Chat about Novel Coronavirus - 2019-nCoV - COVID-19

Ha! Wow.

Taxi driver last night nearly chucked us out when he realised west just got back from Thailand. Not even China, jeez.

2 weeks compulsory wfh at work for us if we've been to China. Should've taken a day trip whilst I was in Malaysia

Side effects of facemasks; saw the police nabbing a gang of about 6 female pickpockets on Museum Street all in masks on Friday night.

2 weeks unpaid leave if you've returned from China at my place.

How is that legal?

With the masks, I guess with Coronavirus being asymptomatically contageous, people might be wearing masks thinking it's stopping them catching it but they're already infected so it's actually stopping/cutting down them spreading it. So a bit of panicked, uneducated mask wearing is perhaps not the worst thing in the world.

You'd get your statutory sick pay surely?

It isn't being applied retrospectively, it's for those who go to China after the new policy was implemented.

I'm also not convinced it's legal though.

From my experience living in SE Asia it’s mainly a lack of trust amongst the population. Most of them know when to wear a face mask (when they’re not feeling well) but as soon as a colleague has a sniffle they sling em on.

I won’t get into the casual xenophobia that triggers most of these reactions.

This form of quarantine isn't sickness. If they become sick during it then statutory sick pay would kick in.

Do any statisticians or virologists know whether the total infected now constitutes a big enough sample to draw conclusions on the mortality rate?

Looks like it’s going to be lower than Sars.

Statistically it looks like you’re far more likely to recover than die. Supposed to be going to HK in April. I strongly suspect this will have blown over by then.

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

Still too early I think.

Just to elaborate on that, with the huge caveat that I know as little as most people.

China is currently reporting that the recovery rate, the proportion of people who have fully recovered after being infected, is only about 6% to 8% while there are currently more people in serious or critical condition than have recovered.

I from what I've heard, it will be several weeks until there is enough data to know what exactly is going on.

You have to feel sorry for that bloke who went to Singapore and unwittingly infected a dozen or so mates in France and has now taken out a GP practice.

Funny that he then went to a ski resort called Les Contamines.

Apparently he went to a yoga class for cyclists so there's a teeny tiny chance he could even be ON HERE.

Will the forum be disinfected?

Will the Chinese govt make a concerted effort to stop the trade of creatures like the Pangolin now?

Pokemon bites back!

Didn’t he wipe out at least four people from a pub in Hove too?

Not sure if pea, but found this interview published Feb 6 to be informative

https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/reporters-notebook-life-and-death-in-a-wuhan-coronavirus-icu

The poor guy is officially a "super spreader"

I know right! It’s like being “Patient Zero”. It’s never good to be in common parlance when it comes to contagion.

Was walking past the royal free yesterday and there was a small group of journalists and film crew setting up. Apparently one of the infected lads from the french bender is in there.