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21-01-2020, 03:17 PM
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Re: Chinese Coronavirus

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The World Health Organization has advised people to avoid "unprotected" contact with live animals, thoroughly cook meat and eggs, and avoid close contact with anyone with cold or flu-like symptoms.

Signs of infection include respiratory symptoms, fever, cough, shortness of breath and breathing difficulties.

Worrying indeed..will We be advised to start wearing masks when out & about Our daily business I wonder
Hi

Currently minimal risks here in the UK, so stop worrying and carry on as normal.

Facemasks which you can buy are useless anyway against certain types of virus.

We have an effective Vaccination against Ebola.

We already have samples of this virus and are working on an antidote for it.

Feel free to follow Realists advice and do not get vaccinated.

I will not be.
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21-01-2020, 04:07 PM
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Best not to mention Realist & vaccines in the same sentence....not seen Him around for a wee while...I do hope He hasn't caught the flu'.
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21-01-2020, 06:03 PM
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Best not to mention Realist & vaccines in the same sentence....not seen Him around for a wee while...I do hope He hasn't caught the flu'.

Naughty May . . .

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21-01-2020, 06:53 PM
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Naughty May . . .

I'd better zip it or I'll get zapped...again
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21-01-2020, 09:07 PM
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Ebola did reach here Arty, but it is a tropical disease and cant
survive in our climate! But some other diseases are not hampered
by this factor, hence my concern?
Donkeyman!
Yes, Donkeyman. There were a few cases of people with Ebola, who had come back to this country after living there but it didn’t reach pandemic proportions.
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22-01-2020, 06:18 PM
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Looks like it’s getting more serious. The first case has now been found in the USA, with those affected returning from the areas (4) in China. Considering they now confirm that it can be passed person-to-person, it’s about time this country of ours pulls it's finger out and put safeguards into place immediately.

Just think, most Chinese restaurants here will be closed while thousands of owners and families return to China to celebrate Chinese New Year which starts on Saturday.
And they will then all be returning to the UK!!!
Surely the least we should do is test each and every one of them upon their return to prevent an epidemic happening here. It is quite scary.

What is your view, I honestly feel that travel to China should be suspended for citizens living here as surely they pose a risk to us all?

Am I right or am I being over cautious?
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22-01-2020, 06:38 PM
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Looks like it’s getting more serious. The first case has now been found in the USA, with those affected returning from the areas (4) in China. Considering they now confirm that it can be passed person-to-person, it’s about time this country of ours pulls it's finger out and put safeguards into place immediately.

Just think, most Chinese restaurants here will be closed while thousands of owners and families return to China to celebrate Chinese New Year which starts on Saturday.
And they will then all be returning to the UK!!!
Surely the least we should do is test each and every one of them upon their return to prevent an epidemic happening here. It is quite scary.

What is your view, I honestly feel that travel to China should be suspended for citizens living here as surely they pose a risk to us all?

Am I right or am I being over cautious?
Nope not at all are you being over cautious.
I do believe that the people in charge at Heathrow Airport need your kind of approach to this matter.

It is quite alarming that they are only singling out one part of China for checks and not all of China's airports.
I am sure China as more airports than just the Wuhan airport.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/direct-fli...141403988.html
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22-01-2020, 06:38 PM
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I read that they will be monitoring planes landing here but assume that will only be if someone has symptoms. Time to buy a surgical mask?
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22-01-2020, 06:54 PM
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I am not worried at all. We’ve been through all this scaremongering before and it’s come to nothing.
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22-01-2020, 07:07 PM
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Re: Chinese Coronavirus

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I am not worried at all. We’ve been through all this scaremongering before and it’s come to nothing.
^^^^^^^

Could give you a list over the years that came to nothing.
 
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