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

It might mean that those businesses can actually survive and hire everyone back when this clears up. If they have to shell out for wages and then go under totally, everyone's in a worse situation. Doesn't help your sis buy food now though. :S

Gov saying we might need isolation / social distancing for 18 months

Everyone should read that imperial paper. It is where the information is coming from.

kickr core or elite direto x.. or none at all as I haven't used one yet and will probably be bored after ten minutes

So, exactly what Londoners have been doing for the last 20 years then.

This is interesting because the British are world leaders

Beware of Swedes saying this. They have a strange anglo-positive world view that thinks we're as competent as a romantic view of the Victorians.

It's almost like I saw this coming. All my training and working has gradually moved to home over the last 6 months...

Mine is the spendy KICKR. Indoor training is more interesting with Trainerroad account, movies and/or music depending on intensity. I'm missing sessions though because they're too bloody long to fit into a lunch break.

Or do some weight-lifting.

National stereotypes aren't really going to help much. Especially when we're reporting on experts. Keeping the negativity under some control may help everyone's mental health.

never thought I'd say this but I should have listened to @hippy. Off to the beer shop!

Sold my home gym when the little one needed the room :(

Exactly this. Ordered some rims & spokes at the weekend which are out for delivery today.

Ah, here it is (in the Wills thread, and not by danstuff)

I agree with the sentiments though. If your Will is 'If I die then it all goes to the missus, if she dies too it goes to the cat's home' then you're probably OK doing it yourself, provided you're careful. Anything more complicated than that, and there's a distinct risk your estate will go the Chancery Lawyers Benevolent Fund.

I mean, it's not like PHE / the centres haven't got experience of being involved in MERS-COV, SARS, Ebola, winter flu, chikungunya, west nile.

We signed up to the Which? one recently on a special offer. You do it yourself but then it gets checked by their legal team. I looked at other DIY-esque options and Which? seemed like the best all round.

They've got 50% off this month so you'd get one slightly cheaper than we did:
https://willsoffers.which.co.uk/rmlmar/?utm_source=MSE&utm_medium=Online&utm_campaign=March_50Rev&utm_content=Wills

I need to finish it, which is a good self-isolation activity.

Sources Guardian, Independent, Business Indider and Reuter’s

How about some good news?

-China has closed down its last coronavirus hospital. Not enough new cases to support them.

• Doctors in India have been successful in treating Coronavirus. Combination of drugs used: Lopinavir, Retonovir, Oseltamivir along with Chlorphenamine. They are going to suggest same medicine, globally.

• Researchers of the Erasmus Medical Center claim to have found an antibody against coronavirus.

• A 103-year-old Chinese grandmother has made a full recovery from COVID-19 after being treated for 6 days in Wuhan, China.

• Apple reopens all 42 china stores,

• Cleveland Clinic developed a COVID-19 test that gives results in hours, not days.

• Good news from South Korea, where the number of new cases is declining.

• Italy is hit hard, experts say, only because they have the oldest population in Europe.

• Scientists in Israel likely to announce the development of a coronavirus vaccine.

• 3 Maryland coronavirus patients fully recovered; able to return to everyday life.

• A network of Canadian scientists are making excellent progress in Covid-19 research.

• A San Diego biotech company is developing a Covid-19 vaccine in collaboration with Duke University and National University of Singapore.

• Tulsa County's first positive COVID-19 case has recovered. This individual has had two negative tests, which is the indicator of recovery.

• All 7 patients who were getting treated for at Safdarjung hospital in New Delhi have recovered.

• Plasma from newly recovered patients from Covid -19 can treat others infected by Covid-19.

So it's not all bad news. Let's care for each other and stay focused on safety of those most vulnerable.

if it's an OG macbook i have a spare

It's good to hear that stuff, thank you.

This might be the light banter thread. But you should source such stuff still.

edit - repost

Don't worry everyone, hundreds of thousands may lose their jobs but they can all go work for Amazon instead.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/amazon-to-hire-100-000-warehouse-and-delivery-workers-amid-coronavirus-shutdowns-11584387833

(yes I know it's talking about the USA but I'm sure it'll be similar here)

Excellent... thanks Fox, will use this.

This is a fantastic post.

Not vouching for the sources, make your own mind up there.

