Holiday and Coronavirus

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We are booked to go away over half term to Dubai and Abu Dhabi. I'm starting to panic about germs on the airplane and risk of catching it. And also when we are out there.

Is anyone travelling over half term and rethinking their travel plans?

I think there's a long way between 100% useless and 100% effective, and I'll personally take the masks as long as they fall somewhere in between (which I'm sure they do).

I do think there's a benefit to the general public for those infected but unaware wearing them - ie. not spreading their germs. But also, regardless of the level of filter, air gaps, etc. they will help to stop direct inhalation of other people's cough/sneeze droplets, which could carry viral loads I hate to think of!

Ever seen one of those slow motion sneezes against a black screen?

It’s a version of the fucking flu. More people have died of that in the uk this year.

Sensible precautions - wash hands and sneeze into your elbow. And stop panicking.

Flying back through Paris this weekend from west Africa.

Flying into. Ghana two weeks ago every one had to fill in a questionnaire and had temperature / thermal imaging as you came into the immigration area.

I will be flying to Bali, via Hong Kong in 3 weeks, and I am not unnecessarily concerned.

I do suffer from health anxiety, so I do understand the concern from many. But the truth is, there a whole variety of illnesses I could catch from such a trip, but actually, the worry of doing so would be much more detrimental to my health than the chance of it actually happening.

After having some severe health symptoms which were actually diagnosed as severe anxiety, I have learnt that the biggest threat to my health is worrying about constantly being ill/getting ill. Life has risks. But the biggest risk is refusing to relax because you're scared of what could happen.

My son is flying with school to Europe - there's no way he'd remember to sanitise his hands.

At a friend's primary school one of the parents is withdrawing their child from a trip because of a fear of Coronavirus.

It has crossed my mind, my son travelling by plane whose crew may have travelled anywhere and mingling in airports, but we could call into Tesco or a busy train station and it'd be germ central. We can't live in a state of worry.

From what I understand only certain types of professional surgical respiritory masks are effective.