Looks like latest wave peaking and declining in Ireland and UK, without any major drama in hospitals/ICUs. Good. Be nice to get a month or two without anyone in a flap about covid.
SARS CoV-2 coronavirus / Covid-19 (No tin foil hat silliness please)
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Went through the same last week. Was certain I had it, but tested negative that day & for a few days after.
Yeah I’m negative three days in a row now. Maybe it’s fake covid.
There’s a lot of non covid viral illnesses going rounds.
So what do you reckon will happen in the autumn, has the worst part has passed. I havent been keeping track with all the variants and subvariants.
I'd suggest leaving the variants and sub-variants to the people who work on vaccines and treatments. Some will infect more people than others, some will be nastier than others. We've no real control over them, so we're stuck with viewing it the same as we do flu - constantly around, very dangerous for some people, and sometimes hitting lots of people simultaneously.
For most of us though, infection is much less dangerous now - mostly a product of a primed (by vaccine and/or infection) immune system. Death rates have fallen from something like 1:100 cases to 1:2000 overall (though there are of course big differences between age groups etc)
In terms of what we have to do - the only strong recommendation I'd make is don't ignore coughs and colds. If you're ill try not to pass it on, especially to people who are more vulnerable to serious illness.
I'd also strongly recommend getting rid of politicians who are suggesting tax cuts when the NHS and social care are collapsing.
Thanks.
Yeah, we can just keep track of the measures and hopefully this autumn wont be as harsh as 2 previous ones. As for coughing and colds I've noticed a lot of people sniffing and coughing in the middle of summer, something I've never seen in this period.
I just got back from the vaccination centre, I had dose number 4. It was absolutely bonkers there.
It's 40C here, there was no air conditioning (not that I expected it, it's not a thing here) and the number display was bust. A small woman with a quiet voice was trying to call out the numbers for "you're next", and it was impossible. Everyone was talking with raised voices. It was a delightful way to spend an hour (wearing a mask, too).
It's 40C here, there was no air conditioning (not that I expected it, it's not a thing here) and the number display was bust. A small woman with a quiet voice was trying to call out the numbers for "you're next", and it was impossible. Everyone was talking with raised voices. It was a delightful way to spend an hour (wearing a mask, too).
Just posting this as a nice illustration of "where we were" v "where we are". It's not that Covid has gone away - in fact in the UK maybe half the population have had it since Christmas. It's still having a massive impact on hospitals - and doing it at a time when there's a big backlog of people needing treatment (some of them with conditions that are now much worse than they would have been of they were treated earlier).
Even so, this is a very different disease now. These graphs look at the proportion of people dying each day who are dying of covid as the main or as a major secondary cause. Back in March/June 20 hardly anyone had it, because hardly anyone was meeting other people but covid's impact was huge, and that continued until the vaccination program kicked in.
Even so, this is a very different disease now. These graphs look at the proportion of people dying each day who are dying of covid as the main or as a major secondary cause. Back in March/June 20 hardly anyone had it, because hardly anyone was meeting other people but covid's impact was huge, and that continued until the vaccination program kicked in.
Finally got it after ducking and weaving it for over 2 years.
Getting it in summer is rotten. I am sweltering hot. Laying in bed with an ice pack on my head and chest, and I can barely feel them. Crushing headache too, which painkillers aren't even touching.
Worst of all, I'm on annual leave this week. Get fecked.
Getting it in summer is rotten. I am sweltering hot. Laying in bed with an ice pack on my head and chest, and I can barely feel them. Crushing headache too, which painkillers aren't even touching.
Worst of all, I'm on annual leave this week. Get fecked.
You should try to cancel your leave and use your sick leave. If one of my team asked me I'd approve it.
I probably would any other time of year. Our leave calendar runs Sept to Aug, and you can only carry forward a max of 5 days (and they're pretty firm on that, ideally they don't want you carrying forward any), which I'm already doing. I don't think I'd be able to squeeze in a week off between now and the end of the month. I think I'll just have to suck it up.
Does anybody know of any studies on people who just don't get covid, and why that might be? I caught it from a small gathering last weekend, and everyone there went down with it this week, except my gf. She also went on a works night out a few weeks back and everyone on her table got it, except her.
She hasn't caught it from me this week either despite me coughing my guts up for a few days. Are some people just impenetrable to the virus?
Claim that vaccines doesn't protect people, unsurprisingly, turns out to be bollocks.
https://www.aap.com.au/factcheck/bl...-vaccinated-not-more-protected-against-covid/
No. Monkeypox isn't only circulating in countries where Pfizer vaccines are used.
https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.32FY3CM
No. 3 Canadian doctors did not die from a covid booster.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...accine-and-toronto-doctor-deaths/10178177002/
In related news we still haven't found a cure for stupidity.
https://www.aap.com.au/factcheck/bl...-vaccinated-not-more-protected-against-covid/
No. Monkeypox isn't only circulating in countries where Pfizer vaccines are used.
https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.32FY3CM
No. 3 Canadian doctors did not die from a covid booster.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...accine-and-toronto-doctor-deaths/10178177002/
In related news we still haven't found a cure for stupidity.
