oldypigeonpopper Posted April 26, 2020 Report Share Posted April 26, 2020 hello, just a thought with Spain having many British residents there has been no report of any getting corvid 19? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amateur Posted April 26, 2020 Report Share Posted April 26, 2020 I have American friends who are currently stuck in their holiday home near Malaga who report that the virus is rife around them, and indeed my friend's wife believes that she had a mild dose of it earlier in the month, but recovered without needing medical assistance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry d Posted April 26, 2020 Report Share Posted April 26, 2020 3 hours ago, oldypigeonpopper said: hello, just a thought with Spain having many British residents there has been no report of any getting corvid 19? Hasn't there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retsdon Posted April 26, 2020 Report Share Posted April 26, 2020 I just spent the day in hospital. Wouldn't have gone but it wasn't something I could ignore. Anyway, seemingly here things aren't so bad. The Indian nurse putting the cannula into my arm and hooking me up to wires said they'd only had one single case through ER. But I have to say, when they finally let me go and I got home I was straight out of my clothes and under the shower. I think that after being in solitary lockdown for more than a month I'm likely getting like one of those dogs that's been kenelled for so long it's scared to go out. Tell you what though. A big medical scare puts everything else in perspective! When they sent me for a CT scan and I overheard the radiologist talking about dissection of my thoracic aorta....ouch! Good news though...the scare was just a scare and ..well, yes... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted April 26, 2020 Report Share Posted April 26, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, henry d said: Hasn't there? hello, i have not heard if any British citizens died from corvid 19 in Spain, they just report the numbers. Edited April 26, 2020 by oldypigeonpopper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVB Posted April 27, 2020 Report Share Posted April 27, 2020 16 hours ago, Retsdon said: I just spent the day in hospital. Wouldn't have gone but it wasn't something I could ignore. Anyway, seemingly here things aren't so bad. The Indian nurse putting the cannula into my arm and hooking me up to wires said they'd only had one single case through ER. But I have to say, when they finally let me go and I got home I was straight out of my clothes and under the shower. I think that after being in solitary lockdown for more than a month I'm likely getting like one of those dogs that's been kenelled for so long it's scared to go out. Tell you what though. A big medical scare puts everything else in perspective! When they sent me for a CT scan and I overheard the radiologist talking about dissection of my thoracic aorta....ouch! Good news though...the scare was just a scare and ..well, yes... Glad it was only a scare. There is nothing worse than being ill when all alone in a foreign country. I was once laid up with Dengue Fever in an Indian. Definitely puts things into perspective (not that Private India hospitals aren't that bad) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12gauge82 Posted April 27, 2020 Report Share Posted April 27, 2020 18 hours ago, henry d said: Hasn't there? Has there? 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TRINITY Posted April 27, 2020 Report Share Posted April 27, 2020 23 hours ago, oldypigeonpopper said: hello, i have not heard if any British citizens died from corvid 19 in Spain, they just report the numbers. I have a holiday home in Spain. I was out there when this started to get serious and got out OK. However some of my friends and neighbours got stuck out there and dont know when they can get back. They have not told me of any Brits dying. However if you think our lockdown is hard it is nothing what they have had go put up with ,its extremely draconian. What they have told me many people have had 600 euro fines for breaking the lockdown. One bloke got one for going to a supermarket that was about 400yards further away from the nearest one to his home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted April 27, 2020 Report Share Posted April 27, 2020 8 minutes ago, TRINITY said: I have a holiday home in Spain. I was out there when this started to get serious and got out OK. However some of my friends and neighbours got stuck out there and dont know when they can get back. They have not told me of any Brits dying. However if you think our lockdown is hard it is nothing what they have had go put up with ,its extremely draconian. What they have told me many people have had 600 euro fines for breaking the lockdown. One bloke got one for going to a supermarket that was about 400yards further away from the nearest one to his home. hello, thanks to reply, seems they are having a more difficult time than we are in UK, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raja Clavata Posted May 1, 2020 Report Share Posted May 1, 2020 Listening to BBC Radio online and someone, missed who, nailed it: "basically, if you're not afraid of dying this year then you shouldn't be afraid of dying of coronavirus"... