Coronavirus

Difficult to decide how this one is going to turn out. When there is a bad flu season nobody makes particular efforts to avoid catching it (other than the obvious ones), but then it is just generally the elderly and those who are already ill who die from it. Others just suffer for a week or two if they catch it.

With this disease, certain healthy, younger people will also lose their lives in addition to the usual elderly and ill victims.

I suppose the question is, how many of those who are surviving this illness are doing so because of the medical treatment they are receiving? Would they have survived in any case? If medical intervention is required to save some of these lives, the relative lack of resources here will be the kicker. I've been reading that we have very few ITU beds in comparison to most of our neighbours and these will quickly be overwhelmed with a major outbreak.

For a disease which has only infected 50 people that we know of (so far) in the UK, the reaction seems to be a bit OTT. If it is relatively difficult to catch, I suppose it depends just how long people with the disease are infectious before symptoms start appearing. That's one thing we've not heard much about in the media so my guess is that this is remaining unsaid for a reason and there are a lot of folk with the disease without so much as a sniffle who are continuing as normal, unknowingly infecting others.

I expect the situation will be a lot clearer come the start of next week.

Quoted from Maringer

China makes up about 20% of the world economy. Deliberately knackering their economy would only knacker your own so no need for conspiracy theories. The Russkies are rather xenophobic so probably don't travel east all that much. Possibly a reason why there hasn't been much going on there? On the other hand, they are probably authoritarian enough to keep any outbreak hush hush!

Ruskis are all over SE Asia.  Who towns are swamped with them with signs and menus all in Russian.  

Quoted from Maringer

Difficult to decide how this one is going to turn out. When there is a bad flu season nobody makes particular efforts to avoid catching it (other than the obvious ones), but then it is just generally the elderly and those who are already ill who die from it. Others just suffer for a week or two if they catch it.

With this disease, certain healthy, younger people will also lose their lives in addition to the usual elderly and ill victims.

I suppose the question is, how many of those who are surviving this illness are doing so because of the medical treatment they are receiving? Would they have survived in any case? If medical intervention is required to save some of these lives, the relative lack of resources here will be the kicker. I've been reading that we have very few ITU beds in comparison to most of our neighbours and these will quickly be overwhelmed with a major outbreak.

For a disease which has only infected 50 people that we know of (so far) in the UK, the reaction seems to be a bit OTT. If it is relatively difficult to catch, I suppose it depends just how long people with the disease are infectious before symptoms start appearing. That's one thing we've not heard much about in the media so my guess is that this is remaining unsaid for a reason and there are a lot of folk with the disease without so much as a sniffle who are continuing as normal, unknowingly infecting others.

I expect the situation will be a lot clearer come the start of next week.

That's the problem with this virus.  Many people have very mild symptoms so they walk around with a sniffle infecting more and more people.  Other feel like they are drowning and need oxygen. I wouldn't wanna be hospitalised and stuck in a stuffy ward.  Fresh air and sunlight is good for you .  Not much of the latter in blighty though.

Quoted from grimsby pete

Well you could lie and say you have got the virus KM.

Good excuse to miss a few games mate.😉

A few months ago I would have agreed with you mate. Even Tuesday's excrement show was partly entertaining.

The wife said I have to stop kissing the dog.

This was because in Hong Kong a dog got the virus after the owner kissed it.

How do they know this ?

Quoted from grimsby pete

The wife said I have to stop kissing the dog.

This was because in Hong Kong a dog got the virus after the owner kissed it.

How do they know this ?

Says something when your wife is more worried about your dog getting it from you than the other way around Pete  

Think I saw where dogs and cats can get it but they can't pass it on to humans.

By all account you younger ones will just have a mild dose IF you get it,

Its us old gits with diabetes and high blood pressure and other ailments that will suffer the most.

Quoted from grimsby pete

By all account you younger ones will just have a mild dose IF you get it,

Its us old gits with diabetes and high blood pressure and other ailments that will suffer the most.

Buy loads of toilet roll and soap, hopefully this will keep you safe

Quoted from codcheeky

Buy loads of toilet roll and soap, hopefully this will keep you safe

Plus don't go out and just watch more football on the TV.