Worried About Coronavirus- thread 37

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You did the right thing CharlieTangoBanana

Late to this but posters were talking about the manager who said people would be sacked for staying odd with symptoms, has been put on leave...

It's not just that manager though. That company is like a food version of a sweatshop

Honestly I wouldn't touch processed food these days

@peridito I’m wondering similar. I’m weirdly hoping they have a stricter lockdown for what they think will be the peak and I think they’re working on the basis people will flout the rules over the Easter week end, there will be outcry, and they can announce it next week and say ‘we told you not to go out and people did so we’re now having to do a mega lockdown and it’s your own fault’. Having even more death rate rises would help their case on this too.

@IwantKoalas I’ve been worrying about processed food. I’m assuming anything with a longer shelf life the virus that might be on food will die but what about things like bread that’s eaten soon after manufacture. We’re trusting staff are all non contagious. We may be hiding at home and doing everything, washing food packaging etc when it could be on the actual food. I have no idea if it’s possible but it worries me.

Another one here who wouldn't touch anything processed unless it's frozen, I'm freezing bread, wraps etc when they arrive and then not eating them for at least a week.

Yes I've bought vacuum seal wraps and rolls. I haven't had fresh bread in months, miss it. Also blanching vegetables before putting them in the fridge

I used to buy plastic free fruit and veg. I'm now buying plastic wrapped everything and stripping the plastic wrapping off as soon as it gets home

Some of us were pointing out the possible hygiene issues on the Extinction Rebellion threads.

Maybe because its spread out across the UK so there isn't a whole town/ village seeing multiple deaths?

Deaths in Italy were highly concerntrated in a small area.

Deaths in the UK have been concerntrated, until recently, in London - which has far more capacity (and population) so probably has coped better for this reason.

If it becomes more regionalised with a concerntration of cases in a rural or provincial area rather than a major city we could see more problems.

Overall our situation is bad because its more widespread but our hospitals have not been overwhelmed in quite the same manner as happened in parts of Italy.

This is leading to a sense that its not as bad as Italy I suspect.

I'm not sure CharlieTango but read that freezing doesn't inactivate it

How many deaths in Italy have there been and how many deaths in the UK now?

And Spain?

I read on here somewhere that stomach acid kills the virus but I've not read anything scientific that says that. I make my own bread but even if I didn't I'd still eat processed foods. We can't live in a sterile environment and our food can't be sterile. Well, unless you fancy an NG tube and TPN.

I'm not sure CharlieTango but read that freezing doesn't inactivate it

Time will though if its left in the freezer for a bit.

Or freezing could preserve it

@purpleme12 There is a chart of tracking created by Crunchycarrot on the previous page.

Ok I'll have a look

Possibly Iwant. It's a minefield.

Why are we worse than Italy? I mean what are the reasons behind this?

I haven't heard much about Germany. I assume they are doing lockdown too, whatever they are doing is getting good result.
I fear the death toll in a fortnight.

Why is there a push by the media for easing lockdown when we don't know if people become immune after recovery. Where has it says this happens? Where is the proof from China? Have they been using antibody tests to check people in Wuhan?

Why are we worse than Italy? I mean what are the reasons behind this? The UK took a massive gamble by letting huge sporting event's and concerts go ahead, they did not shut the school quick enough, they decided to try herd immunity rather than hide from the Virus. I think the UK will be the worst by far. Sorry.

one reason could be our initial epicentre is London - large densely populated area. Our government didnt carry on with early community testing so the virus was able to spread quickly for weeks (possibly months) before any restrictions. We still have no idea how many people have been infected.