Coronavirus - Is this the killer flu that will wipe us out?

[Narcisus]

FourWheelDrift said:

Exige77 said:

Who will be the first PHer to get the virus ?

I coughed this morning and died, but I got better.

Do you feel better for it though ?

[citizensm1th]

sobering

https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboa...

[TTmonkey]

Maxf said:

What definition of airborne are they using/assuming - drifting some distance in the wind or cough and it’s airborne until it hits the floor?

I saw an experiment showing the airflow around a large room of a strong uncovered sneeze. It travelled all around the room before eventually dissipating, bouncing off walls and changing direction.

[nigelpugh7]

So I’m not a tin foil hat type, but I have to say I’m now really scared.

This has now affected us personally.

My sons school is one of the schools on enforced self quarantine.

They spent the last week in Northern ITALY for a school skiing trip.

Now 47 students and 12 staff have been forced in to two weeks of self quarantine.

I have to say I am now very very worried.

[Gregmitchell]

nigelpugh7 said:

So I’m not a tin foil hat type, but I have to say I’m now really scared.

This has now affected us personally.

My sons school is one of the schools on enforced self quarantine.

They spent the last week in Northern ITALY for a school skiing trip.

Now 47 students and 12 staff have been forced in to two weeks of self quarantine.

I have to say I am now very very worried.

Oh st that really brings it home, anyone got any symptoms? Just have to self isolate and ride out the storm, hopefully all will be ok! Are you Middlesbrough or else where?

[nigelpugh7]

News story for context.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-8041915...

[scottydoesntknow]

TTmonkey said:

I saw an experiment showing the airflow around a large room of a strong uncovered sneeze. It travelled all around the room before eventually dissipating, bouncing off walls and changing direction.

It can also be transferred through contact with poop so a deadly fart could indeed be a truly deadly fart.

[mcelliott]

nigelpugh7 said:

So I’m not a tin foil hat type, but I have to say I’m now really scared.

This has now affected us personally.

My sons school is one of the schools on enforced self quarantine.

They spent the last week in Northern ITALY for a school skiing trip.

Now 47 students and 12 staff have been forced in to two weeks of self quarantine.

I have to say I am now very very worried.

Any confirmed infections then?

[p1stonhead]

Today’s update here.

[nigelpugh7]

Gregmitchell said:

Oh st that really brings it home, anyone got any symptoms? Just have to self isolate and ride out the storm, hopefully all will be ok! Are you Middlesbrough or else where?

Nope just a small senior school in the south of birmingam, actually Bromsgrove area.

Worrying thing is two of the PE teachers from the Italian ski trip have signs of fever, but went back to school today but have been sent home to self quarantine.

This is really really scary now.

[kev1974]

citizensm1th said:

sobering

https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboa...

How come there's still only a handful in the US.

[nigelpugh7]

mcelliott said:

nigelpugh7 said:

So I’m not a tin foil hat type, but I have to say I’m now really scared.

This has now affected us personally.

My sons school is one of the schools on enforced self quarantine.

They spent the last week in Northern ITALY for a school skiing trip.

Now 47 students and 12 staff have been forced in to two weeks of self quarantine.

I have to say I am now very very worried.

Any confirmed infections then?

We are waiting for the results tomorrow.

[nigelpugh7]

Also we had a culture shock on Saturday.

We flew with BA from Oslo to Heathrow.

As you know there are separate lines for european and non European passport holders.

[nffcforever]

nigelpugh7 said:

Gregmitchell said:

Oh st that really brings it home, anyone got any symptoms? Just have to self isolate and ride out the storm, hopefully all will be ok! Are you Middlesbrough or else where?

Nope just a small senior school in the south of birmingam, actually Bromsgrove area.

Worrying thing is two of the PE teachers from the Italian ski trip have signs of fever, but went back to school today but have been sent home to self quarantine.

This is really really scary now.

Sorry to hear about you situation and hope all turns out well.

Does that mean the teachers didn’t follow the advice, or maybe didn’t hear it in time before they left home this morning?

[Exige77]

Bahrain becoming a hotspot with 23 cases now.

[p1stonhead]

nigelpugh7 said:

Gregmitchell said:

Oh st that really brings it home, anyone got any symptoms? Just have to self isolate and ride out the storm, hopefully all will be ok! Are you Middlesbrough or else where?

Nope just a small senior school in the south of birmingam, actually Bromsgrove area.

Worrying thing is two of the PE teachers from the Italian ski trip have signs of fever, but went back to school today but have been sent home to self quarantine.

This is really really scary now.

Is it? If it remains as flu like symptoms, they’ll be fine and it might not even be coronavirus.

If they suddenly die as previously healthy adults, then yeah I’d agree.

I have a horrible cough and cold which has come on today. No fever though. Who knows - could be coronavirus easily id imagine. Not been abroad but have been around people who have.

Literally no one is doing anything different in the UK yet. We have no chance at containment. I was in a couple of large service stations today. Restaurants full, people using communal tables etc etc etc.

The general public don’t seem to give a toss yet

I honestly can’t bring myself to be scared yet.

[king arthur]

anonymous said:

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Well I certainly feel ill now.

[simonpieman]

nigelpugh7 said:

Worrying thing is two of the PE teachers from the Italian ski trip have signs of fever, but went back to school today but have been sent home.

Why would the PE teachers come into school with a fever, just back from Italy. Haven’t they been reading the news?

[nigelpugh7]

The immigration queue was huge for us as european passport holders, but nothing compared to the others, ie Easterners etc.

We were right next to them, but 90% of them had face masks on.

Our queue was mental, took maybe over an hour and a half.

The back up was mental, perhaps 1000+ people.

[p1stonhead]

simonpieman said:

nigelpugh7 said:

Worrying thing is two of the PE teachers from the Italian ski trip have signs of fever, but went back to school today but have been sent home.

Why would the PE teachers come into school with a fever, just back from Italy. Haven’t they been reading the news?

No they’ve been skiing and getting pissed as is the custom on such trips