Johns Hopkins Medical Centre - World Coronavirus infection Map by Country.

[struth]

I feel sorry for them over the President they have.. USA back to normal by Easter!

Here is the latest. NHS workers being issued parking fines

signed a petition about that recently.. basturds

[Made in 1968]

Over an hour the last car passed ours

[walpurgis]

China appear to be lifting much of their lockdown. Seems premature to me, if people mingle the infection rate will rise again.

[Marco]

Can't see Marco accepting food parcels from the army. "What no tagliatelle! And that wine is a shit vintage!" They'd probably end up shooting him

Lol - love it

For starters, we've got enough food here (dry, frozen and in tins), regardless of anything else, to last us 6 months, as we've always kept a sizeable larder of such things [remember old-fashioned larders in homes before we relied on supermarkets, 24/7?] and which will continue to be replenished while food shops are open, so we won't need any food parcels. If that happens, we'll give ours to neighbours with families to feed, or OAPs.

I don't believe that food parcels are being handed out in Italy (or Spain), despite the seriousness of the situation there, folks still go out to shop, so I'm sure that'll be the case here too, until things get back to normal.

Marco.

[Made in 1968]

Sed earlier China aint UK. Every country is doing their own thing. Only issues i see in this country is Screening, Workers forced to go to work that is not important & a shit GOV

[dave2010]

Their healthcare system is geared to help only until each patient's insurer says 'enough' and further cover is denied! And that's for those with a heathcare plan, which many don't have.

That's only true up to a point. There are public hospitals, and many of the doctors and other staff in them are doing a lot of work right now.

In the past well before this current problem I know of several people who had good treatment in public hospitals, including one patient who had a problem (heart attack?) just outside a public hospital, and was treated there. She had insurance, and could have been moved to a private hospital, but that didn't happen until it was decided it was safe to move her. The decision was that if she went straight to the hospital she was "entitled" to by the insurance, she might have died before she got there.

Right now I think many hospitals, both private and public in the US will be under severe strain, as indeed some in the NHS may be shortly.

[Made in 1968]

Something i have thought about. Is it better to stay indoors and hide from it or catch it, Recover & maybe build an immunity to it [If you are young & healthy] cos id have though you are gonna be locked away for a long time if not in fear of catching it further down the line. Been proven that people are recovering.

[Marco]

I was speaking to a customer the other day who runs a Spar shop, who believes that very thing may happen. I think the Govt will just see how the current measures perform before taking more extreme measures.

I agree. That's the common sense approach. I'll certainly be up for doing *anything* that needs to be done to get us through this mess.

Marco.

[struth]

dont think you want to deliberately catch it... If you do and your youngish and fit etc then you have a good chance it wont be too much different to the cold, but with some it can become serious... trouble is no-one knows who will get hit hard in the younger population.

[Marco]

One thing I've heard that's important when self-isolating is to expose yourself to plenty of LIGHT and HEAT from the sun, as that prevents the virus from breeding. Don't just stay cooped up indoors.

So, whilst the weather is nice folks, you should get out into your garden (if you have one), and sit in isolation, either by yourself or those you're living with, and take in some rays!

In Wrexham yesterday, the temp hit 19.5C! That's what we'll be doing later, and enjoying our lunch outdoors

Marco.