Coronavirus

[I'm_cabbaged]

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The sky news article is listed on Google as being 11 hours ago. I believe my original comment was at 11pm last night.

Maybe the Sky news mobile site didn't have it listed when I looked, maybe it wasn't sorted onto the front page... I have no idea.

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😂about 11 hrs ago?

[Dinkydoo]

Let's stop spamming the thread. I know we're all bored but surely there's better things to argue about rather than whether or not I could phsyically see an article or if it existed on the mobile version a website at the time.

Maybe I need glasses.

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[JeMeSouviens]

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The "kids can't get it" mis-information has just been proved nonsense as a 6 year old has been diagnosed in NSW, Australia.

Nobody said they can't get it, just that it affects them less. These are the stats from the Imperial College report:

Age-group(years), % symptomatic cases requiring hospitalisation, % hospitalised cases requiring critical care, Infection Fatality Ratio

0 to 9 0.1% 5.0% 0.002%
10 to 19 0.3% 5.0% 0.006%
20 to 29 1.2% 5.0% 0.03%
30 to 39 3.2% 5.0% 0.08%
40 to 49 4.9% 6.3% 0.15%
50 to 59 10.2% 12.2% 0.60%
60 to 69 16.6% 27.4% 2.2%
70 to 79 24.3% 43.2% 5.1%
80+ 27.3% 70.9% 9.3%

[stoneyburn hibs]

My Mrs works in a care home and has just called me saying that they are down to 5 staff, it should be more than double that number.

Staff members calling in or leaving, saying they are self isolating.
No resident has any symptoms, people will take advantage of this situation.

[Moulin Yarns]

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Maybe something to do with the fact the army seems to be mobilising as per pictures from the Edinburgh bypass today...

Proof that these were fake photos as the latest images emerge from London

[Keyser Sauzee]

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Nobody said they can't get it, just that it affects them less. These are the stats from the Imperial College report:

Age-group(years), % symptomatic cases requiring hospitalisation, % hospitalised cases requiring critical care, Infection Fatality Ratio

0 to 9 0.1% 5.0% 0.002%
10 to 19 0.3% 5.0% 0.006%
20 to 29 1.2% 5.0% 0.03%
30 to 39 3.2% 5.0% 0.08%
40 to 49 4.9% 6.3% 0.15%
50 to 59 10.2% 12.2% 0.60%
60 to 69 16.6% 27.4% 2.2%
70 to 79 24.3% 43.2% 5.1%
80+ 27.3% 70.9% 9.3%

I take it these are worldwide stats?

[Ozyhibby]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-sc...mpression=true

Big jump to 6 dead in Scotland now.


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[JeMeSouviens]

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I take it these are worldwide stats?

They are estimates, I think mainly based on analysis from China. The table is from the Imperial College guys the govt are using, report was linked here a few pages back.

https://www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imp...3TV-SOs7CEvLOs

[RyeSloan]

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-sc...mpression=true

Big jump to 6 dead in Scotland now.


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Not a huge rise in cases though...

32 I think it was yesterday

37 today


Obviously they are just starting to ramp up testing with now a capacity for 3,000 per day so likely to see that number rise but thankfully no explosive growth day on day yet.

[Beefster]

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I was wondering about E-cigarettes. We all know that the virus is spread via droplets. Vapour is nothing more than tiny droplets, so are people who are infected who also vape not just spewing out millions of potential vapour virus paratroopers every time they exhale?

Seemingly not.

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/worl...-a4386996.html

[HiBremian]

Update from here on Lanzarote.

It was feared that there were 4 new cases earlier this week, but initial positive tests on the island have been proved false by more thorough testing in Madrid. I guess this means there are two types of test going on

Good news is it means we are back to just 3 cases in all. Other than a few nutjob tourists who came in this week, identified by residents, flights are coming in empty to take folks home, so there's a good chance the island will soon be virus-free.

[Moulin Yarns]

Laura K on twitter.

No 10 says there is 'zero prospect' of a big lockdown of London - as we've been reporting there might be tightening of restrictions but remember that is VERY different from other suggestions of travel bans or the kind of total lockdowns some other countries have pursued

[JeMeSouviens]

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Not a huge rise in cases though...

32 I think it was yesterday

37 today


Obviously they are just starting to ramp up testing with now a capacity for 3,000 per day so likely to see that number rise but thankfully no explosive growth day on day yet.

Probably still a bit early to tell if we are fitting what seems to be the "usual" western growth curve or not:

https://public.flourish.studio/visua...sation/1539180

[Moulin Yarns]

To cheer us up.

https://twitter.com/danajaybein/stat...491494912?s=19

[CloudSquall]

Wuhan province reporting no new cases for the first time which is positive news.


Looks like China and Korea are preparing themselves for the possible 2nd wave that could come with people returning or arriving from overseas but with the measures they have in place now they should be in a good position to handle that.

[The Pointer]

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Proof that these were fake photos as the latest images emerge from London

Exactly, bllsht. We drive on the left and check the no. plate on the low-loader. I saw a message yesterday saying we're all doomed accompanying a video of Challenger tanks.

