Pandemic panic

I wasn't panicking, just doing all the sensible things then I read about a poster planning to shut herself away despite having no symptoms!

A lunch we were going to with a large group of people has just been cancelled.

Callistemon

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I'm panicking because I'm not panicking.

Panic is an uncontrollable psychological feeling. Take control, rather than panic. Good to wait for hospitals to get more ventilators etc for the wave next autumn and good for the young ones to get it soon, so they can get back to work

Just look after yourself the best you can and don`t anyone say `they will do so and so` It is up to each and every one of us to pull our weight and not to rely overmuch on someone else, even if it just means doing our best to stay out of the virus merry go round. Its simple enough. Taking personal control stops personal panic

Trouble is if we all get it at the same time then hospitals won’t be able to cope. They aren’t coping in Italy and they are only a couple of weeks ahead.

Jane10, the clue is in the title!
Some posters are popping up on all the Coronavirus threads, with good intentions to educate us all in the perils ( real ) of this disease. By now I think most of us have got the message and I for one am getting a little tired of being harangued by the same people over and over again .
My advice is to skip these threads if you are already panicking!

Okay, have given this some thought now. As they are saying that there is a80% chance of catching this over the next few months - then I have come to the considered conclusion that it would be best to catch it earlier rather than later. At present the NHS can cope with the few hundred known cases, would prefer to be one of them rather than wait until the 'projected' tens of thousands are needing care.
Then - assuming I do recover I will have antibodies, etc.
So,I will continue to lead my normal life - meeting up with people, even hugging (when they allow me to do so) g,children, using ATM machines, etc using (horror of horror) my ungloved finger!!!
Never have used that horrible sticky gel, do hand wash of course, always have done and have tissues with me for my normal cough and occasional sneeze.
Now what is the betting I do not contract this disease at all???!!!

Well I wasn't panicking until I read this thread! Thanks very much. ?

Don`t be scared gagajo but be realistic, up the drawbridge as soon as you can. All, do your best to ride through this first wave, while young people get over it, eventually there will be less passing around of viruses and people will get back to work. Cleanliness, distancing, they are primary.

I will not be hugging my dd today, she is in a high risk occupation. I will be carrying a bottle of water in my own car, not be ordering a hot drink at the cafe (crockery). Will be taking my little bottle of precious sanitiser, using my gloves and doing my level best not to touch my face. Car park involves numbers, will poke them with my little finger and use sanitiser straight away

Flying. I guess driving would be safer. Confined in a car, on my own. Unfortunately my car is in the UK.

I wish they'd just close my school.

Apparently London schools are having emergency meetings on Monday to discuss closure procedures.

Are you driving or flying Gagajo?

I'm really scared. I'm torn between coming home in just over a week and risking either being infected by grandson OR by bringing it back into the house with me. The exclusion zone around Italy is creeping into Switzerland (where I am now). It's now only about a 30 minute drive from where I am.

And my school is STILL open. FFS

crafty, could you perhaps volunteer to be part of an advice line, which might free up other regular staff to go front-line.
you could do that remotely, from where you are, no contact risk, and could use agreed protocols, for the advice given.
but i doubt the govt has got their act together to utilise retired professional scientific people lie you, who could have a lot to offer and make a significant contribution.
heard on radio today the the red cross are already working n a hosp emergency dept, in bangor; have been since last year having declared the nhs to be in a crisis situation then.

I have an dental check up tomorrow and will be meeting dd for lunch first. I have decided that tomorrow will be the last day on which I mingle with other people, strangers. The 2 shops I went to early on today were extremely quiet, in iceland I was the only shopper. All shelves are fully stocked. I bought a few things to add to my care kit, just in case, strepsils and the like. That is me done with whatever I might need

Half of me is loving the exciting science behind all of this, the links between sars and corona and their links and method of entry to human target cells. I could have so much to offer still, my mind is very active but heyho we all need to retire at some stage. The other half of me is spent being very wary of this deadly (in some) virus that heads straight for lungs and kidneys.

I understand that 111 have hired hundreds of call handlers in the past few weeks. Guess that they have had insufficient training

I think anyone over 60 is in the high risk group unless they are very fit and go running, cycling or distance swimming in which case their lung capacity is better than normal. It attacks the lungs. All grans need to take extreme precautions, keep away from crowds and watch everything you touch outside the home.

angiotensin, look it up. Sars, coronaviruses interact with ACE2 angiotensin converting enzyme to enter target cells. I am saying no more, just please no-one be gung ho about carrying on with living as you always have done, interacting in groups etc. The scientists need time and so does the nhs. Elders have a lot of risk, age and T cells for starters add to that high bp. Jane we are not all equally vulnerable

Apparently 111 has been giving people who come back from Italy the wrong advice,they are supposed to self isolate for 14 days but have been told they can go straight home,even on public transport,and so mixing with the public

Why is the Brexit Broadcasting Corporation bringing on Nigel Farage to talk about coronovirus? He knows nothing but they just keep promoting him as they have done for years.

www.theneweuropean.co.uk/top-stories/channel-4-news-dorothy-byrne-stepping-down-1-6553501

craftyone don't get me wrong. I'm not suggesting for a minute that anyone is blase about this. I am following all the NHS advice and will continue to do so. We're all vulnerable simply because of our age.

Probably, sodapop. It's really difficult to sort the wheat from the chaff , so to speak.

Luckily we have medical professionals in the family to debunk some of the more hysterical scare stories.

Anyone with diabetes has a compromised immune system which puts them at higher risk of complications with coronavirus. It's estimated that about 5 million people in the UK have diabetes including one in ten of the over forties age group. Many people aren't even aware they have diabetes so don't know they are at greater risk.

Think you may be putting your faith in the wrong organisation there curvygran