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Dozens of celebrities and royals along with hundreds more Cheltenham Festival racegoers could have been infected with coronavirus, it was feared today. Camilla's ex-husband Andrew Parker Bowles today joined a growing list of famous names thought to have caught the virus at the event held from March 10 and 13, including comedian Lee Mack and West Bromwich Albion footballer Charlie Austin. Fans were packed into the stands at the world-famous festival with no protection despite fears over the spread of the virus which was then in its early stages in Britain - which is now leading to worries that it could have been a hotbed for the infection. There are also now further concerns for members of the Royal Family, with Brigadier Parker Bowles in close contact over two days he spent at the event with Camilla, Princess Anne, her daughter Zara Tindall and son-in-law Mike Tindall. More than 250,000 people walked in through the gates across the four days – and hundreds of them have claimed online that they have since developed symptoms. The news will raise fears that more people at the event at Cheltenham Racecourse in Gloucestershire could have been infected - some without even knowing.
How many more royals and celebrities were infected at Cheltenham? Organisers are under fire after Andrew Parker Bowles, comic Lee Mack and footballer Charlie Austin catch virus after mixing with 60,000-strong crowd
The torrent of Americans filing for unemployment insurance skyrocketed last week as more than 6.6 million new claims were filed, the Labor Department reported Thursday. That brings to 10 million the total Americans who filed over the past two weeks.
originally posted by: pasiphae
The death rate in the US is slowly rising. It was at 1.8% earlier today but is now at 2%. Last week was 1.5%. The running theory that the percentage would go down as we tested more people....... not panning out.
originally posted by: Hecate666
Is it just like being ill with the flu or less for the majority? Yes.
originally posted by: Hecate666
Did we just use common sense back then and got through it? Yes.
originally posted by: Hecate666
Is this the first time in the history of Earth and human kind that this kind of self-incarceration has happened? No but it is new that it is enforced under thread of jail or fines, it should be voluntary.
originally posted by: carewemust
Is it better to accept this goal of limiting us deaths to under 200,000, or to reduce it further by demanding that everyone stay inside, and lawfully enforce it.?
originally posted by: carewemust
a reply to: MonkeyBalls2
Breaking. It looks like only 12% of the deaths in Italy attributed to Coronavirus, were actually related to Coronavirus.
twitter.com...
What the....?!
The Pentagon confirmed that it’s seeking to provide as many as 100,000 military-style body bags for potential civilian use as the U.S. warns that deaths could soar in the coming weeks from the coronavirus pandemic.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has requested 100,000 body bags, known as Human Remains Pouches, through an interagency group that directed it to the Defense Department.
originally posted by: Phage
a reply to: glend
Were they all tested?
originally posted by: tanstaafl
originally posted by: carewemust
Is it better to accept this goal of limiting us deaths to under 200,000, or to reduce it further by demanding that everyone stay inside, and lawfully enforce it.?
To state the obvious - they should make strong recommendations, targeted mainly at those who are at serious risk and their loved ones - and let the rest of us get back to work.
Scientists may have found mutated coronavirus sub-type which lasts 49 days Read more: metro.co.uk...?ito=cbshare Twitter: twitter.com... | Facebook: www.facebook.com...
Researchers from China claim to have discovered a new type of Covid-19 after a patient was left infectious for an unprecedented 49 days. They say the middle aged man who had it needed to be injected with the blood of a coronavirus survivor in order to recover, suggesting the new strain is much harder for the body to fight off. His symptoms were mild and scientists say his body had struck a ‘dynamic balance’ with the bug. A study on the case was published on March 27 on the medRxiv site for medical papers and is yet to be scrutinised or peer reviewed by other scientists. Covid-19 swab tests showed that for 49 days, the unnamed Chinese patient had been ‘shedding’ meaning the bug was being carried in his breath through droplets. The average for coronavirus shedding is thought to be 20 days with the longest case recorded at 37 days. As symptoms, scientists warn ‘chronic cases’ like the one documented last week show how long someone could spread the disease without being treated. Read more: metro.co.uk...?ito=cbshare Twitter: twitter.com... | Facebook: www.facebook.com...
originally posted by: MrRCflying
originally posted by: tanstaafl
originally posted by: carewemust
Is it better to accept this goal of limiting us deaths to under 200,000, or to reduce it further by demanding that everyone stay inside, and lawfully enforce it.?
To state the obvious - they should make strong recommendations, targeted mainly at those who are at serious risk and their loved ones - and let the rest of us get back to work.
And that right there is how to spread it and kill more people. Let everyone go around like nothing is going on. Spread it from person to person. They will visit their parents, grandparents, and compromised, not to mention the healthy that could and have died from it.
Your posts from the beginning have made no sense. More worried about the all mighty dollar than personal responsibility for your fellow man.
You need the money that bad, go find work in an 'essential' job. Let the rest of us try to help each other by not spreading this. Done with you and your posts, don't bother to respond, feel free to be as irresponsible as you wish. Maybe when someone you know dies because of your actions you will feel differently.
originally posted by: peter_kandra
originally posted by: MrRCflying
originally posted by: tanstaafl
originally posted by: carewemust
Is it better to accept this goal of limiting us deaths to under 200,000, or to reduce it further by demanding that everyone stay inside, and lawfully enforce it.?
To state the obvious - they should make strong recommendations, targeted mainly at those who are at serious risk and their loved ones - and let the rest of us get back to work.
And that right there is how to spread it and kill more people. Let everyone go around like nothing is going on. Spread it from person to person. They will visit their parents, grandparents, and compromised, not to mention the healthy that could and have died from it.
Your posts from the beginning have made no sense. More worried about the all mighty dollar than personal responsibility for your fellow man.
You need the money that bad, go find work in an 'essential' job. Let the rest of us try to help each other by not spreading this. Done with you and your posts, don't bother to respond, feel free to be as irresponsible as you wish. Maybe when someone you know dies because of your actions you will feel differently.
Do you really think that the majority of the population is not going to get this? The whole point of social distancing and self-quarantine is to not overwhelm the hospitals at any given time. My 83 year old father in law lives with us. He has diabetes, but is in decent health considering his age. Odds are that he will at some point get sick...whether it's now or in 3 months from now. All we can do is minimize the risk to him as much as possible.
originally posted by: alphabetaone
originally posted by: Hecate666
Is it just like being ill with the flu or less for the majority? Yes.
No. Due to it's R-0 it's very different. In fact, it's more like smallpox or polio in that regard.
originally posted by: Hecate666
Did we just use common sense back then and got through it? Yes.
Not precisely. Black plague saw witch hunts (literal) and killed off innocent girls and women, instead of the rats that were actually carrying it. Hardly common sense.
originally posted by: Hecate666
Is this the first time in the history of Earth and human kind that this kind of self-incarceration has happened? No but it is new that it is enforced under thread of jail or fines, it should be voluntary.
I will agree that it should be voluntary. But know why I disagree with it as policy? Because people WILL do things against their better interests. Perfect example, what we're doing here. Now, if we value out ability to be heard, when it's been said time and again that this thread is NOT for general chit-chat and only for coronavirus updates, yet under threat of having our words removed, we persist. Free will is our curse.