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

ITman88 · 28-02-2020 12:46am

Larbre34 wrote: »

Although I'm well up to date with the news on this and have posted in this thread, I'll admit it took this post to make me realise why my local Aldi was looking very sparse last night. Tinned tomatoes, pasta, rice, dry packet meal mixes, tinned fruit etc all rifled. I must be thick.

Sounds like those Italians up to no good as usual

CinemaGuy45 · 28-02-2020 12:47am

LadyMayBelle wrote: »

No, but I've definitely earned the label of fruitloop for having done a few lidl runs on my lunch break buying extras for me and my family as well as hand sanitizers for colleagues. I hope I'll be proven wrong but it's looking less likely.

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05eaftqbrs9jlh · 28-02-2020 12:48am

What if...

...the person detected in NI was only discovered because she went to Northern Ireland?

I suppose, like everything else, we'll have to wait and see.

Loafing Oaf · 28-02-2020 12:48am

bodhrandude wrote: »

British Airways.

But is that a public health thing or a business decision because demand has collapsed.

Abba987 · 28-02-2020 12:49am

mojesius wrote: »

canned food (tuna, fruit, beans, soup, peas, anything canned really)
Nuts, granola bars, chocolate, crackers, peanut butter
Almond milk, bottled water, crate of coca cola
Flour, porridge oats, pasta, rice
Spices/herbs/sauces

Freezer full of meat, frozen veg, ice cream (why not?)
Torch, batteries, first aid kit, toilet roll, paracetamol, sanitizer, soap

Alcohol for unpregnant members of household

Excellent. The whole list of batteries first aid didn't occur to me. Will stock up. Im more concerned about the kids but were very fortunate not to have any special medical needs here
Love a good snow in. Killer virus not so much

Doctor Jimbob · 28-02-2020 12:49am

Sabrina Strong Vomit wrote: »

What if...
...the person detected in NI was only discovered because she went to Northern Ireland?

I suppose, like everything else, we'll have to wait and see.

Nonsense. It's clearly a Republican virus that only activated once it crossed the border.

Quantum Erasure · 28-02-2020 12:50am

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

Can’t get that REM Song out of my head all day now about World Ending

The sidewinder sleeps tonight?

theballz · 28-02-2020 12:51am

VinLieger wrote: »

Close family laughed when i started buying supplies 4 weeks ago, now I'm being asked what i bought and how long they should be planning for....

They are probably still laughing at the same time

YFlyer · 28-02-2020 12:51am

Larbre34 wrote: »

Although I'm well up to date with the news on this and have posted in this thread, I'll admit it took this post to make me realise why my local Aldi was looking very sparse last night. Tinned tomatoes, pasta, rice, dry packet meal mixes, tinned fruit etc all rifled. I must be thick.

I stocked up yesterday. Not coronavirus reason however my old lad has months of food in his freezer and up at the converted attic.

fr336 · 28-02-2020 12:51am

Was the panic like this during swine flu? I was convinced it wasn't but maybe my memory is playing tricks or I was simply still a teenager and therefore things didn't phase me like this.

Le Bruise · 28-02-2020 12:52am

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

Can’t get that REM Song out of my head all day now about World Ending

....and I feel fine?

CinemaGuy45 · 28-02-2020 12:53am

You know thinks are getting serious with the virus when there is a thread about the travelling community kicking off at a funeral and it is getting very little attention and no infractions.

wakka12 · 28-02-2020 12:53am

fr336 wrote: »

Was the panic like this during swine flu? I was convinced it wasn't but maybe my memory is playing tricks or I was simply still a teenager and therefore things didn't phase me like this.

It definitely was similar at the beginning but it definitely didnt last this long, it was discovered in like a month or less that swine flu was not very dangerous

ITman88 · 28-02-2020 12:54am

theballz wrote: »

They are probably still laughing at the same time

Brilliant!!!

YFlyer · 28-02-2020 12:54am

Doctor on The Tonight Show is that the coronavirus is quite similar to the common cold and that no vaccine may be found.

Important to carry out proper hygiene practice and keep the immune system healthy.

Runaways · 28-02-2020 12:54am

If it’s coming here out of Italy we’re well within our rights to rename it

The FVCKIN SCHILLACHI virus

thank me later

Dubh Geannain · 28-02-2020 12:55am

Del.Monte wrote: »

Nostradamus.

Nostril damn you?

Hmm. Yes, nostril dams might just work.

fr336 · 28-02-2020 12:56am

Cilldara_2000 wrote: »

I'd put money on the disaster fantasists being the same pondlife who go around coughing and spluttering everywhere when ill and prolly don't wash their hands at all or, at best, make a perfunctory effort of washing their hands: perhaps half a second under running water. Go into the jacks in any shopping centre. Only a minority will wash their hands properly.

