Covid-19 Megathread

[ReturnOfTheMack]

Our work have offered redeployment into the NHS, I have offered myself up. No idea what I can do to help, but anything I can do I will.

[Egg Shen]

Been looking around online but cant seem to find an answer to this. How many daily deaths have been happening daily in UK since the death rate of Covid-19 has really risen? I read on average 1,600 people die a day in the UK (pre-virus). During this time are those 1,600 dying as well as the Coronavirus deaths? or is the overall figure still closer to 1600?

Edited April 12, 2020 by Egg Shen

[SuperBacon]

1 hour ago, ReturnOfTheMack said:

Our work have offered redeployment into the NHS, I have offered myself up. No idea what I can do to help, but anything I can do I will.

That's fantastic. Sorry if I've missed it, but what did you do before? 

On the note of symptoms, is piles one? I've had a few days off and even with a daily walk/run, my bums gone all sore again (out of context this and you're a gimp) from all the sitting. Fucking killing me.

[PunkStep]

4 minutes ago, SuperBacon said:

my bums gone all sore again

This fucking forum

[ReturnOfTheMack]

1 minute ago, SuperBacon said:

That's fantastic. Sorry if I've missed it, but what did you do before? 

Besides my wife being a landlord?

 

I work in a theatre (as in plays, not operations) as a manager. Fuck all in common, but the parent company is working with the local council to do all kinds of social work for the vulnerable, but they emailed us yesterday to offer work with the local hospitals in a variety of roles. If it helps I will happily clean the fucking toilets (and I have often done that in the theatre), everything that is a help is a fucking help right now. I dont have kids, or live with anyone elderly or otherwise at higher risk, so I want to try to do my bit. And not vote Tory.

[Undefeated Steak]

1 hour ago, Egg Shen said:

Been looking around online but cant seem to find an answer to this. How many daily deaths have been happening daily in UK since the death rate of Covid-19 has really risen? I read on average 1,600 people die a day in the UK (pre-virus). During this time are those 1,600 dying as well as the Coronavirus deaths? or is the overall figure still closer to 1600?

There's a decent article on the BBC that doesn't answer it directly but relates to the overall figures. Apologies if it's already been posted https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/health-51979654

[Frankie Crisp]

2 hours ago, wandshogun09 said:

On a serious note, has anyone on here had any symptoms? I’ve had an earache for a few days now and my wife, always being the type to google any ailment, looked it up in relation to Coronavirus. Turns out it’s been a symptom in some cases. But everything seems to be a symptom now from a rash to the shits. It’s making me paranoid now but I haven’t had any other symptom so I’m hoping it’s nothing. 

I’ve had a headache and felt drained for day or so, but I think it’s down to reading this thread rather than me being a bit Coronavirusey.

[SuperBacon]

12 minutes ago, ReturnOfTheMack said:

Besides my wife being a landlord?

 

I work in a theatre (as in plays, not operations) as a manager. Fuck all in common, but the parent company is working with the local council to do all kinds of social work for the vulnerable, but they emailed us yesterday to offer work with the local hospitals in a variety of roles. If it helps I will happily clean the fucking toilets (and I have often done that in the theatre), everything that is a help is a fucking help right now. I dont have kids, or live with anyone elderly or otherwise at higher risk, so I want to try to do my bit. And not vote Tory.

That's cool.

Not in the current climate, but I like the idea of a bunch of thesps working in a hospital, being incredibly overdramatic about minor illnesses like an ingrowing toenail, or piles. It's a bit sitcom-y.

Best of luck to you.

[Lenin]

One thing that makes me sceptical of a longer-term exit strategy is the underlying statements that "everyone will get it at some point" and the implications that would have for the NHS, economy and way of life.

Despite everything, the government is still informing civil servants that this is the case. You'll have seen the uproar at the Home Office trying to get workers at the passport office back this week. I work for another department who are handling the situation very well and continuing the work from home approach. However, higher up we have officially been told the same thing. Everyone will get it. 

