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I keep forgetting even to wear a mask when interacting with people. Maybe it's an effect of the virus? But none of my neighbours have worn masks either, at least at home. :confused:

Can anyone clarify this about social distancing? Is it with hands and legs straight or outstretched? It makes quite a difference, especially if the hands or feet are contaminated with infectious material.

But of course, like most news broadcasts, the main page doesn't mention the populations, so the percentages of cases are very hard to work out. If you click on 'rate per 10 million people' further down it is much clearer.

In case you didn't see this question, I'm tagging you: @ukxmrv

This is mentioned here: https://www.s4me.info/threads/working-hypothesis-looking-for-feedback-thoughts.11945/#post-212175

Well, I am over 60, have hypertension and have Type A Rhesus Positive blood. I also have ME. Type A blood is supposed to give "a 50 percent higher risk of needing oxygen or a ventilator" in covid-19 patients in Italy and Spain. I haven't had any breathing problems, but do have occasional...

Had he had gout before? Were his eyes like this? https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/1260180/coronavirus-update-uk-news-symptoms-red-eyes-conjunctivitis

I went into town today for a prescription and other essentials, and was astonished to find that I was almost the only person wearing a mask!

Thank goodness! I've been really worried about you.

Just want to say that I may have had Covid toe. I treated it like gout, assuming that it was (haven't had it before) but it lasted longer than gout normally does. It lasted from early February to early March, and was painful enough to require paracetamol at first, and needed a dressing, which...

Just want to add my good wishes to @Graham, and hope fervently that his illness is sorted out very soon and effectively.

Sorry if this is stupid or has already been answered, but my head is very fuzzy at the moment. I thought that older people tended to lose their immunity with age?

I can't see any reference to testing for Covid. Did I miss it?

Not sure if this is the right thread, but it's a BBC News item from 30th May on the UK's new guidance and social distancing, which looks quite useful: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52848793

I doubt the wisdom of taking ACE inhibitors without checking one's blood sodium levels, as they tend to reduce them, in my own case very significantly - I ended up with severe hyponatraemia. Just saying for anyone who doesn't know.

Merged thread Coronavirus: 'Baffling' observations from the front line - article from BBC News 23/05/20 When you talk to intensive care doctors across the UK, exhausted after weeks of dealing with the ravages of Covid-19, the phrase that emerges time after time is, "We've never seen anything...

Does that game apply to adults too? Because I can do it easily. Remembering things is difficult though.

I don't think I find this particularly difficult. On the other hand, I often find threads increasingly difficult to understand now (don't think I did for the first 20-odd years). It seems that the more complicated they are, the harder it is. But it varies a lot over time.

Just want to add a link about symptoms, including sense of smell: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/stories-52638382 (only 65% of people reported loss of smell)

I'm not sure if this makes sense - my brain was much better when I wrote this on PR in 2013: "The rationale for the ACTH stimulation test appears stupidly simplistic to me. The doctors think that we may have a problem producing cortisol. But it doesn't appear to occur even to some top...