What occurs to me big style as a resident of West London is what will happen to all the blonde and beautiful yummy mummies over 45, who by social distancing from their hairdressers and Botox delivering doctors, will now transform before our eyes into grey haired wrinkly crones. Gawd… that’ll make em stay indoors and socially distance from people more than Corona will ! I mean, what if someone were to see them!? I see a run on balaclavas and large sunglasses next, never mind food. With doctors looking after sick people, rather than artificially beautifying millions of dyed blondes, West London will get a lot more real all of a sudden!
We’re tracking the latest on the coronavirus outbreak and the global response.
More than 99% of Italy’s coronavirus fatalities were people who suffered from previous medical conditions, according to a study by the country’s national health authority.
After deaths from the virus reached more than 2,500, with a 150% increase in the past week, health authorities have been combing through data to provide clues to help combat the spread of the disease.
Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte’s government is evaluating whether to extend a nationwide lockdown beyond the beginning of April, daily La Stampa reported Wednesday. Italy has more than 31,500 confirmed cases of the illness.
The new study could provide insight into why Italy’s death rate, at about 8% of total infected people, is higher than in other countries.
The Rome-based institute has examined medical records of about 18% of the country’s coronavirus fatalities, finding that just three victims, or 0.8% of the total, had no previous pathology. Almost half of the victims suffered from at least three prior illnesses and about a fourth had either one or two previous conditions.
More than 75% had high blood pressure, about 35% had diabetes and a third suffered from heart disease.
The average age of those who’ve died from the virus in Italy is 79.5. As of March 17, 17 people under 50 had died from the disease. All of Italy’s victims under 40 have been males with serious existing medical conditions.
While data released Tuesday point to a slowdown in the increase of cases, with a 12.6% rise, a separate study shows Italy could be underestimating the real number of cases by testing only patients presenting symptoms.
According to the GIMBE Foundation, about 100,000 Italians have contracted the virus, daily Il Sole 24 Ore reported. That would bring back the country’s death rate closer to the global average of about 2%.
Qatar Just came back from Qatar where I (and everyone) has to go a screening going in and out. I’m not socialising. Ty
Spain Yea we are not allowed out at all. It’s crazy over here. You are not allowed out for a walk or to ride your bike. Or go anywhere
John and I in la seca but we were in madrid few days ago and now we can’t see my parents in case we are incubating the virus. We can only go out to the supermarket or pharmacy otherwise we get a find by the police!! Thankfully we have the excuse of working in the vineyards so we can get to the countryside and stretch our legs!!! It’s just surreal xxxxxlook after yourselves
South Africa SA stopping sale of alcohol after 6 pm in restaurants and bars from Friday that will stop anyone going out 🤣 a lot of my friends not on board .. still organising play dates .. people going to each other houses for dinner 😡so bloody irritated
Jaysus you said it . ..disappointed in some of my mates .. some who have gone into spend a fortune stockpiling and others who are in denial thinking this weekend they will head on their term break holiday
Belgium we are all five at home. my wife is getting crazy… I personally escape to work I’m the only one in the office all the others work from home… we are all supposed to stay at home but some exceptions… bars, restaurants are closed. there are few cars on the streets as if it was war period…we hope that this measure will get results and get all of us free within two weeks… Ireland Yup. You stay safe man. Calm before the storm here. A few patients in ICU; I think crunch time will start in 10 days. Social isolation is being pretty strictly observed though.All pubs shut here since Sunday. In fact very few people have gone to a pub in nearly 10 days. I mean they cancelled St Patrick’s Day !!! I think the Londoners are being naive.
Wales Yeh town is quiet not many people walking about but I popped to the bank yesterday and Wetherspoons was busy, for every two sensible people there seem to be ten idiots, in Port Talbot anyway 🙈
Here in West London the number of dead people doesn’t seem to be of great concern. However due to stockpiling, supermarkets are reporting a shortage of fennel and balsamic vinegar, with a pandemic of shrieking by thin Gucci clad women. In addition, some yoga classes are reported to have been cancelled…
….will women now stop dressing in their Sweaty Betty pilates wear now that there aren’t any classes?
Well I can say that I don’t think Londoners are taking this pandemic seriously. It was pretty quiet 2 days ago as I wheeled down the streets, but yesterday the roads were busy, as were the pavements. What I don’t see evidence of ( at least in public ) is social distancing. What don’t Londoners understand about the advice ( that you hear a thousand times a day on the telly ) that tells us to NOT get close to other people? Yes that does include in the supermarket! What’s the logic in catching the virus in the supermarket, where you have gone to grab everything you can in order to limit the effects of the virus….? Give it 2 weeks and thousands having died from catching it at the supermarket ( probably ) and perhaps the stupid British may wise up…
In Italy thousands are dying now despite crowded supermarkets not being an issue there. The Italian population though are also apparently not doing as they are told ie they are mingling and spreading it. There’s a massive misconception here that this isn’t something that’s going to affect them and weyhey it’s time off work to socialise….
