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Coronavirus - how is it/has it affected you?

HomerJSimpson said:
Good news that the Nightingale in London has been downgraded to "Stand By"
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There are a lot of good news out there now.

Aside from the progress being made in Italy, Spain and France, I hear there’s now an antibody rest, 99.8% accurate, which is hopefully going to be rolled out.

And an antibody has been identified which prevents coronavirus infection, which will presumably assist in vaccine/treatment development work.

Although, yet again, you have to hunt for these stories, which do not appear to be getting universal coverage. You would think the press/media would be all over these positives like a cheap suit.
 
Billysboots said:
There are a lot of good news out there now.

Aside from the progress being made in Italy, Spain and France, I hear there’s now an antibody rest, 99.8% accurate, which is hopefully going to be rolled out.

And an antibody has been identified which prevents coronavirus infection, which will presumably assist in vaccine/treatment development work.

Although, yet again, you have to hunt for these stories, which do not appear to be getting universal coverage. You would think the press/media would be all over these positives like a cheap suit.
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That's simply not how we (humans), work. Random irritations v gladden the heart is approx 5:1.

I agree it should be spread, but not really surprised.
 
Hobbit said:
There was a discussion in here last week about masks, should you shouldn’t you.

Spain: masks are compulsory on public transport. They are also compulsory for retailers that are public facing, and for employees who don’t work alone. Everyone else is recommended to wear them.

How do we get masks? We have received two deliveries in the last couple of weeks from the Town Hall, and we get our next delivery this week - how does a poor country like Spain achieve that. Every single house, apartment etc.

And the streets and walls have been sprayed with a strong disinfectant at least once a week, every week for the last 8 weeks.
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Are 'homemade' masks considered acceptable? I use multi-hued patterned snoods... Herself has a selection of cloth/linen off-cuts she's intending to make into masks...
 
Billysboots said:
There are a lot of good news out there now.

Aside from the progress being made in Italy, Spain and France, I hear there’s now an antibody rest, 99.8% accurate, which is hopefully going to be rolled out.
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It’s front page news in Germany where they also do their daily briefings earlier.
It’s the Monday after announcing it, let Boris rake the glory for it this evening and then it will be plastered over the news here as well.

Or look at some Swiss news pages, Roche is planning on exporting 10s of million test a month.
 
HomerJSimpson said:
Good news that the Nightingale in London has been downgraded to "Stand By"
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Our friend who is a senior ICU/ITU nurse in The Nightingale mentioned this to us last night - they were down to 16 patients - all seriously ill - but only 16. She referred to the place as being put into hibernation, and the other great news from her was that there is now 'plenty' of ITU/ICU bed headroom across the London hospitals. But she also said they are planning for a July spike. The big plus side of where London is, is that in preparing for that spike she now has the time to do proper training of the nurses and others of the team who will be looking after Covid-19 patients - the training she has been giving to date was more of the 'how to not kill the patient' variety. She is fabulous - but she does not in any way consider herself a hero. As far as she is concerned she's doing the job she has spent more than 35yrs yrs in the NHS getting trained and ready for.
 
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Hoepefully with some medication showing some effect the spike will be less dangerous than originally anticipated.

Do we have multiple sources for malaria medication being in some way effective now?
I am not giving much on what Trump says, but I think there was a test somewhere in Europe looking promising, shortening the recovery time of severe ill people by half a week?
 
SwingsitlikeHogan said:
Our friend who is a senior ICU/ITU nurse in The Nightingale mentioned this to us last night - they were down to 16 patients - all seriously ill - but only 16. She referred to the place as being put into hibernation, and the other great news from her was that there is now 'plenty' of ITU/ICU bed headroom across the London hospitals. But she also said they are planning for a July spike. The big plus side of where London is, is that in preparing for that spike she now has the time to do proper training of the nurses and others of the team who will be looking after Covid-19 patients - the training she has been giving to date was more of the 'how to not kill the patient' variety. She is fabulous - but she does not in any way consider herself a hero. As far as she is concerned she's doing the job she has spent more than 35yrs yrs in the NHS getting trained and ready for.
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She's a hero. None of those Drs and nurses were expected, either by themselves or by the Country, to be at risk from a deadly infection because they are treating people who are ill.
 
