11-03-2020, 11:40 AM
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Re: Chinese Coronavirus
The way I see it is this:-
It's a virus, and like any other virus is transmitted from person to person either by direct contact or airborne particles. Viruses are usually at their most active during the winter months, and the Flu virus has in the past spread around just as fast as the Coronavirus, but it never gets reported in the media, so no panic.
The main difference is the fact that it can be more serious than the Flu virus and the elderly and those with underlying medical problems are less likely to survive hence the higher mortality rate. I noticed on Bruce's daily bulletins that the recovery rate is very low, and I suspect that viruses take longer to work through the system than say a common cold, or even the Flu Virus, but in the coming weeks I expect to see the recovery rate increase dramatically.
I have only ever had the Flu virus twice in my life (69 years) and I have no reason to believe that Coronavirus is coming to get me if I continue in the lifestyle that I have over the last twenty years plus, of a virus free life.
That doesn't mean that I shall be complacent to the threat. You can only catch it if you come into contact with someone who already has the virus, and because nobody in the Doncaster area has been reported as having the virus, yet! I shall carry on as normal but avoid crowded places, which is something I usually do anyway.
I have always washed my hands regularly, not just for the Coronavirus but any other contamination on shopping trolleys, handrails and money, but being a respiratory infection it would have to gain access through your nose and mouth........So keep it shut!....