Coronavirus

JenniferEccles

I would like the Govt to have some consistant guidelines for a start.
I would like them to not let the Italy v England friendly game go ahead.
I would like them to start screening people coming from countries like China and Italy. Like other places do.

I take it you are not in the vulnerable group and think it is all blown out of proportion?

Three firms in London have now asked staff to work from home as a precaution against coronavirus. Oil giant Chevron has asked 300 staff not to come into its office in Canary Wharf "for the time being". Crossrail, which shares the same building as Chevron, and media firm OMD, based in central London, have also informed staff to stay away from work. All the above has been brought about by way of suspicion of one employee within the building having contracted the virus.

The real estate company that manages Canary Wharf suggested the firms had reacted with "an abundance of caution". It "strongly encouraged" its tenants to adhere to advice from Public Health England, which says there is no need to send staff home, as most possible cases turn out to be negative.

PHE says even if there is a confirmed case of coronavirus they do not recommend closing the workplace.

However, our company being involved in workplace safety are finding that very many employers are very concerned that should they keep sites or entire businesses open when there is even a suspicion of this virus being present within the employees, they could be liable to claims of negligence in their duty of care to the entire workforce should others employees become infected.

It would seem that this virus is now already influencing the way people and commerce are behaving in terms of health, economics and overall personal and commercial protection.

Corona spread animation...

www.nbcwashington.com/news/national-international/map-watch-the-coronavirus-cases-spread-across-the-world/2225563/

JE you say it’s important not to blow this relatively mild illness out of all proportion

Northern Italy is in lock down. The Ireland v Italy game has been cancelled. Cruise passengers have been airlifted to UK and quarantined. There is a question over the Tokyo Olympics. Stock markets are jittery. None of us has any impunity to this virus and most of us are in the ‘elderly’ group at most risk.

Can I just ask...does that sand get up your nostrils at all?

Sleep will not compensate in any meaningful way for a compromised immune system. Fact.,

Another " Corona-cruise " has just left Liverpool. I heard it hooting @ 9.30.
The new Virgin cruise ship ( Scarlet Lady ) on its way to New York with 2,700 on board-----no thanks.
It only takes 1 infected person !

To you know who:

Fact: sleep boosts the immune system-

Period-

Facts aren't personal attacks-

Quit it with the scare mongering-

Fact: It isn't helpful-

Calendargirl, I think at this stage staying indoors is a bit extreme!

My OH leads a normal day to day life but has to carry a card explaining his deficiency as it means he is less able to fight infection.

In the wilds of N. Yorks we felt relatively safe, a trip to London travelling on the underground for example we would avoid.

The masks that people were wearing during the fires and smoke in Australia were made in Wuhan! Business must be booming.

I know of a person here in Central Italy who ordered a pack of five face masks from the chemist (she is paranoid). The Cost? FIFTY EUROS! Surgical spirit has disappeared from the supermarket shelves.

I have just been browsing our local paper's website looking for a feature on a recent event in the village and the headline news (just updated) was that some students at a nearby secondary school, who have just returned from a half-term ski-ing trip to northern Italy, have been taken ill but there are no results from testing as yet.

This will no doubt be in tomorrow's edition and there was nothing about it on our local TV news but I'm glad we've already made the decision to stay away from our local town for the time being.

Fingers crossed the tests will be negative.

I’m in a vulnerable group and I’ll take my advice from the experts.

Missfoodlove

You say it’s common sense and you won’t take risks, but your husband has an auto immune deficiency. If that’s the case,I think I would forego the pub lunch and eat at home, then you wouldn’t need to worry about the cutlery.

If you have had a transplant, are on chemotherapy, have heart disease, diabetes and so on, sleep will not make a material difference. It’s not panicking to be concerned if you’re in a vulnerable group - this can soon sound like victim blaming - oohh if only you’d slept more, eaten better, washed your hands more, exercised more. Patronising clap trap quite frankly.

It’s common sense! My OH has an auto immune deficiency so is vulnerable. Out for lunch in a pub today the cutlery was laid out on the pub tables where customers were sitting drinking.
I asked for fresh cutlery! The waiter was not too chuffed.
I will not take risks.

I'm sure it's already been suggested, sleep helps build the immune system-

Biological warfare? Some conspiracy theories around.

It is in our hands. We need to follow all the recommendations given by the government online and in the papers in relation to handwashing, coughing etc and if it takes a hold, do everything we can to keep ourselves healthy. Eat well, get exercise and avoid public places and close contact other people. Vulnerable people could shop online.

Running round like headless chickens and panicking gets no-one anywhere.

We returned home from Thailand yesterday. We are both well but have put ourselves into quarantine. We would hate to be the cause of someone else being ill. Luckily we don’t have jobs but it’s going to be a long 2 weeks.

What do you expect the government to do pinkquartz ?
Those such as the Princess cruise passengers who have been in contact with people infected, are being quarantined for 2 weeks.

There is plenty of advice about how to minimise the risk of catching it or passing it on.

So far we only have had thirteen cases here so it seems to me that the measures already in place are working.

It’s important not to blow this relatively mild illness out of all proportion.

I am in the vulnerable group and I am a bit scared.
I despair of the Govt though. they will probably do nothing until it is mayhem.

BJ should just grow up and allow his ministers to appear on R4 Today and C4 news and stop this pathetic school boy boycott. Stupid stupid stupid child

I think the true number of people affected is already many times higher than official figures simply because the symptoms are so similar to a bad cold or flu.

I came back from NZ 3 weeks ago. After a day I wasn’t feeling well but knew I was jet lagged. It quickly developed into a cold/flu. The result was I stayed away from everyone for 2 weeks, just in case.

Yesterday, I decided it had to have been a cold followed by another cold shortly after. I’m feeling much better now and I’m glad I kept to myself.

It just goes to show how vulnerable we all are with global travel.

Thanks Envious; very worrying but also reassuring to hear someone tell it like it is.