In order for that to happen there would need to be 2-3 months of lockdown, followed by easing, followed by increased infection rate, followed by 2-3 months of lockdown. That could last a couple of years surely? 

It's mind boggling and the fact that the daily updates reinforce a feeling no-one knows what's going on doesn't help. Very strange times.

[quote the raven]

6 minutes ago, Suplex Sinner said:

One thing that makes me sceptical of a longer-term exit strategy is the underlying statements that "everyone will get it at some point" and the implications that would have for the NHS, economy and way of life.

Despite everything, the government is still informing civil servants that this is the case. You'll have seen the uproar at the Home Office trying to get workers at the passport office back this week. I work for another department who are handling the situation very well and continuing the work from home approach. However, higher up we have officially been told the same thing. Everyone will get it. 

In order for that to happen there would need to be 2-3 months of lockdown, followed by easing, followed by increased infection rate, followed by 2-3 months of lockdown. That could last a couple of years surely? 

It's mind boggling and the fact that the daily updates reinforce a feeling no-one knows what's going on doesn't help. Very strange times.

I said it before vaccine, treatment antibody or mass mass testing is the only real way out. Or we will be in and out of lockdown till they happen. Any attempt to re open will sooner or later result in a spike again 

[Chest Rockwell]

Has anyone else completely stopped watching or reading the news? I've knocked it all on the head completely. I have no idea what the latest 'news' is but if something important happens or the guidance changes my wife will let me know, I assume. 

[wordsfromlee]

19 minutes ago, Chest Rockwell said:

Has anyone else completely stopped watching or reading the news? I've knocked it all on the head completely. I have no idea what the latest 'news' is but if something important happens or the guidance changes my wife will let me know, I assume. 

Yeah I did after the lockdown was announced and I was furloughed. It's massively helped with my anxiety. I don't need constant updates of how many people are dying per day, how uncertain life is going to be, how fucked a lot of other peoples lives are with losing jobs/being quarantined etc. Knocking the drink on the head helped too.

[Jazzy G]

I'm only really watching gaming videos on YouTube, cracking on with Bob's Burgers and a series about Greek Myths on Amazon Prime, but mostly as background noise while I'm doing something else so I can concentrate better. I want to find some Documentaries to watch now the Ken Burns ones have been taken off Netflix. 

[Egg Shen]

for anyone who has knocked the news on the head and would prefer to hear updates of a more optimistic kind, i recommend following Karol Sikora on twitter (@profkarolsikora) he helps feel a little bit better about this situation every day.

[Briefcase]

3 hours ago, David said:

If the lockdown lasts anywhere close to a year, it'll be interesting to see what kind of world is even left by that point.

Everything is fine and dandy just now, but once we get a couple of monthly paydays in I can see that changing. Unemployment in the US has risen by over 6 million people in the space of a week with 16 million jobs gone in the past three weeks, and food banks are being overrun at the moment.

That's after, what? Barely a month? Let's see how we're all doing in three months.

We're seeing some experts predicting 1930's great depression era repercussions, and everything that comes with that. The Government will only be able to assist so much, as less people working means less taxation, and we're certainly not spending anywhere near as much as usual. It's a disaster waiting to happen. I said it weeks ago, but the actual virus itself will soon be the least of our worries.

Without dragging this thread back into a 'Tories are cunts' discussion it does make you think whether the government know more than they are letting on and whether they held out longer for lockdown incase this went longer than originally anticipated and it affected jobs, businesses & the economy.

I don't think there is a right answer as such, if you lockdown earlier you may save lives but unemployment brings its own problems if lockdown is longer than expected (people are still going out even during lockdown), then there's the mental health aspect of people staying in doors too long and all the panic buying if you close everything at once.

I'm not defending the Tories but my personal view is that this is a no win situation and until a cure is found the risk will always be there as when life does return to normal, people will still go to work, travel & socialise.