Coronavirus Part II - Its arrived - We're Doomed!!! See OP for Mod warnings

darjeeling

In Wuhan they had a full blown epidemic before they knew this thing even existed.
Everyone must just have thought it was flu, and treated it like you would until it became clear that it was something a lot worse.

Elsewhere in China they got a couple of weeks notice and so were onto it much faster when it began to spread.
It does now look from the case numbers that meant far fewer people got infected.

I'd reckon, even though it looks alarming seeing infection spreading to new countries in Europe, that the same is happening here.
All these cases are being picked up and traced back to Italy because sick people are becoming aware they might have it, and health services are on the alert.

Here, we've not had a case yet, so we should be take advantage of the time we have to prepare for when we do get one.
Whatever the government is doing, you can badger your family, friends and colleagues about it, and put up the official guidance notices in work, schools, churches, wherever.
Unfortunately it's only when you reach the stage where you never want to hear the advice again that everyone's heard it at least once.

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Musefan wrote: »

Bought a deep freeze yesterday as I needed one anyway!

For food or bodies?


While we can jest (to an extent), over in Iran any such banter will be met with public flogging (not as in the sales term), and 3yrs of bird (not birdwatching).

macwal

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Bahrain now has 33 cases of new caronavirus with 7 saudi nationals among them. Big rise for such a small country in 24 hours.

Will be interesting if an epidemic starts here, I'd imagine they have a higher temp and drier climate than the hotspots in China and Europe, which reports I've seen said are aspects that should restrict the spread.

Hector Savage

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries

Italy going mental, I wonder when it will at least start to level there ?

Lock the country down for a couple of weeks. People are only concerned with the risk to me me me. Don't care about spreading to others who it'll likely kill.

CinemaGuy45

bennyl10 wrote: »

In a serious way though, what is wrong with that?
For most people, we have been told by Health groups, that this appears as a bad flu(with fever, tiredness and cough/could symptoms)

Yes some people will get it a lot worse. But for the majority of us.

To portray an illness in the way it will affect the majority, Seemingly, Is not a bad thing

Get off the stage it will be people like you screaming at people to stay away when this thing hits our country officially.:D

Fr_Dougal

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Careful now.

The last poster who went down this road about 90 minutes a go was taken behind the back of a shed by the mods and given a hiding he'll never forget.

He hasn't been heard from since.

Well the thread has had almost a quarter of a million views, was to be expected.

odyssey06

darjeeling wrote: »

In Wuhan they had a full blown epidemic before they knew this thing even existed.
Everyone must just have thought it was flu, and treated it like you would until it became clear that it was something a lot worse.
Elsewhere in China they got a couple of weeks notice and so were onto it much faster when it began to spread.
It does now look from the case numbers that meant far fewer people got infected.

Which is why we have to shut down any ... its like the flu comparisons.

Drumpot

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-h_MWGPOyOE

Explanation of why its a Pandemic . .

grind gremlin

pc7 wrote: »

Bloody hell the Italian spreading of this is bonkers

Don’t Italians tend to kiss each other when they greet each other? It could have something to do with the speed at which it’s spreading.

pc7

I’d like to see Europe come together and say stop all non essential travel now to try contain the spread. Can’t see that happening.

saabsaab

pc7 wrote: »

Bloody hell the Italian spreading of this is bonkers

True. The Italians are really moving this around the rest of Europe. Is it the fashion thing I wonder?

4068ac1elhodqr

Hector Savage wrote: »

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries
Italy going mental, I wonder when it will at least start to level there ?

Ita has just gone over 400, scioccante!

CinemaGuy45

Teresa Muscular Mimicry wrote: »

Ita has just gone over 400, scioccante!

Is that Micky Mouse on the right?

Akrasia

bennyl10 wrote: »

It happens with almost all viruses and has happened with every corona we’ve seen.

It’s a living thing, it wants to live as much as we do and it’ll update itself

That’s not how it works, viruses don’t think or want, they just exist and replicate and if a mutation occurs that makes it kill 100% of its victims then that will burn itself out but the other strains of the virus will continue and some more mutations will cause slightly different symptoms and morbidities.

