Worried About Corona Virus- thread 32

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Yes Charlie I was saying that a couple of weeks ago about why we shouldn't go for herd immunity because the kids in school all shedding there with the teachers.
And I agree parents are going to get a large viral load because
Kids sneeze and cough everywhere
The kid could be asymptomatic.
Plus none of us anywhere have masks so we continue to get virus from family members.
I don't think we can compare us or EU to China.
Ideally everyone would spend lots of time in their own gardens

But why didn't we just follow South Korea? We know this is a successful way of dealing with an outbreak and we have had 17 years to plan for it.

Why have they chosen such a brutal way of controlling this when we live on an island we could have locked borders as soon as China had an outbreak?

@juneybean I think your right I couldn't find a source.

I have just read that Russia is sending Italy help!! Wow. (Independent)

I'm just thinking about it all from the point of view of rural life.

We (in our village) have lots of advantages - big wide open beach on our doorsteps to walk dogs. Social distancing zero prob there. Small businesses plus a Tesco Express in the village. Howling gale most of the year which any virus would have to be Superman to withstand. Also very elderly population plus another subset with lots of small children - the rural poor.

Doctors surgery already overwhelmed, as is the pharmacy.

If push comes to shove, and the army are called onto the streets, they aint going to be here, they'll be in the towns 8 miles either side.

If lockdown is. tomorrow will it be they usual 5pm announcement do you think? Will they give people's time to organise themselves?

Is it @juneybean? The photo looks real? Apologies if it is fake.

The figures aren't fake though, and his expression looks genuinely devastated to me.

It's the Brazilian prime minister from last year I think!

That's a fake quote and that's not Conte (Italian PM) in the photo either.

@Angryrant55 Off topic: KUDOS I chuckled

What is government not telling us?

The BBC says 12% of ICU beds are occupied by Covid19 patients. ICU was 80% full apparently before this so approx. 380 spare. Likely to be full soon. And we have bought in beds from private hospitals.

We must know at this point, surely, how many we expect to get critically ill. Basically, a lot, given we bought in the beds. So what are we waiting for?

Oh and back to the rural living thing: get everything delivered, are people having a laugh? Not happening round here in these times.

@Eeyoresstickhouse I've not caught up with the thread yet so sorry if this has already been said but the no eviction rule is to protect those who would only be evicted as a result of covid - rent arrears due to losing your job due to the economy being affected for example. Landlords can still evict for other reasons, including anti social behaviour, which noise disturbance is.

@willdoitinaminute let's see a screenshot of this heads-up from your Dr friend...I'm very skeptical.

Also, why are folk surprised about McDonald's? They are a restaurant and had to close!

Will do are you in the UK.
I know the government as pushing laws through this week, unsure what they are but I bet it will be to do with using stronger measures and lockdown.
Either people can’t read, don’t listen to the news, don’t see the newspapers and or very very stupid.

Sincere apologies I have reported my post and asked for it to be deleted. Will check sources properly in future I just got caught up in the emotion of it.

I'm a hospital consultant. I was clearly left off the mailing list for the lockdown memo then!

So much fake stuff doing the rounds and yet some of it sounds plausible!

I'm analysing myself for every symptom.
I was desperate to get a fire extinguisher earlier and I saw a lady, looked ill coughing and hacking all over the paint.

I can't get any food delivery's, it's one thing I didn't have the foresight to book and ocado even sent me email a few weeks ago saying they would give me a voucher if I chose a specific day and and stuck to it!!

I also didn't get any masks and my alcohol gel is running v low now, down to last bottle.
I guess I could shop in plastic gloves, put food into my own plastic bags, bring it home and wash it all?

Then chuck as much packaging away as possible?

I'm looking into local companies who deliver their owned eggs. If I could guarantee eggs are coming that's one less item to worry about! And one less item to spend time searching for in shops.

I just check social media

Now McDonalds is completely closing.

I can't believe people still think it can't happen to them. I admit initially I thought it was like swine flu but now how can we deny it... 14 patient's tested positive in Ireland residents in a care home, if it was a carer who carried it the other staff are probably infected, if one of those were agency staff moving to another care home,
move staff more elderly residents. I expect the death toll will be much higher very soon.

Can you imagine being a health worker getting of a 13 hour shift from ICU and turning on the news tonight? The country looks as though we're on a bloody bank holiday! Did they say Snowdonia was the busiest on record??? Seasides packed, the parks full, people out eating ice creams. Idiots exercising on outdoor gyms touching all the metal equipment so close to each other. I give up!

Mrs soho unfortunately this was the first fabulous day we have had after a long long winter.
It's so unfortunate. I am sure things will calm down in the coming weeks.

Re the lockdown info. I don't think hospital CEO has any more notice of public restrictions. Certainly my boss Chief Operating Officer doesn't. And my clinicians are up the wall with lack of information, scrutinising everything that comes through

Does anyone else feel like a total idiot, knowing this would happen for weeks and just waited around and did nothing

It's so unfortunate. I am sure things will calm down in the coming weeks There isn't time for things to calm down in the coming weeks, good weather is no excuse for bending the rules in a pandemic.
We played out our back garden, went on an night walk on a quiet route, stayed in otherwise all day. I'm highlighting your post but not assuming you agree with these morans.