Worried about coronavirus part 11

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Previous thread www.mumsnet.com/Talk/coronavirus/3837712-Worried-about-coronavirus-part-10?pg=10

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

www.gov.uk/government/news/cmo-for-england-announces-32-new-cases-of-novel-coronavirus-4-march-2020

Do you know if it’s safe to open a parcel from Japan?
It just arrived.
It traveled 8 days in a post. I read the virus would die after certain time but any scientists here as I read it dies after 12 days.. I’m scared to opened it.

what exactly is the petition wording? (i don`t sign blind)

@unluckyagain I have barely seen any evidence of catastrophising and panic, just people trying to prepare which seems sensible. If I knew that it was definitely in my town I could keep my children home which could help stop the spread. They do so many clubs and mix with so many people that this would just be practical.

Czech Rep has 3 more new cases..just announced

Man just arrived to mend the washing machine and he has a nasty dry cough!! I am hiding upstairs but my husband who is working from home is chatting to him. I think the English are too polite to deal with this situation.

They will soon realise that the media will make up numbers by hunting for cases if they don't keep it transparent.

That will fuel conspiracy theories and panic.

I bet this will be retracted pdq.

But they are knowingly putting vulnerable groups at risk if they don’t share locations so people can avoid?

Why are they doing this? Why are they being so callous?

I can’t find the petition, could we have a link please ?

Can someone try linking the petition please? I'm clicking but it doesn't seem to be a link!

So far we’re just hand washing more and longer, but I do wonder at what point Dh should consider working from home along with the rest in his office.

@BiBiBirdie People who travelled to Italy in half term would not have been aware of the risks at that point there were little or no cases. These only started emerging at the end of half term. Let's also remember that Italy banned direct flights from China very early on and this obviously did not help at all. Banning all travel worldwide would be pretty impossible.

I’m not sure that the location information is very informative, really. It’s not real time data and really only helps us assess the risk we were in a few days ago.

And people don’t stay in one place, so a confirmed case in South Manchester may have been somewhere else entirely in the days leading up to diagnosis.

85......I think the shit is about to hit the fan

and I do think the public should know where cases are (at least in a rough area!!!!!!). Then we as people can decide for ourselves whether or not to hunker down/ step up hygiene etc etc.

as I said before, the govenment know far more....I see a repeat of Italy

The wording I think:

Include locations of latest Coronavirus cases daily. Once a week is not enough!

Tell the public where the latest Coronavirus cases are. Once per week is simply not enough

As of today, due to the number of new cases, we will no longer be tweeting information on the location of each new case. Instead, this information will be released centrally in a consolidated format online, once a week. We are working on this now and plan to share on Friday

almond can't sign petition at the moment as 'its under review' apparently...

Why are they doing this?

Possibly because the nature of modern life means the risk is pretty even everywhere... just because 1 person in Swansea has been diagnosed doesn't mean the risk of catching it there is necessarily any greater than it is in Cardiff...

This page, updated in the last hour, implies it will still be updated daily at 2pm. It contains numbers, not locations. www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-information-for-the-public

The petition has been halted.

Just tried to sign the petition but get this.....

We’re checking this petition

5 people have already supported Morag Brand’s petition.

We need to check it meets the petition standards before we publish it.

Please try again in a few days.

I don’t think the government know far more - I think the maths is out there for everyone to do. 60% infection rate in the UK with 3.4% fatality rate is 1.3million deaths

Thanks space so if cases there they are contained I guess.

I think the preppers thread said Ark Oval is shut but I haven’t validated it.

Pure speculation (and this is the problem of not telling us!) but imagine some of the cases are in Brighton.. that would imply the incubation period is longer than thought and/or they missed some.

unlucky I’m in London too and agree there’s v little we can do bar carry on as normal. I feel stating where the cases are might encourage the cynics to wash their hands more though!!

Possibly because the nature of modern life means the risk is pretty even everywhere... just because 1 person in Swansea has been diagnosed doesn't mean the risk of catching it there is necessarily any greater than it is in Cardiff

^ This.

@WiseUpJanetWeiss

They could give the location, and caveat with what you’ve said. If for example there’s a cluster in X place because many cases are there, that’s going to be a higher rate than Y where one of those people travelled through yesterday.

Having no information means you can’t make even a slightly informed choice.