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

... until you buy more than £30 worth of essential beer.

Haha yeah, I've been stocking up slowly to spread the expense :P I really need to try not to just hang in front of the PC, game and drink a pint though.

Apple pay doesn't have the limit. Though you don't strike me as an Apple guy

Hk just banned all foreign visitors and bars are not allowed to sell booze. the infulx of students heading home as unis close may have influenced this and also lots of expats not adhering to "best not to go out drinking in tightly packed streets"
From a week ago

Things have been OK here so maybe letting our guard down abit just had 39 new case's. (Small potatoes to the UK I know)

I disagree, it's just not realistic to expect individual 'hygiene' to solve that problem.

I don't recall saying hygiene will solve any problem? It is very important to mitigating risks and preventing spread, however.

doing f’all in Sweden

Har du redan läst dehär?

https://www.lfgss.com/comments/15155098/

fuck me.

I mean, I eat applies, in pies.

whats the tl;dr of HK's success of containment ?

Sanna Marin, the Finnish PM, wrote in a tweet an hour ago that the government were preparing measures to close private facilities like restaurants as well as curbs on freedom of movement but added said legislation would take days to sort out.

https://twitter.com/MarinSanna/status/1242024007223869441

Yes saw that, but no new measures as yet. Maybe they’re on the way?

German #IFO institute warn today that #coronavirus will cost hundreds of billions
+full year GDP projection: -7.2% to -20.6%

• Equivalent costs : EUR 255 to 729bn
  
  

A drop of - WAIT FOR IT- 40% of GDP next two months

https://twitter.com/CNBCJou/status/1242027653542150144?s=19

Ouch

Mainly the impact that sars had and people went in ocd clean mode with hand sanitizer maybe wearing maks to stop spreading via coughing
( although up to debate) Most people not going out in large groups, temp checks on work buildings and some restaurants. But I think a paranoia that sars put in people meant they are just very careful..

On the plus side, Germany is now, in a surprise twist, expected to meet the climate goals after all.

... yay... ?

Test
isolate cases and contacts
people still go out but not in groups (mostly)
WFH measures since end of Jan
Schools shut since end of Jan

Spoke to gp about some minor symptoms, possibly pollen triggered, plus history of Collapsed Lung. Outcome = inhaler prescribed plus 7 day isolation begins...

Is there now better information on the typical asymptomatic period for Covid-19?

Last I read was ~ 2 days.

But also .....

~ 20% of people never show symptoms.

Here

It is almost as if the economy is built too much on using polluting forms of energy :)

Good luck, don't hesitate to shout if you need anything

This is sobering reading
https://cmmid.github.io/topics/covid19/severity/global_cfr_estimates.html

This is good - maybe put it in the data thread as well: https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/344870/?offset=50#comment15166500

or

https://youtu.be/Iu1qa8N2ID0

Edit - misunderstood it

Just to add, this roughly matches the under reporting estimates given last week by Vallance (5,000-10,000 cases with 500 reported).