Coronavirus Discussion So.... The Coronavirus / COVID-19

[Topaz]

Hope it comes back negative and he’s back to normal soon

So do we. My daughter is diabetic and they have a six month baby

 

[Jon]

Food factories are having a rough time.

Coronavirus: 72 workers test positive for COVID-19 at dessert factory in Nottinghamshire

Bakkavor, which describes itself as "the leading provider of fresh prepared food in the UK", will now test every factory employee.

news.sky.com

 

[homie]

M&S to shed 7000 jobs. Given they are an essentials retailer (food and clothes) they have done pretty badly through Covid.

If they can't restructure and have a good Christmas I can see them gone by this time next year.

 

[Jon]

M&S to shed 7000 jobs. Given they are an essentials retailer (food and clothes) they have done pretty badly through Covid.

If they can't restructure and have a good Christmas I can see them gone by this time next year.

I actually misread that headline and thought it was over 3 years and not 3 months!!!

we have a HUGE M&S store near us that costs god knows how much to run and rent and the only bit of the store where it is ever busy is the food section!!

I thought M&S were meant to start their home delivery soon via Ocado. M&S have always just pretended like online food ordering hasn’t existed over the last few years which I always thought was kind of odd

 

[Topaz]

Son-in-law's Covid test came back negative, thank goodness.

 

[Jon]

ONS have said again today that the virus is being mainly transmitted within households rather than work places (factories are the exception), restaurants, pubs, schools etc.

 

[Jon]

Hurry up with this please

Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said the UK government is aiming to “ramp up” rapid-turnaround, population-wide testing “over the remainder of this year”.

The new tests are being assessed for reliability at government labs in Porton Down. They are potentially easier to administer and much quicker than the current tests – which have to be sent to a lab and can take a day to turn around.

Some of the tests being assessed can provide results in minutes. And some test saliva instead of requiring a swab from the back of the throat.

Hancock’s aim is to have a system where anyone can tests themselves on a regular basis – potentially each day.

Such a regime would do away with the need for quarantine and fewer people would need to self-isolate for several days.

 

[Jon]

We trending downwards again?

 

[j4v3d]

Children may carry much more coronavirus in their system than previously thought, a new study suggests.

Infected children were shown to have a significantly higher level of virus in their airways than hospitalised adults in ICUs for Covid-19 treatment, researchers say.

As schools plan to reopen in England next month, understanding the potential role children play in the spread of the disease and the factors that drive severe illness in children is critical, experts say.

Researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Mass General Hospital for Children (MGHfC) in the US, suggest their findings indicate children may play a larger role in the community spread of the virus than previously thought.

 

[Jon]

the numbers in Germany seem to be creeping up again but is it just a case that their track and trace system is working like ours where we are doing MORE tests in areas we know there are infected people so naturally, the numbers go up

 

[homie]

The number of infections is rising all over europe, but crucially, the number of deaths does not seem to be picking up with it. You would expect an increase in deaths to start tracking the increase in infections, after a lag of 2 to 4 weeks. But so far in France, Belgium and Germany that isn't happening. Which is encouraging. Spain seems to be the one that is suffering a little bit more with additional deaths. Over 100 deaths in spain yesterday compared to 10s and 20s in the other countries.

 

[Jon]

The number of infections is rising all over europe, but crucially, the number of deaths does not seem to be picking up with it. You would expect an increase in deaths to start tracking the increase in infections, after a lag of 2 to 4 weeks. But so far in France, Belgium and Germany that isn't happening. Which is encouraging. Spain seems to be the one that is suffering a little bit more with additional deaths. Over 100 deaths in spain yesterday compared to 10s and 20s in the other countries.

yeah the reason they think for that is becasue it's mainly young people getting it now who just power through it and don't end up in hospitals compared to the old folk in care homes / hospitals like we had in April/May

 

[Jon]

Jeez recruitment is tough out there right now

Coronavirus: Job shortage sees 1,000 people chase one position

Data reveals vacancy adverts are down by 59% compared with last summer, with some areas down 80%.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Jon]

anyone taken a payment holiday with HSBC?

I am 2 months into a 3 month one and today I got a letter saying I was in arrears and with loads of WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU CAN'T PAY type of terrifying information

I rang them up and they said they HAVE to send this letter out after 2 months of none payments but it's rubbish as due to the payment holiday they haven't even tried to take the money!!

 

[Jon]

Am sure we will hit zero on Sun/Mon!!

 

[Jon]

Leeds Town Hall is doing a pilot event next Friday with an orchestra and everything.

Pilot Event: Live at Leeds Town Hall

A pilot indoor concert at Leeds Town Hall with members of the Orchestra of Opera North.

www.leedstownhall.co.uk

 

[EdibleDormouse]

Leeds Town Hall is doing a pilot event next Friday with an orchestra and everything.

Pilot Event: Live at Leeds Town Hall

A pilot indoor concert at Leeds Town Hall with members of the Orchestra of Opera North.

www.leedstownhall.co.uk

A friend of mine was in working with the singers at Opera North last week too. Together with ENO's drive in events, they're certainly finding ways to adapt.

Work that was postponed in March is starting to creep back into my diary, although I'm still massively apprehensive about the two huge things next June and July. I think I've also kissed goodbye to my European career for a year or so too (and I'm rapidly approaching mandatory retirement age for fest contracts anyway...bugger).

Is anyone else reading stuff about the virus getting weaker? I mean proper peer-reviewed stuff rather than Jim off Facebook, obviously.

 

[Karonher]

There are Italian doctors who have said it is getting weaker but others are doubting it. Research in Singapore has said the same. Others are saying that it is the fitter people getting it and also that sun rays and humidity can kill it off when it is on surfaces so there is a temporary drop in catching cases from surfaces and in the air.

 

[Jon]

Sadly another one bites the dust

 

[Sherliarty]

A friend of mine was in working with the singers at Opera North last week too. Together with ENO's drive in events, they're certainly finding ways to adapt.

Work that was postponed in March is starting to creep back into my diary, although I'm still massively apprehensive about the two huge things next June and July. I think I've also kissed goodbye to my European career for a year or so too (and I'm rapidly approaching mandatory retirement age for fest contracts anyway...bugger).

Is anyone else reading stuff about the virus getting weaker? I mean proper peer-reviewed stuff rather than Jim off Facebook, obviously.

Yes, medic friends of ours believe it is getting weaker from what they have observed. The stronger strains are dying off with their hosts, the weaker strains are the ones that survive and spread. More research needs to be done. At the moment this is all theoretical and not based on any serious statistical research. Fingers crossed though.