Virus

Gargantua wrote:Christian Drosten, head of the virology department at Berlin’s Charité hospital, the country’s largest, told a press conference on Monday “people die anyway, and at the rate of around 850,000 a year” in Germany.

Especially in the social media there is "a lot of drama" and the risks of the disease are overemphasized, criticized the director of the Institute of Virology of Charite Berlin, Christian Drosten, at a press conference. "I don't honestly see that at the moment", said Drosten. He said that the case mortality rate for coronavirus infection currently lies within a corridor of 0.3 to 0.7 percent. He expects this rate to fall even further.

The virologist expects that up to 70 percent of Germans could fall ill with the virus. What is important here, however, is the time frame in which this will happen. He sees no reason to panic. For most of the infected people, the disease is similar to a cold. And: "People die anyway, and about 850,000 die every year," says Drosten.

According to an expert, many people in Germany will be infected with the new coronavirus. "It is likely that 60 to 70 percent will become infected, but we do not know in what time," said virologist Christian Drosten of the Berlin Charité hospital on Friday.

"This could well take two years or even longer," he continued. He added that the infection process is only problematic if it occurs in a compressed, short time. "Therefore, the authorities are doing everything possible to detect and slow down the onset of outbreaks."

Germany is excellently prepared for the lung disease Covid-19. "If the whole pandemic event, before the virus becomes a common cold virus and is no longer noticed, happens like this in two years, we can deal with it," said Drosten. "If it's one year, it's going to be a lot harder because we'll have a lot more cases in the same time." Nevertheless, he warned that the number of therapy beds needed in intensive care units was difficult to predict, but, "if we don't do something now, it may not be enough.

Key points of government's coronavirus plan

Here are the key points from the government's plan to battle the coronavirus in the UK, outlined by the Press Association.

- If police lose "significant staff" numbers to illness, they would "concentrate on responding to serious crimes and maintaining public order".
- In a "stretching scenario", it is possible that up to one fifth of employees may be absent from work during peak weeks.
- Everyone will face increased pressures at work, as well as potentially their own illness and caring responsibilities. Supporting staff welfare "will be critical" for businesses.
- The UK has stockpiles of medicines for the NHS, plus protective clothing and equipment for medical staff.
- The public can help delay the spread of the virus by washing hands with soap regularly, not spreading misinformation and relying on trusted sources. They should also ensure family vaccines are up to date and check on family, friends and neighbours. They should also check Foreign Office advice before travelling abroad and be understanding of the pressures the health service is under.
- The public will be asked to accept that "the advice for managing Covid-19 for most people will be self-isolation at home and simple over the counter medicines".
- If coronavirus becomes established, there will be a focus on essential services and helping those "most at risk to access the right treatment".
- During the mitigation phase, when the virus is much more widespread, "pressures on services and wider society may become significant and clearly noticeable".
- The Ministry of Defence will provide support as needed, including to essential services.
- There will be increased government communication with Parliament, the public and the media if the virus becomes more widespread.
- All government departments to have a lead person for coronavirus.
- If the virus takes hold, social distancing strategies could include school closures, encouraging greater home working, reducing the number of large scale gatherings and closing other educational settings.
- It is possible that an outbreak or pandemic of Covid-19 could come in multiple waves.
- Non-urgent operations and other procedures could be cancelled, and hospital discharges monitored to free-up beds, with appropriate care in people's homes.
- Hospital worker shifts could be altered and leavers or retirees called "back to duty".
- Measures exist to help businesses with short-term cash flow problems.
- There is a distribution strategy for sending out key medicines and equipment to NHS and social care.
- This strain of coronavirus is new and people have a lack of immunity to it, meaning "Covid-19 has the potential to spread extensively".
- Everyone is susceptible to catching the disease and thus it is "more likely than not that the UK will be significantly affected".
- There could be an "increase in deaths arising from the outbreak, particularly among vulnerable and elderly groups".
- While most people will suffer mild to moderate symptoms, similar to seasonal flu, some will need hospital care due to pneumonia developing.
- Young children can become infected and "suffer severe illness", but overall the illness is less common in the under-20s.

According to every public health, pandemic and virology expert that is precisely the thing you should avoid.

— TheBossRoss 🧶 (@BettinaSRoss1) March 3, 2020

BREAKING: The CDC has stopped disclosing the number of Americans tested for coronavirus.

On the left is how the website looked last night. On the right is what it looks like now, with the testing info removed.

The lack of testing is a scandal.

This is the coverup. pic.twitter.com/za5w9dkEKq

— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) March 2, 2020

Deputy Speaker of the Iranian Parliament on Tuesday announced that so far 23 MPs have tested positive for coronavirus.

Abdolreza Mesri claimed that he high number of infected lawmakers is understandable due to “their close contact with people”

The head of Iran’s emergency medical services, Pirhossein Kolivand, has been infected with coronavirus, the ILNA news agency reported on Tuesday.

May the good Lord protect us...from these guys. https://t.co/bPEHLLZe1O

— Tea Pain (@TeaPainUSA) March 3, 2020

rumbeando wrote:Bolid.

This is a provable lie. Public Health England have identified NO cases of #Covid_19 in Kettering where the hospital Johnson visited last Friday morning is located.

He’s a lying liar.

Advising people to shake hands with people infected with #Covid_19 patients is mad & bad. https://t.co/P07xTzFEh6

— Jacqueline Murphy (@drjawalsh) March 3, 2020

Nous réquisitionnons tous les stocks et la production de masques de protection. Nous les distribuerons aux professionnels de santé et aux Français atteints par le Coronavirus.

— Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) March 3, 2020

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