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

aerosolised virus floating down your street from infected at number 52

Not sure if ironic or serious. Benefit of the doubt, I'll assume the former.

Perhaps Rishi can point his money gun at the public sector employees and give them a nice bonus and wage increase.

Perhaps we can then eradicate poverty. But you know, small steps

Sorry

Bangface house mates girl friend has started to feel shit, me and my girl friend still fine, am I right in thinking the 14 days starts again, not planning on going anywhere but would be nice to be able to top up my tea bags and go for a run. Was weird putting the bins out front today, I could almost smell freedom as it’s the furthest I’ve been since Saturday.

Even some fireworks down our end of the estate.

No need. We should be worried.

No does not re start.

Cool if your own research has shown otherwise

You really just need to burn them.

edit - housemates, not bins

I’m too nice, instead I’m feeding them delicious food and giving them my supplies of paracetamol.

I'm neither qualified nor in a position to research the potential for SARS2 transmission. However, so far as I'm aware the studies that are available such as this one strongly suggest that the transmission mechanism is droplet-based (apart from direct contact with body fluids and faeces), hence the consistent advice to keep a 2m separation.

Of course, if you have credible evidence to suggest that someone shouting in their garden represents a serious health risk, then you should contact the CMO urgently so that the NHS/HMG can review their existing advice and make sure that no-one shouts outside. Or hollers. Or exhales. Indoor breathing only.

Bangface.

That's still the funniest thing that's cropped up in this thread. Imagine that on your epitaph:

Died due to human weakness and overly-generous spirit by taking in his erstwhile friend who had attended Bangface, who then proceeded to infect his household and sup from his hoard. He is survived by Mr Bangface who does to this day still live in his house, hot-rock burns all over the sofa, sink blocked since two months past, rats eating their way through piles of refuse in the hall.

Ahh, apologies, I was behind on this thread (it moves so quickly) so missed the subsequent conversation.

Went to our local beer shop today but it was closed still on my lunch time shopping errands & exercise. Saw that a different local place will be open tomorrow though so going to try that!

Lawton

Apologies if this has been posted. Yet another issue seems to be underestimating the true number of deaths. So it’s not just infections being underreported now.

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Latest on dogs and infections following the death of a dog which was first suspected of being infected a few weeks ago and was a close contact of infected owners. https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1517063-20200326.htm

Authorities say its latest tests have confirmed that a Pomeranian dog, whose earlier results had given a weak positive for the coronavirus, was indeed once infected before its death last week.

The Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department says serological tests were conducted on the dog's blood and the results were positive. The department said this indicates that the dog had developed an immune response to the infection as antibodies were found.

The department said dogs and cats are not infected easily with the coronavirus with only two dogs testing positive as of now. It said there was no evidence that they play a role in the spread of the virus.

But the department also said it would be cautious and quarantine animals from households with confirmed cases.

Still saying no evidence that they play a role in spreading the virus (so no evidence that they can pass the virus back to humans or what viral load they carry).

Also, seen what those mad aussies are doing on Fridays? https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/27/new-zealand-scrubs-up-for-formalfridays-despite-coronavirus-lockdown

Since every day WFH is a dress down day, Fridays are now dressing up days.

You tell them they're Aussies to their face. I wanna see that!

Queensland local elections are still going ahead this week... 🤦‍♂️

This is starting to get closer to my reality.

A chap who works for me lost his uncle in the Netherlands yesterday. Died in hospital from complications from pneumonia.

So sad.

https://twitter.com/mvankerkhove/status/1241830233101275137

"#COVID19 is not airborne

#COVID19 spreads via droplet & contact transmission

For #HCW, @WHO has always recommended droplet precautions, except when preforming aerosol generating procedures, where we recommend airborne precautions"

Some of the operations that go ahead need thermal lancing and the airborne dispersal has been their concern.

oh no .... we are here onwards now.

all hat and no cattle ice bucket challenge twat.

Jesus christ. I started taking people off ignore thinking maybe this kind of stuff would subside in the current crisis. We don't know anything about each other, this just seems mad.

an all hat and no cattle ice bucket challenge sounds super fun though, lets start a social media campaign and make this happen guys!

Government on EU procurement scheme now: "No 10 spokesman clarified that it had missed out because of an error and would consider participating in future. It is understood the UK claims not to have received an email from the EU asking it to participate." Don't believe it for a second - and if it is true, it is a profound sort of incompetency - and I hope they continue to get hammered on this.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/26/no-10-boris-johnson-accused-of-putting-brexit-over-breathing-in-covid-19-ventilator-row