First off hope you're all well. Secondly we're got no place for completely off topic subjects now so thought I'll use Sport section.
How are you guys doing in your countries?
How are you guys doing in your countries?
Lucky you. I wish I could.Looks like I am going to have to self isolate for up to 4 months in the coming days!
Yes, I am also doing it for both my parents who are in their seventies and I currently live with, both have serious underlying health issues.Lucky you. I wish I could.
Ah, shame, I pity you. Get real!Stuck at home and we can only go out to buy necessities, and I'm running out of good series to binge watch.
Sorry to hear this Mike, hope it all goes well for you and your Mrs. Empty shelves are just another symptom of the virus... locusts at work gobbling up more than they can eat/use.My wife has the virus (NHS worker), I am at risk (Asthma).
I work in local government and have now deployed most staff to work from home.
We have found a lot of local supermarkets having empty shelves prior to our isolation.
All online deliveries unavailable for nearly a month.
They are getting last year medical students to work now and in the UK they are making ventilators for now.Sorry, have been busy at work over the past couple of days. Working this weekend too. Some parts of UK getting badly affected, especially London. The cases are still going up rapidly. They're planning a 4000 bedded makeshift ICU in London, not sure how they're going to equip and staff it though.
But to operate ventilators, you need experienced staff (doctors and nurses). Medical and nursing students cannot help here. Let's see how they do it.They are getting last year medical students to work now and in the UK they are making ventilators for now.
Probably widely spread because by the Tube System.Sorry, have been busy at work over the past couple of days. Working this weekend too. Some parts of UK getting badly affected, especially London. The cases are still going up rapidly. They're planning a 4000 bedded makeshift ICU in London, not sure how they're going to equip and staff it though.
I'm not sure exactly what you're saying, or, indeed, if you're actually saying anything, but the reason people are so scared is because we don't have a cure, and it's killing lots of people. Please don't try to make it out to be less of a problem than it actually is. When did you last see hospitals overrun with cases of diarrhea?Okay, let's have some perspective on this virus. I'm no medical expert but as a WW1 & 2 researcher, I've clued up on how viruses react.
Of course it's scary at the moment, and I should know because Mrs. P suffers from sleep apnea (wears a VPAPIII mask every night). She's very high risk.
However, more people lives are claimed from Flu or TB or Diarrhea than this virus.. But with flu and other non-related virus deaths the NHS are severely under pressure. I really feel for BB and others working in the front-line.
The reason for the panic is because no-one understands it... I certainly don't but all viruses has its natural lifespan. Like any living organism it will die, but before that happens there will be a 2nd and perhaps a 3rd wave. Our bodies will build up a natural immune to the virus. Oddly the 2nd phase will claim more lives because people (generalising) will become complacent.
I'm quite chilled out about it other than the restrictions. We are all in the same boat.
The Spanish flu of 1918 and 1919 claimed 50 million lives world wide (conservative estimate. The realistic figure could be as much as a 100 million. WWI claimed between 20-25 million). Lorries loaded with coffins strewn the streets of the UK. There was at least 250,000 in the UK alone. Things have moved on medically from there, and with social media we are now more clued up.
Keep safe. It will improve. It might take several months but it will improve.