Pandemic panic

Thank you welbeck. That does make some sense of it.

Gracesgran well said. I thought the snowflake comment was off too.

Would those who still dismiss Coronavirus as akin to annual flu, please read this by experts sent to China by WHO. It really is quite sobering.

I am with you on this GracesGran, we have to do what we can to protect ourselves and our family. Why would you not.
Latest numbers 115 cases, 1 death.

The link doesn’t work Anno, could you re-post it just as the link rather than substituting words, if that makes sense?

It’s just been reported on the local news that the man in Newcastle who has been diagnosed was at a soft play centre the other day. He’d recently come back from northern Italy.
How stupid/selfish can you get?

Gosh janeainsworth that's criminally irresponsible. Or just plain thick. Of all places...

www.reddit.com/r/China_Flu/comments/fbt49e/the_who_sent_25_international_experts_to_china/

i think this is the link referred to by anno above.

That is really irresponsible, janea.
I am worried that some children from the DGC's school may return after travelling back from the Far East.

Quite honestly, I am more worried for them and my family than for myself.

I am a bit surprised that our local secondary school is still intending to take a party skiing in northern Italy on Saturday. Admittedly, it is in a region that has only had one case to date.
My DS school in Spain has cancelled exchanges with France and Germany.

Thank you welbeck

First death from the virus in the UK.

Sorry, already reported upthread.

Quite honestly, I am more worried for them and my family than for myself.

Same here, Calli. I wish I could just have all my lot here in the middle of nowhere and pull up the drawbridge.

Thank you Missfoodlove. My immune system is compromised as I had a kidney transplant over 20 years ago so I’m quite worried.
Good advice; it’s not only about the individual.

We have as an employer arranged for our administration staff to begin working from home next week.

With the Assignment team staff who go into other companies and people homes, there is nothing we can really carry out to protect them. However, there is a higher risk of those teams binging the virus into the office as they go back and forth, and that is the reason we are asking the administration staff to work from home.

As has been stated we worry in regard to those with young families contracting this illness, more so than we worry in regard to ourselves.

All anyone can do is protect as best one can by following all the advice given.

And so, after all the talk it all now really begins.

Grand dad, it's excellent that your organisation has emergency planning in place. Despite the possibility of one fifth of the workforce being sick at one time a lot of companies have not given it any thought. Heads in the sand. Ok, it might come to nothing but with the current forecasting it would seem negligent.

My son who works for a London trading bank, in an admin capacity, has just had to buy his own laptop for work use, when required to work from home. He's not on a high salary either, I couldn't believe it.

Someone (M0nica?) asked for links. I read the headline about the dog catching it on the news page which pops up when I first switch my iPad on. Of course it's gone now! So much scare mongering. I'm learning a lot on this thread.

(I have a small bottle of Chinese gin at the back of the cupboard. It's incredibly strong and incredibly horrible. Would it be an effective hand wash!

After being away from home for a few days we have come back to find our friend and neighbour has been in direct contact with a person who has been diagnosed with CV. The person in question returned from Italy with her husband around two weeks ago. They did not self isolate, she runs her own business and was back to work dealing directly with clients almost immediately which is when our elderly neighbour came into contact. Neighbour was advised at the start of this week that PHE would be in contact and has heard NOTHING!!

I worry very much about schools closing or parents becoming ill. It will be us oldies that have to step in and care for the children, maybe round the clock for weeks. Apart from being exhausting that will put us in direct contact with potential carriers which is not good as we are the ones most at risk of dying. I expect some grans can lock themselves away and hibernate but many of us will be called to the front line.

What really annoys me is the Govt publicly stated that we were in the containment phase and all known direct contacts with those affected would be spoken to and tested. Our neighbour had direct ie touch contact with infected person for an hour last week. There would be many others in exactly the same position but no one has spoken to or tested her. She found out when another customer told her and eventually had a phone call from the business. It's too late now, shes been worried all week, as shes had no phone call from PHE has been out and about shopping with friends etc. PHE know exactly what the infected person does for a living and that a lot of her clients are elderly but have chosen to do nothing about it. Containment my ....

I honestly don't think there is the slightest chance of containing it especially if you're contagious for two weeks or more before symptoms show. You may be in contact with hundreds of people in that time depending on your job, type of transport etc. It's out there and we've just got to take our chances.

That's all very well for your workers Grandad1943 but what about the community care workers who are going from home to home giving personal care. All the medical staff who are caring for infected people. Care home staff etc. It's a vicious circle for some people who are in danger of both passing on infection and contracting it themselves via their jobs.
I think we have been bombarded with information about this and have become afraid but we have to be grateful to all those people who are carers in any capacity.

‘I think we have been bombarded with information about this and have become afraid but we have to be grateful to all those people who are carers in any capacity.’

Absolutely, totally agree with you sodapop!