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Post by Crunchy Col on Jun 1, 2020 11:54:46 GMT
Would be nice if we could have 'live' discussions here - it's not exactly worth posting anything about what's happening when replies don't come in for four hours!
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Post by tory on Jun 1, 2020 12:03:54 GMT
Some of us have work!
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Post by Crunchy Col on Jun 1, 2020 12:05:48 GMT
Just a general complaint.
I started work today too - pop in here on my lunch break and nothing's been posted in two fucking hours!
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Post by tory on Jun 3, 2020 15:22:45 GMT
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Post by ~ / % ? * on Jun 3, 2020 20:08:56 GMT
The novel coronavirus is primarily spread amongst adults who are about the same age. Within families, the virus is mainly transmitted from adults to children. Children are sometimes infected with the virus, but less often than adults. There were no families in which a child under 12 years old was the first patient in the family. These findings are from the first part of the ‘First Few Hundred’ study conducted by RIVM National Institute for Public Health and the Environment .
The results of the study on COVID-19 in Dutch families confirm the impression that children do not play a significant role in the transmission of the virus. They may become ill, but their symptoms are often very mild. This is a marked difference from the seasonal flu (influenza), where we often see children passing the virus to each other or to adults. This appears to occur far less frequently for the novel coronavirus. The findings from the study are in line with the results of research being done in other countries, including studies in China and South Korea. Following peer review, RIVM published the results in the Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde (NTVG), the leading medical journal in the Netherlands.
rivm.nl/en/news/initial-results-on-how-covid-19-spreads-within-dutch-families
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Post by Crunchy Col on Jun 5, 2020 0:40:03 GMT
Better late than never with the new gov't laws regarding face masks on public transport - but what's the thinking behind the exemptions for old people and the disabled? do they think this makes them appear more caring or something?
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Post by rayge on Jun 5, 2020 8:50:39 GMT
Better late than never with the new gov't laws regarding face masks on public transport - but what's the thinking behind the exemptions for old people and the disabled? do they think this makes them appear more caring or something? What new 'laws' are these? I refuse to wear a mask because I suffer from claustrophobia, so it matters to me.
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Post by Crunchy Col on Jun 5, 2020 9:15:54 GMT
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Post by rayge on Jun 5, 2020 9:57:28 GMT
I'll buy a burka then.
seriously, this is a big problem for me. I've been claustrophobic all my life and it seems to be getting worse - I can't even watch TV of people in confined or constricted situations. I wonder if that will count as 'breathing difficulties'. I suppose I'll have to wear a scarf loosely wrapped around my face in mid-summer.
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Post by Half Machine Lipschitz on Jun 5, 2020 12:13:47 GMT
You're already exempt, Ray!
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Post by Crunchy Col on Jun 5, 2020 12:17:05 GMT
Sorry - I got it wrong!
it's BABIES and disabled people who are exempt...
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Post by ~ / % ? * on Jun 5, 2020 19:03:38 GMT
“Tremendous progress is being made on vaccines,” Trump said during a Friday morning news conference from the White House. “In fact, we’re ready to go in terms of transportation and logistics. We have over 2 million ready to go if it checks out for safety.”
You go first, Orange privilege.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2020 22:37:47 GMT
Irelands opening up more next week, we're in a 3rd phase of relaxing restrictions, with 3 weeks between phases. I think a good sign is that family might be allowed in to old folks homes from next week, but they're still doing research on it.
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Post by Crunchy Col on Jun 6, 2020 9:12:34 GMT
Well the UK government has made another mistake. We're not ready to be released from the lockdown. I'm not sure it matters what they say, tho'. What helps is that we're all now equipped with enough basic information about the virus and its behaviour to help us make important decisions (OK, experts are disagreeing about some specifics but we have more than enough). We don't need the government in any sense, at any level. It's quite nice to think of it like that. Matthew Parris attacks BJ in today's Times - can't see the whole article but backbench Tories and Lab frontbenchers are all over it on Twitter.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2020 11:14:10 GMT
Is there a certain arrogance to the British response or lack of comprehension of the seriousness of the virus?
We kinda went the other way and treated it like the next coming of the plague.
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