Preparing for the winter phase of Covid-19

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All indications suggest if we manage to ride out the peak of this phase of coronavirus and cases drop, we’ll see another peak, most likely winter, and that peak could be even worse (as was the case with past pandemics like Spanish Flu).

Have any of you thought about how you’ll prep for this with the knowledge you have now?

Yes loads of jimmies for us both,

I guess I would plan to wrap up Christmas shopping (food and presents) early.
Also plan for a couple of weeks of being snowed in (whether the cause was the snow or flu).
Keep up exercise and vitamins so we are all as healthy as we can be.

Foment your food supplies.

The mainstream papers are already talking about food shortages due to a lack of farm workers.

Maybe I really do need a second freezer

The Spanish flu was worse during the second wave because the virus mutated. There's nothing to suggest that covid19 will do so.

The Spanish flu was worse during the second wave because the virus mutated. There's nothing to suggest that covid19 will do so.

There are already 3 strains identified as circulating widely. One is thought to be severe.

@picsinred please post a source for this. There are some different strains but all very similar as far as I’ve read

Sources please

Stock up on plenty of toilet rolls, keep home office in good order, plenty of vitamins, maybe buy an extra freezer if I can think of anywhere to put one.

@PicsInRed do you have a link for that?? Not disagreeing just could not find anything about that

www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8204255/There-THREE-separate-types-coronavirus.html

www.thetimes.co.uk/article/coronavirus-has-an-aggressive-and-a-milder-strain-scientists-find-qfmfsl9jf

www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-8073543/TWO-strains-killer-coronavirus-spreading-study-claims.html

The issue is whether the public will accept a second lockdown, and whether we can afford one economically. If there’s an issue with either, it will get far rougher than it has been to date, unless we can either get a vaccine out by autumn (which some scientists are saying is possible) or we nail contact-tracing and associated isolation). I can’t imagine it will go away on its own.

There are different strains but no expert has said one is more severe. Covid-19 is thought of as one which is unlikely to mutate into a more serious strain. So while there might be other peaks it's not right to say it will necessarily be worse.

I think to begin with they thought there were two strains one which was more aggressive, but they have now identified three strains.

I have read that the longer a virus is around it becomes weaker over time.

From the 3rd linked article.

"The team of experts from Beijing and Shanghai said 70 per cent of people have caught the most aggressive strain of the virus but that this causes such bad illness that it has struggled to spread since early January."

I'm not doing anything to prep. If I have no job at the end of this wave I'm fucked anyway.

@PicsInRed

That article is from the 4th March and most importantly from the Daily Fail. I’d say it’s safe to take with a handful pinch of salt.

Daily mail? 🙄

Viruses don’t generally mutate into more severe forms as that goes against the purpose of a virus which is to multiply. If your host dies that doesn’t happen effectively

So the Daily Fail can't even agree with itself?

The problem is we might have just 2.5% immunity.
So there will be other waves.
I cant see it waitig till october personally.
It will be 4w after lockdown is released. It only took 4w last time. Which is why i think they want the kids to go back so they get it and get immune (but actually it seems
kids might not get immunity).

We need to delay as long as possible to get the ppe and treatments and we could find vitamin d supplements a game changer for eg

I'll be re-prepping for Brexit anyway so will just stick to that plan which is basically to make sure the freezer stays full of meat, veg and fruit and that the pantry stays full of dry goods.

We always keep a good supply of toiletries and cleaning products as we buy them when they BOGOf and keep them under the stairs.

I'm planning to have Xmas shopping done by end of October just in case.

Hoping I'll still have a job otherwise savings will only keep us going for about 6 months.

One is earlier, details difference in severity.

The other is later, details now 3 strains.

Feel free to go do some googling. I've supported my assertion.

Viruses don’t generally mutate into more severe forms as that goes against the purpose of a virus which is to multiply. If your host dies that doesn’t happen effectively

Unless the contagious but well period is long in which case the R0 is high enough to continue spread.

@TorysSuckRevokeArticle50 I'd almost forgotten the clusterfuck that is Brexit. Gonna be a fun autumn. Hopefully Boris will have had a damascene conversion and gone full Corbyn by then.