Coronavirus outbreak

[fossyant]

I'm sure it was @Fab Foodie that was spreading the drinking alcohol rumour in Iran He forgot to mention drinking wine or beer, and not home made pure stuff.

Fact (I think).

 

[Milkfloat]

 

[Milzy]

Cyclists have immunity - Fact

I said this months ago.

 

[MichaelO]

I had a poke on Mumsnet CV thread

You made me look....oh my word!!

 

[nickyboy]

You made me look....oh my word!!

Whilst overreaction is a bad thing, I'd much rather be in a country full of overreactors than underreactors
Overreactors panic buy. Underreactors don't maintain good hygiene. People don't die from lack of toilet rolls

 

[tom73]

So much for panic buying soap just called in a shop and walk past the soap to find people debating which flavour of soap to get.
Who cares just use the stuff, the virus really won't care which one you use.
I notice the cheeper stuff is never in short supply now is not a time for being a snob.

 

[Vapin' Joe]

From the Guardian -

What is the mortality rate of the new coronavirus?



It is probably about or a bit less than 1%. Much higher figures have been flying about, but the chief medical officer, Chris Whitty, is one of those who believes it will prove to be 1% or lower. The World Health Organization’s director general, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, talked of 3.4%, but his figure was calculated by dividing the number of deaths by the number of officially confirmed cases. We know there are many more mild cases that do not get to hospital and are not being counted, which would bring the mortality rate significantly down.

 

[vickster]

So much for panic buying soap just called in a shop and walk past the soap to find people debating which flavour of soap to get.
Who cares just use the stuff, the virus really won't care which one you use.
I notice the cheeper stuff is never in short supply now is not a time for being a snob.

Surely that’s their choice as long as they buy some?

Is the cheeper one made of budgie spit?

 

[Fab Foodie]

I'm sure it was @Fab Foodie that was spreading the drinking alcohol rumour in Iran He forgot to mention drinking wine or beer, and not home made pure stuff.

Fact (I think).

Busted!

 

[tom73]

Surely that’s their choice as long as they buy some?

Is the cheeper one made of budgie spit?

Yes but they can't be in so much of a panic if they have time to care.

 

[vickster]

Yes but they can't be in so much of a panic if they have time to care.

Maybe they just need soap, no panic. Why does it matter?

 

[MichaelO]

Big jump in deaths in Italy from 463 to 631!

 

[Milzy]

Big jump in deaths in Italy from 463 to 631!

Over 1000 by Monday.

 

[tom73]

For anyone who can't see the point of hand washing and thinks it some sort of joke.
This week's BBC click show's a bit of a 2018 BBC program contagion. Showing graphically how effective it is at slowing down the spread.

 

[BoldonLad]

If it was 1985 we'd now just be becoming aware of an issue in a city in deepest China, that we'd never heard of. We'd be worried, then we'd forget about it all together, then it'd be over.

If it was 1885, we would not even know about it! Before radio, TV, internet etc