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I developed a cough which has since gone but I've been struggling to breathe for the last two weeks. It got so bad on Monday my wife called the our GP who called the health department who called us - spoke to my wife (I wasn't capable) and said if it's just breathing problems it's probably nothing to worry about, I don't need a test. Makes you wonder how accurate the statistics are if they're refusing to test people who only have some of the symptoms.

(just to finish the story, we called the GP back and the local hospital. Both said if I wasn't dying hospital is not the place to be - told my wife that if she notices my lips and/or fingers turning blue she should call again).

I'm still here - still holding onto things so I can suck in air. Hopefully this goes away soon.

There are things I like about living in Germany but the bureaucracy isn't one of them.[/b]


From most reports if you make it past 7-10 days after initial symptoms without needing hospitalization then you should be fine.

Here is a breathing technique to help you with your recovery.

https://www.facebook.com/justine.bowyer.9/videos/10220685917713724/?t=119

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Are you that fat fck from Florida - Shizzo? If so come on man - you don’t belong here.
If not I apologize

I'm not

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From most reports if you make it past 7-10 days after initial symptoms without needing hospitalization then you should be fine.

Here is a breathing technique to help you with your recovery.

https://www.facebook.com/justine.bowyer.9/videos/10220685917713724/?t=119

Thank you!

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From most reports if you make it past 7-10 days after initial symptoms without needing hospitalization then you should be fine.

Here is a breathing technique to help you with your recovery.

https://www.facebook.com/justine.bowyer.9/videos/10220685917713724/?t=119

Thanks bro. I've been doing this CO2 style breathing for awhile now - I think it's the only thing that's been helping. I'm under no illusions that there are many people worse off than me - just sucks being so oxygen deprived you're too dizzy to even stand sometimes. It's a 'two steps forward one step back' situation for me. Getting better - just very slowly.

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Germany

Rules:
Avoid contact to other persons, family of the household is ok
In public hold a distance of 2 meters to other people
In public rooms only two persons
Stay at home order, only going out for important things like work (with permission), buying food and doctor visits.
(Doctors not possible. They wont look in your throat.They give you a number from the health office. When showing symptoms and youre lucky they test you after a long latency time. Can take weeks).
You can go out for sports (alone) and walking the dog
Meetings in public with more than 2 people and meetings or parties in apartements are forbidden
Catering industy and service providers closed
Deliveries are ok
Violations of the rules = 500 -25 000 Euros fine / prison sentence up to 5 years

I go out with my family and dog.
I go to work.
I wear no mask, gloves.
I dont use any disinfection solution.
I feel fine and dont think that this is a reason to shut down the world.
Two years ago overhere was the flu with 25 000 dead people and no one gave a shit about it.
Right now 1234 dead people. Most of them very old. They had also pre-existing illnesses.
Imho this looks like a joke. A reason to shut down, get people under arrest, flood the country with migrants, get rid of the cash money,
pull up a forced vaccination and at least a chip under your skin.
Im not afraid of corona, never been.
A problem for me is the forced vaccination thats coming, to find a way to avoid it.

Thats just a short report from Bavaria, Germany.



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Was living in Brixton/Kennington area of London and bailed before it really kicked off. Spent the last two weeks self-isolating and working from home in a rural part of the midlands. When I left most people were following the gov's advice and helping each other out (the estate had two community groups set up etc), but could see it all going south once the weather warms up and the local drill group/gang no longer had drugs to sell.

Pretty certain I had it beginning of Feb - fever, aching kidneys/eyes/testicles/limbs, dry cough, trouble breathing. My cardio hasn't returned to what it was. I work in Soho right next to China town and one of my work colleagues came back from Vietnam in a shit-state.

I'm sure my taste went for a while, but that happens with most colds.

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Re: Coronavirus - Your Experiences from your part of the world - Discuss
« Reply #56 on: April 04, 2020, 06:40:54 PM »

I am in Los Angeles, actually in the San Fernando Valley 20 miles north of LAX. 

Lockdown with essential business open for three weeks now - people are mostly calm out here.  I work in the nutrition industry, we are open (not to the public), and we deliver to businesses that need supplies (protein bars, vitamins, especially Zinc and Vitamin C and many others, water, protein drinks, protein powder.  That be it, business is down over 50% because all the gyms and stores in the offices are closed.  Also, gas station stores are down 70% in business too, as well as others.  We do deliver to other stores.

No parks or hiking trails are open.  Nothing is open other than stores to buy food, restaurants for pickup, etc.    Pretty much everywhere has put up 'social distancing' signs, stores have adapted with Plexiglass between the cash registers , but there are lines to get into the stores (but only because they limit how many people in the store), not because they are really busy.

Only items hard to get right now is toilet paper, hand sanitizers, masks, paper towels, cleaning supplies like Wipes.  Yes, each store is out of their own items, but the other store usually will have it.   Soon though, a lot of these items are coming in stock, even we are starting to sell hand sanitizers due to demand.

Schools are out, tough for the kids, trying to be good, although being home all day (we have a backyard) is not easy after three weeks.

We do use Zoom, or Google Hangouts to see and talk with family and friends, and a lot more on the phone talking, etc.   