[hibeesjoe]

I'm sure some folk are getting a buzz out of the situation. All excited like it's big joke that won't affect them

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[Sir David Gray]

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Not a huge rise in cases though...

32 I think it was yesterday

37 today


Obviously they are just starting to ramp up testing with now a capacity for 3,000 per day so likely to see that number rise but thankfully no explosive growth day on day yet.

266 cases - 39 more than yesterday with 3 new deaths.

[DH1875]

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Update from here on Lanzarote.

It was feared that there were 4 new cases earlier this week, but initial positive tests on the island have been proved false by more thorough testing in Madrid. I guess this means there are two types of test going on

Good news is it means we are back to just 3 cases in all. Other than a few nutjob tourists who came in this week, identified by residents, flights are coming in empty to take folks home, so there's a good chance the island will soon be virus-free.

Lucky your not on mainland. Their latest figures are frightening.

[Dinkydoo]

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I'm sure some folk are getting a buzz out of the situation. All excited like it's big joke that won't affect them

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The same people with houses full of supplies to last months and who probably won't be all that affected by having to stay indoors for a couple of weeks.

Simply put, people will have personal and legal reasons as to why being in total lockdown from tomorrow really isn't an option. They won't be enjoying the gossip, quite as much.

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[HiBremian]

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Lucky your not on mainland. Their latest figures are frightening.

Sorry in many ways to have to leave next week. But Bremen seems pretty safe right now, and here we’re limited to mobile data ;-)


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[Hiber-nation]

Scottish exams cancelled and grades based on coursework. No surprise. Expect lots of appeals!

[The 90+2]

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Scottish exams cancelled and grades based on coursework. No surprise. Expect lots of appeals!

Hope teachers are a lot fairer these days then.

[Jay]

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Scottish exams cancelled and grades based on coursework. No surprise. Expect lots of appeals!

It cant be from their prelims alone as theres no consistency. Also predicted grades are rubbish, my kids have always scored above their predictions. I cant see how this is gonna work. My sons got an unconditional and a conditional offer for uni and im sure he will be given what he needs for the conditional but the 4th and 5th years are gonna suffer from this in the future i think .
My boys gutted the work hes done on 2 massive assignments are not going to be marked properly.
Nobodys fault, unprecedented times but really sad for the 6th years. Walking out tomorrow, no exams, no leavers ceremony, no yearbook, no end of school trip and the proms been postponed . They feel like theyve been forgotten.

[CloudSquall]

If my grades had been based on my coursework through the year I'd have been up **** creek without a paddle..

[DaveF]

I'm a bit concerned as my kid is in 4th year. She did well in her prelims and her coursework has always been of a high standard but it just smacks me as being a bit of a lottery in terms of how they will hand out results.

This will have a huge impact on all these kids going forward. Not really sure what to make of it all.

[greenlex]

Don’t know why the exams could not have gone ahead. Smaller exam rooms with more spacing (There’s gonna be plenty available) there will be plenty teachers available to adjudicate. Remote teaching/support between now and the exams is surely not outwith the realms of possibility. Seems a bit strange to me. Maybe the government are party to information we aren’t and all that is not going to be possible going forward.

[DaveF]

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Don’t know why the exams could not have gone ahead. Smaller exam rooms with more spacing (There’s gonna be plenty available) there will be plenty teachers available to adjudicate. Remote teaching/support between now and the exams is surely not outwith the realms of possibility. Seems a bit strange to me. Maybe the government are party to information we aren’t and all that is not going to be possible going forward.

Must admit, I thought the same thing.

Split the kids into smaller groups across empty classrooms and that would do it.

[RyeSloan]

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Don’t know why the exams could not have gone ahead. Smaller exam rooms with more spacing (There’s gonna be plenty available) there will be plenty teachers available to adjudicate. Remote teaching/support between now and the exams is surely not outwith the realms of possibility. Seems a bit strange to me. Maybe the government are party to information we aren’t and all that is not going to be possible going forward.

Remote teaching might work for some but probably those that would succeed the most in that regard would be the pupils that come from wealthier or better backgrounds. Can’t imagine the home lives for a lot of pupils would always be conducive to them ‘attending my lessons via MS Teams or the like.

I would suggest it would be highly unfair to examine pupils who have just lost their last vital few weeks / months of teaching, esp. those doing highers.

All in all it’s a situation that simply cannot give positive outcomes for all the kids involved as some will benefit from the proposed approach while others who may have been a bit crap or lackadaisical during the year but pull it out the bag on the day of the exam will lose out.

[greenlex]

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Remote teaching might work for some but probably those that would succeed the most in that regard would be the pupils that come from wealthier or better backgrounds. Can’t imagine the home lives for a lot of pupils would always be conducive to them ‘attending my lessons via MS Teams or the like.

I would suggest it would be highly unfair to examine pupils who have just lost their last vital few weeks / months of teaching, esp. those doing highers.

All in all it’s a situation that simply cannot give positive outcomes for all the kids involved as some will benefit from the proposed approach while others who may have been a bit crap or lackadaisical during the year but pull it out the bag on the day of the exam will lose out.

Any more unfair highly or otherwise than what’s going to happen?