Re: We're all doomed! Doomed I say- the Corona virus thread for panicking in!

[halfwise]

That's southern english? I'll never get those Brit accents straightened out.

[Lancebloke]

Yep, she has a posh southern accent... probably home counties (i.e. not far from London).

Not to be mistaken with where I am from which is South East or those farmers from the South West.

[azriel]

I had to look her up chaps & it is said she is from Brighton East Sussex then

[chris63]

I like Holly, she's funny.

[halfwise]

They do walk right into them, don't they?

[Mrs Figg]

I expect that her accent is classed as Received English and to me she doesn't have an accent, its just 'posh'. Not quite as posh as those from 'Made In Chelsea' lot, but not far off.

[azriel]

I think her accent is 'remembered'. Shes putting that on for the cameras, it doesn't sound natural. I bet at home shes an "eee by gum" girl

[azriel]

https://www.facebook.com/memz.sxi/videos/2609875759116373/

[Lancebloke]

Well, in some good news I have been tested and am negative for covid-19. So, assuming that I did have it, it is now out of my body.

Bad news is my body is still struggling to get back to normal after nearly 2 months.

Hopefully this doesn't last for much longer!

[Mrs Figg]

That's fantastic news Lance! it must be a relief that its officially gone from your system. Maybe try some over the counter medicines to strengthen your immune system, and no, its not Ribena, but oddly purple berries are good, try Sambucol, you can get it on Amazon. Omega 3 is another good one, and a shed load of vitamin C.

[Lancebloke]

Well... apparently there is an antibody test that is very accurate that has been developed by a Swiss company. Hopefully that will be available for use soon and I actually really would like to test positive on that.

Just having an answer on what has been going on in my body for 2 months will be nice.

[halfwise]

Yeah it would be good to know if it was what you think it was.

[azriel]

Good news Lance ! There's nothing better than getting answers, the not knowing is what drives you nuts. Onwards & upwards now hopefully

[Mrs Figg]

Lance, if you have the antibodies will you be giving plasma as a donor? I heard that it can help save lives.

[Lancebloke]

Well... wasnt onwards and upwards. Had a couple of shitty days but making some improvements again. Fingers crossed this is the one...

Figgy - if I have antibodies (still no confirmation that I ever had covid), I get fully recovered and then there is a proven demand (I believe there is still debate on whether plasma transfusions have a positive impact) then I would happily donate. I have been a blood donor for a while, although they make it very hard to do sometimes!

[Mrs Figg]

I think I read that the plasma helps the very sickest patients and they have tried it out in China with some good results. it probably wouldn't be used for everyone. But everything helps.

I read that there are studies that vitamin D deficiency is also a problem for being prone to becoming ill. I am busily buying Cod liver oil on Amazon.

[Mrs Figg]

Llamas are the key to saving us, who'dathunk it 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/16/llama-coronavirus-antibodies-study-benefits

[halfwise]

I'm not so sure they radiate calm.  From my few encounters with them they seem a bit crusty.  Sort of like a disapproving librarian.  More like they enforce calm.

[azriel]

Awh, they are lovely creatures I do hope none are harmed in this new discovery ? We have a Llama park about 20 miles or so from where I live. you can take them for walks around the countryside & buy jumpers knitted from their 'wool' People say they are fond of spitting ? well, if you feel one coming on -- duck !

[halfwise]

You can take them for walks!? I'd do that in a moment. And what a brilliant business model, assuming there's not kinks like llamas making a break for it.

[azriel]

https://llamapark.co.uk/walk-a-llama-or-donkey/walk-a-llama/

[halfwise]

OMG! Yes I'd do that. A tad on the pricy side but if you think of it as a lunch and dinner then it feels okay.

[Mrs Figg]

ok this from an Italian newspaper.

""The development of a shield against the coronavirus to date is very positive. The timing has also taken an incredible acceleration and there is a good chance of being ready at the end of September with a consistent number of doses. Then how will they be divided and distributed these doses pertain to the agreements between Governments ". The good news comes from Piero Di Lorenzo, CEO and president of Irbm, a Pomezia-based company that is collaborating, through its Advent Srl vaccine division, with the Jenner Institute of the University of Oxford (United Kingdom) on anti-serum Sars-Cov-2, from the provisional name 'ChAdOx1 nCoV-19'.
Test on humans To date, "the 510 healthy volunteers who were vaccinated on 23 April, constantly monitored by the Oxford research team, have no health problems. If they continue to be healthy, at the end of May they will move on to the final phase of the experimentation with 6,000 volunteers enrolled, 3,000 who will receive the candidate vaccine and 3,000 a placebo. As far as we are concerned, we are giving all the information and all the collaboration so that the government can move in the most profitable way possible, "reiterates Di Lorenzo.
million doses

Confirmation that Oxford University's first clinical trial is progressing well also comes from Downing Street. Specifying that phase 1 of the dosages on all the volunteers was completed this week, Alok Sharma, Minister of Production Activities of the team of Boris Johnson, reiterated - though not without caution on the final result - that if the vaccine were to work safely on men (as it was learned over a month ago that it had worked on the first tested animals, monkey specimens) - from September the pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca will be able to produce 30 million doses: all destined for the United Kingdom for a subsequent phase of test."

[halfwise]

We can hope.

[Pettytyrant101]

{{ Was reading about this earlier- hopeful but best not get too hopeful about it yet. }}