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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter
T he BBC1 news has just reported that someone has died who wasn't elderly/ill/disabled 
Also, a new born baby has caught the virus- I thought that children were the safest out of everybody and that babies couldn't catch it in the womb 
I've started with a bad cough, but it's not a dry cough, so i'm not too concerned yet. |
Are you sure about that?
BBC News
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Of the latest deaths in the UK, eight were men aged over 80 and all but one were known to have had underlying health conditions.
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All over 80, but only one without a known pre-existing condition. I suppose most over-80s will have a pre-existing condition, it's a matter of how much it has manifested itself beforehand.
The issue with having a "wet" cough instead is that you could also be carrying COVID-19 and spread it.
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Under a state of emergency, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is banning Spanish citizens from leaving home, except for buying essential supplies and medicines, or for work.
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Good luck with trying that in the UK.
I'm stocked up enough to self-isolate for a few weeks if necessary, but what then? If in the meantime food production has drastically reduced, I would have self-isolated too early.