The Prepping Thread - A Newer Beginning ;)

euronorris

Yes, and two suspected cases in York also. A Chinese couple staying in a hotel up there, were taken away in an ambulance with people in hazmat suits yesterday.


It was only a matter of time, sadly.

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I've been staying with my GP daughter and we talked the coronavirus through and her understanding is that most people who catch it will get the same symptoms as the common cold (which is also a coronavirus) and it will cause them relatively little distress. It won't be apparent that it is coronavirus from Wuhan unless there are complications and that's where the problem lies because the NHS is currently stretched tighter than it needs to be to function properly and extra burden will cause untold stress on the system. I think the most pressing need is to identify and isolate anyone who is thought to have the slightest chance of having the Wuhan virus so as to limit the spread as much as is humanly possible to keep numbers down and keep the NHS afloat.

Jazee

York is where I saw the wearing of masks on Sunday so yesterday's news was not a surprise.

mardatha

Two people staying in the Staycity Hotel in York have been taken to an infectious diseases hospital in Newcastle.

maryb

sounds like it's still "just" the two then

mardatha

That hotel will have to fumigate now, maybe close. Such a lot of ripples in the pond from stuff like this eh?

euronorris

maryb wrote: »

sounds like it's still "just" the two then

So far, but tests not come back from Bristol or London cases yet. And many more that go under the radar, and we don't hear about them as they (thankfully) come back negative.

pineapple

mardatha wrote: »

That hotel will have to fumigate now, maybe close. Such a lot of ripples in the pond from stuff like this eh?

They just said on the news that the place has been deep cleaned and is still open It's an 'apartment hotel' so presumably less communal.

Siebrie

PipneyJane wrote: »

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Well said! As a former staff nurse in an infectious diseases hospital, I'd say washing your hands frequently - and well - is your best defence. Use soap and rub it in all over, while singing Happy Birthday to yourself, twice through at the regular speed. Don't neglect your nails or the backs of your hands. (Any soap will do.) Wash your hands before touching your face, so that you don't transfer virus particles from fomites (objects), to your eyes/nose/mouth.

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Thank you, PipneyJane! I have this morning washed my hands together with my dds (8 and 11), and we sang the song together, and I have instructed them to do this at school (next to Zaventem Airport, Belgium) before lunch.

pineapple

MrsLurcherwalker wrote: »

I've been staying with my GP daughter and we talked the coronavirus through and her understanding is that most people who catch it will get the same symptoms as the common cold (which is also a coronavirus) and it will cause them relatively little distress. It won't be apparent that it is coronavirus from Wuhan unless there are complications and that's where the problem lies because the NHS is currently stretched tighter than it needs to be to function properly and extra burden will cause untold stress on the system. I think the most pressing need is to identify and isolate anyone who is thought to have the slightest chance of having the Wuhan virus so as to limit the spread as much as is humanly possible to keep numbers down and keep the NHS afloat.

Totally agree. Unfortunately however I think that the mere process of identifying and possibly quarantining potential carriers is in itself going to place an extra burden on the NHS - not to mention extra demands from the 'worried well'. Plus heaven help us if a patient on an ordinary ward is subsequently found to have the virus. I was in hospital last February and saw first hand the impact of 'ordinary flu'.