Hmm this doesn't make much sense surely it'd be the ones accusing people of scaremongering who would be so laid back not to keep up with the old basic hygeine?

ceadaoin. · 28-02-2020 12:56am

fr336 wrote: »

Was the panic like this during swine flu? I was convinced it wasn't but maybe my memory is playing tricks or I was simply still a teenager and therefore things didn't phase me like this.

I remember some mild panic but it all died down fairly quickly. I was definitely worried about it, probably more so than I am now. I only knew one person who got it and I was surprised to see the amount of people who were infected with it after the fact, a good percentage of the earth's population. Way more than I thought. Tbh I think this one might turn out to be comparable, a lot of infections that are mostly mild and we'll all wonder what the fuss was about (hopefully!)

The chan chan man · 28-02-2020 12:56am

Is no one else thinking....its actually not even that bad?!

YFlyer · 28-02-2020 12:57am

CinemaGuy45 wrote: »

You know thinks are getting serious with the virus when there is a thread about the travelling community kicking off at a funeral and it is getting very little attention and no infractions.

If a traveller get the coronavirus, it could be devastating to them.

JP Liz V1 · 28-02-2020 12:59am

theballz wrote: »

23 year old Iranian woman soccer player died of coronavirus in Qom.

https://www.ilna.news/بخش-ورزشی-7/877856-درگذشت-فوتسالیست-قمی-به-دلیل-ابتلا-به-کرونا;

Fit young lady with no preexisting conditions which is scary.

May she RIP.

I'm afraid I have asthma

28-02-2020 1:00am

The chan chan man wrote: »

Is no one else thinking....its actually not even that bad?!

Don’t say that. My turkey is as good as defrosted!

fritzelly · 28-02-2020 1:00am

YFlyer wrote: »

Doctor on The Tonight Show is that the coronavirus is quite similar to the common cold and that no vaccine may be found.

Important to carry out proper hygiene practice and keep the immune system healthy.

He's right - we have no vaccines for any human based coronaviruses

Titclamp · 28-02-2020 1:00am

Corona virus porn now on Porn hub.

Martina1991 · 28-02-2020 1:00am

YFlyer wrote:

The adding of reagent to the samples.

I dont think you know what you're talking about.

DNA testing is time consuming, complicated and very expensive.

Quantum Erasure · 28-02-2020 1:01am

Titclamp wrote: »

Corona virus porn now on Porn hub.

I hope they're using appropriate protection...

ldy4mxonucwsq6 · 28-02-2020 1:02am

fr336 wrote: »

Was the panic like this during swine flu? I was convinced it wasn't but maybe my memory is playing tricks or I was simply still a teenager and therefore things didn't phase me like this.

No actually, if you search for swine flu even here on boards you'll find nothing like the two threads we've had here.

I don't remember there being much panic, though I do recall having to send hand sanitiser and individual towels into school with kids (they asked for all parents to do this).

Swine flu was a bit of a thing for a while, a colleague of mine was the only person I knew who actually got it (she was very ill but recovered) it more or less disappeared gradually. Definitely don't remember any talk of stocking up and isolating at home etc.

It's still here during flu season and a few scattered outbreaks since 2009 in other countries but of course the vaccine is there for those who want it.

Ficheall · 28-02-2020 1:02am

Titclamp wrote: »

Corona virus porn now on Porn hub.

Source?

BorneTobyWilde · 28-02-2020 1:02am

The chan chan man wrote: »

Is no one else thinking....its actually not even that bad?!

But come next week we will all be like this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ViG0lQoW5w

tuxy · 28-02-2020 1:04am

Post on facebook saying 5G is to blame
This virus is every crackpots dream!

ZX7R · 28-02-2020 1:05am

Harry Freezing Bifocal wrote: »

During the 2009 swine flu pandemic 700+ million people contracted the virus, figures of 1 in 5 getting it worldwide .

CDC estimate range of 150,000–575,000 deaths and the pandemic officially lasted about 16 months total, although vaccine was becoming available within 6 months and cases began to decline from there on.

27 deaths in Ireland from swine flu during the pandemic period.

Great information.
I didn't realize there was 27 deaths in Ireland

Titclamp · 28-02-2020 1:06am

I say its a bio weapon war. Sure its Iran and China that's ****ed.
USA Russia and north Korea are sound.

