Corona Virus - Should we be worried?

[northernringo]

7 minutes ago, Ommadawn said:

There's plenty of hysteria. Take another look at some of the posts.

Your daily posts of doom don't help either.

Happy to stop posting them.

Never intended them as posts of doom, if you look back to the start they were actually started as posts to 'de-myth' the figures the media were sensationally reporting (ie active cases vs total confirmed). Not my fault that outbreaks have happened since in Italy and the Middle East.

[squirrelarmy]

17 minutes ago, plot2pot said:

Looks like Michael Eavis might need to shave his beard.

Given a choice of a slightly reduced chance of avoiding Corona by shaving my beard or keeping the beard I’m definitely keeping my beard. 
 

You’re probably far more likely to catch it from touching an infected door handle then touching your face. 

[plot2pot]

2 minutes ago, squirrelarmy said:

Given a choice of a slightly reduced chance of avoiding Corona by shaving my beard or keeping the beard I’m definitely keeping my beard. 
 

You’re probably far more likely to catch it from touching an infected door handle then touching your face. 

I reckon my beard offers more protection than a face mask anyway - I can't imagine any virus getting past it.

[Crazyfool01]

2 minutes ago, northernringo said:

Happy to stop posting them.

Never intended them as posts of doom, if you look back to the start they were actually started as posts to 'de-myth' the figures the media were sensationally reporting (ie active cases vs total confirmed). Not my fault that outbreaks have happened since in Italy and the Middle East.

I actually dont see them as doom ... im interested in reading them ... If I wanted scaremongering theres plenty of daily newspapers available ...Thanks for updates NR 

[DareToDibble]

7 minutes ago, northernringo said:

Happy to stop posting them.

Never intended them as posts of doom, if you look back to the start they were actually started as posts to 'de-myth' the figures the media were sensationally reporting (ie active cases vs total confirmed). Not my fault that outbreaks have happened since in Italy and the Middle East.

I like the posts, find them really informative and a good way of keeping an eye on what’s happening with it globally without having to scour the internet for the information myself!

[northernringo]

Nice to hear! I'll keep up with them for now - hopefully when it calms down I'll just move it to a weekly one  

[Zoo Music Girl]

Yeah please keep posting @northernringo. Even though I'm ticketless I am finding this thread interesting. No one is forcing people to read it if they don't want to.

[kalifire]

39 minutes ago, northernringo said:

Happy to stop posting them.

Nah, ignore him and keep going. Pretending there's widespread "hysteria" here is a nonsense.

[Guest]

43 minutes ago, northernringo said:

Happy to stop posting them.

Never intended them as posts of doom, if you look back to the start they were actually started as posts to 'de-myth' the figures the media were sensationally reporting (ie active cases vs total confirmed). Not my fault that outbreaks have happened since in Italy and the Middle East.

Sorry if that came over a bit harsh. I've no time for people panicking for no reason.

Don't stop on my account. I'm sure most people here look forward to reading them. I don't have to read them after all.

 

Edited February 27, 2020 by Ommadawn

[The Nal]

Theres no hysteria really but lets face up to facts. Even if the festival does go ahead, (very very unlikely) most of us won't live to see it.

[BambooShanks]

3 minutes ago, The Nal said:

Theres no hysteria really but lets face up to facts. Even if the festival does go ahead, (very very unlikely) most of us won't live to see it.

On the positive side, if it bumps off enough people in March, all those in the resale thread stand a better chance of getting a ticket.

 

[The Nal]

2 minutes ago, Kinkyinuit said:

On the positive side, if it bumps off enough people in March, all those in the resale thread stand a better chance of getting a ticket.

 

They''ll all be dead too. 

[morph100]

1 hour ago, waynewdk said:

This book was wrote 40 years ago apparently 

Time travel proven yet again, when will people wake up to this fact?!?

[uscore]

they already did, next year.

[Lycra]

Maybe it's all a Chinese gambling conspiracy to stop Liverpool winning the league 🤔

[northernringo]

4 hours ago, northernringo said:

Today's update:

Italy obviously the main issue in Europe  and their active cases rose by 131. Could be up to a week before we see recoveries in their numbers too (their 3 original cases have all recovered).

I've had a peak at the numbers again and noticed since my update this morning Italy have announced 37 recoveries which is very encouraging as they didn't announce any of these people as patients until last Friday. That would suggest a potential recovery time of under a week.

Early days and their case numbers will definitely rise by tomorrow's stats but thought it was some good news I had noticed (and not seen widely reported in the coronavirus live feeds I'm following).

[squirrelarmy]

@northernringo these are only confirmed cases. How many people have got the virus and not actually reported it because they don’t think they’re ill enough for hospital treatment. 
 

I saw something on Reddit earlier that is pretty scary. 
 

[northernringo]

19 minutes ago, squirrelarmy said:

@northernringo these are only confirmed cases. How many people have got the virus and not actually reported it because they don’t think they’re ill enough for hospital treatment. 

Of course but sadly all we have to go on and probably still a decent indicator of its spread. It is estimated, due to the death rates being so 'high' (ie inaccurate) that in Italy and Iran there will be over 1000 cases!

[Gilb]

 - This parrot is quite obviously dead!

 - No he's not, he's just got Coronavirus. He'll recover and get up in a minute.

 

[TownesMR]

Roskilde announced their lineup today. If there was a concern about it not going forward, they probably wouldn't have announced today (as far as I see it). Glasto will have a plan, but won't be cancelled. It will surely go ahead as planned and then we can all look like this.

[Quark]

1 minute ago, TownesMR said:

Roskilde announced their lineup today. If there was a concern about it not going forward, they probably wouldn't have announced today (as far as I see it). Glasto will have a plan, but won't be cancelled. It will surely go ahead as planned and then we can all look like this.

Creepy nightmare fuel is definitely the look I was shooting for

[stuartbert two hats]

2 hours ago, northernringo said:

Happy to stop posting them.

Never intended them as posts of doom, if you look back to the start they were actually started as posts to 'de-myth' the figures the media were sensationally reporting (ie active cases vs total confirmed). Not my fault that outbreaks have happened since in Italy and the Middle East.

Keep with the informative posts.  They're the main reason I come to this thread. 

[kalifire]

Possible scenario is temperature checks on entry, much like in airports like Hong Kong. It would play havoc with the queues, and I'd hate to be a ticket holder with a high temperature that day (so close but yet so far), but what else could they do, short of cancellation?

Edited February 27, 2020 by kalifire

[Quark]

1 minute ago, kalifire said:

Possible scenario is temperature checks on entry, much like in airports like Hong Kong. It would play havoc with the queues, and I'd hate to be a ticket holder with a high temperature that day (so close but yet so far), but what else could they do, short of cancellation?

Do you know how hot the queue was this year?! No one would be allowed in!

[TownesMR]

2 minutes ago, kalifire said:

Possible scenario is temperature checks on entry, much like in airports like Hong Kong. It would play havoc with the queues, and I'd hate to be a ticket holder with a high temperature that day (so close but yet so far), but what else could they do, short of cancellation?

Host the festival as normal