D.A.F.C Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 Going by the boffin in the video that’s been linked a few times, he’s saying that countries that treat the fever aspect of the illness with the usual fever reducing drugs are seeing higher death rates. Avoiding paracetamol and Ibuprofen might not seem too silly. Have heard letting the fever run its course is the best thing. Dont take anything apart from fluids and maybe vitamins.That's come from quite a few sources. Ibuprofen definitely not. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarapoa Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 13 minutes ago, WATTOO said: I still don't get the "everyone is going to get it" viewpoint, given how sparsely spread the Scottish population is in relation to say the city of wuhan. Likewise London where people are literally living on top of one another. Surely if this is as contagious as being made out, then wuhan would have had many more confirmed cases and the likes of London would be ta ta bella ??? What about the rest of China? There are 1.3 billion there - surely with the "unavoidable and everyone will get this" thing, then it should be utterly rife all over Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou et al by now ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteRoseKillie Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 Well, another Monday, another load of guesswork and headless-chicken impersonating at HMPPS. 1. Prison Officers can't exactly work from home. 2. There arent enough of them anyway. 3. There are no facilities within our overcrowded jails for offenders to self-isolate. 4. Once any virus gets into a prison, it goes round like wildfire. 5. We're fucked, basically. BUT we've got some wipes for the prisoner phones. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArabianKnight Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 I think this is where the don't take ibrufen thing has came from https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/14/anti-inflammatory-drugs-may-aggravate-coronavirus-infection 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 Another great interview with Jason Leitch on GMS there. Apparently he has also just rinsed Piers Morgan on the telly. In classic Scottish style, the next item was the travel news, where the first reported issue was sheep on the road in Aberdeen. Business as usual. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.A.F.C Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 Well, another Monday, another load of guesswork and headless-chicken impersonating at HMPPS. 1. Prison Officers can't exactly work from home. 2. There arent enough of them anyway. 3. There are no facilities within our overcrowded jails for offenders to self-isolate. 4. Once any virus gets into a prison, it goes round like wildfire. 5. We're fucked, basically. BUT we've got some wipes for the prisoner phones.Lock the gates, cheerio. Only for beast and murderer wards. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugster Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 4 minutes ago, Mark Connolly said: Another great interview with Jason Leitch on GMS there. Apparently he has also just rinsed Piers Morgan on the telly. In classic Scottish style, the next item was the travel news, where the first reported issue was sheep on the road in Aberdeen. Business as usual. He's really, really good. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JTS98 Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 6 minutes ago, ArabianKnight said: I think this is where the don't take ibrufen thing has came from https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/14/anti-inflammatory-drugs-may-aggravate-coronavirus-infection This is confusing me. I don't know a lot about drugs, where does this leave Panadol? It seemed before that wisdom was in Panadol if you got the covid. Does this advice cover that? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staggy1929 Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 On 14/03/2020 at 09:45, Jeremiah Cole said: First time I’ve ventured into this thread Just had a quick look at the first couple of pages to pick out which zoomers whose opinion I can safely ignore Aye I got that one wrong fair enough... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 3 hours ago, Theroadlesstravelled said: People on social media absolutely desperate for coronavirus to hit the UK and US hard so they can use it as political ammo against Boris and Trump. I can imagine. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSP Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 The epidemiologists in Scotland have no idea where all this discussion about the approach being to create a herd immunity has come from. As far as they are concerned, it is definitely not the strategy that is currently being implemented in Scotland. Also, their modelling reckons the current infection rate is somewhere between 5,000 and 10,000 people just now. But with the testing only being done for those in hospital or certain situations, they reckon the official number could actually stay the same in the next week or so, despite it not being the real picture out there. Mental. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 (edited) 11 minutes ago, OSP said: The epidemiologists in Scotland have no idea where all this discussion about the approach being to create a herd immunity has come from. Stinks of Cummings imo. "What do these WHO twats know, I've got a brain the size of a planet." Edited March 16, 2020 by welshbairn 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JTS98 Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 (edited) 6 minutes ago, OSP said: The epidemiologists in Scotland have no idea where all this discussion about the approach being to create a herd immunity has come from. As far as they are concerned, it is definitely not the strategy that is currently being implemented in Scotland. Also, their modelling reckons the current infection rate is somewhere between 5,000 and 10,000 people just now. But with the testing only being done for those in hospital or certain situations, they reckon the official number could actually stay the same in the next week or so, despite it not being the real picture out there. Mental. Depends how you look at it. We don't necessarily need to know the real number, since most people won't require treatment and it's too late to stop the spread now anyway. We just need to make sure those who need treatment can get it. What the actual infected number is is less important now. They can kind of model that out from severe cases. Obviously, knowing you are infected is helpful for self-isolation etc, but the main thing is those who really need treatment. Many confirmed diagnoses will be pointless as most of them will just stay home and get better. Edited March 16, 2020 by JTS98 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 17 minutes ago, WhiteRoseKillie said: Well, another Monday, another load of guesswork and headless-chicken impersonating at HMPPS. 1. Prison Officers can't exactly work from home. 2. There arent enough of them anyway. 3. There are no facilities within our overcrowded jails for offenders to self-isolate. 4. Once any virus gets into a prison, it goes round like wildfire. 5. We're fucked, basically. BUT we've got some wipes for the prisoner phones. You could stop your wife from going clothes shopping though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagfox Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 1 hour ago, Florentine_Pogen said: Waitrose already experiencing quail egg picnic buying. FTFY 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest JTS98 Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 3 minutes ago, MixuFixit said: I think mainly because China can and will take much quicker action to limit freedoms, and has the resources to pour tens of thousands of medical staff into a region whereas Europe doesn't. We also don't know what the consequences will be of the lifting of the limits on freedoms in China. They may well find they have just delayed another spike. We won't know for a few weeks. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 37 minutes ago, tarapoa said: What about the rest of China? There are 1.3 billion there - surely with the "unavoidable and everyone will get this" thing, then it should be utterly rife all over Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou et al by now ? You would think, however their "lock down" as opposed to our "let's all try and get it" plan, may account for some of that ?? As I said though, the likes of London should be screwed in relation to the rest of the country. Maybe we should try a reverse poll tax experiment, where everyone in London try's out the "herd immunity" option and the rest of us can wait and see if it works or not ???? At least if it doesn't, it should help with their overcrowding problem. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomboomyards Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 Would be interesting to know what the current unemployment figures are , with so many places closing there must be a high % with no income. Rent payments, community charge starting next month. Money might become worthless if this pandemic becomes even worse than it is now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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