I would be fascinated to learn where people are getting information from, because a lot of what is being written here, is not what is circulating in the medical community.
How can you lie there and think of England When you don't even know who's in the team
I have just received info form a Belgian friend with connections. It purports to come from an Italian doctor in Milan and contains info from a Chinese doctor in Wuhan. Take it or leave it as you will.
The virus does not do well in heat so stick to hot drinks like tea, coffee, tisanes rather than cold or iced drinks. Get outside in the sunshine at every opportunity. It can survive 12 hours on metal surfaces and several hours on clothes in contact with affected tissues so use a tissue once and bin it. Do not tuck it up your sleeve or in your pocket. It likes moisture so frequent hand washing and thorough drying and no touching of eyes, mouth or noise where it can easily pass into your system. Use gloves or a scarf to touch handles and hand rails in public places. Disinfect your keyboard and mobile phone or handset as these can hold the virus for hours.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
I use dettol wipes as they are not too wet. I do the tv controller with them as well.
This was sent to me by a statistician at Cambridge Uni. Social distancing seems to be the way to go. Apparently the "keep calm and carry on" after the first world war was why the spanish flu spread so badly.
Meant to post this earlier. OH had an appointment at RUH Bath this morning and was reassured to see noticeably more cleaning staff working hard. Also on the bus back, he says there was a strong smell of disinfectant, so Bath seems to be doing its bit to help.
- disinfecting keyboards and phones - screen spray is excellent. alcohol based. Good to use on a weekely base anyway, in normal times, as comps and phones are hotbeds for microbes.
- can we please add links for where we are sourcing our info? Else all is just gossip.
The BBC have answered one of my questions. The answer is we don't know...
2. If you recover from coronavirus are you immune?
Well,
it is too soon to tell. This virus has only been around since the end
of December, but from experience with other viruses and coronaviruses
you should have antibodies to the virus which will protect you.
With
Sars and other coronaviruses we tended not to see reinfection. Now
there are some reports from China of people who are released from
hospital subsequently testing positive but we're not sure about those
tests.
However, the key thing was those people were no longer infectious.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
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When you don't even know who's in the team
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The virus does not do well in heat so stick to hot drinks like tea, coffee, tisanes rather than cold or iced drinks. Get outside in the sunshine at every opportunity. It can survive 12 hours on metal surfaces and several hours on clothes in contact with affected tissues so use a tissue once and bin it. Do not tuck it up your sleeve or in your pocket.
It likes moisture so frequent hand washing and thorough drying and no touching of eyes, mouth or noise where it can easily pass into your system. Use gloves or a scarf to touch handles and hand rails in public places. Disinfect your keyboard and mobile phone or handset as these can hold the virus for hours.
2. If you recover from coronavirus are you immune?
Well, it is too soon to tell. This virus has only been around since the end of December, but from experience with other viruses and coronaviruses you should have antibodies to the virus which will protect you.
With Sars and other coronaviruses we tended not to see reinfection. Now there are some reports from China of people who are released from hospital subsequently testing positive but we're not sure about those tests.
However, the key thing was those people were no longer infectious.