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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT - CORONAVIRUS
Last evening dining out with friends, one of their uncles, who's graduated with a master's degree and who worked in Shenzhen Hospital (Guangdong Province, China) sent him the following notes on Coronavirus for guidance:
1. If you have a runny nose and sputum, you may have a common cold/flu
Last evening dining out with friends, one of their uncles, who's graduated with a master's degree and who worked in Shenzhen Hospital (Guangdong Province, China) sent him the following notes on Coronavirus for guidance:
1. If you have a runny nose and sputum, you may have a common cold/flu
2. Coronavirus pneumonia is a dry cough with no runny nose to start off with..
3. This new virus is not heat-resistant and will be killed by a temperature of just 26/27 degrees..
3. This new virus is not heat-resistant and will be killed by a temperature of just 26/27 degrees..
4. If someone sneezes with it, it takes about 10 feet before it drops to the ground and is no longer airborne.
5. If it drops on a metal surface it will live for at least 12 hours - so if you come into contact with any metal surface - wash your hands as soon as you can with soap (an alcohol-based one is good).
5. If it drops on a metal surface it will live for at least 12 hours - so if you come into contact with any metal surface - wash your hands as soon as you can with soap (an alcohol-based one is good).
6. On fabric it can survive for 6-12 hours. normal laundry detergent will kill it.
7.Try not to drink liquids with ice.
8. Wash your hands frequently as the virus can only live on your hands for 5-10 minutes, but - a lot can happen during that time - you can rub your eyes, pick your nose unwittingly and so on.
7.Try not to drink liquids with ice.
8. Wash your hands frequently as the virus can only live on your hands for 5-10 minutes, but - a lot can happen during that time - you can rub your eyes, pick your nose unwittingly and so on.
9. You can also gargle as an added prevention. A simple solution of salt in warm water will suffice.
10. Can't emphasise enough - drink plenty of water!
THE SYMPTOMS
1. It will first infect the throat, so you may have a sore throat lasting 3/4 days
10. Can't emphasise enough - drink plenty of water!
THE SYMPTOMS
1. It will first infect the throat, so you may have a sore throat lasting 3/4 days
2. The virus then blends into a nasal fluid that enters the trachea and then the lungs, causing pneumonia. This takes about 5/6 days further.
3. With the pneumonia comes high fever and difficulty in breathing.
3. With the pneumonia comes high fever and difficulty in breathing.
4. The nasal congestion is not like the normal kind. It can feel like you're drowning. It's imperative you then seek immediate attention by telephoning 111 or your doctor - don't visit..
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SPREAD THE WORD - PLEASE SHARE.AND ALSO SEE RECENT UPDATES FROM NHS AND ELSEWHERE
From my brother’s girlfriend, who works in healthcare.
Thanks for this. I think if the national guidance was this clear, less people would panic. I have a virus right now, flu symptoms, but it's not covid-19 , it's just a normal flu type virus
That’s really good info. Especially the runny nose bit. Thanks!
Good info. ... Also : (may not apply to everybody) : keep you mustache and beard clean
Great information, now only if the US media would say this instead of what they are doing now.
Why the don't add ice to your drink? Why would that make a difference?
snorkelbuddy: probably hands touching the ice if I had to make a guess.
Hm. If it is killed at temps of 26-27° (Celsius, I expect, not Fahrenheit), why are there cases in Australia? And how does it survives in the human body, which is about 37°C? I also heard of the virus surviving up to a week on surfaces. So... I am not sure this can be trusted.
Quick visual reference: 
Épidémie de maladie à coronavirus de 2019-2020 — Wik... See there are many cases in countries where it's currently summer.
Épidémie de maladie à coronavirus de 2019-2020 — Wik... See there are many cases in countries where it's currently summer.
a bit of fact checking for you
'Uncle With Masters Degree' Gets Facts Wrong in Coro...
I did find the bit about the lack of a runny nose interesting - at least in general that's a good guideline but not 100% accurate according to snopes
Kala_Bijoux: Thanks. It did sound fishy; glad I was not just being too suspicious.
StereoNacht: I am generally a suspicious person of any sort of email forwarding and/or similar text.
wait, I thought this was your friends uncle
This "important announcement" has been making the rounds with various little variations in the details. It's an urban legend that keeps getting signal boosted by well-meaning people who repost anything that might sound plausible.
Yeah, this has been taken apart. Like so much out there, it is a mix of facts, speculation and outright incorrect information. This is a novel virus, brand new, and there is just not enough data to make definitive statements. The hot/cold stuff is a combination of biology and maybe traditional Chinese medicine.
Fevers are our bodies way of trying to kill off infections, hopefully before damaging our brain cells with the heat. Drinking cold things does not impact this process in any way. Drinking lots of fluids is good, at whatever temperature works for you.
snorkelbuddy: Fogwoman: the 'ice' part is (I'm assuming here) because in China and for most part of South East Asia, iced drinks are usually served in food establishment. It is not very common to have iced drink at home. The ice cubes in these establishments are tapwater, which is not as clean as or treated like western tapwater.
So if you order a coke, for example. They take a can and fill up a glass filled with those ice with only half the can's content to serve to you. The other half can be served to another customer who also asked for coke. So it is better to ask for no ice for two main reasons: hygiene and they can't fleece you then.
That is only my assumption though based on my South East Asian origin and the 'fact' that the info came from Shanghai. Other than that, who knows what the chainletters meant by no ice.
ZeeZuleicca: Thanks, that makes sense now