Public emergency declared by WHO on coronavirus

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The extremes countries are going to in order to stop it spreading suggest that it is more deadly than we've been told i.e that it's like a flu? We don't shut down countries for flu. What are we not being told?

That's not Britain shutting down, is it.

Agree JamieVardy... Hardly shutting down Britain ffs

BA is not the government ffs

Lol no - Brexit is Britain shutting down haha.

When I was referring to countries being shut down, I was referring to China. It started with Wuhan about 4 days ago, now all flights to the whole country of China have been grounded. That is extreme.
Or maybe I'm imagining shit.

British airways is just an airline. They cancelled flights. That is not Britain 'shutting down'

Grip needed.

Nice language upthread 🙄

First potential case in the UK near us today, bit concerning.

When I was referring to countries being shut down, I was referring to China.

Really ? Come on, you literally said So Britain shuts down to save other nations?

Don't try and change things because your not getting the agreement you hoped for.

I don't even know what the symptoms are of this disease? If there's anything going, it's almost guaranteed, I'll get it.

For the facts, as we know them, it is not extreme. It could be worse than they are telling us, but a totally new flu virus that no-one has any immunity to, justifies everything they are doing.

OP it's misinformed media. I cba to read it. No offence meant.
Scientists are working on drugs that should be available by the end of this year. Apparently.
I wonder how Ebola is going.

They're trying to prevent a global pandemic because last time we had one of those 50 million people died and hundreds of millions more were affected. We're no better able to deal with such a scenario than we were at that time due to the lag between the evolution of a new flu virus and the development of a vaccine for it. In fact due to the ease of international travel compared to a hundred years ago containment is more difficult.

And like fuck could the NHS cope with a pandemic given that the regular flu season sends it into a tailspin.

Quick google tells you the name Novel Coronavirus just refers to it being a new version of a group of know viruses that basically cause cold like symptoms, apparantly other forms of it are some of the main causes of coughs and colds.

Three new version have been found, then named, one being SARS. So basically, yes a flu, but clearly one that can cause nasty symptoms and stead fast.

I actually agree. The scale of the lockdown suggests it’s worse than they’re letting on. There was an article in New Scientist that suggested the mortality rate might be more like 14% instead of the claimed 2-3%. And it’s very contagious.

cuckooken Ye, that's what I meant. Britain had shut down. No flights in or out. Heathrow was like a ghost town..... Zombies were appearing occasionally.

The most dopey reader would know that I was talking about China. There are no flights in or out from Britain. Not sure about other countries. But if it's just a flu, it seems a little bit extreme?

How many times have you had the flu?

Ye, that's what I meant.

I don't have a clue what you meant. First you said Britain shut down, then you said no, you meant China had shut down.

Britain had shut down.

Oh, it's Britain again..

No flights in or out. Heathrow was like a ghost town....

Don't be ridiculous. There may not have been flights to China but there were hundreds of flights in and out of Heathrow.

Quick google tells you the name Novel Coronavirus just refers to it being a new version of a group of know viruses that basically cause cold like symptoms

Yep, and a quick reality check will tell you that Britain doesn't ground flights to countries where 2000 people have a cold.

There is not enough research or protection against this new virus hence why they are doing all they can to keep it from spreading much more than it already has.
Should have been limited when the first outbreak occurred to be honest but it's good that countries are doing into extremes now to protect our health service alone and many others and of course people.

cuckoo. You really should google sarcasm.

Yes Dillbaby I agree. I read one headline suggesting that the Chinese were not telling us everything.
They seem extreme measures to me to ground flights and quarantine travellers? It's just the flu?

Its becoming more worrying, if it can be symptom less, but contagious for 14 days, and judging by the way NHS are treating the people who are suspected carriers, I dont think weve got much chance of not being overrun by it fairly soon.

I don't think I should post because I might be deleted

I do believe Grips are available on Amazon

cuckoo. You really should google sarcasm.

There are a few things you should google. I won't list them as I would probably get banned but it's safe to say that if you want to start a discussion you should both know your subject and stick to the point, without adding random bouts of sarcasm. Oh, and try not to change it up too much within the first few posts.

I think we can all guess that the WHO are worried about it spreading to the Indian sub continent and Africa, because that’s where it could get really out of hand.

www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/