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVB Posted May 1, 2020 Report Share Posted May 1, 2020 1 hour ago, Raja Clavata said: Listening to BBC Radio online and someone, missed who, nailed it: "basically, if you're not afraid of dying this year then you shouldn't be afraid of dying of coronavirus"... I am not any more afraid of dying of Coronavirus than I am of dying in a car crash, or a plane crash or cancer or a heart attack. We are not immortal and this virus has a relatively low fatality rate. We have to get on with living life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raja Clavata Posted May 1, 2020 Report Share Posted May 1, 2020 1 hour ago, AVB said: I am not any more afraid of dying of Coronavirus than I am of dying in a car crash, or a plane crash or cancer or a heart attack. We are not immortal and this virus has a relatively low fatality rate. We have to get on with living life. Pretty much sums up my sentiments on all this too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave-G Posted May 1, 2020 Report Share Posted May 1, 2020 (edited) 5 hours ago, Raja Clavata said: Pretty much sums up my sentiments on all this too. I saw a program somewhere about a survivor saying he'd seen several people pulling pipes out wanting to die to end the breathing difficulties on his ward. Having emphysema and occasional asthma attacks I know some of that desperation even though mine won't have been anywhere near as bad. I manage it well with medication most times. Edited May 1, 2020 by Dave-G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raja Clavata Posted May 1, 2020 Report Share Posted May 1, 2020 Just now, Dave-G said: I saw a program somewhere about a survivor saying he'd seen several people pulling pipes out wanting to die to end the breathing difficulties on his ward. A well documented effect of hypoxia is hallucination and behaving like you've lost your mind, the survivor may well have seen these things but unclear how he'd know precisely why the person was doing it - and it's highly unlikely the person doing it would have any recollection either should they have survived. Also, have you thought through the notion of someone being starved of oxygen being in any kind of cognitive state to think about anything other than trying to get oxygen into their body. Sorry but a case of false association me thinks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave-G Posted May 1, 2020 Report Share Posted May 1, 2020 3 minutes ago, Raja Clavata said: A well documented effect of hypoxia is hallucination and behaving like you've lost your mind, the survivor may well have seen these things but unclear how he'd know precisely why the person was doing it - and it's highly unlikely the person doing it would have any recollection either should they have survived. Also, have you thought through the notion of someone being starved of oxygen being in any kind of cognitive state to think about anything other than trying to get oxygen into their body. Sorry but a case of false association me thinks. Good thinking - I'll keep an open mind on that. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grrclark Posted May 1, 2020 Report Share Posted May 1, 2020 18 minutes ago, Raja Clavata said: A well documented effect of hypoxia is hallucination and behaving like you've lost your mind, the survivor may well have seen these things but unclear how he'd know precisely why the person was doing it - and it's highly unlikely the person doing it would have any recollection either should they have survived. Also, have you thought through the notion of someone being starved of oxygen being in any kind of cognitive state to think about anything other than trying to get oxygen into their body. Sorry but a case of false association me thinks. Like people suffering from hypothermia stripping off because they are "too hot". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raja Clavata Posted May 1, 2020 Report Share Posted May 1, 2020 Just now, grrclark said: Like people suffering from hypothermia stripping off because they are "too hot". Exactly what I was thinking as I typed the original reply to Dave-G but whilst it's like that I actually think it's different, just don't know how to articulate it without an unduly wordy reply 😛 What I do know is that altitude sickness and hypothermia is one helluva bad place to be, regardless of the actual location but made worse by the fact it's nearly always pretty remote... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grrclark Posted May 1, 2020 Report Share Posted May 1, 2020 11 minutes ago, Raja Clavata said: Exactly what I was thinking as I typed the original reply to Dave-G but whilst it's like that I actually think it's different, just don't know how to articulate it without an unduly wordy reply 😛 What I do know is that altitude sickness and hypothermia is one helluva bad place to be, regardless of the actual location but made worse by the fact it's nearly always pretty remote... It is different, but the same'ish. Any massive ardverse influence on the body tends to mean we abandon rational thought and behaviour and rely on our reptilian brain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raja Clavata Posted May 1, 2020 Report Share Posted May 1, 2020 Just now, grrclark said: It is different, but the same'ish. Any massive ardverse influence on the body tends to mean we abandon rational thought and behaviour and rely on our reptilian brain. I agree, I guess with hypothermia it's a paradox effect, not sure it's the same with the breathing but we're perhaps splitting hairs, the notion of being counter-intuitive holds for both though 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave-G Posted May 1, 2020 Report Share Posted May 1, 2020 You guys lost me about three miles back. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaymo Posted May 1, 2020 Report Share Posted May 1, 2020 Aaah. Good old hypoxia 👍🏻, have a little story about that and flying on O2 and a mask becoming unplugged accidentally.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raja Clavata Posted May 1, 2020 Report Share Posted May 1, 2020 In the high Atlas Mountains in Feb one of our party had a spO2 reading of 74. I felt **** on summit day but was still in the high 80s, dunno how the guy made summit to be honest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted May 5, 2020 Report Share Posted May 5, 2020 (edited) hello, it seems the Australian Prime Minister now believes the origins of this virus Covid 19 did come from a wild animal wet market, has he been out in the sun to much!!!!!!! Edited May 5, 2020 by oldypigeonpopper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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