Apparently, we are moving to the next level.
It’ll be on the news at 5 pm.
Ive been in lockdown since Xmas!!
MDonkeyman!
596 confirmed cases now 10 died (in total)
There’s a program on BBC2 right now (16.52) they are waiting for PM and 2 others to come to 3 podiums outside downing st
They’re moving to the next stage now - Delay.
Actions to be taken next:
from tomorrow if you have Covid 19 (or ANY respiratory) symptoms (high fever and a new and continuous cough) however mild you should self-isolate & stay at home for at least 7 days
They are advising older people to avoid cruises and trips abroad for schools are banned.
They aren’t closing schools just yet or cancelling large sports events.
Timing is very important as they want to protect people in the most crucial period and delay the amount of cases the NHS has to deal with at once. Pushing it into the summer will help NHS cope when generally there are less cases of respiratory disease.
They may also isolate an entire household if just one person in the family gets symptoms in future, but this isn’t happening just yet.
The next stage along they want to protect more vulnerable people but don’t want to activate it too early. But vulnerable and elderly people will be asked further along to self isolate regardless of whether they have it or not when the virus peaks in this country.
The Chief Scientific Adviser says we are 4 weeks behind Italy (death toll in Italy has just passed 1,000) in the scale of the outbreak.
The UK (including NI) is not closing schools as chlldren only seem to get it very mildly anyway, but the ROI have closed schools.
They believe they are between 5,000 - 10,000 cases in the country already, many milder, not realising they have it and passing it on.
They are saying older folk with health conditions will be asked to stay at home for quite a long period.
I don’t have COPD or any sort of respiratory condition, although this past year I’ve caught more colds than ever before.
I’m wondering if it’s something which is sensible to do or it will cause more panic buying or problems trying to keep people fed and comfortable. If my daughter gets it I’ll be stuck. She’s got thyroid problems, not sure if that makes her vunerable.
My eldest has very bad asthma and often ends up in hospital, she can’t stay home or she won’t get paid. I think it would be more sensible for her to stay in than me!
Im getting very confused. 
I have under active thyroid, if you daughter’s is underactive just make sure her dose is enough and she should be ok. If the thyroxine levels drop too low then her immune system will be less effective.
I have a nut allergy I notice if my thyroid levels are low I get allergy reactions to things that may only have the tiniest of traces.
If my thyroid is ok I have had no reaction on foods that only say ‘may contain nuts’ if they’ve been made on the same machine or may only get a very small response like sudden itching after eating something, if I take a couple of extra anti histamines straight away it reverses within 15 mins.
Eating actual nuts and some seeds gives me a stronger allergic reaction and in the case of peanuts …full anaphylactic reaction (lips/throat swelling etc).
I also get episodes of blurred vision and lightheadedness if my thyroid levels are too low.
Remoaners, snowflakes, johnny foreigner and the bbc … don’t get me started. Grrr
Are they nuts ??? 7 days ??? That is not even close to enough time. 14 days is the absolute minimum. 21 days is much more like the correct amount of time.
When the virus peaks ??? What the hell are they waiting for ??? That’s like saying, ‘If your house is on fire, you should wait to evacuate until the fire is at it’s worst before running away’.
Sounds to me as if “they” are more concerned with the economic impact than with the virus.
Think this bloke talks a lot of sense.
Bakerman, on the house on fire anology, that is exactly what they
ask you to do in this country!
Have you heard of grenfell towers?
Donkeyman!
Asthma makes a person vulnerable
Re staying off work , that isn’t an option . You’re being told to stay away for 7 days if you have the described symptoms and the rule on phoning 111 has changed to DON’T ,just stay indoors .
So far as I remember isn’t Statutory Sick Pay going to be paid from day1 instead of day 4 ?
The 7 days rule is because it’s expected after you feel initial symptoms , day 4 will be the probable day you’ll know your suffering from the virus …or not .
The MP who felt unwell last Friday was this week saying by mid week she was on the way to recovery ! Had tested positive for the virus too .
Isn’t there three stages to the virus? Common cold, feel better, flu, feel better, pneumonia? I saw a video of a British man who got it in Wuhan and this is what he described.
Although I’ll be 68 years old in August, and diabetic, I have to say that I don’t feel particularly worried about infection by Coronavirus.
I don’t go to such things as discos or football matches(!) and usually avoid large crowds of any description.
Perhaps I’m being over confident. I’m sure I’ll let you know if that turns out to be true!
Greenfell Towers does ring a bell but I can’t recall anything about it.
A reminder for self isolation and how to do it …
With all due respect, Galty, I think that doctor is more concerned with slowing down panic attacks than he is in protecting the elderly. Especially those with underlying health issues.
I, for one, am treating this just like a bad winter blizzard with 4 feet of snow on the ground. I don’t go out unless it is absolutely necessary. And, I intend on continuing this until I am convinced that it is safe to go out. I never use a grocery cart or touch the doorway. Immediately upon leaving the store or pharmacy, I wash my hands with rubbing alcohol. When I get home, I scrub up and use the alcohol again.
When I absolutely must go out, I keep 3 meters between myself and anyone else. If there is someone approaching toward me on the sidewalk, I pretend that I am crossing the street until he/she has passed by. I keep my hands in my jacket pockets at all times.
Panic ? Not at all. just simple pro-active caution.
Yesterday ,I saw on the evening news, a man from the Center for Disease Control (CDC) and he said that we can expect that 45% of the U.S will become infected. Holy Mother of God, that’s 163 million cases in the US alone. If we can expect a 3.5 % death rate to continue, that would mean that the number of deaths in the U.S would be 5,717,000.
Well I think our response so far is pretty rubbish. It’s like we’re being thrown to the lions.
Also to say that people will lose loved ones before their time in the weeks to come and then to do practically nothing much to try to prevent that is shocking.
If you go to a supermarket, keep stocking up. You’ll get through it eventually, but your cupboards should be full and overflowing. Don’t forget the other things too… black sacks, bleach, toothpaste, any medical things like creams etc. Remember this isn’t expected to peak for another three months at least, yet it’s already circulating, so isolation could be longer than people think (by which point supermarket shelves could be even emptier).
Make sure you have plenty of things that don’t require electric too. There’s a slim chance that with the sheer amount of employee absence, the energy grids may go down. Possibly even water. So have a think about some of the ‘cupboard items’ you could buy that you could - at a push - eat without being heated (e.g. cereal with cold coconut milk), bags of crisps, etc…