Air travel worry - coronavirus outbreaks

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I'm due to go to Amsterdam on Friday with some friends, come back Sunday evening. The new outbreaks of coronavirus in Italy is worrying me something silly! I'm 11 weeks pregnant and really am anxious about all of this. I don't know if I'm being silly by risking going or am being silly by worrying so much. What does everyone think, would you still go? I know I'm not going to Italy but it seems to be spreading so quickly and seeing as they aren't stopping flights into Italy getting on the plane alone worries me about the risk of catching it. I don't want to risk harming the baby or myself for that matter. Really wishing I never booked it in the first place. Advice greatly appreciated

I wonder how many flights go in and out of all the many airports across the UK every day? From all different countries across the globe, all different nationalities? And how many millions of passengers passing through airports around the world every single day?

Yet, there have been no reported cases linked to air travel and/or airports. None.

I read a load of articles/advice pages on it from around the world today just by googling things like 'coronavirus pregnancy'. The info is all quite easily accessible I cannot find anything that says 26 pregnant women have died. Could you link to that specific article please @bluemoon2468

I worry about it too. I don't even want to travel to london anymore. I'm probably being paranoid but the news every day are freaking me out

www.contagionlive.com/news/can-coronavirus-pass-from-pregnant-women-to-infants

I decided against it, didn't think the worry and stress was worth it for 3 days away. I know it's probably an over reaction but like a lot of you said it's the unknown and for me I'll relax being at home!

Its getting worse now with those kids that went to italy now back in uk,think 3 of them have it so far. i think u have done the right thing.

From
@nonicknameseemsavailable link:

The study team found that clinical characteristics of COVID-19 pneumonia in pregnant women were similar to those reported for adults who are not pregnant. The investigators also reported that in this small group of cases there was no evidence of intrauterine infection caused by vertical transmission.

... suggesting that being pregnant is not a massive disadvantage if you catch Coronavrius whilst pregnant...

Here's hoping that's true!

It's all pretty scary! I don't have any air travel booked till May. But I would have done the same OP. I work in London so commute on tube etc. I have tried to stop myself touching my face and more conscious of washing hands. Will also get some anti bacterial gel!
I hope it passes soon, is just seeming so contagious!

I have a holiday booked in April to Spain. I am going to try everything I can to still go. 30.000 people travel between Italy and Ireland (where im based) every week so I figure the risk will be similar no matter where you are / go.

Copied and pasted the below doing the rounds on social media. I thought it might be helpful to people reading this thread and due to travel soon:

CORONA VIRUS

So here’s the rough reality:

This thing has killed around 3000 people, out of what is now verging on 80,000 confirmed cases......

That’s a death rate of around 4% - 3000 out of 80,000 since NYE when the first case was reported.

So let’s say hypothetically for arguments sake say that in the first quarter of 2020 the Novel Corona Virus has killed 3000 people.......

Let’s presume, just to be dramatic that the spread continues despite overwhelming international effort....... and that mortality rate goes up by 50% with each quarter, unlikely but we’re being dramatic about this.....

So that’s

Q1- 3000 people

Q2- 4500 people

Q3- 6750 people

Q4- 10,125 people

Let’s be even more dramatic just for bants and 4 X that number- you get 40,500 people...... based on the speed it’s spreading and killing those numbers are waaaaay over what is more than likely the reality.

Sod it, let’s 10 X that number worst case scenario - we’re now at 405,000.

THE COMMON COLD/STANDARD FLU KILLS 646,000 PEOPLE A YEAR GLOBALLY

This is LESS dangerous and LESS of a threat than THE COMMON COLD/STANDARD FLU
(which is basically what it is )!!

Another example of the worlds media creating fear and panic for whatever reason or as a way to distract us from something else.

This post isn’t for scientific accuracy, but to help people understand PERSPECTIVE, in the grand scheme of things. It’s about proportional response to a crisis and how this effects the global economy.

Also guess what happens to cases that don’t die? They literally get over it..... 80,000 confirmed cases doesn’t mean 80,000 people have it NOW....... it’s the amount of people who have caught this new strain of FLU since NYE- that’s literally it.

Most of them have now been discharged

Mountain out of a molehill

Can we all calm down now please?

Also mosquitos kill over 1000 people a day..... you don’t see people wearing full body mosquito nets down the street !!

#JUSTSAYING