I met up with my buddy Russ yesterday. We met outside, didn’t get close to each other, and wiped down objects that had been in contact with other people before we touched them. It’s definitely not that either of us is frightened of getting it, it’s just a case of lessening your chances of contracting it, OR PASSING IT ON IF YOU ADE ALREADY INFECTED BUT DONT KNOW IT, isn’t that complicated.
On Christmas Day, a few months ago, I found myself at a loose end, but was invited by Chris Cats to spend the day with him, his lady, her son, and Chris’s dad. His dad had almost died a decade ago, but amazingly had pulled back from the very brink and made to all intents and purposes a full recovery. On Christmas Day he was engaging and full of life, and it was a massive pleasure to meet him. It seems unbelievable that yesterday he died, his condition having worsened and taken him very quickly.
I dedicate this post to Chris and his lovely late Dad.
It’s odd isn’t it, that the people who are in positions of information giving about Corona, aren’t following best practice. The news presenters definitely aren’t sitting a metre apart, and Government ministers aren’t either. Trump’s entourage is shoulder to shoulder too. The general public are panic buying, yet crowd together in supermarket queues. I don’t touch many things that aren’t mine. Nearly always I can’t reach door handles, and usually I’m holding onto the handle(s) of my Triride, rather than touching other stuff. It doesn’t seem to have dawned on most people that it’s touching things that others have touched, or breathing the air that someone else ( who has the virus ) has just breathed out. So when you pass close to people, turn your face away, and hold your breath for a few seconds. That’s not difficult, is it?
A mate’s niece, who is a nurse of 30, has contracted it, and it’s quite nasty even when you are young. When you have lungs that are already unhealthy then you’ll probably die.
The toilet paper thing is bonkers. I think there ought be Toilet Paper Use adverts Have you ever watched people using toilet paper? Not necessarily actually in the ‘ act ‘ itself, but someone taking some to say blow their nose. Lots of people use SO much, rolling the paper around their hand again and again, so taking about 20 sheets, and then they give their nose a little dab, and it’s in the bin. Where’s the logic in that? If your nose is FULL of snot. then sure, use a few sheets ( it’s all 3 layers of paper per sheet anyway ) The snot doesn’t soak through 3 sheets, so why use 20? Same with the other end – your poo ( unless it’s diarrhoea, isn’t going to get through either. Just use less and make the toilet rolls last, and wash your hands…
The not touching your face thing … well that depends what you have been doing. If you have just touched a surface that someone else has touched / sneezed on then then don’t touch your face, but if you have just washed your hands then it’s fine. I’m not sure people really understand what and why they are told to do stuff.
When I was a kid, my parents use to make me and my brothers wipe our bums with dock leaves – that’s a plant leaf that’s quite large and grippy. So there you go then – if there’s no paper use leaves; there are lots around. Careful not to use ones that are toxic tho. Don’t wipe your arse with deathly nightshade, and also check for earwigs that might run up your bum. Pass it on.
As things are quite rightly cancelled all around us, I wondered what to do about my theatre booking tonight. If it’s on and you don’t go then you won’t get a refund, but if it’s cancelled then you usually would get the option to reschedule and not pay again. I have been checking regularly and it’s not called off, but I’m thinking it’s not sensible to go. Theatres do tend to be full of older ( and therefore more vulnerable ) people so I imagined that loads of those with tickets wouldn’t go… which means it’s far less likely to be a risky visit. Well if there’s no one there to cough on you, and you don’t go round touching everything, then it’s pretty safe.
Then I noticed in the world’s smallest print the words ‘ covid 19 advice ‘. I clicked on that and bingo – it gave me the option to reschedule my tickets. … EXCEPT the play runs only until April 11th…… at which point I’ve no doubt the pandemic measures will have shut the theatre anyway… meaning I can’t go and we may even get a refund.
With no income for loads of businesses it should be bloody landlords that declare rent holidays for their business tenants. I can’t see the point in landlords insisting on full rents at a time that businesses are getting no incomes. The businesses will go bust and the landlords left with tenants that can’t pay anything at all, full stop.
Everyone needs to be understanding at this time, not just some people, but when it comes to commercial landlords’ contracts, kindness and consideration aren’t words often used..