CinemaGuy45 · 28-02-2020 1:06am

tuxy wrote: »

Post on facebook saying 5G is to blame
This virus is every crackpots dream!

It might be a good idea to change the password on the WIFI just to be sure.:D

fritzelly · 28-02-2020 1:06am

Is there anything to be said for, like in the weather forum, a thread for actual facts (verifiable cases and such weird stuff) and another for all loons to post all the crap they want from whatsapp and their friend of a friend

Doctor Jimbob · 28-02-2020 1:06am

fr336 wrote: »

Was the panic like this during swine flu? I was convinced it wasn't but maybe my memory is playing tricks or I was simply still a teenager and therefore things didn't phase me like this.

I was in my late teens/early twenties at the time and I recall seeing a lot of panic in the media and was very worked up about it myself. My girlfriend at the time got very sick with it and we had to go to hospital in the end thanks to it.

It's a big part of why I'm so calm at the moment, to be honest. People seek to like making a fuss and it often ends up being much less of a thing than expected.

Abba987 · 28-02-2020 1:06am

Ficheall wrote: »

Source?

OR GTFO

Larbre34 · 28-02-2020 1:07am

tuxy wrote: »

Post on facebook saying 5G is to blame
This virus is every crackpots dream!

Facebook never refuses a crackpot neither TBF

YFlyer · 28-02-2020 1:08am

Martina1991 wrote: »

I dont think you know what you're talking about.

DNA testing is time consuming, complicated and very expensive.

So you're not familiar with the procedure used.

tuxy · 28-02-2020 1:08am

fritzelly wrote: »

Is there anything to be said for, like in the weather forum, a thread for actual facts (verifiable cases and such weird stuff) and another for all loons to post all the crap they want from whatsapp and their friend of a friend

I would hope that this would be the sensible thread and the crazy stuff would be posted in the conspiriciy theoiries thread.
But that doesn't work because the crazy people want to be taken seriously.

Larbre34 · 28-02-2020 1:10am

Big difference between conspiracy theories and some bullsh1t your mate's wife heard at work off someone's slimming world whatsapp group.

bodhrandude · 28-02-2020 1:14am

wakka12 wrote: »

Rep Ireland and portugal are the only west european countries that havnt announced a case as yet

You forgot Scotland and Wales too.

Titclamp · 28-02-2020 1:15am

bodhrandude wrote: »

You forgot Scotland and Wales too.

Iceland and the faroe islands, Liechtenstein, andorra

fritzelly · 28-02-2020 1:17am

Hubei update

318 new cases
41 new deaths
7630 serious/critical cases

32,878 still in hospital

MarkY91 · 28-02-2020 1:18am

Titclamp wrote: »

Iceland and the faroe islands, Liechtenstein, andorra

You're stretching it a bit including last 3 in any statistics. They hardly count.

fr336 · 28-02-2020 1:19am

For those who think Ireland isn't prepared and the UK is a beacon of excellence showing their neighbours up - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/27/they-have-no-idea-government-failing-on-coronavirus-say-gps

Call Me Jimmy · 28-02-2020 1:26am

fr336 wrote: »

For those who think Ireland isn't prepared and the UK is a beacon of excellence showing their neighbours up - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/27/they-have-no-idea-government-failing-on-coronavirus-say-gps

As per WHO man fresh out of Wuhan nobody is ready. Ok Doomer.

Die Hard 2019 · 28-02-2020 1:26am

Panic is happening before any cases are announced I dread to think what will happen when there is one. We sell face masks, decent ones and really cheap ones. Normally we sell 100- 500 a week.
This week we have sold 50,000 and only because we only had that many. Could have sold 5 times that.

Charles Babbage · 28-02-2020 1:27am

Doctor Jimbob wrote: »

I was in my late teens/early twenties at the time and I recall seeing a lot of panic in the media and was very worked up about it myself. My girlfriend at the time got very sick with it and we had to go to hospital in the end thanks to it.

It's a big part of why I'm so calm at the moment, to be honest. People seek to like making a fuss and it often ends up being much less of a thing than expected.

from wikipedia

Unlike most strains of influenza, H1N1 (Swine flu) does not disproportionately infect adults older than 60 years; this was an unusual and characteristic feature of the H1N1 pandemic.

The present pox is more typical of flu in this respect. If your girlfriend in her early 20s gets this one then when she goes to the hospital it will already be full.

laurah591 · 28-02-2020 1:29am

fritzelly wrote: »

Hubei update

318 new cases
41 new deaths
7630 serious/critical cases

32,878 still in hospital

Another significant drop in that serious/critical number. Hats off to China if they are reporting accurately.... which I hope they are

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

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