Coronavirus

[duncs500]

I’m not expecting an older person to die obviously, I’m just surprised that they’re recovering so quickly as the hospitalisation rate of over 50’s is pretty high.

How do you know the hospitalisation rate is high? Nobody knows how many people have had/got it. You do talk some shite Mito.

We know how many people go in each day and their age groups.

Hospitalisation rate is the number of infected people that are hospitalised.

Hospital admittance demographic is quite obviously going to increase with age. So guess what, over 60s is even higher, what's your point?

[Mito Man]

You just agreed with my point.

[duncs500]

[Ascender]

That sucks [mention]Jimmy Choo[/mention], hope its just a mild dose, but like the others have said, don’t hang around if you’re getting worried or its getting worse, get straight on the blower to them.

[NotoriousREV]

You just agreed with my point.

No he didn’t. You don’t know how many people are infected, so you can’t derive a hospitalisation rate, you only know the number of people that have been admitted (which is not the hospitalisation rate, to be clear).

[Mito Man]

The models give a pretty accurate idea, 50-59 age group 10% of symptomatic cases will need to go to hospital. 70-79 it increases to 24% of which 43% will need intensive care.

[scotta]

My Mate was tested positive yesterday. Ended up in hospital with a high temp that he couldn't control. I know of 2 other folk that have probably had it but not been tested.

[duncs500]

Confirmed 25% pay cut as of today.

[scotta]

Confirmed 25% pay cut as of today.

Well thats pish.

[Orange Cola]

I’m not expecting an older person to die obviously, I’m just surprised that they’re recovering so quickly as the hospitalisation rate of over 50’s is pretty high.

How do you know the hospitalisation rate is high? Nobody knows how many people have had/got it. You do talk some shite Mito.

We know how many people go in each day and their age groups.

Only from a certain point in time. The virus was running rampant in China in November, we can only expect that it’s been spreading in the UK since then, even at a very small level, until we can prove otherwise. And that’s the point, we don’t know how many people in the UK have already had it, it may have been through tens of thousands of people in the period November to January already and we just don’t know about it.

[McSwede]

Confirmed 25% pay cut as of today.

Well thats pish.

Indeed it is

[Broccers]

Confirmed 25% pay cut as of today.

Well thats pish.

Indeed it is

Could be worse - no pay at all

[duncs500]

Well thats pish.

Indeed it is

Could be worse - no pay at all

True, I know I'm not in as dire straights as many. I think the thing that scares me (and many others no doubt) is that there's no end date.

[Broccers]

Indeed it is

Could be worse - no pay at all

True, I know I'm not in as dire straights as many. I think the thing that scares me (and many others no doubt) is that there's no end date.

Well us powerfully built company directors are getting sweet f a while our businesses are on pause for however long. Won't be very easy for some people and plenty of time to worry about it with nothing to do. I expect lots of people will be killing themselves.

[duncs500]

Could be worse - no pay at all

True, I know I'm not in as dire straights as many. I think the thing that scares me (and many others no doubt) is that there's no end date.

Well us powerfully built company directors are getting sweet f a while our businesses are on pause for however long. Won't be very easy for some people and plenty of time to worry about it with nothing to do. I expect lots of people will be killing themselves.

Probably true as well sadly. I don't suffer with any sort of depression and I still have days where I feel quite low at the moment TBH, just stress about the uncertainty I guess. I find switching off from media helps, nothing but doom and clickbait on there, even the BBC.

[JonMad]

Am I right in that if you are a company director, powerfully built or otherwise, of a small company with no employees, only yourself, then there's no Govt scheme that covers you yet?

[Broccers]

Am I right in that if you are a company director, powerfully built or otherwise, of a small company with no employees, only yourself, then there's no Govt scheme that covers you yet?

Yes - all of the jobs we have are sorted with partners that we don't employ directly. I am basically similar to an IT contractor in that respect so nothing coming my way at all.

Yes the whole thing is bloody depressing - you can't go and forget about it in the gym either.

[Sundayjumper]

No. As a company director you are an employee of the company. You’ll be able to furlough yourself and get cover for the PAYE salary you’ve been paying yourself, just not the dividends part.

[Broccers]

No. As a company director you are an employee of the company. You’ll be able to furlough yourself and get cover for the PAYE salary you’ve been paying yourself, just not the dividends part.

That's true if I decide not to do any work at all.

[JonMad]

No. As a company director you are an employee of the company. You’ll be able to furlough yourself and get cover for the PAYE salary you’ve been paying yourself, just not the dividends part.

Good to know. Wondered if that was the case. Ta