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Coronavirus - How at risk am I?

TC71 said:
Got the sniffles so thought you'd go to the gym and pass on your bacteria in the air and all over the gym eqiupment. Well done you.
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Oh come on! A few sniffles won't hurt anyone, humans are a hardy bunch! I'd be more concerned about general hygiene than a few sniffles.
 

Well John, you'd best stay out of public life altogether if a few sniffles bothers you, the bus, the tube, the shops, the Drs...just about everywhere.
 

Hi there, I agree with you. Anyone would think you had gone there knowing you had coronavirus!
 
KK123 said:
Hi there, I agree with you. Anyone would think you had gone there knowing you had coronavirus!
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Well I’ve had sniffles a week no other symptoms no high temp so guess at this point in time I don’t have it, as it takes 7 days to show however next week I could have got it from someone who has it and so it goes on! In all seriousness , I just looked at figures in my area and there are 6 cases in an area population of about 306,000 .i do know this will raise sporting events are still going on. I am trying to keep myself healthy diet blood sugars etc EXCERCISE lol , until I am told OFFICIALLY I can’t go about my daily business then I will ,
 
Robinredbreast said:
Younger people are very low risk, so that's positive.
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I don't think there are any positives. A risk is a risk. As you say, we should be taking all the recommended precautions. There's a very good Youtube video of an English guy living in China who has had this virus and has now been in quarantine for 40 days. I found it very interesting if only to see the stages. It would seem that pneumonia is the final stage. It's at .

As the chart shows, youngsters are at less risk, it's no consolation when you have pneumonia and struggling for breath. I had bronchial pneumonia in my 20s and I'd rather not have it again.



Source: WHO and the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention.
 
KK123 said:
Well John, you'd best stay out of public life altogether if a few sniffles bothers you, the bus, the tube, the shops, the Drs...just about everywhere.
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Just so and then I will probably outlive you.

Just in case you have not kept up with the news.


"Anyone with a "new, continuous" cough or high temperature is now advised to self-isolate for seven days, as the UK government moves to the "delay" phase of its plan to tackle coronavirus."

PM Boris Johnson said it was "the worst public health crisis for a generation" and warned many families they would "lose loved ones before their time".

By the way one of those loved ones of mine that is severely at risk is a a young man not elderly but in his late twenties who happens to have systic fibrosis it is not just your own selfishly smug self you should be concerned for but those around you who you may put at risk.
 
I’m 62, T1, previous viral pneumonia. Control currently not great, possibly due to recent cortisone injection. Would it be sensible for me to travel to Portugal , Algarve in a couple of days time ? It feels counter intuitive to put myself through airport , spend c3 hours on an aircraft followed by 5 days eating from a buffet in a tourist hotel. I’m almost certainly not going. I can take the financial hit but interested in others views.
 
They don’t suffer the ill feeling but they still catch Coronavirus apparently. Thus they spread it without feeling particularly ill themselves. So it could quite conceivably be the young that are spreading it unawares
 

Hi John,

Welcome to the forum.

I'm 10 years younger than yourself. Spent 16 years in a metal bands & caught flights on a regular basis. Not to mention the sociable aspect of it too..
Lol, we've also been put up in some dodgy accommodation. It's all been fun & I don't like boxing my self in.

I'm not actually worried regarding myself.
But,
If I was still doing it now? I would be concerned regarding the current climate what I could be bringing back to certain vulnerable members of my family & a few of my neighbours too..

Glad these days i don't have to draught up a PR announcement & respond on social media..
 
Not that I usually suggest The Sun as a reference:
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www....ortugal-coronavirus-latest-travel-advice/amp/
 




There is no emoji for this.

There’s a world of difference between becoming a recluse and willfully allowing yourself to spread germs (Coronavirus or other).

This is why the government have to limit their advice to the bare minimum because people put their own self interest ahead of society.
 
 
Robinredbreast said:
That's the thing, we don't know if we have it, until we have symptoms., so I will carry on as usual, until told otherwise.
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Hi,

Unfortunately the "symptoms" initially are a little like every other lurgey & manflu going about.
Some do mask for a while with Sudafed. & "carry on.." Until specifically tested & "told" too late?
Then they need a good memory regarding who they came into contact with.
 
Hmm wilfully spreading germs so every other year it’s fine for anyone to walk about coughing over everyone ! I have had sniffles a runny nose I am extremely high risk due to my other illnesses but guess you’ve decided I’ve got corona virus, I think you should stand in line nd prescribe everyone who passes you in the street oh sorry ull no be out you’ll be self isolating because you sneezed because of too much pepper if I was symptomatic I wouldn’t go out I’m not so I am , are you buying lots of pasta and toilet rolls too ,
 
Sup im 14 had type 1 for 7 years probably had a 7.1/2 aveage on my hba1c in my last two three years. Does this decrease my risk of death or is my death rate still at like 8 percent
 
No it’s true any year. It’s always driven me mad people spreading any bugs rather than be more considerate. And no I don’t eat carby stuff so I’m not stock piling pasta thanks
 

Step back from the keyboard buddy..

I took a visit to Mumsnet after a rep from the site was on the news the other night.
There was a topic on training sniffer dogs to diagnose Coronavirus, cuz the can sniff drugs & cancer.?!?!

How does one go about training these gifted hounds? I hear you ask, & by what means? How long would this take..

You can colour me stupid top @Mike D , I predict a new strain. "COVID K9" anyone..?
 
bzo14 said:
Sup im 14 had type 1 for 7 years probably had a 7.1/2 aveage on my hba1c in my last two three years. Does this decrease my risk of death or is my death rate still at like 8 percent
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Hi @bzo14 ,

Welcome to the forum.

Where did you get your statistics from?

If you're 14 years old, that's at the bottom end of the likely risk of anything bad happening as a result of getting it.
Bit like the worst case of flu you ever had?

Even I'm not bovverd, & I remember da olden daze..
 
HSSS said:
No it’s true any year. It’s always driven me mad people spreading any bugs rather than be more considerate. And no I don’t eat carby stuff so I’m not stock piling pasta thanks
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Well glad to here it carbs that is ! I love em guess life in your bubble is fine for you , as my life is for me and the others around me I like you am considerate of others but I don’t over react to situations. As I’ve seen the panic it can cause , as I’ve always said mine is just an opinion
And as we know opinions are like ********* everyone’s got one but no one wants to hear it ,

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