• China has closed down its last coronavirus hospital. Not enough new cases to support them.
  --https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2020/mar/10/wuhan-closes-last-makeshift-coronavirus-hospital-video

• Doctors in India have been successful in treating Coronavirus. Combination of drugs used: Lopinavir, Retonovir, Oseltamivir along with Chlorphenamine. They are going to suggest same medicine, globally.
  --https://citytoday.news/jaipur-sms-hospital-doctors-succeed-in-treating-coronavirus-patients-using-drugs-for-hiv-swine-flu-malaria/

• Researchers of the Erasmus Medical Center claim to have found an antibody against coronavirus.
  -- https://nltimes.nl/2020/03/14/dutch-researchers-first-find-covid-19-antibodies-report

• A 103-year-old Chinese grandmother has made a full recovery from COVID-19 after being treated for 6 days in Wuhan, China.
  -- https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/coronavirus-latest-103-year-old-woman-recovers-wuhan-hubei-china-a9393991.html

• Apple reopens all 42 china stores
  -- https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-reopens-all-42-retail-stores-in-china-2020-3

• Cleveland Clinic developed a COVID-19 test that gives results in hours, not days.
  -- https://www.modernhealthcare.com/providers/frustrated-slow-results-more-hospitals-seek-their-own-covid-19-testing

• Good news from South Korea, where the number of new cases is declining.
  -- https://asiatimes.com/2020/03/new-cases-in-korea-keep-falling-as-italy-surges/

• Italy is hit hard, experts say, only because they have the oldest population in Europe.
  -- https://www.businessinsider.com/italy-coronavirus-old-population-cases-death-rate-2020-3

• Scientists in Israel likely to announce the development of a coronavirus vaccine.
  -- https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/science/scientists-in-israel-likely-to-announce-it-developed-coronavirus-vaccine/articleshow/74592807.cms

• 3 Maryland coronavirus patients fully recovered; able to return to everyday life.
  -- https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/3-marylanders-recover-from-coronavirus-cleared-to-return-to-normal/65-05e32ecb-8baa-43f6-9722-5be50546248c

• A network of Canadian scientists are making excellent progress in Covid-19 research.
  -- https://nypost.com/2020/03/13/canadian-scientists-make-breakthrough-in-coronavirus-vaccine-effort/

• A San Diego biotech company is developing a Covid-19 vaccine in collaboration with Duke University and National University of Singapore.
  -- https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/san-diego-biotech-company-developing-coronavirus-covid-19-vaccine/509-110c3c4f-1d0c-46e4-b2df-663789db6889

• Tulsa County's first positive COVID-19 case has recovered. This individual has had two negative tests, which is the indicator of recovery.
  -- https://www.tulsaworld.com/news/local/finally-some-good-news-first-tulsa-county-covid--patient/article_8ecc6602-7270-5d2e-97f4-840cd253dc55.html

• All 7 patients who were getting treated for at Safdarjung hospital in New Delhi have recovered.
  -- https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/two-coronavirus-patients-delhi-recover-discharged-from-hospitals-1655828-2020-03-15 says 2 patients but article is two days old

• Plasma from newly recovered patients from Covid -19 can treat others infected by Covid-19.
  -- https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-hospital/chinese-doctors-using-plasma-therapy-on-coronavirus-who-says-very-valid-approach-idUSKBN20B1M6

Beware of Swedes saying this. They have a strange anglo-positive world view that thinks we're as competent as a romantic view of the Victorians.

Indeed. This is why I included the quote, as the massive alarm bell it is. The same goes for any determiner attached to "pool of experts" or similar. Sorry if I keep banging on about this, but I do think it is important.

Edit: There´s a virulent strain of anglophilia ripping through the population on the other side of the Gulf of Bothnia too. Our (Finland´s) telly is full of British programming and even otherwise hardened journalists gush whenever any of you lot gives an interview in RP.

Edit 2: For anybody wishing to have copious coitus after a night out in Finland and Sweden, just do a Hitchens/Mirren impression as applicable. What with Game of Thrones, a Bean/Whittaker impression would likely result in similar levels of shaggery.

Would rep

Have been asking my dad to register for online shopping for a few days.

Had another stern conversation with him earlier. It’s just so if it comes to it he has the option and is prepared. I am assuming things will calm down and in due course people won’t be needing to book slots weeks in advance

Getting his email just now to say he has registered successfully was a huge relief.