Coronavirus: Please use this thread for all COVID19 talk!

For goodness sake Fran, do as you're told. The last thing we need is a belligerent pensioner with a bad attitude. Take care.

 

We were discussing this today. Fortunately Kuwait could probably underwrite everyone just chilling out at home here for the next few months, but yes at some point (probably prior to a vaccine being available) lockdown has to end. Kuwait has been very successful by immediately annexing private properties to use as testing and quarantine sites and shutting the whole country within two weeks of the first cases. There’s an argument to be made that it’s too quick though because you can’t maintain it. Unless you’ve got the money I guess.

 

You are a youngster here on this board.

 

Yes i may be in relative terms, but I feel fit and healthy at 50, I am of a 'good' weight and exercise daily. However, you just never know. I have had double pneumonia in the past (18 months ago), and although I am 'apparently' ok, you just never know. Mrs No7 is 56 (yep I know, I am a toy boy ) and has Rheumatoid Arthritis (so not old age arthritis), and is worried, even though like me she is 'healthy' and of a (stupidly in her case) good weight. You just never know.

 

I'm ordering an exercise bike and a chest freezer for my parents, both now +70.

 

I think that the people are already ahead of the Government in this country. What I find odd is that countries like South Korea have managed the situation really well whereas others like Italy and the US are a total shambles. I am really surprised by what has happened in Italy and this is what makes me worried about the situation in the UK. The Italian health service is supposedly really good yet the measures to contain the virus very much sound like trying to close the barn door after the horse has bolted.

I think that the situation will change rapidly this week and the measures will get more extreme. However, I am expecting businesses to take the lead over the government and measures to be put in place which are more stringent than recommended by the Government. Part of me is angry about this because the NHS has been stripped of money for so long that it is not in the best shape to deal with the situation. The government's ability to deal with the situation had 36% approval yesterday in a survey. It is a shame that those people expressing doubts did not do so back in December.

 

Difficult times

 

Not trying to alarm anyone, but I have read numerous counts online that it can be really bad even for 30 year olds and even younger.

Anywhere you look online that people can post publically, you have a lot of italian people saying that they all thought it was just old people, until it was too late.

I think it's best for everyone to err on the side of caution

 

The stats I've read suggest the chances of a 30 year old becoming seriously ill from coronavirus are extremely remote. Plus all the health experts are saying otherwise. I bet a lot of people posting online are exaggerating. I'm 28. I'm far more concerned about my dad who had a quadruple heart bypass last year than I am about myself.

 

^^^ This

 

The advise was that over 70's were the "at risk group" but it didn't exclude younger people from catching the disease, only that they were less likely to die from it. Also some people (old or young) may suffer from it more severely than others, it may only be like a cold or less to the lucky ones.

 

I think that's just a formality now.

 

I dnt expect to see any football for months tbh.

 

You'll need a big freezer to fit both parents in...

 

The talk of a long term delay to restarting the football season seems odd in light of how countries like South Korea have managed the crisis. When you see what is happening in Spain and Italy, you start to think that in this country we should actually be worrying about the disruption to the cricket season. I cannot see the football resuming but I can see the leagues being inundated with legal cases as the clubs seek redress if the current positions remain "final." At the least, the clubs finishing 2nd and 3rd from bottom are likely to contest any decision regarding relegation.

 

Brilliant, I just told them that!


not sure they could hear me though, it's locked with a cement bag on top.

 

Well, I have a call scheduled with me dad to try to talk him through setting up Skype in the morning.

We plan to sit him on our sideboard every Saturday morning, 9am so he can sit there, in his coat, for 2 hours, like he always does.

I've got more chance of getting through this virus unscathed than i have getting him to follow the set up instructions.

 

I'm plus 70 as is my wife and, fortunately, we don't have 'underlying health conditions'. That does not mean we have a complacent frame of mind but having listened carefully to the CMO and CSA n their last briefing have a quiet confidence that we are on the right track as a nation. We're not rushing about buying stuff to deny others less able than ourselves, we're not convinced that those countries with more draconian measures as we now find ourselves in Spain see today have a better solution. But this is certain in our own minds, our sympathy and thoughts are with those families and friends who have lost loved ones, and concern for those who are vulnerable to the power and damage if this virus. But calm and measured response is required not just by the government but all of us in the face of an uncertain future Once back we will be seeking out those confined or frightened by the news and offer help in whichever way we can having served our 7 day self isolation. Let's all look out for ways in which we can alleviate worry and practically help those who really need it over the next few months. Frankly any other activity can wait for our applied energy, we can also look for ways to assist those on income from not likely to accumulate until after this period in history has been completed.