Covid-19 How are we doing?

JBW175 · Mar 26, 2020

All good here thanks. The better half has just finished a bank of 3 nights at the hospital and ain’t back in until Sunday so a nice bit of rest for her.

lots of new cases arriving there every day and all the staff are naturally worried about it.

multimick · Mar 27, 2020

you,ll be fine buzzzzzzzzzzzz, it only affect earthlings.

Wilko · Mar 28, 2020

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

We’ve both had scratchy throat and unwell feeling etc but so mild it could’ve been any regular virus. I’m keen to get the antibody test when they start selling it

James360 · Mar 28, 2020

i am fine know not sure if i had it earlier in the year had raging flu like symptoms high temperature and really bad dry cough it knocked me off my feet for about a week went away then came back with a vengance about a week later this was mid january long before it was suppose to be in the country , i am fine know and have been since early feb

Moley · Mar 28, 2020

James360 said:
i am fine know not sure if i had it earlier in the year had raging flu like symptoms high temperature and really bad dry cough it knocked me off my feet for about a week went away then came back with a vengance about a week later this was mid january long before it was suppose to be in the country , i am fine know and have been since early feb

Me and a couple of the guys I work with had the same back in Dec/Jan. I really felt terrible. Feel fine now though.

Andy78 · Mar 28, 2020

James360 said:
i am fine know not sure if i had it earlier in the year had raging flu like symptoms high temperature and really bad dry cough it knocked me off my feet for about a week went away then came back with a vengance about a week later this was mid january long before it was suppose to be in the country , i am fine know and have been since early feb

Moley said:
Me and a couple of the guys I work with had the same back in Dec/Jan. I really felt terrible. Feel fine now though.

There was definitely a nasty one going round earlier. I had it before and after last Christmas and into new year. I was right for about 4 days then got it back again so more than three weeks ill in total. Initially had about 5 feverish nights with soaked bed, was a right walloper that gave me a respiratory tract infection. The missus suffered badly with it too but the kids had milder symptoms.

Contracted too early to be be covid-19 though according to the available info.

James360 · Mar 28, 2020

Just been reading an article from Oxford university and there saying COVID 19 could have been in the uk from mid December

Andy78 · Mar 28, 2020

James360 said:
Just been reading an article from Oxford university and there saying COVID 19 could have been in the uk from mid December

Interesting, although if that was the case it would surely have escalated quicker and earlier ? Unless it was just unnoticed ?

James360 · Mar 28, 2020

seemingly it was unnoticed most cases were just put down to a bad case of flu/cold nothing more and i suppose a lot of the people just got on with it

Moley · Mar 28, 2020

James360 said:
seemingly it was unnoticed most cases were just put down to a bad case of flu/cold nothing more and i suppose a lot of the people just got on with it

It's not until the press get hold of things that they get noticed. There's never any fuss over the average 600 UK deaths a year due to normal flu as it doesn't sell.

123 · Mar 28, 2020

Baddegg said:
Might as well use my time constructively....arrived this morning ?View attachment 56595
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Sorry @James though I’d posted the above in @happyhippydad keep it light thread..

Ah NAPIT Codebreakers, it's hard to beat a good fictional book in these tough times.

ipf · Mar 29, 2020

Moley said:
It's not until the press get hold of things that they get noticed. There's never any fuss over the average 600 UK deaths a year due to normal flu as it doesn't sell.

How does that compare with a thousand deaths in a fortnight, though? Or over 200 in the last 24 hours and escalating?
The vast majority are dying whilst hospitalised and how many will be in a fortnight?

Baddegg · Mar 29, 2020

123 said:
Ah NAPIT Codebreakers, it's hard to beat a good fictional book in these tough times.

Handy for us newbies mate....

Zerax · Mar 29, 2020

Wilko said:
We’ve both had scratchy throat and unwell feeling etc but so mild it could’ve been any regular virus. I’m keen to get the antibody test when they start selling it
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ipf said:
How does that compare with a thousand deaths in a fortnight, though? Or over 200 in the last 24 hours and escalating?
The vast majority are dying whilst hospitalised and how many will be in a fortnight?

I read yesterday that if the total number of deaths after all this is over is <20,000 then it'll be considered a good result. That's 20,000 out of 75,000,000 people... that's 0.027% which is tiny. The usual death rate is about 500,000 per year to put that into some sort of perspective.

The issue that we have is more to do with not over-whelming the NHS...

Midwest · Mar 29, 2020

Zerax said:
I read yesterday that if the total number of deaths after all this is over is <20,000 then it'll be considered a good result. That's 20,000 out of 75,000,000 people... that's 0.027% which is tiny. The usual death rate is about 500,000 per year to put that into some sort of perspective.

The issue that we have is more to do with not over-whelming the NHS...

Don't think you would be saying that, if you are one of those 20,000?

As been said before, apparently the mortality rate of COViD-19 is much worse than flu etc. Much more is known about seasonal flu, and they keep telling me to have a flu jab. Nothing much is known about COViD-19, nor is there at the moment any vaccine.