Coronavirus

The sad thing is that if people followed basic hygiene practices then the spread of this virus could be contained much better. I'm talking about the basic things that should be taught to children - wash your hands more frequently, sneeze into a tissue and bin it. What amazes me most though is the number of men I see who never wash their hands after going to the toilet! What I find even more disturbing is the common practice of men taking their drink into the toilets at a pub or club - absolutely disgusting and it goes against all sensible hygiene practice.

Quoted from rancido

What I find even more disturbing is the common practice of men taking their drink into the toilets at a pub or club - absolutely disgusting and it goes against all sensible hygiene practice.

Better than leaving your drink to get spiked or stolen/taken away.

Quoted from BenBB

Better than leaving your drink to get spiked or stolen/taken away.

And that reply sadly reflects our society - more bothered about having a drink stolen than preventing the spread of disease!

Quoted from Maringer

Human nature, unfortunately. When the plans for the quarantine were leaked in Italy, there was a rush of people to get out and head down south, apparently! Exactly the opposite of what the quarantine was intended to achieve through sheer stupidity.

Expect the same to happen here if quarantines are announced.

If they quarantine an area in UK like Norfolk and Suffolk for example (no declared cases yet) I don't give a excrement if loads of people decide to rush out and take any virus with them so long as they enforce a border to stop folk coming in.

Quoted from rancido

The sad thing is that if people followed basic hygiene practices then the spread of this virus could be contained much better. I'm talking about the basic things that should be taught to children - wash your hands more frequently, sneeze into a tissue and bin it. What amazes me most though is the number of men I see who never wash their hands after going to the toilet! What I find even more disturbing is the common practice of men taking their drink into the toilets at a pub or club - absolutely disgusting and it goes against all sensible hygiene practice.

The problem with public toilets is that after washing your hands you have to get hold of the door handle on the outer door to get out!

Quoted from Marinerz93

From the WHO website
Coronaviruses (CoV) are a large family of viruses that cause illness ranging from the common cold to more severe diseases such as Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS-CoV). A novel coronavirus (nCoV) is a new strain that has not been previously identified in humans.

The flu virus and Corona virus attack respiratory systems, both can lead to pneumonia.

“This virus is not SARS, it’s not MERS, and it’s not influenza,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at a briefing Tuesday, referencing other coronaviruses that have caused smaller outbreaks. “It is a unique virus with unique characteristics.”

“We don’t even talk about containment for seasonal flu — it’s just not possible,” Tedros said. “But it is possible for Covid-19. We don’t do contact-tracing for seasonal flu — but countries should do it for Covid-19, because it will prevent infections and save lives. Containment is possible.”

https://www.statnews.com/2020/03/03/who-coronavirus-different-than-influenza-can-be-contained/

Seems reasonable to me to follow the advice being given if we can help contain or even just slow down the virus. I don't quite get the attitude of "Hey! Flu kills more people so we shouldn't be even bothering"

Some of the bogs at football grounds are practically viral factories

Quoted from Ipswin

The problem with public toilets is that after washing your hands you have to get hold of the door handle on the outer door to get out!

I've collected red Xs for this for some reason. Unless folk have devised another way of opening the exit door from a public toilet (using their teeth perhaps) then it's unavoidable that you need to use your newly washed hand to grasp a handle previously held by some twit who has had a excrement or urine and bypassed the washing facitlity on his way out.

Quoted from rancido

And that reply sadly reflects our society - more bothered about having a drink stolen than preventing the spread of disease!

You mean it reflects badly on society that someone would steal a drink?

Wanting to protect what you have is no different to locking your car for instance...if you’ve spent 5/6quid on a drink then  it’s understandable.

Basic hygiene is simply that but if people can’t be arsed then that’s on them I’m afraid. The bloke takes his drink to the bog because it may get swiped, that’s on society, not the person protecting their purchase...

Quoted from MarinerMal

“This virus is not SARS, it’s not MERS, and it’s not influenza,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at a briefing Tuesday, referencing other coronaviruses that have caused smaller outbreaks. “It is a unique virus with unique characteristics.”

“We don’t even talk about containment for seasonal flu — it’s just not possible,” Tedros said. “But it is possible for Covid-19. We don’t do contact-tracing for seasonal flu — but countries should do it for Covid-19, because it will prevent infections and save lives. Containment is possible.”

https://www.statnews.com/2020/03/03/who-coronavirus-different-than-influenza-can-be-contained/

Seems reasonable to me to follow the advice being given if we can help contain or even just slow down the virus. I don't quite get the attitude of "Hey! Flu kills more people so we shouldn't be even bothering"

I've never said not to bother, we are exposed to far worse every day, we breathe in particles that could easily lead to cancer, especially living on the south bank. Our bodies are far more resilient that people realise. Yes there will be deaths from this virus as there are other contagious viruses, however the media have whipped up a frenzy over this and it isn't justified. The flu kills thousands every year in the UK, how many have actually died in China as a percentage per population it doesn't even come close to what people die from in this country Heart disease being the biggest killer, where is the media frenzy over that.

Your right this virus isn't MERS or SARS and it is estimated that it won't cause as many deaths as those two.

Basic hygiene and alcohol kill this virus as they do other contagious viruses. Put this CV19 into context it isn't the Spanish Flu or black death it is a flu type virus most may get but will recover from. If you are between 0 and 40 you have something like a 0.2% chance it could kill you. The older you are and with more health conditions that gets higher up to 80+ at 18 %.