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  • Location: Stoke Gifford, nr Bristol, SGlos
  • Location: Stoke Gifford, nr Bristol, SGlos

Ocado reporting that certain goods are being heavily bought, likely stockpiling; one of them is bottled water!

Why would anyone stockpile bottled water?

Are these people worried their tap water will get infected, somehow?! Bizarre!

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  • Location: Mid Essex
  • Location: Mid Essex
1 hour ago, Ryukai said:

Live Press conference from The World Health Organization, starts at 3pm (1 hours time)

Off to a good start. Interesting how many are touching their faces. 

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  • Location: Stoke Gifford, nr Bristol, SGlos
  • Location: Stoke Gifford, nr Bristol, SGlos

'That' hotel in Tenerife. Some of the Brit guests that were there when the Italian guests were diagnosed, were flown home by Tui last night. Jet2 customers will come home today.

Interesting that no one else caught it (if testing is correct, of course) in that hotel.

Does this indicate some experts' view that the virus will struggle to survive for long in warmer temps? Thoughts?

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3 minutes ago, Snipper said:

Off to a good start. Interesting how many are touching their faces. 

I like how they're all on their phones or laptops.....probably ordering face masks off Amazon before the announcement haha

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  • Location: Mid Essex
  • Location: Mid Essex
11 minutes ago, emax said:

I like how they're all on their phones or laptops.....probably ordering face masks off Amazon before the announcement haha

Could make a lovely programme with the things they could be saying. 

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  • Location: Darlington
  • Weather Preferences: Warm dry summers
  • Location: Darlington

Tajikistan are banning entry to citizens from 35 countries including; USA, UK, China, Iran, and Japan

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  • Location: Exeter, Devon, UK. alt 10m asl
  • Location: Exeter, Devon, UK. alt 10m asl
50 minutes ago, Bristle boy said:

'That' hotel in Tenerife. Some of the Brit guests that were there when the Italian guests were diagnosed, were flown home by Tui last night. Jet2 customers will come home today.

Interesting that no one else caught it (if testing is correct, of course) in that hotel.

Does this indicate some experts' view that the virus will struggle to survive for long in warmer temps? Thoughts?

Maybe, which would obviously be good news.

How many Italian guests were actually diagnosed? Possible that it simply means it was caught early enough there before it was spread to other guests?

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  • Location: Clacton-on-Sea, Essex
  • Location: Clacton-on-Sea, Essex

From the head of the WHO just now;

15:50

'A unique virus' - WHO chief

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, says the new coronavirus "is a unique virus with unique features".

"This virus is not influenza. We have never before seen a pathogen that can transfer between individuals [so easily]."

"Containment of Covid-19 must remain the top priority for all countries," he says, adding that governments have "no choice but to act now".

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  • Location: Eastbourne and Larnaca,Cyprus .
  • Location: Eastbourne and Larnaca,Cyprus .
12 minutes ago, fujita5 said:

From the head of the WHO just now;

15:50

'A unique virus' - WHO chief

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, says the new coronavirus "is a unique virus with unique features".

"This virus is not influenza. We have never before seen a pathogen that can transfer between individuals [so easily]."

"Containment of Covid-19 must remain the top priority for all countries," he says, adding that governments have "no choice but to act now".

That sounds rather ominous . If it’s not passed in the normal way with most transmission by either larger droplets from coughs or sneezes or alternatively surface transmission then that’s a major escalation. If the implication is people can transmit it by simple breathing next to someone then that’s awful .

 

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  • Location: Clacton-on-Sea, Essex
  • Location: Clacton-on-Sea, Essex
1 minute ago, nick sussex said:

That sounds rather ominous . If it’s not passed in the normal way with most transmission by either larger droplets from coughs or sneezes or alternatively surface transmission then that’s a major escalation. If the implication is people can transmit it by simple breathing next to someone then that’s awful .

 

Not sure what that means.  It certainly doesn't sound good!

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  • Location: Stoke Gifford, nr Bristol, SGlos
  • Location: Stoke Gifford, nr Bristol, SGlos
19 minutes ago, swebby said:

Maybe, which would obviously be good news.

How many Italian guests were actually diagnosed? Possible that it simply means it was caught early enough there before it was spread to other guests?

