COVID-19/Coronavirus Information and Support Thread (see OP for useful links)
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I need a haircut so bad, I literally don't know how to solve this situation. Way too afraid to attempt to do it myself.
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Yeah, same. My mother keeps looking at it and talking about cutting it herself. I'm very scared - sleep with one eye open.
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It's quite easy... just buy some hair clippers and leave them in your bathroom. Then, buy some alcohol and some night drink enough of it to get reasonably but not totally drunk. When you venture into the bathroom that night, you will do what every drunk person with access to hair clippers has done at some point (
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It's quite easy... just buy some hair clippers and leave them in your bathroom. Then, buy some alcohol and some night drink enough of it to get reasonably but not totally drunk. When you venture into the bathroom that night, you will do what every drunk person with access to hair clippers has done at some point ()and attempt to cut your own hair. If you are lucky, it will look fine and you will no longer be afraid to do it. If you are unsuccessful, a spouse, sibling or housemate can finish the job for you. You may want to make sure you have a hat in case the latter is not an option.
One of his best performances ever!
I recently cut my own hair for the first time. I haven't got much anyway and just went for a No. 3 all over. My daughter was less then impressed.
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I gave up cutting my own hair as it was more hassle than it was worth... but now I wish I had some clippers.
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My Mum just got off the phone to her doctor and was told that her consultant had told them that she should be 'shielding'. And by 'shielding', they mean that she should not leave her bedroom for 12 weeks.
I hate contradicting stuff my Mum hears from medical professionals, but I must admit I scoffed at that idea. It is, frankly, ridiculous... not least because in the same breath they have told her that she needs to go to hospital again for a bone scan in a few week's time, possibly followed up by a few more blood tests and other scans. I don't think it requires a medical degree to figure out that such extreme shielding is a bit pointless when you have to travel across town to hospital every few weeks, or even once.
I would say that my Mum is shielding... she has not left her own property since attending the surgery for a blood test two weeks ago, and prior to that, spending the night in hospital a few weeks ago. My sister and I are doing shopping for her, though admittedly I do pose more of a risk to my Mum by virtue of the fact that I am not shielding, even though I am being stringent with personal hygiene when I enter her house.
My argument is that even with the extreme shielding proposed by her consultant, her risk of contracting coronavirus is not zero. And so long as that is the case, the risk of me living with her is not significantly increasing that risk.
It is very difficult to judge because it is not a black and white issue... if I left my Mum's place she would find the coming weeks and months a lot harder, as would I no doubt. I don't want to increase the risk to my Mum, but it is a trade-off between a slight increase in risk and the benefits of having me around to help out.
I would feel a lot more comfortable if I had access to face masks etc. though, since shopping is now the only place where I'm risking getting the virus myself (and thus of passing it on to my Mum).
* My argument is that various delivery drivers and support workers who might help my Mum in my absence are probably just as much a potential risk to my Mum as I am, so it might as well be me who does things like shopping etc.
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My Mum just got off the phone to her doctor and was told that her consultant had told them that she should be 'shielding'. And by 'shielding', they mean that she should not leave her bedroom for 12 weeks.
I hate contradicting stuff my Mum hears from medical professionals, but I must admit I scoffed at that idea. It is, frankly, ridiculous... not least because in the same breath they have told her that she needs to go to hospital again for a bone scan in a few week's time, possibly followed up by a few more blood tests and other scans. I don't think it requires a medical degree to figure out that such extreme shielding is a bit pointless when you have to travel across town to hospital every few weeks, or even once.
I would say that my Mum is shielding... she has not left her own property since attending the surgery for a blood test two weeks ago, and prior to that, spending the night in hospital a few weeks ago. My sister and I are doing shopping for her, though admittedly I do pose more of a risk to my Mum by virtue of the fact that I am not shielding, even though I am being stringent with personal hygiene when I enter her house.
My argument is that even with the extreme shielding proposed by her consultant, her risk of contracting coronavirus is not zero. And so long as that is the case, the risk of me living with her is not significantly increasing that risk.
It is very difficult to judge because it is not a black and white issue... if I left my Mum's place she would find the coming weeks and months a lot harder, as would I no doubt. I don't want to increase the risk to my Mum, but it is a trade-off between a slight increase in risk and the benefits of having me around to help out.
I would feel a lot more comfortable if I had access to face masks etc. though, since shopping is now the only place where I'm risking getting the virus myself (and thus of passing it on to my Mum).
* My argument is that various delivery drivers and support workers who might help my Mum in my absence are probably just as much a potential risk to my Mum as I am, so it might as well be me who does things like shopping etc.
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Dotini
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What you are doing sounds reasonable.
