Covid 19 worries !

[Rob Rides EMTB]

 

[Zimmerframe]

Headline NEWS :

@Gary seen heading into "Self isolation" with only the bare essentials. ..

 

[miPbiP]

quite a sobering article Rob.

my hunch is there are many more cases in the wild than officially counted.

note to self: don't fall off bike, it will be a long and painful wait at A&E, they're busy.

 

[miPbiP]

Headline NEWS :

@Gary seen heading into "Self isolation" with only the bare essentials. ..

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oh now I have to explain this to my 8 year old daughter who has a habit of looking over my shoulder!

could be a long day ...

 

[Fivetones]

quite a sobering article Rob.

my hunch is there are many more cases in the wild than officially counted.

note to self: don't fall off bike, it will be a long and painful wait at A&E, they're busy.

Our own government said in the week it was likely between 5000 and 10000. It’s a little low but they will look at the numbers like this article does.

It’s important we all keep calm, wash hands and limit contact. Stay safe.

 

[GrahamPaul]

Oh fuck... sorry man.
the pic I'd posted in my reply mustn't have posted.
Scroll back now I've edited the post to show it.

I deserve a massive slap
(not that unusual TBF)

No offense taken!

I thought it was funny the first time. And if you'd met my missus, you'd have been quaking in yer boots. (She once kicked a Government Minister of Education in the shins for being an arsehole!).

 

[B1rdie]

Have to say amongst all this pandemic pandemonium, with my business looking like its going to go into economic meltdown, my octogenarian parents in lockdown, and my kids school obliviously still pressing ahead with all sorts of unnecessary events, going for a nice ride out in the hills today did wonders.

Can’t hear pandemonium without this coming to mind:

 

[High Rock Ruti]

High Rock Ruti

Had MINOR shoulder surgery 8 days ago, rode at day 4, I'm 65 figure I have about 7 rides left before I'm plagued. Every feature I've never had the nerve to ride is now on deck.....and riding naked of course now that embarrassment and discretion serves no good purpose.

 

[Mikerb]

Nowhere is it detailed how many people are hospitalised which is surely more meaningful than the number tested positive.

 

[Gary]

@Doomanic I'm actually shit scared of chainsaws.

 

[Gary]

oh now I have to explain this to my 8 year old daughter who has a habit of looking over my shoulder!

could be a long day ...

Just explain the dude in the pic is just a proud father... Just like you'll be in 8/9 years time when she heads out clubbing with her friends

 

[GrahamPaul]

Nowhere is it detailed how many people are hospitalised which is surely more meaningful than the number tested positive.

I disagree. Both numbers are meaningful. The Italian experience is that around 10% of positive tests will require hospital admission and around half of those will die. Once the 10% figure exceeds the number of available ventilators and intensive care beds, then it is likely that all the 10% will die. At that stage folks might start taking the social distancing suggestions a little more seriously.

Just to show how serious such things are being taken here in Spain, the Madrileños are under quarantine from today. Therefore they all headed for the beaches yesterday (even those who already had the virus cos, you know, it's much nicer to recuperate in the sunshine). Our local councils have shut the beach bars and restaurants and posted red flags on all the beaches. But it's unseasonably warm this year. And dry. The beach is full.

Quite frankly, as a human race, we're fucked. Not this time, of course: this pandemic will have a death rate of 1-2%, probably, which will not seriously weaken the population, but it does give a good idea of what will happen with the next Black Death. People are basically stupid, with half the population of below average intelligence (do the sums!), you can forgive them. The rest are just plain blind.

(Forgive me: a little angry at what has happened here in the last 12 hours. Including friends of ours who proudly announced on Facebook how they had arrived back from Northern Spain last night and hit the bars to party).

 

[miPbiP]

So China turned their country upside down to contain a virus likely transferred from animal to human at a wild animal market.

It's not the first time.

wild animal market. repeated cross-species inspections going international.

W. T. A. F.

 

[GrahamPaul]

So China turned their country upside down to contain a virus likely transferred from animal to human at a wild animal market.

It's not the first time.

wild animal market. repeated cross-species inspections going international.

