Covid-19 How are we doing?

[buzzlightyear]

There will be a lot of DIY going on soon. Lol.
just think with easter coming up there will no easter eggs rolling down any hills. Poor kids.

 

[westward10]

Any chance you could change the title to
Covid -19 how are we all doing?

Changed, three words.

 

[Baddegg]

Might as well use my time constructively....arrived this morning ?

Post automatically merged: Mar 25, 2020

Sorry @James though I’d posted the above in @happyhippydad keep it light thread..

 

[Zerax]

I still have a bit of a chesty feeling from recent cold. My nose is always bunged up following a partially successful nose op following a rugby injury.
Otherwise feel fine

That 'cold' might very well have been the virus... some people have had very mild symptoms, many of which are remarkably like a cold.

 

[Andy78]

That 'cold' might very well have been the virus... some people have had very mild symptoms, many of which are remarkably like a cold.

I've heard it's quite rare to get any cold-like symptoms with it but you never know.

I think only widespread testing after the crisis will tell us the true extent of infected people. That is if such a thing is possible.

 

[buzzlightyear]

heard it's quite rare to get any cold-like symptoms with it but you never know.

there are three diffrant symptoms
Cold, sore throats coughing. And least of all death.at the moment I have snotty noise a slite sore throat. A bit tiredness. But my body's trying to resist it. so I will need my medisson at 6.o'clock call teachers best.

 

[JK-Electrical]

No problems here, thankfully.

I'm presently carrying-out an EICR in a rather large factory, and am fortunate to be able to carry-on regardless as we (my apprentice and I) are working between 4:30 and 11:30 pm during which time the factory is deserted.

 

[Spoon]

No problems here as well, but in self isolation as the daughter had a temp and sore throat.
She is doing great and has been running around the house. No one else has has any symptoms. This is our second week. Ends Sunday.
I'm working from home. Missus is back to work on Monday (Essential worker)
Hope everyone else is going great and if they get it they recover quickly.

 

[ipf]

I still have a bit of a chesty feeling from recent cold. My nose is always bunged up following a partially successful nose op following a rugby injury.
Otherwise feel fine

A bit similar, I suppose. Nose knackered from various breaks and smacks...rugby. Cricket ball (top edge whilst batting) was the worst, before helmets. Bunged up and sometimes sinus trouble breathing at night.
Had two knee replacements in the last 15 months. I would have been in the mire if I'd put them off and left them 'til now!!
Generally feeling fine.

 

[Baddegg]

A bit similar, I suppose. Nose knackered from various breaks and smacks...rugby. Cricket ball (top edge whilst batting) was the worst, before helmets. Bunged up and sometimes sinus trouble breathing at night.
Had two knee replacements in the last 15 months. I would have been in the mire if I hadn't had them done in time!!

Tell me about it I’m waiting for a nose op and a knee op....both have now been cancelled.....although last week I had an op to remove some scar tissues on my inner upper lip and the surgeon unknowingly put a stitch through an artery......a week later I woke up at 2 in the morning with the bed and room covered in blood....had another emergency op in A&E to stop the bleeding....I’ll give hospitals a miss for a while thanks ?

 

[ipf]

Tell me about it I’m waiting for a nose op and a knee op....both have now been cancelled.....although last week I had an op to remove some scar tissues on my inner upper lip and the surgeon unknowingly put a stitch through an artery......a week later I woke up at 2 in the morning with the bed and room covered in blood....had another emergency op in A&E to stop the bleeding....I’ll give hospitals a miss for a while thanks ?

Don't blame you …. Hope we all do.

 

[davesparks]

It seems there is still some confusion,

the main symptoms to look out for are a high temperature on the chest or back and/or a new continuous cough (a cough which lasts over an hour or 3+ coughing episodes in 24 hours)

A lot of people have very mild symptoms, much like the flu or a cold, and the exact symptoms can vary between people.

The severity in a normal, healthy, person will be governed by the viral load, this means basically howuch of the virus they get in their system.
I'm far from an expert but my understanding of this is as follows:
If one unit of the virus gets in to your system it will begin to multiply and your body will begin to work out how to fight it, after a period of time your body will work out how to kill it and proceed to do so.
By the time your body has worked out how to kill it that one unit of virus may have multiplied to 100 units.
However if you start with 10 units in your body then by the time your body has worked out to kill it there are 1000 units in your body and you are far, far more ill.

It is not the case that once you have caught the virus you have it and that is it, every time you pick up another dose from another infected person it increases your viral load.
This is why if you catch it you need to keep away from people, even other people who have caught it.

 

[littlespark]

I have a daily morning runny nose, but always clears by mid morning.
I get regular sore throats, but that’s an ongoing thing.
If I get something I’m not expecting, or really feel unwell, then I’ll worry.

 

[Zerax]

A lot of people have very mild symptoms, much like the flu or a cold, and the exact symptoms can vary between people.

And I read yesterday that 1 in 3 people that have tested positive for the virus, have not reported any symptoms whatsoever !

From what I hear, have read and decyphered... an enormous number of people already have the virus or have had it and recovered, the vast majority of which having mild symptoms or none at all.

 

[davesparks]

And I read yesterday that 1 in 3 people that have tested positive for the virus, have not reported any symptoms whatsoever !

From what I hear, have read and decyphered... an enormous number of people already have the virus or have had it and recovered, the vast majority of which having mild symptoms or none at all.

The problem with things like that is they are estimates, or plain guesses, it is highly likely that a lot of people have had it without symptoms, but they don't get tested or recorded in statistics so the figures are educated guesses.