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vaccines also don't cause miscarriages to the surprise of few
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08...k-between-vaccines-and-miscarriages/101322266
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08...k-between-vaccines-and-miscarriages/101322266
Finally have it.
Felt a tingle in the throat and my legs felt a bit heavy last night. Took a test.
Very faint line but it's a line.
Will do another test later to be sure
Felt a tingle in the throat and my legs felt a bit heavy last night. Took a test.
Very faint line but it's a line.
Will do another test later to be sure
Imagine the money to be made from a cure for stupidity
Hope you're starting to feel better. My neighbour is like your girlfriend, he isolated with his mum and dad who both recently had Covid and he didn't catch it, despite being in the same house with them for about 10 days. The only reason I can think of is that he's in his 30s and very fit, they're in their 70s and have health issues. All fully-vaccinated.
Sure my mate has never had it despite it being is his house twice. And both times the person with Covid didnt isolate in the house under assumption that everyone would get it. He's still never gone positive.
Instant positive on test just now.
Out of interest, why are you testing? Official guidance is not to test. If you feel sick, isolate until you’re 48 hours free of symptoms. Which is a lot less disruptive than the 7 days self isolation you’re now committed to (assuming you follow guidelines, if I was you I’d pretend the test never happened!)
I remember testing a while back, and full on getting positives for 2 weeks. My mate who works in public health had same advice. Just pretend tests didn't happen, and if you're symptom free go out in the world.
Your mate was just following the same advice that everyone is supposed to follow. It’s confusing and contradictory but it is what it is.
Curiosity got the better of me and I wanted to know if I had it. The legs and lower back were aching and my throat had an ever so slight tickle.
The effect of the 2nd vaccine was 10 times worse than how I feel now.
Ill keep away from people anyway for the few days - gets me out of a few work meetings and family things I dont want to go to
Fair enough. I did the exact same thing when I got it in April! Now I know I’ve had it at least once the curiosity has gone. Had minor sniffles a couple of times since and not tested. Far less hassle.
Thats me done testing too.
Its proven now that I am in fact not one of the immune people Curiosity over.
I work in the NHS and it’s pretty much business as usual now, if you pretend you can’t see the enormous backlog of operating lists that have built up.
Reminds me a bit of the MRSA scare, (in the way that it was a massive internal issue until it wasn’t) but with no precise end date, no silver bullet that fully justified a change of protocol.
Yeah, I remember a virologist very early saying that all pandemics end with a whimper, not a bang. We were all predicting street parties when covid “ended” but looks like that was pie in the sky. It just sort of, gradually, stops to matter.
Yep, and for some people it doesn’t stop mattering. My mum is still reluctant to go anywhere busy, and hasn’t for 3 years now. It’s turning into something that I’m concerned will never change, and has hugely affected her mental health.
For anyone reading this I’d love some tips on how to encourage her to simply accept that this is life now, there will be no finish line, and Covid is just one of a multitude of things that we have to be careful of. I’m struggling a lot with it, to be honest.
Excellent article about the origins of covid (spoiler - it was the wet market).
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08...-eddie-holmes-virus-hunter-covid-19/101324738
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08...-eddie-holmes-virus-hunter-covid-19/101324738
Hybrid immunity (infection and vaccination combined) highly protective
https://www.news-medical.net/news/2...tect-against-SARS-CoV-2-and-its-variants.aspx
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41392-022-01137-1
https://www.news-medical.net/news/2...tect-against-SARS-CoV-2-and-its-variants.aspx
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41392-022-01137-1
I think I finally caught it 
no taste and I love food. Devastated. I really hope it comes back
no taste and I love food. Devastated. I really hope it comes backNow is a great time to eat healthy food that tastes utter rank.I think I finally caught it
Fair. Looks like I have a month of this to go
I think I finally caught it
Are you ill with it?
I tested positive nearly 5 days ago.
Not sick in the slightest. No symptoms since a minor throat tickle last Friday and generally feeling a little like I did after the vaccine.
Did 50km solo cycle yesterday in the countryside near home and a 10km run today.
Antigen still positive.
Have pulled back from all interactions with people.
I felt pretty bad last Thursday and Friday, and now I’ve just got a nagging cough. Also lost smell and taste today which is weird. I think you should hold back on the exercise though mate, I’ve heard there are risks involved if you’re covid positive.
After 2 miraculous years it looks like it got me. Sickest I’ve been in ages. 103 temp, hacking cough, headache bad enough that I wonder if Nunez head butted me. Ugh.
Are you on day 1? Mine was really bad for 1 day and then started improving rapidly.
Yesterday was day 1. Severe headache, temp 102-103, sore throat. Last night it moved into my chest, so I’m hacking up shit. Temp is down to 101-102, so that’s a plus.
I had a cold that made me feel a bit off for a couple of days a while ago. I'm now wondering if I had covid. So mild I never even thought to get tested.