Topic: Corona Virus Panic/Discussion Thread

Pretty sure my partner has had COVID-19.

She spent her half term break in late February with a pretty debilitating flu. Flu tends to hit her hard anyway so we didn't think much of it other than her feeling very unwell for the week. She recovered, but three weeks later and she's still coughing and the 2 local cases that were confirmed are from an area with kids she teaches.

@KratosMD Children can get the virus, but they don't seem to get sick.

I'm not saying they're wrong. It's just that even public health scientists have questioned the effectiveness. Because that also means that parents have to stay home, or have their grandparents watch their children.

Well I am in self isolation now as my daughter has some symptoms, I have a very slight cough i have had for a week or two now and we may have a tenous link to it. I am lucky in that I can work from home so I am doing so.

Personally, I think that the UK govt response is actually quite sensible and will play dividends. I don't see that closing schools and banning everything right now will stop it. Ultimately this virus cannot be contained or stopped. It will hit a peak and then slow down and it is up to us all to be sensible and do our best to not infect others and take necessary precautions. We have to focus on not burdening the vulnerable or our health service unless we really need to.

I have also started wiping my botty with water and soap rather than toilet roll. Just doing my bit.

@Rudy_Manchego
Hey, hope both you and your daughter make a quick recovery and are feeling better soon.

@LieutenantFatman Thanks man - I'm not convinced we have it but the advice is to self isolate so here we are. My daughter seems more like a cold as she is very snotty and her cough is not dry. I feel 100% fine other than a very occasional cough.

It is weird though. I am just viewing it as trying not to spread anything to others really. Statistically we'll all be fine touch wood but we need to be mindful of those that arent as lucky

At work I got dragged into a coronavirus crisis meeting yesterday. Pretty surreal stuff actually. We were doomsday prepping for how we can keep the company running on a skeleton crew and how we can deal with the inevitable fallout of the vast majority of employees not getting paid. I mean what is going on here.

@johncalmc People overracting as normal, plus companies are losing their minds over trying to keep cash coming in.

@LN78 The facts coming out every day are pretty sensational on their own. Not saying the media isn't obviously trying to make a buck off of paranoia and fear, but... there's no downplaying how disruptive this virus is. And it has hardly even begun to spread in a lot of countries.

@Rudy_Manchego Good luck to you and your daughter! Let's hope you guys just have a little cold.

@KALofKRYPTON I hope your partner feels better. The scariest thing about this virus is the way "recovered" people start showing the same damn symptoms again not long after.

I keep hearing this, and I genuinely don't understand this mentality. First off, it's not true: those are the biggest risk groups, but younger and otherwise healthy people have died as well. But let's say, for the sake of argument, that you're right. Elderly people and immuno-compromised people are all around you. They make up big chunks of modern society. They're friends, family, neighbors, etc. What's up with this attitude that "only" certain people are dying?

All it seems to take is a little bit of inconvenience for half the people I talk to to start sounding like brutal social darwinists who are OK with the weak and vulnerable dying en masse.

So we're in full lockdown. Looks like I'll have two weeks off. Uni is closed, work suspended. But the unfortunate thing is that also recreational buildings are closed, like the movie theatres and the gym. Hoarding toilet paper has also reached our town. Great.

@LN78 Yeah, it’s definitely maddening and I just realized may not have expressed that clearly enough.
@Ralizah My understanding isn’t that it’s like .02 percent of any age group under 50 (or maybe 40). It’s not that no one has died, just it’s very low and unlikely. But yes, people are brushing off those who die way too easily. It’s crazy and people need to undertake the difference between not having hysteria and dealing with a serious problem.

Why @Gremio108? Why? Was it something I said? 😂

@Ralizah Thanks! I am sure we are fine but it will take its time to get to us. Over the next few months I can see a few of these possible scares happening within households.

My mentality is that yes, I'll probably be ok but we really need to work to protect the people that won't be. That means doing what we can to think of them and not spread it onwards.

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy Ha, sorry. This is why I'm not education minister you see

@Rudy_Manchego Yeah, I’m terrified to go over to see my Nana because she’s got a lot of underlying health conditions, including a weakened immune system. It means I’ve barely seen my grandparents’ new puppy as well!

Things are still alright around here for the moment, but the managers at work have been busy scrambling to figure out how everyone could work from home if and when that is needed. I'm now able to use my personal home PC to access my work PC via remote desktop, so that'll be adequate enough if necessary.

Other than asking people over the phone whether they are self isolating we are business as usual unless we fall ill.

@KALofKRYPTON @Rudy_Manchego Hope you and both your fams are ok and that it is nothing too serious.

@crimsontadpoles We have been preparing and testing all week for potentially working from home as a precaution. Been told to take our laptops home every night just incase the office is closed overnight.

It is finally done. In Greece we closed almost everything. In work we will try to work from home mostly.
We are not Italy yet though, we can move within towns and go for walks, churches are open etc.
Public means of transport still work but most shops have closed. Supermarkets, pharmacies, bakeries, private doctors are all open as well as restaurants but only for delivery.

In the subway I saw way less people than those of last week

Donald Trump can't tweet himself out of the hole he's in over Covid 19. Pretty entertaining in this sad time.

@KALofKRYPTON good luck mate. I hope it was just a cold.

@Rudy_Manchego stay fit and well bro, when you are at home isolating. Try not to read too much about the desease as difficult as that may be. Use the time to chill out and have a set time to watch the news maybe once or twice a day as being isolated makes the news 10 times as worse.

@JohnnyShoulder @themcnoisy
Thanks.
Definitely not a cold though.