Europe is open! Who's going?
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DRM
Guru
- Location
- West Yorks
Not the ones I’ve been on, they can be more busy, unless it’s a camping a la ferme ,if your out walking how do you know someone with covid hasn’t touched that stile or gate before you,
Julia9054
Guru
- Location
- Knaresborough
For once, I agree with you!Out of all the coronovirus guff I've read, that is the gold medal winner.
Am I more likely to catch it from a French stile or an English one?
Glow worm
Legendary Member
- Location
- Near Newmarket
International travel isn't something I'd consider for a good while yet, though I do understand we are in the age of the 'It's my right I'll do what I want' generation.
DRM
Guru
- Location
- West Yorks
Crack on, today’s news announcement Covid 19 is on the rise in Europe, so the gamble is, which region is going to be clamped down next?
DRM
Guru
- Location
- West Yorks
Or goes into the toilet block and leaves covid on everything they touch, and what fun it will be filling in the forms the French had people doing, just to go to the supermarket as they did a few months back, try arguing that with a gendarme, not to mention if the cafes and restaurants are closed, but you do what you want, have funOut of all the coronovirus guff I've read, that is the gold medal winner.
HMS_Dave
Grand Old Lady
Just today the news broke out of imbeciles in a pub in Stone a few miles from me in Staffs, where they all crammed into a pub and now at least 10 people have tested positive for covid 19 and there is a scramble to trace everyone's movements and to ensure those are tested and isolated but its probably already too late... Trouble is people think they're ok but seldom think about the effects they might have on others. The more variables you add the more chances you have of passing covid onto others for which there maybe fatal consequences. It isnt all about you...
That being said many lack basic common sense but I'm sure if we all search deep within ourselves we can dig out some of this common sense and apply it to the so called 'new normal' that we face to minimise the risks posed. Take care in whatever you do and think for Pete's sake...
That being said many lack basic common sense but I'm sure if we all search deep within ourselves we can dig out some of this common sense and apply it to the so called 'new normal' that we face to minimise the risks posed. Take care in whatever you do and think for Pete's sake...
Andy in Germany
Guru
- Location
- Freiburg im Breisgau
Well you've all convinced me: I'll not risk travelling to the UK until the Covid situation there improves dramatically.
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
I think it is a wee bit more likely than that...I'll take my chance with the lightning strike thanks.
On average ~3 people a year die of lightning strikes in the UK so you have roughly a 1-in-20,000,000+ chance of being zapped to death. Even in a small town like Todmorden, 10 people have died of Covid-19 since April, and 5 in smaller Hebden Bridge/Mytholmroyd - closer to 1-in-1,000! That's the ones who died. Statistically, about 1-in-200 will have been ill enough to need hospital care and a lot of the survivors will be having a very rough time in their physical rehab.
I think it is a wee bit more likely than that...
On average ~3 people a year die of lightning strikes in the UK so you have roughly a 1-in-20,000,000+ chance of being zapped to death. Even in a small town like Todmorden, 10 people have died of Covid-19 since April, and 5 in smaller Hebden Bridge/Mytholmroyd - closer to 1-in-1,000! That's the ones who died. Statistically, about 1-in-200 will have been ill enough to need hospital care and a lot of the survivors will be having a very rough time in their physical rehab.
"Of" or "with"? I am highly attuned to NHS stats as you know, contracting Covid-19 on a cycle tour is not something to cause me one second of worry. After all, should I be so unfortunate as to become infected then I've a 99.98% chance of not dying. I mean, I worry about cars, now and again.
HMS_Dave
Grand Old Lady
Why just the UK?
Andy in Germany
Guru
- Location
- Freiburg im Breisgau
I think it is a wee bit more likely than that...
On average ~3 people a year die of lightning strikes in the UK so you have roughly a 1-in-20,000,000+ chance of being zapped to death. Even in a small town like Todmorden, 10 people have died of Covid-19 since April, and 5 in smaller Hebden Bridge/Mytholmroyd - closer to 1-in-1,000! That's the ones who died. Statistically, about 1-in-200 will have been ill enough to need hospital care and a lot of the survivors will be having a very rough time in their physical rehab.
According to these people the current rate of infection in the UK is 14.0 per 100 000 over a 14 day average.
France is a slightly higher 17.1 and Germany is 8.7.
