Has the virus hitting the world had any breakouts in your area - Page 5

Sheila64 wrote on Thu Mar 5, 2020 8:25am:

I heard on the radio (Sunshine News) yesterday, that the first case in Spain was a 60+ male, and they treated him with an HIV medication which appears to have worked! Fingers crossed that all these super scientists around the world find a breakthrough soon.

Ps: I have always said that ‘climate change’ won’t kill us all off, it will be some bug or other 😄...

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Jimmyone wrote on Thu Mar 5, 2020 9:20am:

Why they're buying bog roll for virus prevention

tvtechnology wrote on Wed Mar 4, 2020 10:17am:

For reference - Airlines run a HEPA filter system which is same as used in hospital theatres - this replaced the air fully cleaned every 3-4 minutes. Or so they say. Also mentions of more deep cleaning - but we all know between short flights, cleaning, is picking up the rubbish.

I think the true figures have yet to establish themselves, as others pointed out - there's no 100% on this one, no one's exactly sure on the incubation period, many might already be walking around with this, unaware - and anyone with a weaker immune system 60+ or underlying issues / respiratory, ...

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...need to wash their hands a few times more. 

The answer is they don't have one yet. 

1 year+ to a vaccine they can use. We saw the stock markets tank to the worst state since 2008 last week (moved back up a bit). Governments try to re-assure to avoid panic, which affects all markets.

People are easily spooked & above all else, we'll be told whatever we need to be told, in order for us to not start looting and stealing each others canned food. IE we are not told everything - especially as this is still 'new'.

We need to worry if the 3.7 million displaced mainly Syrians, with over a million sitting on Greece's border trying to break through to the EU - they are in terrible conditions & if it spreads within that community & there becomes a large movement of people & potentially many breaking through the borders, then this has the possibility to spread rapidly. We should be worrying why 3.7 million are homeless which we are turning a blind eye to when some gas bombing facist is killing his own people but that's a different conversation.

General recommendations of 'don't shake hands or greeting kiss' & handwashing are about as much as we can do - along with the avoiding large crowds and perhaps confined areas with many people. They say don't touch you face - but we do 1000 odd times a day, so that won't be too easy (best avoid eyes / mouth).

Cheap surgical masks are not up to the task of multiple uses, virus droplets can go into the eyes and ears - so masks aren't fully effective.

I've noticed my cousins Chirpody surgical masks have climbed from 0.25c to €5.00, anything with anti-germ or wash sold out all local supermarkets - people starting to panic. Don't, there's little we can do other than 'the basics' & wait.

Kevman wrote on Thu Mar 5, 2020 9:35am:

Have you read Dan Browns inferno?

It explains the huge rise in population over the years and the need for control 😬.

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We will become the walking dead one day!

Sorry 🤣

karenB wrote on Thu Mar 5, 2020 12:24pm:

An interesting fact, I went to my local Farmacia to get antibacterial hand gel yesterday, and told them how my husband could not get it in the UK where he has been fir a couple of months, because if Corona virus .The shops have sold out.

They couldn't believe it, really surprised  by it.

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I always like to carry some in my bag for when we are out and about as I am immune compromised .

There us a lot if hype in the UK press about it, hence the shortage of the hand gel, although the beat thing to do is thoroughly wash hand with hot water and soap,  and follow what I think are normal good manners and hygeine, sneeze into a tissue, cough into a tissue, keep your hands clean , don't go into crowded places if you have coughs and sneezes.

Pix Elated wrote on Thu Mar 5, 2020 2:27pm:

And buy shares in companies who produce antibacterial gel 🙂