O/T Coronavirus Thread

[Ericsladkilnhurst]

According to BBC news, has 9am this morning 15 March 2020, coronavirus confirmed numbers in our area, with each population has follows.

Rotherham 2 confirmed out of 264,671 population

Doncaster 2 confirmed out of 310,542 population

Barnsley 3 confirmed out of 245,199 population

Wakefield 1 confirmed out of 345,038 population

Sheffield 13 confirmed out of 582,506 population

[CAMiller]

According to BBC news, has 9am this morning 15 March 2020, coronavirus confirmed numbers in our area, with each population has follows.

Rotherham 2 confirmed out of 264,671 population

Doncaster 2 confirmed out of 310,542 population

Barnsley 3 confirmed out of 245,199 population

Wakefield 1 confirmed out of 345,038 population

Sheffield 13 confirmed out of 582,506 population

Looks insignificant doesn't it but we were in a similar situation a few weeks ago and the situation at the local aged living centre shows what can happen when it takes hold in a confined space of at risk people. 27 dead, 40+ more infected out of a population of ~80 residents. Over 80 staff also showing symptoms with 40_ positive tests.

[millertop]

Been to coast for a few days which I always enjoy but still I’m bloody missing football

[rolymiller]

The one thing about this bug is that it effects all classes . In saying that poor countries with poor health systems will probably get hammered, And yet some little tribe in the Amazon jungle will probably be blissfully unaware of all this and will be fine. Good for them is what I say. Just sort of shows if we had a bug which wiped the human race out these are the human beings who would get the human rece going again. Whether we would learn of the mistakes we have made and not co ck up again is another matter.

[CAMiller]

The one thing about this bug is that it effects all classes . In saying that poor countries with poor health systems will probably get hammered, And yet some little tribe in the Amazon jungle will probably be blissfully unaware of all this and will be fine. Good for them is what I say. Just sort of shows if we had a bug which wiped the human race out these are the human beings who would get the human rece going again. Whether we would learn of the mistakes we have made and not co ck up again is another matter.

One thing is for sure Roly, I bet those remote tribes aren't currently out shopping for bog rolls

[rolymiller]

Amazing what you can do with a palm leaf eh?

[mikemiller]

All pubs in the Irish Republic to shut for two weeks from midnight tonight (GULP!) ...it's the end of the world as we know it....

[animallittle3]

The virus has claimed 368 lives in Italy in the last 24 hours .

That's a very scary fact .

I'm of the opinion we are all going to lose someone who we know to this virus .

Extremely worrying situation .

[KerrAvon]

So then which of you lot over 70 intend to self isolate yourself for 3 months to protect yourself from the corona virus, That means no leaving home and even distancing yourself from relatives. Imagine what your physical and mental state will be like after that time?

Why not chuck all owd feckers in jail and have done with it! Nowt gets done for weeks then the tories come out with this beauty. Talk about a sledge hammer to crack a nut.

I'm not 70 but I would not self isolate for 3 months even if the bubonic plague was knocking about.

Then of course there is the small matter of chickens comin home to roost because they suddenly realise that the NHS is not gonna cope with this when they have been underfunding it for years and it barely operates on a basic basis anyway.

I feckin despair.

I despair too.

The opposition parties have largely managed to restrain themselves, but that cannot be said for some of their supporters. It is so sad to see you and others making political points on this, Roly.

If you don’t like the proposal from the government for the over 70s, what would your solution be? I agree with you that it is going to be incredibly hard for anyone to self-isolate in the manner that is suggested, but what do you see as the alternative?

I’m sure that you have picked up that this disease is killing the elderly (I understand that the mortality rate goes into double figures for the over 80s and that the average age of the dead in Italy is 81), but even when the illness does not kill, its effect upon the elderly means that it is far more likely that older people will need critical care. In other words, failing to take measures to reduce the infection rate in the elderly risks the NHS being overwhelmed more quickly and deeply than it will be. That won’t just have an impact upon other Covid19 patients as people will continue to need critical care for the ‘usual’ heart attacks and car accidents etc. So if older people follow your rather selfish argument and decline to self-isolate, they may well be responsible for the deaths of others, if not their own.

[KerrAvon]

Don't forget that British governments for many years have told us that we have the medical facilities to cope with nuclear war, biological attack, etc, and told us not to worry.... so this coronavirus should be a doddle, as long as you wash your hands a bit more often than usual.
If you believe that...

2nd best in the world according to the study referred to here:

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/...h-emergencies/

I'm concerned about stories of shortages of protective equipment for NHS staff and I think the communications strategy has been poor (I agree with Starmer that we should have a daily five minute update on TV – even though a lot of the Social Media Left will dismiss that out of hand as propaganda), but beyond that, I think the UK response has been sensible and proportionate