Coronavirus - how is it/has it affected you?

Just home from my M-in-Laws Oncology appt at Sunderland Hosp.

She is terminally ill and at 77yrs Old meets every risk factor, advise from specialist? Take whatever precautions you can and avoid contact with anyone who you suspect might be at risk of carrying a bug!

Now, without getting too sentimental, there’s very little they can do for her currently and understandable there wouldn’t be much they could do if she caught it, but, why call her in to hospital for her 3 monthly check up when the appt could of been done by phone and also can we be assured the MacMillan Nurses who come in on a frequent basis are not carrying the bug, or me or the family bring it home.

I’m old enough and ugly enough to realise we are in a difficult situation, but the consultant really didn’t seem to bothered about the virus.

As an aside most of the hand gel dispensers on the wall in the hospital were empty. We’ve had very few cases up north, but it did seem confusing as we are getting mixed messages.
 
SwingsitlikeHogan said:
The easy option being doing nothing and the state funding their lifestyle...some would have 'lavish' lifestyle...

But we are not talking of them - we are talking of those who do jobs providing services that we might all use but which the employers choose to employ on such as zero hours contract basis; who pay as little as possible and/or with no guaranteed work. These folk cannot put money aside for the lean times - when work dries up or is simply given to someone else as the boss doesn't like your face. If we want these services then effectively we indirectly subsidise the employers to provide them - and in the current coronavirus outbreak these workers could loose all their income and will be relying upon UC. They will be able to report loss of income but an increase in UC will not be immediate.
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Sorry, I don't understand your first sentence at all. And in answer to your 2nd para, see the 3rd para in the post you quoted, "some people need help..."

As to the speed of the system in paying out. That's a different debate. To say the system is poor would be a mild understatement, its appalling. Personally, I feel the genuinely needy actually need more help, way more help. And I'd broaden the net to capture more people but, equally, there are some who've chosen a career that doesn't pay well. NOTE, they've chosen it, like your son has. They are the ones that if they want that career need to find another job to supplement it.
 
Swango1980 said:
I've just seen a viral thread going round facebook (excuse the pun), supposedly written by a young medical researcher posted in Wuhan. Amongst other things, the post say:

  • Consuming hot drinks like tea will neutralise the virus
  • Regular face masks will stop it
  • To test if you have it, hold your breath for more than 10 seconds. If you do this without coughing, without discomfort or a sense of oppression then this shows there is no fibrosis in the lungs, indicating essentially no infection.
There you go. That's is for the people that will happily believe absolutely anything they read.

Although, I do have to admit, I've done the hold my breath test. I passed :)
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Can hold my beath for at least 20 seconds and had 3 mugs of tea this morning so must be ok :p.
Plus our tech manager has a FLIR camera on his mobile and is checking temperatures quite a bit....yep he's a proper nerd!
 
Chancellor's measures sound appropriate, comprehensive and good - though tbh - I've no real idea quite how good they might be. They sound to be just what's needed...
 
Hobbit said:
I'll hold my hands up to that Tashy, and was also taken in by the stat that said although it was more contagious its mortality rate was lower. The stats released by the WHO today show that the mortality rate is currently 3.4% compared to less than 1% for seasonal flu.
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The worrying thing, no the Interesting for me is the graph I posted. It predicts next winter will be a lot worse than this. ?
 
need_my_wedge said:
Mrs wedge works at the local hospital, which puts her and me at higher risk. My company has forbidden all international travel, one lad at work self isolating for two weeks because his parents came over from Italy at the weekend :eek:. No, you couldn't make it up.

Was heading to Japan on vacation next week with a gang of friends, we have cancelled now due to pressures from employers re: travel, and any quarantine implications affecting our wider circles. Trying to decide on losing the flight money or rebooking later in the year on the assumption that travel won't be so much of an issue then.
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Held fast on flight cancellation because Lufthansa were only intent on refunding 20%. Today they cancelled the return flight, which means we get 100% back now.
 