Maybe, but then again reports and pictures last week from the hotel, indicated it wasnt exactly controlled quarantine.

The warm weather 'theory' may be true; a professor on itv this morning said he thought it will die down during late Spring and Summer, but he is increasingly of the opinion that it will re-appear next late Autumn/Winter, just like seasonal flu. Oh joy!

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  • Location: Herts
  • Location: Herts
1 hour ago, Bristle boy said:

Ocado reporting that certain goods are being heavily bought, likely stockpiling; one of them is bottled water!

Why would anyone stockpile bottled water?

Are these people worried their tap water will get infected, somehow?! Bizarre!

Not just Ocado. A friend works for a supermarket and the number of items ordered online over the weekend is double that of the same time last year. 
 

They have also had several people going into store asking for cases of hand sanitizers and hand wipes - of which they’ve already sold out of anyway. 

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  • Location: Clacton-on-Sea, Essex
  • Location: Clacton-on-Sea, Essex
1 minute ago, Snipper said:

Not sure that is what was said

No it's not massively clear is it.  Would probably help if this was clarified by the WHO in terms of how they're saying it spreads.

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  • Location: Eastbourne and Larnaca,Cyprus .
  • Location: Eastbourne and Larnaca,Cyprus .
1 minute ago, fujita5 said:

Not sure what that means.  It certainly doesn't sound good!

I think they need to be more explicit as to how they’ve come to this conclusion . But of course on the other hand if it’s the case that transmission can occur more easily then panic could really break out amongst the public .

But once the head of WHO has made those comments he’s really likely to cause panic anyway !

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  • Location: St rads Dover
  • Weather Preferences: Snow, T Storms.
  • Location: St rads Dover
2 hours ago, Bristle boy said:

Never done that myself.

 

Not me, but people do. 

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  • Location: Aviemore
  • Location: Aviemore
5 minutes ago, fujita5 said:

No it's not massively clear is it.  Would probably help if this was clarified by the WHO in terms of how they're saying it spreads.

They have already:

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People can catch COVID-19 from others who have the virus. The disease can spread from person to person through small droplets from the nose or mouth which are spread when a person with COVID-19 coughs or exhales. These droplets land on objects and surfaces around the person. Other people then catch COVID-19 by touching these objects or surfaces, then touching their eyes, nose or mouth. People can also catch COVID-19 if they breathe in droplets from a person with COVID-19 who coughs out or exhales droplets. This is why it is important to stay more than 1 meter (3 feet) away from a person who is sick.

WHO is assessing ongoing research on the ways COVID-19 is spread and will continue to share updated findings.    

From this page:

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WHO is continuously monitoring and responding to this outbreak. This Q&A will be updated as more is known about COVID-19, how it spreads and how it is affecting people worldwide. For more...

Not to say they won't change that, as it mentions above. But in the meantime it's probably better not to read between the lines of what someone is saying to draw different conclusions, as quite often 2+2=5 when doing that sort of thing. 

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  • Location: Exeter, Devon, UK. alt 10m asl
  • Location: Exeter, Devon, UK. alt 10m asl
1 minute ago, nick sussex said:

I think they need to be more explicit as to how they’ve come to this conclusion . But of course on the other hand if it’s the case that transmission can occur more easily then panic could really break out amongst the public .

But once the head of WHO has made those comments he’s really likely to cause panic anyway !

I wonder if he is referring to the report that it contains a "furin cleavage site" and this has then been lost in translation?  I.e that it is unusual for coronaviruses?

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  • Location: Haute Vienne, Limousin, France (404m ASL)
  • Weather Preferences: Warm and sunny with night time t-storms
  • Location: Haute Vienne, Limousin, France (404m ASL)
3 hours ago, alexisj9 said:

Maybe we should stop kissing the belarny stone then in Ireland, I probably spelt that wrong sorry. Surely a similar type of tradition. 

"Blarney", but you're forgiven! It's very difficult with "le bise" over here in France because it's almost like an automatic reaction and I often give my less "on the ball" folks a kiss on the head or face when I arrive or leave. Human to human emotional contact when you are dealing with vulnerable people who you dearly like is very difficult to avoid. Holding a hand when someone is distressed is the most natural thing in the world.

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