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

My wife has just been told that as part of a wider stepping-up of precautions in the NHS, her unit at the Maudsley hospital will close tomorrow and they’ll all be working from home for the foreseeable. Lots of case notes and report writing but no patient visits for assessments etc will be very disruptive. Ouch.

bangface

Might Google... sfw?

Cheers, I'd tried the ScotGov website to no avail.

Yeah totally.

Not sure how to quarantine my housemate when he gets back...shed?

blaming corona which is convenient but not factually accurate

That feels like it's going to be standard for a lot of things

Nothing bad can happen with a few thousand pilled up people in a holiday camp.. No way they'll touch each other..

Warm blankets. Chicken soup. Box set.
Warm carbs.
Tent in the back garden.

More than willing to provide all these things, his girl friend who isn't attending can be the go between and can join him if he gets symptoms.

Snap. Just had that call from my wife too.

My thoughts exactly, couple of people with it there and they are bound to infect loads and probably wont even notice they have it.

I did the start of Glastonbury with a cold last year, surprisingly disappeared during the festival only to absolutely nail me the week after.

All Belgian sports events cancelled until the end of the month

The decision to cancel sports events was taken by Ben Weyts, the sport minister of Flanders. So events only in Flanders are cancelled. Pick a race in Wallonia instead.

http://www.federationcyclistewalloniebruxelles.be/home3.asp?ClubID=563&LG=FR

Aus GP canceled.

"Nicola Sturgeon, has announced a ban on gatherings of over 500 people in Scotland." according to the guardian. Presumably from now.

edit: actually, it looks like it's from next week

Some form of monitoring as well. I mean. Sleeping in the garden will be a challenge. Whether you're on comedown wednesday or coronatuesday.

From the Guardian

https://youtu.be/pm4fsi6OvFI

@frankenbike still fully trusting the UK government approach?

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/12/health-expert-brands-uks-coronavirus-response-pathetic

Gosh, why would the G post an article that's highly critical of the UK government?

Meant to be brewing a beer with someone on Saturday. Their wife has been sent home from work with cold symptoms, I have a lung condition so postponing. It's getting in the way of beer now!

Play the ball.

I mean the leading public health expert did call someone on Twitter a cunt and get suspended from his job for it, so I guess he's cool

Shrugs. Ask a medical question on a cycling forum, get a cycling forum answer.

It's nice you think of me as a leading PH expert but I didn't know you followed me.

Too late to close the schools for tomorrow now I'd have thought? they're not going to be able to spring it on the staff and parents after kicking out time.

Gosh, why would the G post an article that's highly critical of the UK government?

Well this is a weird post. What mainstream news sources quoting, what appear to be, experts are acceptable for us to post on this thread? Or is it only the criticism of the government you have an issue with?