Good God

[nicebloke1]

No wonder some folk are starting to show mental health problems. Since covid the media seem obsessed in finding another virus or bug in the hope of scareing us all to death, or get us all to shut our doors never to venture out again.

It's popped up a few times on my home page this week along with a few others. ( The 100 day cough sweeping the country) Has it sweeped into your area yet. :0)

[douglas9401]

It's not the cough that carries you off

It's the coffin they carry you off in

[Atheist]

nicebloke1. Thanks very much for sharing that with us! You've got me worried sick now!

[New Judge]

Mrs NJ's got the sniffles at the moment. I blame our nephew. He's got a "terrible cold". This is probably just the sniffles (remember, children get colds, men get 'flu and women get on with it). She was on the phone to him for about 15 minutes a couple of days ago, so that's undoubtedly where she picked it up. Some bloke on YouTube told me you can get it from speaking to an infected person on the phone - especially if your area is served by fibre optic cables. The two of us should probably stay indoors and get masked up if we really have to venture out.

I agree - the media won't be happy until the next pandemic comes along and the Covid Control Freaks will be back in force.

[anneasquith]

No, just head colds, sore throats, but Nora Virus trying to spread .

[Old_Geezer]

100 days of coughing ?

Sounds like a regular winter in the UK.

[andres]

Not in our area yet . The mysterious illness amongst children  that China has is now a cause for concern.  

[nicebloke1]

And not long after that report there was another, obviously for click fall, ( like most) The shocking spread of malaria. Now you would really be on your way to having a mental health problem thinking this was happening within the UK?

[nicebloke1]

13.41 I've unplugged my phone in an attempt to keep other people and myself safe.

[Patsy33]

It's ruddy well cruel! Trying to frighten us plebs all the time. Seems some warped 'people' are having fun with us. Anyway, I laugh at danger now. It all goes over my head. 😆😅

[andres]

Well malaria is the most commonly imported tropical disease into the UK. Over 1,000 cases here in 2021. 

[andres]

^^^^^Fortunately not many deaths.

[nicebloke1]

Some of the stuff popping up on these home pages by two a penny media outlets fighting for a market share Patsy is just getting really silly especially over the last 2 years with Ukraine. The false misleading headlines is now really over the top,. There are sadly people out there who believe this scaremongering and joking apart can do damage to their health and state of mind. 

[douglas9401]

Malaria was also 7th on the list of fave girls names last year.

[nicebloke1]

andres. You have to be bitten I believe, at that normally happens abroad.

[Patsy33]

Yes, you are so right, nicebloke. Jokes aside, a lot of people, especially the young & vulnerable, will be affected by this, mentally. Very sad.

[andres]

^^I did say' imported.'  

[nicebloke1]

^^ Got ya, the media made it look like you could catch from someone here in the UK, they are very clever with their wording, but at the same time very sad B********ARDS

[fender62]

good for big pharma, all sorts of remedies for sale, been saying for years, no money in a cure, but in the medicine, mrs fender takes tablets for various things, i take none, had a chest infection yrs ago so had anti biotics, none since, lucky i guess..but i dont get frantic if i feel a bit off..

[nicebloke1]

I believe its the media in every shape and form who are making people feel off most of the time. The TV is full of doom and gloom experts since covid, then you have the chat shows spilling over day after day all claiming to know this and that and getting great big pay packets for their so called advice.

Glad I'm not stuck at home all day having to listen to this crap, feel sorry for people who have no choice.