COVID-19 (Coronavirus) discussion

Nasal sprays have certain advantages but also still require some breakthroughs in development to provide an end game. Potentially they allow convenient use, the ability to potentially block the virus from even getting a grip in the first place (which has huge advantages over leaving it to a trained immune system to fight it) and the ability to be used much more precisely to fight an outbreak - if you've got something which a couple of shots up the nose before and/or after you are spending time in environments ripe for transmission, which provides a high barrier to the virus, that can stop outbreaks dead in their tracks.
 
Lopéz said:
We're  still wearing mandatory FFP2 masks on public transport over here; is Austria possibly the only country in Europe still doing this?
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A mask that covers the nose and mouth are mandatory on Australian public transport (although I would estimate 20% at best are wearing them from what I've seen), in hospitals and other healthcare settings but the standard of what that mask is is not. Mandatory on internal flights too up to Friday coming I believe. I had to wear one in the dentist waiting room the other week, I was the only person there :rolleyes:
 
Amusingly, if you catch a train from Vienna to Bratislava, you have to wear a mask until the train leaves Vienna - at which point, still sat on the same train with the same passengers, you can remove your mask.
 
Lopéz said:
Amusingly, if you catch a train from Vienna to Bratislava, you have to wear a mask until the train leaves Vienna - at which point, still sat on the same train with the same passengers, you can remove your mask.
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In May this year we did a coach holiday to Scotland, as soon as we passed the Scotland sign we had to put masks on and basically leave them on, on the return as soon as we hit the sign there was a loud cheer.
One of our party mistakingly told a Receptionist they tested positive for Covid with a lateral test 1 day before we left and they were made to stay in a room for 10 days at their own expense.
 
R.P.L said:
Mate, it's not like it's a piece of software which you'd expect regular patches for. OR IS IT?!?!?! *Dramatic music plays*
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We were told that removing all restrictions would guarantee a new more serious variant that would cause another lockdown. I think some are just disappointed that this hasn’t happened.
 
n111ck said:
We were told that removing all restrictions would guarantee a new more serious variant that would cause another lockdown. I think some are just disappointed that this hasn’t happened.
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Lockdowns affected the economy, people's mental health and people are dying because they were seen too late (or not at all) for diagnosis and treatment of cancer etc.
 
cheesefest said:
Lockdowns affected the economy, people's mental health and people are dying because they were seen too late (or not at all) for diagnosis and treatment of cancer etc.
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But also the firebreak lockdown was necessary to buy the medical services some time to explore options. Hopefully if there's a next time we'll be more prepared and the economy will be less affected and better mental health provisions will be put in place as well.
 
Freefaller said:
But also the firebreak lockdown was necessary to buy the medical services some time to explore options. Hopefully if there's a next time we'll be more prepared and the economy will be less affected and better mental health provisions will be put in place as well.
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Don't ever want to see empty shelves like March 2020 again. For supermarket workers, it was soul destroying to see customers you have never seen in your life come in to take stuff before the regulars who have seen most weeks since I have been there with nothing.
 
cheesefest said:
Don't ever want to see empty shelves like March 2020 again. For supermarket workers, it was soul destroying to see customers you have never seen in your life come in to take stuff before the regulars who have seen most weeks since I have been there with nothing.
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People were panicked by the idiot government 's appalling Comms.
 
Freefaller said:
But also the firebreak lockdown was necessary to buy the medical services some time to explore options. Hopefully if there's a next time we'll be more prepared and the economy will be less affected and better mental health provisions will be put in place as well.
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Unfortunately unlikely we'll have learnt from the experience. Leading up to the firebreak lockdown my local district hospital hit about 99% of their ability to deal with COVID patients and were having to move non-COVID cases to outlying smaller hospitals (far from ideal) so as to keep coping. I know someone who was moved across from oncology to dealing with COVID due to the demands and only moved back to their old role in August - weirdly they've worked in the deep end of it for almost 2 years and still haven't had it.

cheesefest said:
Lockdowns affected the economy, people's mental health and people are dying because they were seen too late (or not at all) for diagnosis and treatment of cancer etc.
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As unfortunate as it is a drop in the ocean compared to the health services being overwhelmed - which was a real possibility.
 
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