Not as excited as I used to be.

[Wooie1958]

I understand that Eyam residents contracted the plague then self-isolated the community to prevent its spread ...

Wouldn`t work in this day and age Chris

You`d have lots of people going specifically to video the residents self-isolating then they couldn`t put it on Facebook, Twitter, etc.etc.

 

[in h]

The experts keep saying warmer summer weather will stop the virus in its tracks. So surely a trip to Spain is perfect?

If that's true, how come there are so many cases in Iran?

 

[2cv]

If that's true, how come there are so many cases in Iran?

At present the temperature in Iran is rarely above 15 degrees.

 

[Snapster]

It is only a week till I head off to Portsmouth and I am not as excited as usual. With the recent weather we have been having the thought of the bay of biscay is already making me feel sick.
Then there is the corovirus, do I just sit in my cabin?
perhaps when I get to Spain I should head for a tiny inland village they get few visitors and stay there.

Stay at home, the less people travel the less risk there is to everyone else.

 

[Moonraker 2]

What makes you think some small happy little village miles from anywhere is going to welcome a MH that has travelled via boat and other large towns to get there.

Because I won't go around kissing them, but park in a nice little car park on the out skirts of town. I am pretty sure buying vegetables is not a risk.

It is quite a difficult virus to pass on if you are not actually in the same room or house as someone, or using public transport.

 

[Canalsman]

I don't believe that is true.

Comparison has been made with transmission rate of 'flu, and Covid-19 has a much higher transmission rate.

That is one of the reasons the number of cases is rising so rapidly.

 

[QFour]

The virus can last outside the human body for a number of days. You can pick it up from just about anywhere that a human has been who has the virus which means that you could take it with you. You are very infectious before you show any symptoms which is why it is spreading so rapidly. The Spanish hospital system is not too bad but they only speak Spanish and it can be very difficult trying to describe what is wrong. Google translate is good for the basics but would hate to have to try and use it for long winded discussions. If you are out and about you need to keep your hands away from your face and make sure you keep washing your hands.

Spain has more cases of the virus than the Uk and a number of cases in Northern Spain around the Basque city of Vitoria-Gasteiz

 

[REC]

We are returning driving back through France and Spain, and April. I am thinking we may well have to self isolate on our return to Uk. But of a b***r as we actually changed dates to return early so I could attend an AGM which will probably be cancelled .
We could be pretty self sufficient driving back but will need to be going to shops, I suppose. Considering not doing our usual 22-3 week slow return and just drive couple of days instead!

 

[QFour]

Doesn't look great for Spain anytime soon.

 

[in h]

The Daily Express is hardly a reliable source of news at any time, but in these circumstances, it's worse.
If you want actual information, rather than a political angle, try looking somewhere like https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

 

[izwozral]

Looks like I am at the higher risk end for snuffing it with my condition, gender and third in line due to age. Oh well.

Coronavirus Age, Sex, Demographics (COVID-19) - Worldometer

Age, sex, demographic characteristics such as pre-existing conditions, of coronavirus cases of patients infected with COVID-19 and deaths, as observed in studies on the virus outbreak originating from Wuhan, China

www.worldometers.info

 

[in h]

Looks like I am at the higher risk end for snuffing it with my condition, gender and third in line due to age. Oh well.

Coronavirus Age, Sex, Demographics (COVID-19) - Worldometer

Age, sex, demographic characteristics such as pre-existing conditions, of coronavirus cases of patients infected with COVID-19 and deaths, as observed in studies on the virus outbreak originating from Wuhan, China

www.worldometers.info

That site doesn't say so, but it looks increasingly like smokers and vapers are disproportionately affected.
That might help explain the big gender imbalance in China, where very few women smoke.

 

[Moonraker 2]

Thank you for the map of Spain, however when you realise how huge those counties are that have perhaps 25 cases I think it highly likely they will be in the main cities. As pointed out it is spread by touch so if I am mainly out of town, makes it safer than at home.
I have also read that it doesn't like heat, I imagine it dries out and dies more quickly, so I shall be heading south.

 

[jacquigem]

Appears to be worse in NW Spain and Madrid