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

Apoplectic because your child is going on the tube?!

I am no longer worried for myself, just my dm

I have to go into central London for a meeting tomorrow, and then for an evening work event. Dreading it tbh. I left getting hand sanitister too late so I only have the carex aloe vera stuff which I don't think is 60 per cent alcohol.

France confirms 61 new cases of coronavirus and 1 new death, raising total to 191 cases and 3 deaths t.co/eUoE2b20hL

Even if you don't send your kids on school trips, the other kids in the class will go - if they catch anything they'll spread it next day when your kids are back at school.

@FourTeaFallOut that is accurate and is from the WHO joint report. Obviously there are caveats around needing more research etc. But it seems possible that restricting the movements of children would be largely pointless.

Tue child to adult virus transmission

Ive not read this anywhere either. Ive not read that an adult has caught from a child...but it's children returning from italy ski trips isnt it?

My DS also has an imminent residential theatre trip to London. Im hoping its called off but they're running out of time now. I don't think tomorrow's plans will include that sort of thing.

southwarkroad the carex hand gel you have contains 70% alcohol x

I left getting hand sanitister too late so I only have the carex aloe vera stuff which I don't think is 60 per cent alcohol.

Carex aloe vera is 70% ethanol

Anyone know what time 'plan' is due out? If there is a scheduled time for announcement of plan eve?

I think a big problem with this is the media report completely different things.

This first one is what the WHO have said today which would come across quite positive.

“We are in uncharted territory. We have never seen before a respiratory pathogen capable of community transmission which can be contained with the right measures. If this was influenza we would have expected to see widespread community transmission across the globe right now. Containment of Covid-19 is feasible.”

Then BBC somehow translate that to this.

"The World Health Organization called the virus "unique", saying they had never seen a virus that could transfer so easily between individuals"

Scaremongering at its finest!

I might have to stop calling my kids vectors.

The WHO statement contradicts the spread rate wuoted as being higher than flu??? FFS

This is from the worldometers site

Death Rate = (number of deaths / number of cases) = probability of dying if infected by the virus (%). This probability differs depending on the age group. The percentages shown below do not have to add up to 100%, as they do NOT represent share of deaths by age group. Rather, it represents, for a person in a given age group, the risk of dying if infected with COVID-19.

80+ years old - 14.8%
70-79 years old - 8.0%
60-69 years old - 3.6%
50-59 years old - 1.3%
40-49 years old - 0.4%
30-39 years old - 0.2%
20-29 years old - 0.2%
10-19 years old - 0.2%
0-9 years old - no fatalities

FourTea no need to be hasty

So the dr in Mount Vernon cancer treatment centre has tested negative for it. Great relief as the people he's treating will have very low immunity

there is no evidence of a case of the virus being transmitted from child to adult.

Really? Does anyone have a link or source for this information?

Oops posted too early - was trying to reply - it’s in the WHO report

What great news though,

Containment of covid is feasible!!

From The Guardian.

The government has been advised to provide “resilience” training for teenagers so they can help support the authorities in civil contingencies like floods or the coronavirus outbreak, according to the Press Association.

A report by the Royal United Services Institute military think tank said the nation’s teens represented an “untapped” resource when it came to dealing with emergencies.

It called for 16- to 18-year-olds to be offered training during the school holidays in “crisis preparedness” and “emergency response”.

Washington state reports 4 new cases and 3 new deaths in King County t.co/eUoE2b20hL

Bad idea using teens in emergencies. They are not the most resilient of societys members.

They are at one of the most stressful times of their lives! Struggling with their changing identity

Isnt the outbreak in Brighton evidence of containment?

This happened early on, and no more cases?

Do any of you go to the gym? If so, are you thinking of not going because of the sharing of equipment?