Coronavirus thread 13

[KenAdams]

Previous thread here.

We are using Worldometer, BDO and Dr John Campbell videos as part of the discussions.

There won't be any sneering in three weeks time, unfortunately.

Just looked at the Midlands region which I am in. Such a large area so numbers are meaningless really. Its cases more locally I am interested in.

PHE will ONLY test people who have a travel Hx
I’ve been really ill and wanted to be tested but they refused because I haven’t travelled. If I’d tested positive I wouldn’t have chaired that meeting with 70 attendees. Now I have no idea whether they or I have it.

So - if you have all the COVID-19 symptoms, but haven't been to one of the travel hot spots or know someone who has, you won't get tested, is that right?

No. You don't get tested if you have symptoms and have mixed with someone who has been to a high risk area. You only get tested if that person gets confirmed positive.

The testing criteria are incredibly narrow. We're missing lots of cases by this point

And as Norfolk had zero cases yesterday, I doubt they got 17 overnight. Herts and Essex were already on their way and growing.

@sisteragatha

Nope Herts Essex are definitely East of England - its done by NHS regions as far as I can see

I’ve been living here for over 15 years now and think of myself as living in the South East but looks it’s officially East. DH commutes into London everyday so I think that will have more of an impact than local cases - which will probably rise due to living in a commuter town.

UK 115 (total)
+28 (new)
107 (Active)
8 (recovered)

Cambridge and Northampton can also be called east sometimes. I'm in suffolk so watching closely

@SisterAgatha I can roughly guess where you are too, I'm about 15 mins from Hertford. The one very local to me was a parent of a child at a local primary, however, there have been no further reported cases. I admit to staying in as much as I can, I am not going to an event this weekend but I am concerned about a friend and her children who I have daily close contact with who are going to a very large school related music event at the Royal Albert Hall on Sunday. I think it should have been cancelled. So many bodies from all over the place in an enclosed space. All you can do is take sensible precautions which I am doing. Also concerned for London based DD who is on and off tube all day. What can you do?

Well that’s actually much better news then!

justchecking These are valid important questions. How can we get them answered?

Justchecking unless one of the 100 do you mean? Or do you mean outside of the 100 surgeries testing?

@Figleaf

Description of the illness from the first Brit who had it.

uk.yahoo.com/news/coronavirus-first-briton-describes-symptoms-120155314.html

There is an article from him in the Daily Mail too, but a lot more sensationalised.

TheFormidableMrsC I have a London based activity next week too. I’m still expecting them to call it off but maybe they won’t. Do you drive in to London much? I may do that so at least the tube isn’t a worry.

i know someone whose child was at a school with kids who have been on a ski trip. He has symptoms and is really poorly but because of his symptoms has been told not to leave the house for testing. There could be lots more cases that we dont know anything about

I have to go to London to DD's flat next week - I'm driving rather than taking the train as I would normally.

Ski trip where though?

I've tried tweeting some journos to ask them to ask for more detail.

sorry ski trip to northern italy. Some of the school kids have been tested apparently but because the child is off ill he hasnt been.

@SisterAgatha I do drive in sometimes, I have family in central London. If I do go in, I will drive. I have no inclination to get on the train or tube currently!

large number of soldiers in Skjold camp (Troms) #Norway are now isolated, after a member of the cavalry squadron tested positive for the #coronavirus.

I've tried tweeting some journos to ask them to ask for more detail

There does seem to be a lack of information, doesn’t there?

Channel4 tends to have a good depth to questions.