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Just saw this from one of my friends who works in the NHS . It’s a post by another nurse. I am just exasperated! We got told at hand over this morning to be extra vigilant on our way home as NHS staff are getting mugged for their ID's in order to go to Tesco's the hour earlier they have allocated for NHS staff. What the hell is wrong with people????

Wishing it was a delorean

**** this is a post that deserves to have the swear filter turned off

Just watched Ant and Decs takeaway with no audience. And got thinking my wife watches soaps (I do like Emmerdale probably cause I don’t like to far from the Forest if Dean so it’s like real life for me) and things like X factor and the sort. Now some will say this is a good thing, but these are obviously going to have trouble filming. So it won’t be long till we are in a time when it’s only repeats on the TV.

Just Read this and copied and pasted it Good read from an immunologist at Johns Hopkins University Not really feeling sick and do not want to be..but if you are feeling confused as to why Coronavirus is a bigger deal than Seasonal flu? Here it is in a nutshell. I hope this helps. Feel free to share this to others who don’t understand... It has to do with RNA sequencing.... I.e. genetics. Seasonal flu is an “all human virus”. The DNA/RNA chains that make up the virus are recognized by the human immune system. This means that your body has some immunity to it before it comes around each year... you get immunity two ways...through exposure to a virus, or by getting a flu shot. Novel viruses, come from animals.... the WHO tracks novel viruses in animals, (sometimes for years watching for mutations). Usually these viruses only transfer from animal to animal (pigs in the case of H1N1) (birds in the case of the Spanish flu). But once, one of these animal viruses mutates, and starts to transfer from animals to humans... then it’s a problem, Why? Because we have no natural or acquired immunity.. the RNA sequencing of the genes inside the virus isn’t human, and the human immune system doesn’t recognize it so, we can’t fight it off. Now.... sometimes, the mutation only allows transfer from animal to human, for years it’s only transmission is from an infected animal to a human before it finally mutates so that it can now transfer human to human... once that happens..we have a new contagion phase. And depending on the fashion of this new mutation, thats what decides how contagious, or how deadly it’s gonna be.. H1N1 was deadly....but it did not mutate in a way that was as deadly as the Spanish flu. It’s RNA was slower to mutate and it attacked its host differently, too. Fast forward. Now, here comes this Coronavirus... it existed in animals only, for nobody knows how long...but one day, at an animal market, in Wuhan China, in December 2019, it mutated and made the jump from animal to people. At first, only animals could give it to a person... But here is the scary part.... in just TWO WEEKS it mutated again and gained the ability to jump from human to human. Scientists call this quick ability, “slippery” This Coronavirus, not being in any form a “human” virus (whereas we would all have some natural or acquired immunity). Took off like a rocket. And this was because, Humans have no known immunity...doctors have no known medicines for it. And it just so happens that this particular mutated animal virus, changed itself in such a way the way that it causes great damage to human lungs.. That’s why Coronavirus is different from seasonal flu, or H1N1 or any other type of influenza.... this one is slippery AF. And it’s a lung eater...And, it’s already mutated AGAIN, so that we now have two strains to deal with, strain s, and strain L....which makes it twice as hard to develop a vaccine. We really have no tools in our shed, with this. History has shown that fast and immediate closings of public places has helped in the past pandemics. Philadelphia and Baltimore were reluctant to close events in 1918 and they were the hardest hit in the US during the Spanish Flu. Factoid: Henry VIII stayed in his room and allowed no one near him, till the Black Plague passed...(honestly...I understand him so much better now). Just like us, he had no tools in his shed, except social isolation... And let me end by saying....right now it’s hitting older folks harder... but this genome is so slippery...if it mutates again (and it will). Who is to say, what it will do next. Be smart folks... acting like you’re unafraid is so not needed right now. #flattenthecurve. Stay home folks...

When I had one I said I’m glad they called because yes I had one. They took notes down then they asked me what injuries I sustained. I said decapitation, and could hear him tapping his computer and asked anything else, then it dawned on him and the phone went dead.

Hong Kong are reporting with all the returning holiday makers and business travellers that they may spike again.

This is the video report from inside the Italian hospital in case no one has seen it.

I’ve been looking at this, if the figures are accurate then we are currently 6 away from 10,000 world deaths. https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/ strangely / luckily Russia only has one,

But it has to true, its on Facebook everything on there is true isn't it??

You need Facebook to see this

It’s ok they will all be queuing in MacDonalds come Monday when the kids are out of school.

Reported earlier today https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/18/health/coronavirus-antiviral-drugs-fail.html However if they find a vaccine from something that has already been approved then trials are massively reduced. One thing I’ve thought and could be miles of track here (I’m concrete technical not medical technical) If the common flu mutates then how do they get the vaccines ready each year?

Always thought that until I had grandkids.

The issue is not going to be reinfected with the virus. The issue next year until they get the vaccine is the ones it don’t get are vulnerable to be the statistics next year.

What like suspending football last Thursday only 5 days ago The way I see it (lucky enough to have a wife who is a director of an insurance company to tell me, very little businesses have BI insurance and if they do COVID-19 certainly is not named on notify-able deceases) is the government are asking us the general public to take control and stay away, rather than imposing a ban. But we all know that will be coming within days rather than weeks. My wife sent me this link regarding insurance cover against this pandemic. https://www.abi.org.uk/news/news-articles/2020/03/statement-on-business-insurance-and-coronavirus/

France is closing it’s bars and restaurants midnight tonight.

Rather than cancelling and making it null and void. Why not double the points from the clubs first meetings. Be shite for us but that way they could say it’s the fairest.