Coronavirus Disease Outbreak COVID-19 #48

[Sandydan]

Can anyone shed any light on what other countries are doing with regards to travel?

Some people I follow on social media who live in France and Spain seem to be travelling freely (ie without quarantine)... Alps surprised they are allowed into other countries as their numbers are so high!

 

[Ohflogoff]

Rees-Moggs in isolation one of his kids has symptoms..

Not Covid related, but did you see his smug twitter post when they went back? The comments on it were savage

 

[monga]

Not Covid related, but did you see his smug twitter post when they went back? The comments on it were savage

I didn’t ! It’s not like him to be smug

 

[Mrs McCarthy]

Can anyone shed any light on what other countries are doing with regards to travel?

Some people I follow on social media who live in France and Spain seem to be travelling freely (ie without quarantine)... Alps surprised they are allowed into other countries as their numbers are so high!

I have a few friends in Netherlands. You have to quarantine if you travelled outside of Europe. So if you go to UK/Germany/France/etc - no quarantine. If you go to Turkey - test and quarantine. Could be due to their workplace though, they all work in hotels

 

[kev1974]

People will be running around killing their neighbours cats, now they've been said to be able to carry it

 

[Unagi]

There’s still also that risk of spreading it to whoever is looking after nan by being around the caregiver(s) themselves. I doubt OP wouldn’t want to be responsible for that, or even passing the virus to their nan - nobody wants to be that person, end of life or not.

At the moment she doesn’t know she has anything to spread. She has not been in contact with a confirmed case.
People are getting so up a height about things. This time of year colds/flu are doing the rounds especially kids going back to school they’re going to pick things up but that’s life. The world cannot stop because someone feels a bit unwell or has a bit of a temp.

 

[SarahGard83]

No way I'm staying away from my cats.

 

[monga]

People will be running around killing their neighbours cats, now they've been said to be able to carry it

It's not only cats,dogs too ..wonder does kim Jong-Un know

 

[LittleMy]

At the moment she doesn’t know she has anything to spread. She has not been in contact with a confirmed case.
People are getting so up a height about things. This time of year colds/flu are doing the rounds especially kids going back to school they’re going to pick things up but that’s life. The world cannot stop because someone feels a bit unwell or has a bit of a temp.

There is always the risk. You basically said that it was acceptable to visit someone at the end of their life when you’d been around someone who could potentially have the virus. Just because someone is on palliative care, that doesn’t mean they deserve to be put at risk. I’d say the same of someone who had the cold/flu.

 

[Robrossi]

Someone asked about the reliability of the testing on the previous thread. This is from the daily fail but Prof Heneghan explains it well - https://www.12ft.io/https://www.dai...Covid-hotspot-theyre-mass-testing-street.html

Essentially,'If you go into an area and screen, you will pick up a background level of the virus,' explains Prof Heneghan. 'There are about 40 pathogens we know about that can cause respiratory illness, and if you tested for these, you'd find them too.'

So we’re hinging everything on testing which has a dubious record of accuracy.

My kids developed a cold towards the end of summer but it was clearly just that, a cold. I didn’t get them tested because it was such a mild one, I’m not subjecting them to a test unless they develop other symptoms.

Surely everyone in the Uk will just ignore the 6 people rule? I know my family will be. It’s just gone too far now - all we need to do is protect the vulnerable and elderly at this stage. Corona will be around for years and years to come, we can’t eradicate it, so let’s just get on with life.

 

[monga]

This is our CMO's advice issued today

 

[Ohflogoff]

Someone asked about the reliability of the testing on the previous thread. This is from the daily fail but Prof Heneghan explains it well - https://www.12ft.io/https://www.dai...Covid-hotspot-theyre-mass-testing-street.html

Essentially,'If you go into an area and screen, you will pick up a background level of the virus,' explains Prof Heneghan. 'There are about 40 pathogens we know about that can cause respiratory illness, and if you tested for these, you'd find them too.'