W. T. A. F.

Cross-species infection happens more often than you think, perhaps? Consider that smallpox vaccinations were a result of stockmen infected by cow pox.

 

[Doomanic]

in the UK it's a queue

Found it!

Does anyone know where the end is?

 

[GrahamPaul]

Found it!

Does anyone know where the end is?

For that queue? Berlin. That was pre-Brexit, so I don't think there are any British refugees in that line.

 

[GrahamPaul]

If you detect a sense of humour failure from my corner, we've been informed that we are confined to our homes for the next couple of weeks.

El Gobierno prohíbe a partir del lunes los movimientos en todo el país con excepciones como trabajar o comprar alimentos

 

[steve_sordy]

@Doomanic I'm actually shit scared of chainsaws.

That seems an entirely sensible position to me!

 

[steve_sordy]

Cross-species infection happens more often than you think, perhaps? Consider that smallpox vaccinations were a result of stockmen infected by cow pox.

Who were subsequently proved to be immune to smallpox.

 

[Mikerb]

That seems an entirely sensible position to me!

I agree....to be safe you need to be trained both how to use one and how to maintain it.....and wear the correct safety gear. I use a reciprocating saw and it can cope with surprisingly thick branches much more safely....when something is just too big for that I pay someone else!

 

[steve_sordy]

I use a folding hand saw, cost £10. I can cut through a tree up to 7" diameter with it.

Zoom in to the right hand section.

 

[Gary]

I agree....to be safe you need to be trained both how to use one and how to maintain it.....and wear the correct safety gear. I use a reciprocating saw and it can cope with surprisingly thick branches much more safely....when something is just too big for that I pay someone else!

Safer just heading off to IKEA for a flat pack MONKADINKADINK tree-house and UPATEEDOWNATEE treehouse ladder instead (Yes I made up the name, just like they do )

 

[Gary]

I use a folding hand saw, cost £10.

I have 3 of those. I'm not building a treehouse with them

 

[Mikerb]

If you detect a sense of humour failure from my corner, we've been informed that we are confined to our homes for the next couple of weeks.

El Gobierno prohíbe a partir del lunes los movimientos en todo el país con excepciones como trabajar o comprar alimentos

It seems Spain is at a rather more advanced stage than here in the UK currently. Yes of course all of the stats have a use but knowing how many need intensive care is the stat that says most about the ability of the health services to cope and that stat is generally missing. I did read one govt statement from I think Thursday that 20 were in intensive care in the UK and the total positive tests at the time was about 800. So far all the deaths in the UK have bern in the highedt risk category..ie older patients with pre existing health problems.
I think we may be entering the phase of some restriction of mass gatherings next week.....but as your comments illustrate if you go for complete lock down you risk many people doing all the wrong things and making matters worse.

 

[Mikerb]

I use a folding hand saw, cost £10. I can cut through a tree up to 7" diameter with it.
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Zoom in to the right hand section.

Why?....you could hop that!!

 

[miPbiP]

If you detect a sense of humour failure from my corner, we've been informed that we are confined to our homes for the next couple of weeks.

El Gobierno prohíbe a partir del lunes los movimientos en todo el país con excepciones como trabajar o comprar alimentos

luckily you're got emtbforums to keep you occupied.

 

[GrahamPaul]

luckily you're got emtbforums to keep you occupied.

And Netflix... I tested the speed of my 100MB/s fibre earlier today and it's dropped to 50MB/s because everyone else has the same idea

 

[Gary]

And Netflix... I tested the speed of my 100MB/s fibre earlier today and it's dropped to 50MB/s because everyone else has the same idea

Can't get fibre here (farmland) so mine never reaches 5MB/s
It's plenty for gaming and Netflix, nevermind perusing here

 

[gtaadicto]

Here in Spain state of emergency has been officially declared and we will be put on lockdown on Monday at 8.00 am, for 15 days at least.
I bought a Tacx Flow Smart roller stand to keep me occupied but Enduro E-mtb is way better!

 

[Zimmerframe]

It's clamping down more in France from tomorrow. Restaurants bars discos shut. Any none essential shops are to close - not sure how they work out what is essential..

https://www.thelocal.fr/20200314/fr...l-shops-to-close-to-step-coronavirus-epidemic