MegaSteve said:
Are 'homemade' masks considered acceptable? I use multi-hued patterned snoods... Herself has a selection of cloth/linen off-cuts she's intending to make into masks...
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Home made will act as a barrier. It all depends on the quality of the material. Think of it this way you are stood naked facing a guys who is also facing you naked. He pee's, and you get a very wet leg. If you're wearing trousers, your leg will sooner or later feel wet. If you're both wearing trousers, he gets a wet leg, and you might get a bit of moisture vapour if you'd been next to him for a good long while.

If you're wearing a basic surgical mask/home made jobbie you have some protection - it won't give you lots of hours. If you're wearing a full-on NBC suit with its own closed-loop air supply the only thing you need fear is last night's curry.
 
Hobbit said:
Home made will act as a barrier. It all depends on the quality of the material. Think of it this way you are stood naked facing a guys who is also facing you naked. He pee's, and you get a very wet leg. If you're wearing trousers, your leg will sooner or later feel wet. If you're both wearing trousers, he gets a wet leg, and you might get a bit of moisture vapour if you'd been next to him for a good long while.

If you're wearing a basic surgical mask/home made jobbie you have some protection - it won't give you lots of hours. If you're wearing a full-on NBC suit with its own closed-loop air supply the only thing you need fear is last night's curry.
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I've still got some of my PPE about from my working days... Think a full face respirator mask might, apart from being uncomfortable, be a tad bit overkill... With local shops selling masks at fifty pee a pop it could get a bit expensive changing them on a sufficiently regular basis...
 
Swinglowandslow said:
She's a hero. None of those Drs and nurses were expected, either by themselves or by the Country, to be at risk from a deadly infection because they are treating people who are ill.
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In our little group of six couples being bestest friends, the other five are all very proud of her and her hubby - a senior paramedic - and their daughter - a physio who has found herself working in the Covid-19 ITU of UCL.

Then again - all the girls in the group are the closest of friends having met way, way back then when they started their nursing training 40yrs ago and have stuck with nursing in the NHS through good times and bad. Four are still working - three in the NHS - but they will finish in a couple or few years - and two only very recently retired. They and their kind are the pride and bedrock of the NHS - I do worry somewhat that in a few years time they will all have retired - at least from full-time work.
 
Beezerk said:
Wasn't that an urban myth from the 80s and 90s?
Toon is full of hen and stag do's in the summer, it's great ?
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I reckon that rumour was started by the university in Nottingham to encourage applications. It certainly piqued the interest of my era, the one you quoted, and based on the grades you needed back then to get in there it worked pretty well. I'm not half glad I wasn't bright enough to get in there and so ended up in Newcastle instead ?????
 
MegaSteve said:
I've still got some of my PPE about from my working days... Think a full face respirator mask might, apart from being uncomfortable, be a tad bit overkill... With local shops selling masks at fifty pee a pop it could get a bit expensive changing them on a sufficiently regular basis...
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Caught this guy wandering down my road last weekend.
Now that's some cool PPE!

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My 81 year old mum had major emotional melt down today from being confined to barracks. My sister visited and sat in front garden with her, but wasn't easy, She is too disabled to walk far on her own, and she's feeling the strain. Hope this calmed her down and I am due to ring a bit later... me being over 2 hours away doesn't help. It's really tough on her, but really important to keep her away from getting it.

56 year old on our programme team went off sick today, no voice, coughing and a temperature. Odds on it is C-19 - really worried about her.

We might be past the (first) peak, but there's a long way to go yet,
 
fundy said:
was no urban myth in the early 90s lol, was at uni at Loughborough which was the the opposite (engineering and sport dominant college as it was at the time), we headed to Nottingham most weeks :)
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Hell you were joined at down the road. I was at Leicester in the early 90s. Was over at Loughborough a lot losing badly at rugby
 
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