The reason pandemics tend to be short is because the people who are vulnerable to that infection get sick and either die, or gain some level of immunity

Viruses like the ‘common cold’ are endemic because they are very contagious while rarely ever killing their host, and also resistant to immunity

fritzelly

Drumpot wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-h_MWGPOyOE

Explanation of why its a Pandemic . .

Tell that to the WHO - who haven't had a press briefing since Friday?

Unfortunately, as mentioned above, I've been told by someone directly connected that one of the school kids in Bray is confirmed. Is in isolation now, apparently.

This was absolutely inevitable. Flights are still coming in from infected countries. Considering it can be days/weeks before symptoms even appear (if any), there's no reason the virus won't be widespread. I think the question is how much damage it will end up doing. That's the unknown for now.

The Rape of Lucretia

fritzelly wrote: »

Tell that to the WHO - who haven't had a press briefing since Friday?

Their last big press conference was announcing, with much ado and after long debate, that they had come up with the official name for it. So maybe they just havent been as productive since that big effort.

DominoDub

saabsaab wrote: »

True. The Italians are really moving this around the rest of Europe. Is it the fashion thing I wonder?

Fashion Week (with all the darlings hugging) is indeed looking like a Hot Spot for infection and distribution of virus around Europe - and when US Fashionistas go home.

Drumpot

fritzelly wrote: »

Tell that to the WHO - who haven't had a press briefing since Friday?

In his opening statement he basically say WHO have lost all credibility.

igCorcaigh

The leadership in the USA is not just moronic anymore, but a health risk to us all.

https://twitter.com/HelenBranswell/status/1232770485206896644?s=19

CinemaGuy45

Deleted User wrote: »

Unfortunately, as mentioned above, I've been told by someone directly connected that one of the school kids in Bray is confirmed. Is in isolation now, apparently.

This was absolutely inevitable. Flights are still coming in from infected countries. Considering it can be days/weeks before symptoms even appear (if any), there's no reason the virus won't be widespread. I think the question is how much damage it will end up doing. That's the unknown for now.

I don't trust the Irish Government or media they lie all the time but you have five posts so you are not to be trusted either.

Kermit.de.frog

Deleted User wrote: »

Unfortunately, as mentioned above, I've been told by someone directly connected that one of the school kids in Bray is confirmed.

I'd hope people who are reporting such cases particularly from heresay to be careful without a source because people can get worried in these localities and many will be reading the thread.

Just a thought.

Not the same as reporting a case somewhere in Asia.

But your post count leads me to be super sceptical anyhow

Dyr

pc7 wrote: »

I’d like to see Europe come together and say stop all non essential travel now to try contain the spread. Can’t see that happening.

Schengen trumps everything, there could be hordes of zombies spilling out from Italy and our glorious European leaders would insist we all go down with the ship rather than impose border controls

BanditLuke

Hector Savage wrote: »

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries

Italy going mental, I wonder when it will at least start to level there ?

It won't for a long time. They don't have the capacity or regime to do what the Chinese have, neither do we.

drunkmonkey

Can people from Bray read?

wakka12

grind gremlin wrote: »

Don’t Italians tend to kiss each other when they greet each other? It could have something to do with the speed at which it’s spreading.

I heard somebody mention this, also in Iran men kiss each other as greeting as well.

imfml

Hector Savage wrote: »

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries

Italy going mental, I wonder when it will at least start to level there ?

What did Vietnam do, they seem to have controlled it really well

CinemaGuy45

drunkmonkey wrote: »

Can people from Bray read?

Yes but I don't think they have any internet.

Just received a text from TheAA who I have my annual travel insurance with

Hi Strawberry, with much concern at present about the Coronavirus outbreak, please see our FAQ here https://www.theaa.ie/blog/aa-travel-insurance-coronavirus-faq/ Please note, this situation is evolving, so we will update these details as frequently as possible. Thanks, The AA

Getting 503 errors so they must have sent text out enmasse