I think I/we might have Coronavirus thread (release your isolation-frustration here)

is it possible the 72hr thing was food poisoning? perhaps not if you didnt vomit but it could have been caused by some other pathogen.

I agree (didn't vomit at all mind) but the paranoia is too much. We live in a rural area in a largish village with C.3000 people. The small cemetery 20 yards from my house suddenly has 2 JCBs parked there - apparently one of the workers was asked why they were stationed there (never have been previously) and they said "in prep for Corona virus". Very morbid

thats a grim reality check one cant really ignore. I suggest that being in the wrong frame of mind will not help people, not meaning lets be jolly and go for drink camaraderie but rather a will to live and healthy mentality goes a long way. I've started to meditate as a means of positive behavior because i have never been so stressed, might be something for people to try. Whilst i find the never ending stream of corona virus based memes on social media fairly poor taste i have found watching comedy/comedians on other subject matters helpful for a short term distraction.

The mental health thing is a worry... I've been super overworked for months, very run down, got sick three weeks ago and I still haven't recovered...

All this stuff is not helping, it's been easy to turn off work but impossible to block out the news, reading stuff on here and watching most of my neighbours completely ignore all warnings...

Good stuff this people. Look after one and all.

My ex is the ICU manager/head nurse at Northwick Park Hospital, that declared a critical state a couple days ago. Our son in in isolation in Langkawi, Malaysia right now - he lives in Saigon and when his school closed down (he’s a teacher) due to the virus he went off for a break and is now confined there. He’s more worried about his mum who is right at the forefront of this, and is going to have repeated exposure to the virus, and she’s now 55 and a long-term smoker (like most nurses, wtf?) and a bit unfit. I spoke to her tonight, the first time in at least 5 years, to ask her to reassure our son as much as she can, and she did. She’s concerned of course, but he’s in a good place. As for her, she’s got her professional head on but it’s a tall order. They have 10 ICU beds there, and they’re one of the largest in London. She says there are approx 6,000 ICU beds in the whole of England. They’ve been told to expect upwards of a quarter of a million fatalities, and 10 times that in medical care. There is simply no way that the NHS can cope with numbers like that. Years of underinvestment has seen to that. Her parting words were “look after yourself, and stay safe”. This is from a critical care nurse with nearly 40 years in the job.

I’m more concerned again tonight.

Really hope she doesn’t get a second round of this, or it’s two different flus after each other.

Will the immune system be worn down after a round of flu? Or is it actually stronger as it’s been hard at work ?

Sounds like one of my aunts has it. She lives with her son, daughter in law and their daughter so that'll be fun for them.

They’ve been told to expect upwards of a quarter of a million fatalities, and 10 times that in medical care.

By who? Genuine question, I'm not in the UK.

it’s a tall order

Certainly is.

Probably worth reposting this link that @lowbrows (who is a doctor, and says this is a credible source) posted - scroll down to signs and symptoms:
https://emcrit.org/ibcc/COVID19/

This links to the table attached from primary data. Diarrhoea is not an indicative symptom - only between 2 and 8% of cases get it. Headache is more common although the numbers aren't massive as you'll see.

But in the absence of a test it's definitely best to be sensible.

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It is worth noting that is symptoms near the time of presentation. I'm guessing, but most people will be presenting +7 days after onset of initial symptoms.

True. And fever could have burnt out by then. I don't think it's been updated recently (the table at least) but this is still the best info I've seen so far.

Sorry for the Mail link but this is interesting, even if it's based on anecdota:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-8137899/Are-looking-wrong-symptoms-bid-beat.html

Losing your sense of taste/smell is a possible symptom now. Other half's colleague is pretty sure she's got it and has experienced this.
https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-experts-say-new-symptoms-could-be-loss-taste-or-smell-11961439

I’m presuming it was from within the NHS, meaning the whole of the UK. She and her team are going to have a busy few months.

Yes. I expect when (knock on wood) I recover from this, it'll be a whole different hospital I return to.

On a lighter note, I read that Hong Kong has one case quarantined in Fok On House and another case holed up in Fook On mansion. Good choice for 14 days of isolation!

Losing your sense of taste/smell

Yes! Just noticed it's gone today. Food tasted a bit bland yesterday, could discern salty and sweet but not much else. Today nothing tastes of anything. Ate a waffle with strawberry jam, tasted like cardboard!

No symptoms at all except for almost complete anosmia today; just tried and I can't smell freshly grated cheddar at all, nor toothpaste, nor the chili con carne I made yesterday [commented at the time that it tasted a little bland].

(Have not had anything close to any of the symptoms of Covid-19 so guess I may be one of the asymptomatic ones. What do I do now? I'm pretty much minimising social contact anyway.)

Carry on as you are; as much as is humanly possible don't mix with anyone outside your family. Mrs had a clear/obvious case of anosmia (needed to Google to confirm my assumption!) too. Hope you remain relatively well mate

Weird. Hope you don't develop any other symptoms! Self isolation for 7 days, anyone you live with has to do 14. I'm sure you know what self isolation is but if not read up.

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Essentially, yes it is. It takes some practice but it does work.
I think it’s a good practice regardless, as it does increase the oxygen capacity of the lungs in any case, and that has to be a good thing. I used it before races and swimming, and it did help. I’ll be doing again over the evening, as I feel a bit wheezy tonight, it may just be psychosomatic but I’ll exercise and have the ventolin in standby, just in case.

guy at work reckons he's had it or at least some sort of flu for the last 8 days or so, I was last in the office with him 10 days ago, where he sits next to me...

makes you wonder as I posted a few days ago about having very mild symptoms

They’ve been told to expect upwards of a quarter of a million fatalities, and 10 times that in medical care.

Hold on. Who has told them this and on what basis?

Not disputing what you're saying, I'd just like to know the source.

If that is the future scenario, why are we not seeing deaths in China? Are they really so much better at social distancing?