People seem to think they will never catch Corvus-19 if they stay in for a few weeks ?!

[beingarayofsun]

I get why the government don't want the vulnerable to catch it, as they would need more care and most likely to be hospitalised. But now it's out there it won't just go away completely. How can people stay in forever ?

They can’t. The staying in is about trying to control how many people need to go to hospital at the same time.

Also in 2-3 months time there may be more ventilators, trained staff, more PPE, more health workers might be immune. They might have a better idea of whether any anti-virals will help.

I know I don't understand either. It is never going to go away now it's out there.

It will be only take 1 person in the world somewhere to have it and it will all start up again.

How will we be reintroduced back into normal life without a massive surge in cases

It’s not about not catching it, it’s about stopping everyone coming down with it the same time and completely overwhelming the NHS.

If you can spread people catching it out over 3 months say, you stand a much better chance of saving people. That’s why they keep talking about flattening the curve.

Roughly 80% of us are likely to get it, and you don’t want to be in respiratory difficulties at the same time as 100,000 others needing emergency care in your area.

Which is why we ALL need to practice social distancing and self isolation if you display ANY of the symptoms and actually take this shit seriously.

I work from home and rarely leave the house anyway just for hospital appointments and in the summer trips in motor home. Currently on day 19 of corona diagnosed by two medics 🤷‍♀️

Well scientists all over the world are working very hard on a vaccine. As soon as possible that will be made available to the elderly and vulnerable. 80 per cent of people who get covid won't become seriously ill with it.

rarely leave the house anyway just for hospital appointments

If you have regular hospital appointments surely you're at more risk of catching it, even if you never go anywhere else.

If people adhere to the lockdown it will in theory give some control over when a surge of cases (on lifting of lockdown) occurs. The aim is not to overwhelm the NHS by 'flattening the curve' so there is a steady, manageable flow of people needing hospital treatment.

As TW2013 said, knowledge of how to treat the virus (i.e. manage symptoms) will improve - scientists are working round the clock to understand it - the more cases that can be delayed, the more people will be able to benefit from this knowledge.

They've highlighted that there could be waves of this where we are back to normailty and then have to retreat again. The whole thing is really quite unnerving.

In a few months time, I think, spread should hopefully be less rapid, as there should be more people walking around with antibodies who will therefore not catch the virus (and more importantly not pass it on). So the virus will find it harder to move from person to person.

There is Hope (and some evidence) that warmer weather will slow the spread and apart from that we are waiting for a vaccine. Until then we have to change the way we live and take the advice we are given seriously.

They can't.

Read this.
www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/world/corona-simulator/

it explains in very simple terms why everyone should prace social distancing and where appropriate self isolate.

And why you shouldnt go to colombia flower market, go for brunch with your extended family or hike up snowdon with a bunch of your mates. 🙄

We're practising social distancing but secretly I'm scared that the virus will mutate and become much deadlier for young people. There is no guarantee that treatment will improve if this happens and the death rate could increase. Hopefully not but noone yet knows how it will respond to its encounters with human immune systems.

Well you're not that secretly scared if you've posted it on here@awkwardbuttons.

Seriously, posting that kind of stuff is irresponsible and thoughtless.

Why are the airports still open?
Allowing people in from god know where. Surely that is madness

The whole point is to flatten the curve - try and spread out when people get it so hospitals have the resources to deal with it. Also if we can stay in for another month or so at least then regular colds and flu etc will drop in numbers so it’ll be easier to distinguish who has covid 19 and work the flu season over that burden on the health system will be gone. Anyone who does think by staying in they will never catch it is wrong but I don’t think people do think that - I know everyone in my social circle is staying in to slow spread, minimise transmission and flatten the curve.

Most viruses also mutate to be less virulent over time, the time to catch it was either a month ago when the intensive care beds were not as much in demand or in about six months when there are better treatments, less risk of passing it to others, it is less virulent (hopefully) and the NHS is not under so much strain.

I'm not saying it will be, I'm just frightened about what could happen but I don't have anyone to talk to about it. I'm not sure how saying that is irresponsible. Noone knows what will happen, all we can do is follow the government's instructions and current medical advice and hope for the best.

It has already mutated. If it mutates again it will become less deadly.

Is there a source for the mutation?

I’m happy to hear it but I want to see medical research to confirm.

I was thinking about this and wondering how it all works. If you go back to eg the black death, or the plague of London, or the sweating sickness, they swept through the population and killed people and then they sort of died out, and that was with no medical intervention. Did that happen because they became harder to transmit over time?

I mean, I know plague still exists and isn't completely eradicated, but it's not constantly sweeping across the globe, century after century

@Blankscreen the reason the airports are open because aircraft are still bringing people home. But primarily because cargo aircraft are moving cargo about.
I run my own aviation business and we're very busy with cargo aircraft.

If you google covid 19 mutation then im sure lots will come up. There was a weaker strain then a more virulent one

Some of you really need to improve your listening skills