Coronavirus outbreak

[vickster]

I have a question for anyone who is happy with the stay alert idea.
Do you personally "stay alert" to other highly infectious diseases which are still around and have not gone away or just this one?

Such as? Personally, I've been vaccinated against most things as appropriate in the last 1-10 years (including MMR)

 

[kingrollo]

has anyone heard any guidance on when gyms will allowed to re open and any such guidelines ?

 

[derrick]

Such as? Personally, I've been vaccinated against most things as appropriate in the last 1-10 years (including MMR)

Ah someone with common sense. Thats a breath of fresh air on here.

 

[vickster]

has anyone heard any guidance on when gyms will allowed to re open and any such guidelines ?

I’d say doubtful before July at the earliest when hairdressers etc might be able to open.
I doubt I’ll go back to a gym before this is all over.
Pool for hydrotherapy perhaps

 

[tom73]

If it's all down to good solid British common sense of the public, then there is no role for the government in this. We don't need centrally run, effective, testing. We don't need any public health guidance. We don't need centrally procured PPE. We certainly don't need a vaccine. The British public can be trusted and the government doesn't need to offer any further advice to citizens or employers.

Oh so we are not now being issued with a magic ray gun after all ? I've just ordered some bling for mine too

 

[Rocky]

Such as? Personally, I've been vaccinated against most things as appropriate in the last 1-10 years (including MMR)

Resistant forms of TB in inner city areas (a GP friend of my wife recently caught this). HIV. Malaria (yes, prophylaxis is available but people experience unpleasant side effects). Cytomegalovirus.

 

[tom73]

has anyone heard any guidance on when gyms will allowed to re open and any such guidelines ?

No but then again a lot of the guidelines issued have bit missing that are yet to arrive anyway.
So no word yet but remember stay alert and you may find out.

 

[brodiej]

I'd settle for getting the results back from my first test, which was only (!) 10 days ago.........still not heard anything.

Quite. Testing is the key here, allied to tracing

I don't think this is a complicated situation really.
Lockdown has slowed transmission but you can't come out of lockdown by just saying - ok let's come out of lockdown and stay alert.

The key now is testing/ tracing and isolating
Without a clear and well resourced system for these, we are just going to go straight back to a second wave

This article is a nice summary

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/may/11/britain-economy-coronavirus-deaths

 

[PK99]

Such as? Personally, I've been vaccinated against most things as appropriate in the last 1-10 years (including MMR)

For a recent (Feb) trip to Cuba we had Rabies vaccinations (all other travel vaccinations are up to date, including yellow fever) - but still avoided all contact with the many dogs and cats running free. We drank only bottled or filtered water. We checked for ticks and bites on jungle walks, we slathered on Deet. We avoided salads and ice in roadside stops.

We have flu jabs every year.

Never drink water from a hosepipe.

 

[tom73]

We don't need all this testing and trace stuff remember we have this now

 

[PK99]

has anyone heard any guidance on when gyms will allowed to re open and any such guidelines ?

Page 21of the 50 pageer:

it is likely that reopening indoor public spaces and leisure facilities (such as gyms and cinemas), premises whose core purpose is social interaction (such as nightclubs), venues that attract large crowds (like sports stadia), and personal care establishments where close contact is inherent (like beauty salons) may only be fully possible significantly later depending on the reduction in numbers of infections

 

[kingrollo]

Page 21of the 50 pageer:

it is likely that reopening indoor public spaces and leisure facilities (such as gyms and cinemas), premises whose core purpose is social interaction (such as nightclubs), venues that attract large crowds (like sports stadia), and personal care establishments where close contact is inherent (like beauty salons) may only be fully possible significantly later depending on the reduction in numbers of infections

Cheers not soon then !!!

 

[Rocky]

My niece’s husband is a teacher and sent me this:

Don’t you just love teachers? (Sorry for the size but it's worth zooming in a bit and reading the comments)

 

[MrGrumpy]

I assumed the x axis was time however no timescale LMAO . Its crap isn't it !

 

[tom73]

My niece’s husband is a teacher and sent me this:

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Don’t you just love teachers? (Sorry for the size but it's worth zooming in a bit and reading the comments)

It's been done in pen too to be fair I'd have added constitutive feedback the pictures are not badly done after all.
Though my old science teacher would have put one line though it and thrown the book back at you.
I wonder how Boris would manage using log graph paper?