Xela Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 This Trump press conference is going about as well as you’d expect... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post leemond2008 Posted March 13, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 13, 2020 Is anyone else using this thread as their main source of info on the coronavirus? Being a misanthrope I haven't changed anything that I usually do, where I work they have hand sanitizer in all the corridors and I have always used them anyway, when I get home I don't have to worry about spreading it to anyone other than myself, I'm just keeping on keeping on right now. Regardless of my apathy towards the whole thing when people are talking about it at work I feel like I'm more well informed than most, in fact people at work have been coming to me for info on what is going on and that is purely from reading this thread, I haven't bothered reading up on it in the newspapers or anything but purely because I've found myself regularly looking at this page. Well done you lot, providing a fair and balanced opinion that everyone else I know (without them even realising) find more informative than the papers. 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 2 hours ago, LakotaDakota said: nothing more than a bit of a cold & a couple of days in bed for most people. I think people are reacting to more than just a dangerous virus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 WHO saying some people who have recovered have up to 30% diminished lung capacity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 14 minutes ago, maqroll said: WHO saying some people who have recovered have up to 30% diminished lung capacity I heard this. That’s same scary shit if true!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KentVillan Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 Understandably difficult to follow the academic papers linked, but worth a read Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 Apparently Boris to do a u-turn and now ban “mass gatherings” (more than 500 people). Right after Cheltenham I’m sure this wasn’t planned or anything... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted March 13, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted March 13, 2020 Some people who've been tested positive saying "Yeah, I felt shit for a few days, but I'm better now". But ISTR reports that this is usually a 'false dawn', and it comes back at you a few days later, in much more severe form. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 16 minutes ago, dudevillaisnice said: Apparently Boris to do a u-turn and now ban “mass gatherings” (more than 500 people). Right after Cheltenham I’m sure this wasn’t planned or anything... I work for a big company on a site with thousands of people on it. Sounds like I’ll be working from home next week then... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KentVillan Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 10 minutes ago, mjmooney said: Some people who've been tested positive saying "Yeah, I felt shit for a few days, but I'm better now". But ISTR reports that this is usually a 'false dawn', and it comes back at you a few days later, in much more severe form. Usually or often? I thought they were saying it was a (significant) minority who had the second attack, but not most people? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ml1dch Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 43 minutes ago, maqroll said: WHO saying some people who have recovered have up to 30% diminished lung capacity But they also advocate hoping that you die before you get old, so I'd be very wary of taking any medical advice that they give at face value. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingman Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 On channel 4 earlier, UK company has developed a test for COV-19 which returns results in 10 mins, looks for antibodies. Test 3 days after symptoms start, if that's negative try at 5 days, and if that's negative you have not got it and your symptoms where cold/flu. They have started to ship to pharmacies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awol Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 29 minutes ago, dudevillaisnice said: Apparently Boris to do a u-turn and now ban “mass gatherings” (more than 500 people). Right after Cheltenham I’m sure this wasn’t planned or anything... Not sure. Is it more of case that while the official advice is to lick any infected surface in sight, civil society is going ‘errrrr... no. We’re going to be a wee bit more cautious, because you lot are f******* mental’? Reckon they can string schools out for a week at most. Even if the science is correct, the public is having none of it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villakram Posted March 13, 2020 Author Share Posted March 13, 2020 A few weeks old, but well worth a read when interpreting various government actions. https://www.mintpressnews.com/wall-street-behind-delay-declaring-coronavirus-outbreak-pandemic-bonds/265264/ "Is Wall Street Behind the Delay in Declaring the Coronavirus Outbreak a “Pandemic”? A little known specialized bond created in 2017 by the World Bank may hold the answer as to why U.S. and global health authorities have declined to label the global spread of the novel coronavirus a “pandemic.” Those bonds, now often referred to as “pandemic bonds,” were ostensibly intended to transfer the risk of potential pandemics in low-income nations to financial markets." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wazzap24 Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 8 minutes ago, mjmooney said: Some people who've been tested positive saying "Yeah, I felt shit for a few days, but I'm better now". But ISTR reports that this is usually a 'false dawn', and it comes back at you a few days later, in much more severe form. This is one if the issues I have with us being the subjects of this crazy, experimental policy the government is going for. It’s a new virus, that’s just made the leap to humans and we’ve yet to get a really clear picture of how it behaves. There appears to be consensus on some aspects, but there are alarming reports popping up here and there from China/Italy regarding the severity of the illness in survivors (ie: 35/40 year olds getting it really bad and only surviving because of ICU treatment, which will be overwhelmed with UK approach). Isolation periods and infection lengths are also showing inconsistencies (people carrying virus for longer, illness ‘going away’ then attacking again), and studies are showing it can attack and damage other organs, beyond the lungs. Some people also appear to be left with residual lung damage that will require exercise/further treatment over time. Little bits of concern about re-infection too, but some reports suggest that’s more down to poor testing practises. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenjiOgiwara Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 People read this? https://medium.com/@tomaspueyo/coronavirus-act-today-or-people-will-die-f4d3d9cd99ca Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenjiOgiwara Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 1 hour ago, LondonLax said: My understanding is that a key chemical required for the reagent is made in a factory in China but due to unprecedented global demand for kits and the lockdown in China there is a worldwide shortage on kits because they can’t source enough chemical to make them fast enough. The US were caught out because they thought they could do it themselves but have now joined the queue for kits. There’s some more info here: https://www.statnews.com/2020/03/10/shortage-crucial-chemicals-us-coronavirus-testing/ And here: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/mar/13/global-shortage-of-covid-19-test-kits-hits-australia-as-other-nations-limit-exports I don't think we're testing in Norway anymore. If there's any chance you've got it, you feel sick etc. you are supposed to self quarantene afaik. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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