Tashyboy said:
The worrying thing, no the Interesting for me is the graph I posted. It predicts next winter will be a lot worse than this. ?
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Could we have any kind of vaccine until then? And the people that had it, would they be immune and taken out of the carrier circle?
 
larmen said:
Could we have any kind of vaccine until then? And the people that had it, would they be immune and taken out of the carrier circle?
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a doctors on bbc said once you've had it once it's very unlikely to have it again but couldn't rule it out
 
well the first affects for me are felt.. my new glasses I ordered I am having to pick a different frame as they cant get them here from italy atm.. could take 3 months

also my medication is out of stock .. but that happens once every 3 months anyways since brexit was announced so might not be linked
 
Got an email from golf club today advising us not to shake hands plus the club staff will be taking extra care with hygiene.
My wife has an autoimmune condition which makes her high risk therefore she is staying indoors as much as possible.
With the SNP health minister saying one third of NHS workers could contact the virus then they better get they're backsides out of independence, and do the job they're paid to do.
They could always turn the rusting ferry hulks at the Ferguson's ship yard into isolation areas.
 
ferenezejohn said:
Got an email from golf club today advising us not to shake hands plus the club staff will be taking extra care with hygiene.
My wife has an autoimmune condition which makes her high risk therefore she is staying indoors as much as possible.
With the SNP health minister saying one third of NHS workers could contact the virus then they better get they're backsides out of independence, and do the job they're paid to do.
They could always turn the rusting ferry hulks at the Ferguson's ship yard into isolation areas.
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Got one today. Advises on hand shaking on 18th plus greeting club staff; hand disinfectant dispensers around the clubhouse, and other hygiene stuff. Good 'duty of care' stuff
 
Beezerk said:
If it's still the season for it I highly recommend the whale watching trip, proper top stuff ?
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That’s the only trip Ave looked at doing, oh and a round of golf on me birthday. Must be a sad old git coz it’s the whale watching am looking forward to. Don’t see many whales in Mansfield, well not the swimming type.
 
There’s been a confirmed case of Covid in Southwell, our. Ourse backs onto Southwell. Our club sec sent this out today.

To all members

Following advice from our Health & Safety advisors, please note the following:

CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19)

  • MEMBERS AND VISITORS MUST INFORM STAFF OF ANY KNOWN TRAVEL TO AREAS OF OUTBREAK OR IF THEY HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH INFECTED PEOPLE
  • COVER MOUTH AND NOSE WITH TISSUE OR SLEEVE WHEN COUGHING OR SNEEZING
  • PUT USED TISSUES IN THE BIN IMMEDIATELY
  • WASH HANDS WITH SOAP AND WATER THOROUGHLY AND FREQUENTLY
  • DO NOT TOUCH EYES, NOSE OR MOUTH WITH UNCLEAN HANDS
  • BE AWARE OF THE SYMPTOMS: SHORTNESS OF BREATH, COUGH, FEVER, FLU-LIKE SYMPTOMS
  • AVOID PERSON TO PERSON CONTACT
  • SELF-ISOLATION OF 14 DAYS ON SUSPECTED CONTACT OR SIGNS OF SYMPTOMS
  • IT IS BELIEVED THE CORONAVIRUS IS SPREAD THROUGH COUGH DROPLETS, ALTHOUGH MORE WORK IS BEING CARRIED OUT TO ESTABLISH THE EXACT METHODS OF SPREAD
  • CURRENT UK ADVICE IS THAT MOST PEOPLE CAN GO TO PUBLIC PLACES – BEING OUT IN THE FRESH AIR ON THE GOLF COURSE IS A SAFE PLACE TO BE (ALTHOUGH DON’T CELEBRATE THOSE HOLED PUTS WITH A HUG OR HIGH FIVE AND DON’T SHAKE HANDS AFTER THE GAME – YOU CAN STILL SAY, “THANKS FOR THE GAME” THOUGH!)
 
larmen said:
Could we have any kind of vaccine until then? And the people that had it, would they be immune and taken out of the carrier circle?
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I did think about the vaccine bit, but how do you produce enough vaccine for the world within 10 months when it rears it’s head again. Think Merkel has gone on record and said 70% of the Germany public could get it. Now figures Ave seen puts the death rate at 2% of people catching it. Predominantly elderly with underlying conditions. I believe Italy has the oldest population in Europe ?☹️
 
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