About masks, many resort to the highly expedient bandana. I use one with a paper towel folded inside. Much better than nothing.
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This is the one time that having very little hair left has been an advantage for me. About 10 months or so ago I decided it was pointless to keep paying $25 just to go in and get a #1 buzz cut so I ordered a trimmer with a vacuum system on it and started doing it myself.
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But could opinions from a politician, scientist, doctor... on a current events be also considered as news when posted by a journalist?
A theory may require evidence of subject existence not an evidence that is truthful. And even a weather forecast for tomorrow can be considered an assumption or a guess since a variability must be taken in consideration when predicting future events even when they have data to back them up. I understand it's not a fake news.
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I have a relative that believes they have contracted coronavirus while staying at home. They believe it must have been through some kind of delivery (package, mail, etc.). And while that's possible, especially for takeout food, I'm skeptical.
Edit:
Check out this cool chart:
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/...ses-vs-total-confirmed-deaths?time=2020-03-02
You can drag a slider to see how case fatality changes over time.
Edit:
Check out this cool chart:
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/...ses-vs-total-confirmed-deaths?time=2020-03-02
You can drag a slider to see how case fatality changes over time.
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No.
A theory is an explanation of all known facts and evidence. It's not a hypothesis.
Yes, a forecast is always based on assumptions (along with facts and evidence).
Professor Nabarro wasn't really doing that either. He was giving his opinion that, since we've never actually made a coronavirus vaccine and since vaccines don't confer guaranteed immunity to all strains, we shouldn't be pinning all our hopes on a working vaccine for this any time soon and we're going to have to find a way to return to 'normal' while managing the presence of the virus.
That's not fake, news, fake news, theory, assumption, guesswork, or a even forecast. It's a statement of two known quantities - we cannot continue in lockdown indefinitely, and a vaccine is neither guaranteed nor guaranteed to work - and an inevitable conclusion from those two facts that in the absence of a functional vaccine society will need to resume in such a way that still protects the vulnerable.
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I've wondered the same about Japan especially considering their ageing population. I know a couple of cities have declared an state of emergency for the second time after relaxing measures too soon.
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Just red that the whole country is in a state of emergency ( sorry for the Dutch link https://www.telegraaf.nl/nieuws/204...zich-heen-in-japan-zorg-op-punt-in-te-storten). From what I have red and herd from some of the people I follow on twitter that live in Japan, a state of emergency just means people have to be a little more careful but everything is stil open and you're free to go outside whenever you feel like it.
Why are people not dying by the thousands in Japan? Thats what they keep telling us here. Stay home or thousands wil die! Is what they say. Or is Japan lying about the numbers?
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Japan's number of confirmed cases has been low, but that is likely down to a number of reasons. Like anywhere else, the real number is bound to be higher... and with a large elderly population, it is perhaps surprising that they have not had it worse than they have.
That said, Japan is a very well ordered society - and people are generally extremely polite and considerate. Face mask use in Japan was already a lot more common than in comparable countries, and public hygiene is an order of magnitude better than, say, the UK.
The surprising thing is how busy and densely populated some areas of Japan are, and yet there has been only limited outbreaks, esp. in Tokyo, where the underground train stations are busy all night... they don't have a rush hour as such, it is more like 3-4 hours.
I doubt that simple consideration for others is enough to tackle the menace of the current pandemic, but as social distancing measures show, small differences can have disproportionately large effects. As such, I reckon Japan in general is well placed to handle an outbreak because the people are already used to treating others with courtesy - sometimes to a fault - and the vast majority of public places (inc. public transport) are spotlessly clean and fastidiously maintained.
That said, Japan is a very well ordered society - and people are generally extremely polite and considerate. Face mask use in Japan was already a lot more common than in comparable countries, and public hygiene is an order of magnitude better than, say, the UK.
The surprising thing is how busy and densely populated some areas of Japan are, and yet there has been only limited outbreaks, esp. in Tokyo, where the underground train stations are busy all night... they don't have a rush hour as such, it is more like 3-4 hours.
I doubt that simple consideration for others is enough to tackle the menace of the current pandemic, but as social distancing measures show, small differences can have disproportionately large effects. As such, I reckon Japan in general is well placed to handle an outbreak because the people are already used to treating others with courtesy - sometimes to a fault - and the vast majority of public places (inc. public transport) are spotlessly clean and fastidiously maintained.
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Just do what I do, buy a set of clippers, use the first guard, chop it all off, have a girl or friend you really trust to clean up the neck, wa-la done.
Dotini
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Skin rashes are something to watch for.
https://abc13.com/rash-rashes-skin-coronavirus/6113954/
https://abc13.com/rash-rashes-skin-coronavirus/6113954/
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