Watching more television, etc, but we have dogs so we due take a mile+ walk each day, etc to get some exercise

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They pulled me over yesterday hassling me out cause I was just driving around, I put my window down 1cm.

If they hassle you out ask for their details and tell them you are going to make a complaint for harassment, bad behaviour etc, watch them change their tune. Complains made against them give them a lot of trouble.

Idk mate, there's a different vibe at the checkpoint. Every traffic stop I've had here for the last 20 years has gone just fine (pun intend). But at the roadblock they've been immediately shitty from go when I address them through a rolled up window. I imagine they get a lot of people being dicks about it so even though I'm very polite throughout, their mind was already made up when they first saw the window up.

The vibe is severe. I don't think it would be wise to talk about making complaints while at the checkpoint. Two worst incidents so far were:

A woman insisting I roll down "becasue we wanna talk to ya" and her charcoal 85 IQ trained monkey bellowing U MUS RALL EET DON!! U MUS RALL EET DON!  And I mean bellowing like someone about to skin his pistol. It was tense, and way too quick. It followed me asking one time if I can leave it up in response to her telling me to roll down. One question from me and I was getting shouted at. Anyway, I said "Ok, one moment please." Put on my mask and rolled it down. My mask was the only one anyone had on. She had a paper one in her hand. It never went on her face.

Second was an old boy who told me to roll down, and while I'm asking the usual "Is it ok if..." he just reached on over and tugged on the door handle. Which was locked because, I figured, given the attitudes I'm seeing, someone is going to do that. He did. If I hadn't had the foresight to lock it we would have been in a tug of war over the door, most likely involving shouting and other officers running over with weapons drawn. It would have gone from 0 to 100 in a split second. It occurs to me that when there's physical conflict you are going to be seen to be a problem while a cop will be automatically in the right. He knows this. The dude was salty and looking to precipitate a conflict. "Next fucker I see with his window up, I'm gonna fix his wagon." Bet he did that day too. Just glad it wasn't me.

After the last one I did consider writing in a complaint but qui bono, you know? Not me. If there's a culture of precipitating conflict at the roadblock then there's almost certainly a "screw this asshole" culture down at the complaints office. I think all I would accomplish would be to get my name added to a list I don't want to be on. There's no Oversight Justice Angel lurking up the chain of command. Just people who didn't witness what happened, are sick of complainers, dislike you, and now they have all your details. Complaining to the police about the police doesn't seem like the move.

This morning I they detained me for about 15 minutes while they ran checks. Early Sun morn, no queue, so hey why not. At least no one acted like they were looking for an opportunity to finally use their weapon.

6 months of this shit tho? I dunno, bro.

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In South Africa, almost 2500 arrested so far for breaking lockdown rules.

1 in 5 adult South Africans are HIV positive.

Curious what effect the virus will have on such people.

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Re: Coronavirus - Your Experiences from your part of the world - Discuss
« Reply #59 on: April 05, 2020, 10:05:14 AM »
Northern England here, Still can go to work until materials run out then fucked as all builders merchants closed luckily anticipated this and got stocked up on current job. Pleased to still be earning. Lots of takeaways shut which is fucking annoying. Big ques at shops but I don’t care that’s the woman’s problem I never go shopping. Otherwise life isn’t much different at minute, if lockdown continues into warmer weather And can’t take kids and dog to beach that will be shit as favourite thing to do in summer. Hope this shit over soon

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Re: Coronavirus - Your Experiences from your part of the world - Discuss
« Reply #60 on: April 05, 2020, 10:12:41 AM »
Northern England here, Still can go to work until materials run out then fucked as all builders merchants closed luckily anticipated this and got stocked up on current job. Pleased to still be earning. Lots of takeaways shut which is fucking annoying. Big ques at shops but I don’t care that’s the woman’s problem I never go shopping. Otherwise life isn’t much different at minute, if lockdown continues into warmer weather And can’t take kids and dog to beach that will be shit as favourite thing to do in summer. Hope this shit over soon

I stocked right up on what I can too. Got a few thousand worth of drylining loaded into jobs in anticipation of a shop closure. Just hope I'm allowed to get there to actually do the job. It's going to be a shit year for contracting. Hope you come through ok.

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Re: Coronavirus - Your Experiences from your part of the world - Discuss
« Reply #61 on: April 05, 2020, 10:43:01 AM »
Off for two week ( so far ) and blessed to have full pay. Going through flyers to see where canned goods are on sale - going to drop 10-15 cans ( beeforoni, ravioli or similar ) on the church doorsteps every Sunday morning.

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Re: Coronavirus - Your Experiences from your part of the world - Discuss
« Reply #62 on: April 05, 2020, 01:11:02 PM »
I stocked right up on what I can too. Got a few thousand worth of drylining loaded into jobs in anticipation of a shop closure. Just hope I'm allowed to get there to actually do the job. It's going to be a shit year for contracting. Hope you come through ok.

Thanks mate same for you hope you can ride this shit out

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Re: Coronavirus - Your Experiences from your part of the world - Discuss
« Reply #63 on: April 05, 2020, 02:15:44 PM »
I travel from Thailand by courier flight , voluntary in 5 stars hotel 'quarantine' guarded by Aussie army reserve  8)

Have resistance bands & plastic made push up bars with me, can't complain !.