To be worried about coronavirus part 9

[GPwife2411]

A new thread - will delete if another one is around, I can't see any.

Previous thread www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/3836309-To-be-worried-about-Coronavirus-Part-8

updated data on this page every day at 2pm until further notice.
www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-information-for-the-public#number-of-cases

It's not just like flu www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/01/yes-it-is-worse-than-the-flu-busting-the-coronavirus-myths

Why WHO not declaring a pandemic www.newscientist.com/article/2235342-covid-19-why-wont-the-who-officially-declare-a-coronavirus-pandemic/

Worldometer www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries

BNO News bnonews.com/index.php/2020/02/the-latest-coronavirus-cases/

Link to WHO report www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019

The Lancet coronavirus hub - latest research and comment www.thelancet.com/coronavirus

JAMA coronavirus research centre jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/pages/coronavirus-alert edited by MNHQ at OP's request

It is not a disaster.
Normally shops ration items in short supply.

@oakmaiden, pretty awful. Finding it hard to take my mind off of it. Convinced myself I will get it from friend I saw who came back from holiday with no restrictions on Gov or NHS site, nobody else we were eith is worried at all but I am a total wreck. Thought about calling dr to see if they can give me something but this is going to go on for a long time. Just cant seem to stop looking up and no positives to read, very shaky and tired . Thank you for asking

Does anyone know whereabouts in Bristol the dx covid19 person worked ?

Local gp surgery has run out of hand sanitizer. Not great.

Has anyone made their own sanitiser? Does anyone have any recipes? I found one with witch hazel not sure how much to put in to make sure it is as effective as shop bought ones.

I don’t think I have ever seen hand sanitizer at my local gp surgery.

Found on Reddit: Map of UK cases so far

local sheltered housing run out of hand sanitizer too

@Keynote1 im exactly the same. I rang my gp this morning but as im pregnant they cant give me anything. I cant believe its happening to be honest x

I do wish they wouldn’t use those touch screens for check in at the doctors.

Hone made hand sanitiser here —-

The GP touch screens are ridiculous. Mine has hand sanitiser next to it but even so.

Apologies again for typos . I have fat fingers and my phone is obsessed with autocorrecting . Must learn to preview first !

I know I am being silly, I have had a cold for a week which I know is just a cold and had it before I saw friends just blowing my nose and it bled a bit, normal occurrence for me but total panic followed, hubby getting totally stressed with me.

I refuse to use those GP touch screens they make me shudder

You need to be careful with that hand sanitiser recipe though since the other ingredients will be diluting the surgical spirit alcohol content. Ive just checked my surgical spirit and the content is only 70% alcohol to start with.

Its better than nothing but is not going to kill viruses if you get below 60% alcohol (which means an awful lot more surgical spirit and using much less of the other ingredients).

Lots to keep up with in these threads! So diabetes wise the best thing to do is try to keep bloods in check? This will be hard for us as we are coming out of the honeymoon period. She absolutely hates correction injections too so I’m not sure how I will manage that. Such a nightmare. Thanks for the help @Llamallamadingdong and @AbsentmindedWoman and any others that have mentioned diabetes.

The hand sanitisers that you can pick up for about 80p in Aldi are being sold on eBay for £8.99 🙄 I suspect a lot of the shelf clearance is due to unscrupulous types buying up to slam on eBay and make a fast profit 😡

@spacecadetagain that's disgusting! I get really disappointed in people when they do things like this! People cant afford those prices it makes me sick they would exploit this situation!!! Going to b&m soon to see what they have then a big tesco shop. I do have hand sanitizer at home anyway so no big panic xxx

Why has Italy and Iran been so badly affected?

Shops need to only let customers buy a small number of hand sanitizers to stop this, that’s awful of people selling on eBay at hugely inflated prices.

Why has Italy and Iran been so badly affected?

It could just be that they have started a little sooner than other countries, as far as community transmission goes, and other countries will follow similar trajectories.

Or they are unlucky.

Who knows. Clearly there has been community transmission going on that they have missed, but at this stage it would be guessing to say why it was missed.

Space I saw the same on amazon 50ml hand sanitiser going for £10-20

I m slightly worried for my nearly 19 year old son, he has some lung issues, ABPA and is very underweight. He has to go on public transport including the tube every day as he works for PHE in London, he is very careful about handwashing and carries hand gel.

Enid, it will be cultural practises there that differ, the landscape, population etc. I said on one of the other threads that skiing has probably played a part, people rent equipment like gloves, helmets, boots etc. That won’t have helped.