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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2020 15:27:59 GMT
Well in the UK our government has confirmed we are not trying to stop it. The chief science officer has said we can develop herd immunity if around 60 percent off us get it. That is what we are doing, but trying to spread out the infections so as not to bury our health system.
So good luck to us all here. Many will die from this strategy or end up with permanent lung scarring. We didn't even try to stop it.
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Post by Michael on Mar 13, 2020 15:55:01 GMT
So they're just not going to do anything? Wow Whiffet, my thoughts are out to You guys over there.
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Post by Bruce Tackett on Mar 13, 2020 16:09:03 GMT
Whatever anyone's opinion on this is, whether you're fearful of it or whether you're poo-pooing it, whatever's going to happen is going to happen, no matter what anyone's attitude might be.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2020 16:49:40 GMT
So they're just not going to do anything? Wow Whiffet, my thoughts are out to You guys over there. The plan seems to be to delay and spread out the infections so that our health service can cope, but accept most of us will get it. It will of course then mean we should be immune, but at what cost.
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Post by Bruce Tackett on Mar 13, 2020 17:49:55 GMT
And the UK is the one country Trump hasn't travel banned. Brilliant.
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Post by fredhutch on Mar 13, 2020 18:05:01 GMT
I told my co-workers this morning that nobody who works here is going to get sick. Fred says so. And now I'll tell you guys, none of us here are going to get sick. Fred says so.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2020 18:16:56 GMT
And the UK is the one country Trump hasn't travel banned. Brilliant. Exactly! When Italy was quarantined we continued to let people come in from there with zero checks -- free to head off into London spreading it. It drove me mad as to how they could allow it. Of course, it all makes sense now we know they don't won't to stop it -- just manage the spread until we are immune. So yes -- good luck letting us all fly over!
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Post by macky on Mar 13, 2020 19:06:27 GMT
Just had some emails from my Philippine family friends. Metro Manila is going into lock-down this Sunday.
I think at times like this, there's always going to be a mixture of cool, and hysteria. And a great majority of somewhere in the middle.
I go back to what I said before about the real danger of this disease. That one can be infected for a couple of weeks (and spreading it around through the air) before becoming unwell.
Two weeks is a long time. How many people can one seeze over in that time, or simply breath out near ?
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Post by chanduthemagician on Mar 13, 2020 19:42:20 GMT
I think border closures would have been effective at the point most would have laughed at the prospect - 1.5 months ago. We've got it on the ground now and the fact that we've tested so little means we've only detected a handful the actual infected. Social isolation is the way forward.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2020 19:42:41 GMT
Just had some emails from my Philippine family friends. Metro Manila is going into lock-down this Sunday.
I think at times like this, there's always going to be a mixture of cool, and hysteria. And a great majority of somewhere in the middle.
I go back to what I said before about the real danger of this disease. That one can be infected for a couple of weeks (and spreading it around through the air) before becoming unwell.
Two weeks is a long time. How many people can one seeze over in that time, or simply breath out near ? This is my concern. I feel fine but for all I know I may be infecting people. I trying to do all client meetings on the phone, but at some point someone is bound to kick up about that.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2020 20:07:05 GMT
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Post by Deuce Gunner on Mar 13, 2020 20:13:25 GMT
I have received emails from just about all the businesses I have ever had any dealings with (ranging from banks to pizza restaurant chains) to tell me that they are aware of the virus and are taking all measures to keep their valued customers safe, and I bet you have also. Just waiting for one from Sierraexercise.
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Post by pierinifitness on Mar 13, 2020 21:00:50 GMT
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Post by gruntbrain on Mar 13, 2020 21:05:36 GMT
During today's press conference Trump stated that exempting UK travel is being reevaluated .
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Post by pierinifitness on Mar 13, 2020 21:07:46 GMT
During today's press conference Trump stated that exempting UK travel is being reevaluated . Great idea, keep them Brits out of the USA so we don't have to listen to their "funny English."
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