Coronavirus discussion thread

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Ultracat Feb 2021 10:51am, 6 Feb 2021 13,440 posts	0 Ultracat Sorry if I have confused things, I get confused as there is quite a lot of information to absorb.
Tim of Fife Feb 2021 10:52am, 6 Feb 2021 3,287 posts	0 Tim of Fife I find it intriguing. Yesterday, there was rightly 'celebration that the number of positive tests had dropped to 20k. But hey, that equates to 140,000 a week or to a mind numbing 560,000 in February. Where are that many test-positive people - plus a vast number of asymptomatic people - all contracting it? I
Velociraptor Feb 2021 11:00am, 6 Feb 2021 51,371 posts	0 Velociraptor I've just had another illustration of how it spreads. A patient on the 'phone with a cough. A prolific consulter, mask "exempt" for reasons that are unclear. "Oh, no, I don't think I've got the coronavirus, can't I just come in for you to check me over?" She probably won't bother calling 111 to arrange a test.
Ultracat Feb 2021 11:05am, 6 Feb 2021 13,441 posts	0 Ultracat Sorry you have to deal with these people Vrap.
Velociraptor Feb 2021 11:10am, 6 Feb 2021 51,372 posts	0 Velociraptor We are all dealing with people whose comprehension and behaviour is at the level of, "I don't think my COVID symptoms are COVID," UC. At least I get to interrogate and issue simple instructions to the ones I encounter on the 'phone at work.
EvilPixie Feb 2021 11:12am, 6 Feb 2021 22,842 posts	0 EvilPixie A dr on tv Thursday (one of the twins forget his name he’s had covid) basically said that if you feel unwell get tested as symptoms changed and there are new variants Better to get tested and be negative than carry on potentially spreading the virus
Johnny Blaze Feb 2021 11:37am, 6 Feb 2021 24,737 posts	0 Johnny Blaze I wonder how many cases occur because asymptomatic or presymptomatic people thought they could get away with close proximity to rellies etc "because I don't have Covid; I'm perfectly well"?
fuzzyduck79 Feb 2021 11:51am, 6 Feb 2021 74 posts	0 fuzzyduck79 More or Less podcast a week or so ago looked into claims that 20% of cases were caught by going to the supermarket, but their analysis suggested the means of tracing were not strong enough to determine where the infection actually happened (just based on asking where the person had been recently) If prevalence is extremely low then you've got a better chance of figuring it out, but it's still tricky forensics to do it accurately. Feels nigh on impossible at the moment. I work off true cases being 3-4 times higher than those confirmed by testing so at 20k positive daily tests that's more like 500k actual cases a week, and it was well over a million a week for much of January.
LindsD Feb 2021 11:55am, 6 Feb 2021 44,834 posts	0 LindsD I was genuinely surprised that my test was positive as my symptoms were not classic.
TeeBee Feb 2021 12:29pm, 6 Feb 2021 7,332 posts	0 TeeBee Have to say you getting it knocked me for six Linds, as I knew how careful you had been.