rub your eyes, pick your nose unwittingly and so on.
9. You should also gargle as a prevention. A simple solution of salt in warm water will suffice.
10. Can't emphasise enough - drink plenty of water!
THE SYMPTOMS
1. It will first infect the throat, so you'll have a sore throat lasting 3/4 days
2. The virus then blends into a nasal fluid that enters the trachea and then the lungs, causing pneumonia. This takes about 5/6 days further.
3. With the pneumonia comes high fever and difficulty in breathing.
4. The nasal congestion is not like the normal kind. You feel like you're drowning. It's imperative you then seek immediate attention.

mmmmm Think I will stick to NHS and PHE advice. Most of that is total carp it's just show how things start and how people never question things anymore after all It's on FB so must fact.

 

[tom73]

Effective at doing what?

Duff information

 

[tom73]

I think you'll find that these doctors are constantly washing their hands as part of normal infection control. There is no need for them to wear gloves outside the normal clinical practice. However, washing facilities are not that available on the London Underground and so anything that prevents a person touching an infected surface and then touching their mouth or rubbing their eyes, is a good thing. That is why wearing latex gloves in that situation is sensible. Context is everything.

Very true it's all about which PPE and do I really need it.
Miss use of gloves is wide spread within the NHS it can save 1000's of pounds per ward with a little re training. Not until you see the waste you and your told to get it down do you really understand It. As a ward sister it was one of Mrs73's biggest issues that and miss using clinical waste bins. Of course gloves are not the only PPE that's missed used either.

The issues with wide spread use at the moment of gloves by the general public is the danger they forgot not then go on an touch their mouth ect. Well they still are wearing them.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

Good advice


View: https://youtu.be/77IZttD_pU8

 

[midlife]

2 people tested positive in Carlisle today according to the local rag. Wonder where they have been for the last few days.

https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/18278218.first-coronavirus-case-carlisle/