Thread: Corona Virus

Can’t believe I’ve missed over a thousand opinions on this. Tuned in now. Popcorn ready.

Not to underestimate the current threat, particularly as infections are starting to rise exponentially, but the Swine Flu pandemic in Australia just over 10 years ago killed 200 and infected 40,000 in a couple of months - I don't seem to recall anything like the hysteria we have now at the time when the Swine Flu was around.

Garry

Originally Posted by 101RRS

Not to underestimate the current threat, particularly as infections are starting to rise exponentially, but the Swine Flu pandemic in Australia just over 10 years ago killed 200 and infected 40,000 in a couple of months - I don't seem to recall anything like the hysteria we have now at the time when the Swine Flu was around.

Garry

Time to burn you sorry not sorry.

Swine flu was obvious to detect and simple to contain. It was hard to spread. There were no asymptomatic patents so containment was simple.

SARS-COV-2 to use its medical name not its alert name or the generic virus name is nothing like anything previous. It’s commonly asymptomatic or cold-like symptoms, is extremely contagious, and doesn’t touch the sides of MERS OR SARS, or Swine flu to use their generic names.

Swine You’re talking about a flu that killed 18,000 ish worldwide yet we’re over 10,000 and just getting started and you’re trying to compare?

This is in infantile stages. California has already done the modelling and expects 25 million infections. That’s a ****load of dead.

You can’t compare. The reason the world is going “mental” is those who know, know what they’re dealing with. We have not seen this since the Spanish Flu. Wait, watch, hopefully learn. I hope you or yours close are not statistics

Originally Posted by bob10

A simple self test, Of course I can't guarantee it.

Test yourself

An email to staff at an NHS hospital this week contains useful information on distinguishing COVID-19 from a simple cold: No “cold nose” or cough with cold. However, an early symptom of the virus is a dry, rough cough. The email highlights early detection and a simple test to pick up infection: Breathe in deeply through your nose, hold your breath for 10 seconds then exhale. If you can do that without coughing or difficulty, you don’t have virus. The email recommends the test daily until infection risk passes.

No good if you have acute viral bronchitis . But as I understand it Covid19 also has a high temp is serious.

Cheers

I forgot to add. I was in the UK when I got it. Early treatment with Tamiflu sorted it. Not so simple with this baby

Originally Posted by bob10

Murdoch has sent most of the workforce at the Courier Mail home to work. They have 80 IT specialists to sort out 800 workers. My wife has set up her workspace, and tested the gear all go so far. I can see this being the norm in the future, especially if he can sell off the infrastructure and save on the electricity bills. No worker has had the time to negotiate conditions, we'll wait & see how it pans out.

Yes, the flipside is that by melding home and work you're always at work - still, for our ancestors prior to the industrial revolution that was the norm in any case.

Small local business fails, but very large multinationals ?
Cui bono ???

Originally Posted by bob10

A simple self test, Of course I can't guarantee it.

Test yourself

An email to staff at an NHS hospital this week contains useful information on distinguishing COVID-19 from a simple cold: No “cold nose” or cough with cold. However, an early symptom of the virus is a dry, rough cough. The email highlights early detection and a simple test to pick up infection: Breathe in deeply through your nose, hold your breath for 10 seconds then exhale. If you can do that without coughing or difficulty, you don’t have virus. The email recommends the test daily until infection risk passes.

This "test" has been repeatedly debunked. Ability to do this can be affected by all sorts of conditions and Covid 19 does not necessarily affect the ability to do it, so the "test" is totally worthless.

There are quite a few worthwhile and accurate websites for information if you don't trust the official ones (see the other thread), but following or passing on emails from an unknown (even if a good authority is claimed) source is even worse (if possible) than getting your medical advice from facebook.