XMPP Summit - 2020-02-04

You can add me Joachim lindborg as remote as well

Hey all. I've come down with a bit of a serious illness, and now the Doctor is talking to public health Wales to see if I need isolating. Is anyone else ill after the conference?

I'm fine

I'm a bit under the weather, but it feels like nothing more than a cold.

dwd: sorry to hear that. Scary. I'm recovering.

Right. I suspect it's a corona virus, but not the corona virus, add it happens to have hit me hard.

Maybe reach out to FOSDEM too?

dwd: are you being tested for "the" corona?

I don't know yet. Doctor's calling back after she's contacted the authorities.

My symptoms were definitely not respiratory related

The first thing my doctor did, was putting me on antibiotics for my ear... still not there though. guess that isn't corona either...

Mine are a good match, of course. Which scares my wife more than me.

I can imagine.

Maybe a test would be good to rule things out, put minds at ease.

Thanks for letting us know though, obviously - and hope you feel better soon

dwd: incubation time of corona is two weeks, if it is related to the summit / fosdem then it isn't corona..

I'm sure it's in the back of most of our minds the past week or so, but I personally weighed the risk to be pretty small

Up to two weeks. My understanding was it could be three days.

That was my assessment as well. My symptoms fit with the usual rhinovirus. ✏

winfried: not true. Can be anywhere from 1 to 14 days

Commonly 5 to 10, iirc

The put returnees in isolation for 14 days. That's a good indication that the incubation time is not expected to be any longer.

Hmm, BBC article from an hour ago lists one reported case in Brussels

60sec of web search leads to:

> Belgian media reported over the weekend that a patient was admitted to Saint-Pierre hospital in central Brussels, showing symptoms of the Coronavirus. However, the health ministry confirmed the man does not have the virus.

But yeah, it would be a bit soon I think

I think so too. Let's wait for the experts to have made a diagnosis.

In any case, all the best to you and your family, Dave. This must be an unsettling experience.

Probably nothing. But my wife is a little worried.

dwd: Shake a leg!

dwd: when do you expect an update from the authorities?

I'd be surprised if the answer was anything other than "soon"

Amazingly not. Seems that public health Wales are slow.

I have a very slight cold. Probably unrelated. But I'll keep an eye on it. Thanks for letting us know.

Daniel: You will be the last to go, don't worry.

Heard back. Seems I'm most likely safe, but the Doctor will come and see me tomorrow to make sure.

Good

dwd: good to hear, but still get better soon!