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Coronavirus - how is it/has it affected you?

Hobbit said:
3.5 weeks in lockdown and Spain's numbers rise for the second day after 4 days of modest falls. So disappointing.

Is it within close family groups or is it the lockdown isn't proving effective? Certainly there are an increasing numbers of non-compliance being reported, even though fines are rising. A number of Spanish FB pages have complaints of 2nd homes being opened up for Easter.
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I believe research following original Sars was that family groups were the most effective transmitting environment. Any extended family in a single home could take quite a long time for it all to work through.
 
IainP said:
Agree disappointing. Are you seeing regional trends, i.e. is one now increasing while another that was high decreasing?
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  • Regional trends are certainly having an impact on the national aggregates
  • We see this in Italy and also in Germany (and i think now in France in the south)
  • However what we also see is periodic jumps in =case numbers and deaths in a region - we see that here in Bergamo
  • However - the way I see it is that the overall trend may be declining in a two steps forward, one step back kind of way
 
Strange day. Our number of cases coming in has dropped although we're roughly the same number as we've taken a few who are struggling on other wards with breathing like Boris. Think we had 2-3 deaths but all in all very stable which seems way out of kilter with the overall picture, particularly in terms of deaths even if you relate it to the South East alone. Not complaining and if we can continue on such an even keel perhaps it'll bode well for a more widespread picture.
 
Belgium doesn't seem to receive the media attention here, probably because the numbers aren't as large as others. But if you look at relative to population only Spain & Italy are suffering more than them.
 
Hobbit said:
Very much like ripples in a pond, spreading out from hot spots. Sadly, when a new hot spot 'lights up' it becomes the centre for more ripples.



The hospitals are swamped with the more serious cases, and hence are seeing the vast majority of the deaths. However, this last week has seen recovered numbers pass fatalities for the first time and those numbers continue to go in the right direction.

Worryingly, hospital staff with it currently runs at 23%. Those that are working are tired and quiet, and Spanish don't do quiet.
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Spoke with our son in Madrid re increase. His take was that initially there were 3 not spots, Basque Country, Madrid and Rioja Region.

The schools closed first before Spain went into lockdown and people were still working. This meant that the grandparents were looking after the kids, taking them to the park, having coffee which happens all the time as you know Bri. Swings etc were played upon touched, the kids had the virus for a longer period, did not know, touched swings etc and this made things much worse.
 
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