Theroadlesstravelled Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 (edited) Satire is most funny when people’s feelings get hurt- Edited March 9, 2020 by Theroadlesstravelled 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unleash The Nade Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 14 hours ago, ArabianKnight said: I was reading somewhere that a big issue with coronavirus is that a lot of people are asymptomatic or experiencing very mild symptoms so putting it down to seasonal flu/colds. The headline numbers are just those positively tested and you can likely add another 30-40% on top of those that are mild/asymptomatic. Which is worrying as the incubation period is fairly long and you are infectious whilst incubating so it can spread quite readily. I was reading somewhere that a big issue Is a handy alternative to a roll of Andrex FTFY 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky88 Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 14 hours ago, ArabianKnight said: I was reading somewhere that a big issue with coronavirus is that a lot of people are asymptomatic or experiencing very mild symptoms so putting it down to seasonal flu/colds. The headline numbers are just those positively tested and you can likely add another 30-40% on top of those that are mild/asymptomatic. Which is worrying as the incubation period is fairly long and you are infectious whilst incubating so it can spread quite readily. If more people have it are asymptomatic or experience mild symptoms it also means the virus is far less dangerous than is being reported. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superbigal Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 I'm off to Turkey shortly and like their policy.No one gets to enter the country if they have been in any of a certain list of countries in the last 14 days. Including Italy etc.Turkey's current confirmed cases even with a huge border with Iran is still 0 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HTG Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 6 minutes ago, sparky88 said: If more people have it are asymptomatic or experience mild symptoms it also means the virus is far less dangerous than is being reported. If the Italian states are to be believed then the death rates is around 5%. That's significant and suggests it is dangerous - or at least to people with complications. No developed country should be accepting that sort of hit rate on its citizens. However, the Italian data may be unreliable. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unleash The Nade Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 9 minutes ago, HTG said: If the Italian states are to be believed then the death rates is around 5%. That's significant and suggests it is dangerous - or at least to people with complications. No developed country should be accepting that sort of hit rate on its citizens. However, the Italian data may be unreliable. What could be more complicated than being fucking Italian ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HTG Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 15 minutes ago, Unleash The Nade said: What could be more complicated than being fucking Italian ? Fair point well made 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.A.F.C Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 I take it that Chinese wet markets will be banned now?Chilled monkey brains half price 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 Stock markets in free fall. Shell and BP taking hits of around 20%. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Ferrino Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 There really are a lot of funeral plan / over 50's life insurance / equity release adverts on the tele at the moment. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 Oil price halved, strange time for Saudi and Russia to start a supply war. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bendan Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 1 hour ago, HTG said: If the Italian states are to be believed then the death rates is around 5%. That's significant and suggests it is dangerous - or at least to people with complications. No developed country should be accepting that sort of hit rate on its citizens. However, the Italian data may be unreliable. With the number of people from elsewhere coming back from Italy infected, their numbers are not possible at all. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bendan Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 1 hour ago, superbigal said: I'm off to Turkey shortly and like their policy. No one gets to enter the country if they have been in any of a certain list of countries in the last 14 days. Including Italy etc. Turkey's current confirmed cases even with a huge border with Iran is still 0 You'll love their policy when they stop flights to the UK to stop us infecting them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirty dingus Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 Looks like the govt have just said f**k it. Federico Gatti @federicogatti Just landed in London from Milan. Zero checks. No info. How can it be possible? #COVID2019 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Moomintroll Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 Oil price halved, strange time for Saudi and Russia to start a supply war.Bet you petrol & diesel will still have a price rise here. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Tunbridge Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 If you can catch this twice surely the current outbreak will never die down and the world is fucked? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbornbairn Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 7 minutes ago, dirty dingus said: Looks like the govt have just said f**k it. Federico Gatti @federicogatti Just landed in London from Milan. Zero checks. No info. How can it be possible? #COVID2019 Maybe because every passenger going through Milan airport has been thermally screened since 6th Feb. You can't get into the departures lounge without being screened. Quote Airports perform thermal screening of passengers to spot fevers caused by infections such as CoV, swine flu, and influenza (such as H1N1). Thermal screening is performed using mass-screening systems that measure the skin temperature at high-speed using thermal imaging and temperature measurement equipment such as the FevIR Scan. Such quick mass-screening ensures to take security measures without causing delays and discomfort to passengers. https://www.airport-technology.com/features/coronavirus-measures-world-airports/ Heathrow's got the same system. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 2 minutes ago, Scotty Tunbridge said: If you can catch this twice surely the current outbreak will never die down and the world is fucked? Not that unusual and there will be vaccine eventually. We live with loads of diseases that don't disappear completely. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 2 minutes ago, welshbairn said: We live with loads of diseases that don't disappear completely. See Rangers. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathematics Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 One case confirmed at the University of the West of Scotland. Campuses remain open. All over Twitter. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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