JohnfromUK Posted January 31, 2020 Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 2 minutes ago, Retsdon said: I've been slandering the FCO. I am guessing because I have no knowledge of how these things work, ....... but my guess is that working in China to organise border crossing (i.e. entering/leaving) in a hurry is always going to be difficult. The Chinese government has a past record of being both very controlling - and very bureaucratic. Chinese civil servants will have been brought up with that mentality. Not a combination that makes for fast 'on the fly' decision making and permission granting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry d Posted January 31, 2020 Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 10 hours ago, Vince Green said: I don't particularly want to die because some incompetent civil servant repatriated a load of expats who should have understood the risks when they went to China in the first place. Good forward thinking, that`s what made Britain Great! Don`t go there it`s dangerous! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retsdon Posted January 31, 2020 Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 5 minutes ago, henry d said: Good forward thinking, that`s what made Britain Great! Don`t go there it`s dangerous! Quite. If nobody leaves the island you have to wonder how all this new global trade is supposed to be drummed up. Incidentally, my neighbour in Thailand is seemingly grounded at the moment. He's a sort of regional troubleshooter for a British manufacturer and installer of nuclear particle accelerators and does the vast majority of his work in China. He's breathing a sigh of relief that he wasn't caught in Wuhan when the bar came down. It's one of the places he regularly has to go to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted January 31, 2020 Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 The WHO....has a chart which is generated bt the chinese.....it is updated every hour it has number of confirmed carriers number of deaths number quarintined number of recovered patients keep an eye on number 4...and that will tell you what is happening Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted January 31, 2020 Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 hello, just confirmed 2 in UK have this virus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oowee Posted January 31, 2020 Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 5 minutes ago, oldypigeonpopper said: hello, just confirmed 2 in UK have this virus Imagine beeing brought back to the UKand then spending twoo weeks locked up in quaranteen with high risk individuals. Does not bare thinking about. Hopefully with UK resources they can make a speedy recovery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted January 31, 2020 Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 1 minute ago, oowee said: Imagine beeing brought back to the UKand then spending twoo weeks locked up in quaranteen with high risk individuals. Does not bare thinking about. Hopefully with UK resources they can make a speedy recovery. hello, your right, i would have thought they could have set up a unit at Brize, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoolinDalton Posted January 31, 2020 Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 As well as conspiracy theories as to how this virus started, is it more likely the case that over population of the city of Wuhan, along with low standards of hygiene and consumption of 'questionable' animals, all add up to a situation where 'something's got to give', so to speak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clangerman Posted January 31, 2020 Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 two confirmed cases just on the news now the horse has bolted can we shut the stable door please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retsdon Posted January 31, 2020 Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 39 minutes ago, oowee said: Hopefully with UK resources they can make a speedy recovery Were these people on the evacuation flight? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbie to this Posted January 31, 2020 Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 10 minutes ago, Retsdon said: Were these people on the evacuation flight? As far as I am aware, No Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted January 31, 2020 Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 19 minutes ago, Retsdon said: Were these people on the evacuation flight? hello, that it did not say but only 50ish British and around 70 other nationals will return, but they just stated now 80 british on this first flight around 1.30 today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted January 31, 2020 Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 Two in a disease unit in a Newcastle hospital. Newcastle has a China town area so only to be expected at some point. Ditchman do you have a link to the WHO list. I'm looking on who website and can't find anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbie to this Posted January 31, 2020 Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 I couldn't find the WHO list either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stumpy69 Posted January 31, 2020 Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 There is this but not 100% up to date as it does not have UK cases on it yet. https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted January 31, 2020 Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 This Coronavirus isn't anything new, it's listed as a virus killed by Dettol on the back of the bottle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnfromUK Posted January 31, 2020 Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 I believe the 'common cold' virus is a coronavirus of a sort, as is SARS. They seem to come in different 'strengths'! https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/256521.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoonbed Posted January 31, 2020 Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 3 hours ago, ditchman said: The WHO....has a chart which is generated bt the chinese.....it is updated every hour it has number of confirmed carriers number of deaths number quarintined number of recovered patients keep an eye on number 4...and that will tell you what is happening Yep, I think that’s the important bit! Thanks for the heads up- will check out/find web page Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted January 31, 2020 Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 1 hour ago, figgy said: Two in a disease unit in a Newcastle hospital. Newcastle has a China town area so only to be expected at some point. Ditchman do you have a link to the WHO list. I'm looking on who website and can't find anything. no i dont....everytime they interveiw a scientist bod....you see that live feed on a tele screen behind them......giving them update info....wish they would pan onto it....then we can see what it isw doing and how the rate of recovery will change............. sorry no link.......maybe someone could find a link ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted January 31, 2020 Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 This one? https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted January 31, 2020 Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 (edited) That's site I was on never found a stat chart. The recovery rate I saw was only a bit less than the death rate. That was on the link by Stumpy69 Make if that what you can. Less have recovered than died 😵 Edited January 31, 2020 by figgy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted January 31, 2020 Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 Sorry Only just got up and had been looking around to see what I missed whilst asleep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted January 31, 2020 Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 they better have a spare set of wheels for them buses if they are going to the wirral.......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted January 31, 2020 Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 (edited) hello, did you see the line of buses, ???? seems the drivers have no special clothing or masks, Mr Packham will be on TV tonight saying its a way of controlling the population!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Edited January 31, 2020 by oldypigeonpopper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Geordie Posted January 31, 2020 Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 There are so many irate folk in Newcastle today? What did they expect with a huge Chinese student population? There are currently thousands of Chinese students studying at the Newcastle university. Build the accommodation for them, tutor them, but then not expect what we knew would come after the initial outbreak in Wuhan? It’s a scary prospect on out doorsteps, but we just have to try and deal with it rather than wave fingers and apportion blame. They didn’t ask to be infected the poor **** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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