So Dundee had 7 cases yesterday and today we’ve got 17. Most in Scotland incoming

 

I am sure a few people there are considering going up and camping in the Highlands until this is over! :lol:

As the Chief Scientist said on Thursday, it is likely that there are many thousands of undiagnosed cases already and that community spread is rife. I'm not sure how suspending all air travel (as Italy found) actually helps all that much since the virus has now reached most of the world and is spreading within countries - but Trump likes his BIG pointless gestures.

As the Chief Scientist said on Thursday, it is likely that there are many thousands of undiagnosed cases already and that community spread is rife. I'm not sure how suspending all air travel (as Italy found) actually helps all that much since the virus has now reached most of the world and is spreading within countries - but Trump likes his BIG pointless gestures.

 

Do you think climate and temperatures affect the spread of it much based on stats from other countries? I think sadly barely at all.

Do you think climate and temperatures affect the spread of it much based on stats from other countries? I think sadly barely at all.

 

No; the reason that the UK government wants to delay the peak is because there is less pressure on the NHS in the summer months (less seasonal flu etc.)

I am sure a few people there are considering going up and camping in the Highlands until this is over! :lol:

 

Honestly Scottish people are so chill about this all minus a couple of exceptions

I was proper chilled until yesterday but we’re all going to get the coronavirus sooner rather than later, I’ve accepted it. It’s not going to get better in the next couple of months. Italy are in lockdown but their death rate is rising rapidly.

No; the reason that the UK government wants to delay the peak is because there is less pressure on the NHS in the summer months (less seasonal flu etc.)

 

Its so confusing though because they say this but also say we mustn't suppress it too much and to let 60% of the population get it to develop herd immunity.

Its so confusing though because they say this but also say we mustn't suppress it too much and to let 60% of the population get it to develop herd immunity.

 

So if you just let the virus spread then the exponential growth in cases would overwhelm the NHS. This would mean that, like Italy, people with serious underlying health issues would be left to die due to a lack of health staff and ICUs. I don't think we know enough about Covid-19 to know whether a herd immunity would be effective, it seems like a massive gamble to me as it is possible that the virus may mutate and it isn't even known how much immunity that someone who had recovered from the virus would have built up. See numerous cases where people have gone on to catch the virus again.

The idea of saying 'leave it all to herd immunity' is so profoundly stupid and if not, coldheartedly dismissive of the vulnerable people who will be victims of the virus that I can barely believe public representatives are advocating such for something we don't know enough about yet.

Trump took the test last night and is awaiting the result. I call bull on this as surely they'd rush his result through in hours. Would they even announce it if he was positive? Maybe not.

Well, lots of people who've been around him, at his resort, at a dinner, have tested positive. Just goes to show that he's the best spreader, the BEST!

 

He'd never announce it if it was positive, these things are very carefully managed.

Trump took the test last night and is awaiting the result. I call bull on this as surely they'd rush his result through in hours. Would they even announce it if he was positive? Maybe not.

 

I very much doubt he has the virus, he probably would have symptoms by now like a cough if he did.

I am not scared of potentially catching Coronavirus and I am going about my business as I normally would and I refuse to be scared. This surely can't be on the scale of a world war where just popping out of your house for 2 minutes could have got you killed.

 

Pretty much all of what is being said on TV and the news is designed to scare the living shit out of everyone and I am not buying into it. Washing your hands is common sense and it shouldn't have taken a virus to realise that.

There are 5 cases in a hospital I work at... I’m scared omg

Well, lots of people who've been around him, at his resort, at a dinner, have tested positive. Just goes to show that he's the best spreader, the BEST!

 

..and he may have infected the entire US Coronavirus Task Force during that press conference yesterday, still that's better than firing the entire US pandemic response team in 2018. What a stable genius!

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Anyone else think that Trump does look a bit off colour (i.e. not orange) ?

 

I was out getting a few bits and pieces - moisturiser - couldn't even find my usual one!!!! - solution, pet treats, face wash, etc - ans I was looking at the charity books near the door. The next thing I know, some charver with one of the last toilet paper packs bundles it under his arm and charges out! He was gone and the women on the tills were like they knew he was going to do it. So yeah. Just seen someone steal toilet paper.

The idea of saying 'leave it all to herd immunity' is so profoundly stupid and if not, coldheartedly dismissive of the vulnerable people who will be victims of the virus that I can barely believe public representatives are advocating such for something we don't know enough about yet.

 

Do you believe my rhetoric about the evil landed gentŕy swines yet? x

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Anyone else think that Trump does look a bit off colour (i.e. not orange) ?

 

 

 

TBH I've thought he hasn't looked well for a while now. :(

As the Chief Scientist said on Thursday, it is likely that there are many thousands of undiagnosed cases already and that community spread is rife. I'm not sure how suspending all air travel (as Italy found) actually helps all that much since the virus has now reached most of the world and is spreading within countries - but Trump likes his BIG pointless gestures.

 

I do wonder if every country in the world had banned flights from China, Italy and Iran when it was only in those three countries, what would have happened? Would it not have spread outside these three countries?