So we’re hinging everything on testing which has a dubious record of accuracy.

My kids developed a cold towards the end of summer but it was clearly just that, a cold. I didn’t get them tested because it was such a mild one, I’m not subjecting them to a test unless they develop other symptoms.

Surely everyone in the Uk will just ignore the 6 people rule? I know my family will be. It’s just gone too far now - all we need to do is protect the vulnerable and elderly at this stage. Corona will be around for years and years to come, we can’t eradicate it, so let’s just get on with life.

Yes covid could be around for years, but I’m not too sure about getting on with life because it Could cause a catastrophic burden on the NHS.

 

[monga]

Yes covid could be around for years, but I’m not too sure about getting on with life because it Could cause a catastrophic burden on the NHS.

Exactly ! lets hope all those people that are dead set on ignoring advice realise what that means..

 

[xoxo GG]

Someone asked about the reliability of the testing on the previous thread. This is from the daily fail but Prof Heneghan explains it well - https://www.12ft.io/https://www.dai...Covid-hotspot-theyre-mass-testing-street.html

Essentially,'If you go into an area and screen, you will pick up a background level of the virus,' explains Prof Heneghan. 'There are about 40 pathogens we know about that can cause respiratory illness, and if you tested for these, you'd find them too.'

So we’re hinging everything on testing which has a dubious record of accuracy.

My kids developed a cold towards the end of summer but it was clearly just that, a cold. I didn’t get them tested because it was such a mild one, I’m not subjecting them to a test unless they develop other symptoms.

Surely everyone in the Uk will just ignore the 6 people rule? I know my family will be. It’s just gone too far now - all we need to do is protect the vulnerable and elderly at this stage. Corona will be around for years and years to come, we can’t eradicate it, so let’s just get on with life.

I’ll still be going to see my parents. There will be 7 of us in total if everybody is home, but all healthy, no underlying conditions etc. Since cases have picked up I’m back to only seeing my grandparents on the doorstep, then on the odd occasion I have had to go inside like if their shopping is too heavy I’ve worn my mask inside as well and they’ve stayed in another room. I’ll continue as I have been, distancing from people in public, wearing my mask into shops, on public transport etc. I only see people on separate days anyway, never the same.

I guess yes, I’ll be ignoring it, but it’s not reckless behaviour like the rest of my age group has been branded as doing.

 

[Ohflogoff]

Here’s a conundrum. Baby flog off is due immunisations soon. Common side effect - fever. Would I need to get Covid tests for him and the bigger ones at school?

 

[openbook1]

The news about cats has been around for months, since about May. I am not sure why it is just being reported now. They don't pass it on though and when pets have had it, it is often dead Covid cells on them.

 

[xoxo GG]

Here’s a conundrum. Baby flog off is due immunisations soon. Common side effect - fever. Would I need to get Covid tests for him and the bigger ones at school?

My little girl had her immunisations just around the peak. We asked about it and at that time she said as fever was a known side effect of immunisations, that unless the fever was persistent and lasted over 2 days alongside the use of paracetamol to control it, to then explore it potentially being down to another cause. But so much has changed since then I’ve no idea of the stance on it now

 

[birdiefly246]

Here’s a conundrum. Baby flog off is due immunisations soon. Common side effect - fever. Would I need to get Covid tests for him and the bigger ones at school?

I doubt it unless he's coughing or had a fever prior to the immunisation.

 

[SkinnyTurkeyDinosaur]

Awh this rule of six is rubbish I've been back volunteering for a while but got a messaged saying there won't be any events due to the new rules

 

[monga]

The news about cats has been around for months, since about May. I am not sure why it is just being reported now. They don't pass it on though and when pets have had it, it is often dead Covid cells on them.

This is a new study involving animals not just cats ..They tested the animals of people known to be suffering with the virus and their blood showed a certain degree of antibodies ,they then went on to study how long they lasted etc ,,as well as other effects on the animals including stray animals on the streets..