worried about coronavirus (covid19) part 15

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Helpful links

WHO media speech for world plan of action

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

No that's not true. That's hugely misleading.

They only changed that policy a few days back. And only in Lombardy. There are many mild cases included in the statistics.

And in China the death rate for ICU cases was well above 50%, 60+% (I’d need to find the paper again to verify). What was amazing was the death rate for ICU patients was worse than those with SARS or MERS. For those that get this disease bad, it is very very bad.

Mike Bird @birdyword
In locked down Wuhan, teachers use an app called DingTalk to set homework. Kids realised if it got enough one-star reviews it would be removed from App Store. Thousands of reviews flooded in, and DingTalk’s rating fell from 4.9 to 1.4 overnight. Legends.
t.co/HGjZhVfgUa

shanghaidiva I find your posts fascinating - please don't stop.

We are in a weird situation, live by the sea where the wind is enough to take your breath away, let alone infect you with anything. I wfh so don't mix with people apart from food shopping etc.

DH immunosuppressed due to chemo (just finished, immune system apparently starts repairing itself pdq). DD2 commuting daily to London, train and tube.

So on the one hand, I feel 'safe' due to location, but oth not because of DH and DD2 situation? DD1 currently in French Alps, 1st French outbreak 30 miles in one direction, Northern Italy within skiable distance.

@MollyMoss Italy had 227 cases on 24th Feb, so 11 days ago.

Just on way back from Crufts, I can confirm that nobody cared! A couple of bottles of hand sanitiser and a couple of signs, job done! 🙄

I haven't stopped doing anything and have no plans to.

Can somebody explain why only 40 or so people have been tested on the cruise ship of 3k?

It's been days now. Surely they'd be a priority?

www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theatlantic.com/amp/article/607597/

Not sure of the source; but only 1895 tests could be verified in the USA (a fraction of U.K. testing)... May explain the slowish growth in their numbers.

@middleager Donald trump.

#ITALY— 5883 cases of #coronavirus and 233 dead

Paraguay reports first case of coronavirus t.co/eUoE2b20hL

I know they dropped tests on to the cruise ship because it's not allowed to dock in California, but just 40?

I think people are going out less from town this morning. I went to Cirencester. I was fretting about space in my normal car park which often becomes scarce about 11 am but at 1040, only about 65% full. Market hall significantly emptier than normal

@middleager He has stated he doesn't need his numbers to double (and the rest!) Because of one ship.

He is also planning that they remain on board.

Man is a moron.

Is there any reason to think we won’t follow the Italy route, ie 5000 cases in 10 days time?

The sentinel programme has started and the figures are included in the test results. It started about ten days ago.

Are you sure? The numbers tested just don't seem high enough to me.

All ITU patients are supposed to be tested- 4000 ITU beds in the U.K., probably around 1000-2000 patients with pneumonia.

100 GP practices, probably encompasses around 400-500 GPs, each seeing around 25-30 (conservative estimate) patients a day, meaning 10,000-15,000 consultations per day. At this time of year at least 1/3 are going to be for some kind of flu type symptom, meaning around 3,000-5,000 tests every day.

Just adding these two sets together, and using the lower estimate, we should have tested over 32,000 people in those 10 days. That's not even including all the 111 referrals for travel history/contact tracing.

Yet we're only seeing around 1800 tested a day? 20,000 since we started testing back in January? Either there is an absolutely enormous backlog of tests, or the sentinel screening hasn't started yet

#NEWYORK- declares states of emergency as #coronavirus cases rise to 76. (44 yesterday)

We are continuing on as normal and probably will until forced not to, eg if we have to self-isolate. However I live in a country that currently has only 4 confirmed cases. Still not really much changed in work and very little communication regarding the virus from 'up high'. Extra training last week on the correct wearing of PPE when caring for someone with a suspected/confirmed case, but I haven't actually saw any extra PPE in stock yet - they seem to be having trouble getting any from suppliers! I have noticed hand gel stations have appeared everywhere and when I do home visits, everyone has hand gel sitting out. As a team, we have started to discuss plans should our large health centre need to be closed for a deep clean or should a few of us be off isolating/sick. All very unofficial though! I had expected there to be more official advice given out to us by now to be honest.

#GERMANY- 156 new cases of #coronavirus — raising the total number to 795

#MALDIVES- 2 cases of #coronavirus

#Romania— 12 cases or #coronavirus in total

#NORWAY- 155 cases or #coronavirus — total

Is it right that there are no gp practices in the sentinel programme in the whole of the North East?

What name of the I player program please

Im carrying on as normal. I dont go to restaurants or on nights out etc.

I have a hairdresser appointment and lip and chin wax every few weeks and intend to keep them as long as im well obviously.

This is a small town and not many people can afford to go abroad .