The World Health Organisation have stated that dogs do not carry Coronavirus and that any that have been quarantined can be released. WHO let the dogs out.

Someone told me today that there are basically two viruses going around. One has a much higher mortality rate as we are seeing in China (and perhaps Italy?) and one is a mutation of this that is much milder and more in line with a standard flu which seems to be what we have in the UK. This is from someone who is fairly obsessed with medical podcasts.

I also heard on fairly good authority (from someone who works in virology research) that you should not use alcohol based hand sanitizer as it removes the natural oils in your skin that protect from viruses - just wash your hands with soap and face masks are a total waste of time. They also said this situation is really nothing to worry about overall.

We'll see.

Yeah I'm in SK, Kozel is great but this is just some cheap pivo called Gazda.

I honestly didn't budget for a once a century plague 2 1/2 months into running my own B&B.
It has been a nightmare up until the point of opening, from arriving in -15° temperatures & it being -5° inside the house to using the electrics in the house for the first time switching on an electric radiator & the fuse box literally exploding on the side of the house, that was the end of the electrics for a while.
Basement flooding 3 times due prehistoric plumbing.
My van breaking down & having it crushed 1 hour outside of munich in the summer last year whilst driving the last of my possessions over from England, then being stranded for 3 days without a bierhaus in sight, I explained to the gf that if she's gonna rescue me she needs to hire a van as I have a van full of stuff only for her to arrive in a car with her mate next to her so no room in the car for me.
It was then 18 hours of trains & walking carrying a bike with no pedals (I'd packed them in the car by mistake) & a holdall full of stuff.
Being kicked off a train in Austria because I didn't buy my bike a train ticket.
s***ting in buckets for 6 months..
Took the best part of a year for the local council to approve the gas installation so improvised by boiling water on a 70yr old stove transferring hot water to a garden chemical sprayer & washing under that.
A f*** off big dead heron/crane that was nesting in our loft.
I honestly could write a book.

Yeah didn't expect this virus to stop us dead in our tracks 2 months in & I am absolutely convinced there is a cursed 120yr old gypsy buried under the house.

Edited by Ouzo Dan (13 Mar 2020 7.22am)

Does your post relate to the above posts in any way?

I hadn't heard that there are two strains of the virus but is seems to be true:-

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However as the article points out that whilst this to be expected and that others will emerge it doesn't really make any difference as the effect will be identical. We will surely see both circulating here.

All the advice I have seen, including that in health care settings, says that alcohol based santisers are effective at killing viruses provided they contain a minimum of 60% alcohol. Washing with soap and water, where available, is said to be better. My wife though uses both!

Edited by Wisbech Eagle (13 Mar 2020 7.47pm)

All the advice I have seen, says that alcohol based sanitisers are effective at killing viruses provided they contain a minimum of 60% alcohol.