Worried about coronavirus thread 26

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Here is the new thread

Here is the link to the previous thread
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/coronavirus/3846851-Worried-about-coronavirus-thread-25

*The public should know every measure we are taking is seeking to save lives and protect the most vulnerable. Every single one of us has a role to play in achieving this.

Guinea Pigging my kids and hanging my parents out to dry.

350?

6% of population have diabetes

1 in 3 adults has high blood pressure (so 20% of population)

12% of the population have asthma.

So that is between 20 and 38% of the population are actually in a high risk group.

I'm not sure how are numbers go up by much if they're not testing anymore. I expect the government will be bragging about low numbers this time next week and how they've got it all under control

Up 342, around 4500ish tests.

Where are people getting the 1140 cases from, please?

The gov.uk website

Where is the plus 350 from? Can't see anything yet?

1140?

That number hits hard.

www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-information-for-the-public

Shitting hell. So 7.6% of those tested in that 4500 came back positive

Christ. We knew it was coming but that jump hurt

Gov.uk updated their number of confirmed cases about 5 mins ago

Bloody hell...

Glad we are already self-isolating.

Guess I better start getting serious about de-reg and home education!

New York state reports first death from coronavirus, raising U.S. death toll to 50; patient was an elderly woman t.co/1x8YilLzhD

I don't think the reporting is callous. They are telling us it is elderly and those with underlying medical issues because if they didn't tell us that there would be (even worse) hysteria assuming the whole population is at risk. So it makes sense to me. It is factual reporting

Thank you. Nothing on Twitter yet, which is usually updated pretty quickly.

These numbers are getting scary, especially if you think of all the people not being tested.

It feels like the government are at best constantly playing catch up.

Ten more deaths today in UK

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-51889957

@cjt110 because they are only testing people who are ill in hospital, There will be a higher percentage of people testing positive.

I have no words.

I'm not sure how are numbers go up by much if they're not testing anymore.

I suspect we will be watching the number of deaths as a true reflection of the depth of the problem. Which is awful.

Holy hell that is a leap.
Surely the schools won’t still be open by the end of the week.

@sadatchristmas1

because they are only testing people who are ill in hospital, There will be a higher percentage of people testing positive.

I am not sure that is true of today's figures. The figures released today were probably tested on Thursday (before the policy change).

It will be interesting to see the changes in numbers of tests and percentages over the next few days though.

The test results coming out today may be from tests done at the end of last week, though- so not necessarily just hospital cases.

Not only are cases rising exponentially in the UK, they appear to be doing so at a slightly higher rate than in Italy.

@nellodee it is hard to see if that is because of the way we are testing though. Of course, by the time we can say for sure it will be too fucking late to do anything about it.