Coronavirus Sars-CoV-2/Covid-19 Megathread

[mongers]

So, I've had the same neighbour for 30 years.

Not a friend but we have always got on with him and his family.

His father died at the weekend from Covid-19. In hospital on Thursday, dead a couple of days later.

I'm sorry Angy, I fear many of us will be missing acquaintances when the crisis is over.

[mongers]

Don't worry chaps cricket has responded to the crisis, when the season eventually starts umpires will no longer be asked to carry/wear the bowlers sweaters,caps or sunglasses. 

Though still no decision on ball handling or bowler's application of spit to shine the ball. 

[Sheilbh]

Interseting.

That self-swab test I did after signing up to Flusurvey - apparently very helpful etc etc. One thousand participants returned swans and 2% were positive, 20% had no symptoms.  Cough and fever were the most common symptoms, but most people who self reported cough, fever and loss of smell tested negative.

This is another thing that makes me think this may have been more widespread because 2% is higher than I'd have expected, especially given it's only people who are infected at that time and I think it was a few weeks  ago so early March?

[mongers]

Interseting.

That self-swab test I did after signing up to Flusurvey - apparently very helpful etc etc. One thousand participants returned swans and 2% were positive, 20% had no symptoms.  Cough and fever were the most common symptoms, but most people who self reported cough, fever and loss of smell tested negative.

This is another thing that makes me think this may have been more widespread because 2% is higher than I'd have expected, especially given it's only people who are infected at that time and I think it was a few weeks  ago so early March?

Interesting indeed, but I fear another example of British inefficiency, how the hell did you get that back into a post box?

[DGuller]

Getting regular swabs up your nose is bad enough, I heard.  I can only imagine how fun it is with swans.

[The Brain]

Haters gonna hate.

[Richard Hakluyt]

Surely only the Queen is allowed to use swans for a self-swab test?

[Sheilbh]

Public Health England contact tracing:

[Habbaku]

It's for the greater good.

[celedhring]

Spain's largest toilet paper brand announces a +50% rise in profits during the first quarter of 2020 

[Tamas]

Interseting.

That self-swab test I did after signing up to Flusurvey - apparently very helpful etc etc. One thousand participants returned swans and 2% were positive, 20% had no symptoms.  Cough and fever were the most common symptoms, but most people who self reported cough, fever and loss of smell tested negative.

This is another thing that makes me think this may have been more widespread because 2% is higher than I'd have expected, especially given it's only people who are infected at that time and I think it was a few weeks  ago so early March?

Maybe I misunderstand the pool of volunteers on this but 2% sounds way too low for any hope of this being super-widespread and super-symptomless and thus super-not-deadly.

[Legbiter]

Interesting study on age relating to infections. This, among other studies, was used to determine kids should be given more freedom to play and go to school. Kids don't seem to transmit the virus much at all.

Yeah, here the origin of every single infection has been accounted for in contact tracing except in 8 cases where it was impossible to trace where the individual got it from. And here there's not a single instance so far where a child infected an adult. Adults have infected children within households however.  That means reopening schools again will not rekindle a pandemic.

*edit* Lax precautions by adults could do so however.

[PDH]

So, in order to make sure it is safe, we have children teach the classes as the teacher could infect them all.

[Legbiter]

So, in order to make sure it is safe, we have children teach the classes as the teacher could infect them all.

Yeah it's remarkable, schools have been closed down entirely with staff, the children and all members of their households placed into quarantine after a member of staff displayed symptoms, yet no cases of children being infected by staff or each other. Not one.

[Razgovory]

My little sister got it.  She's a bit on the dumb side and hasn't taken this seriously at all.