Davkaus Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 3 minutes ago, chrisp65 said: I think we should switch to dosing the water supply with vaccine, so everyone gets a tiny top up, constantly and they can simply up the dose if there’s an outbreak. Well, I don’t necessarily think we should do that. But we should definitely tell people they’re going to do that. Or claim it's being put into fizzy drinks, alcohol and fast food, and we'll solve the obesity crisis. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted June 24, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted June 24, 2022 32 minutes ago, chrisp65 said: I think we should switch to dosing the water supply with vaccine, so everyone gets a tiny top up, constantly and they can simply up the dose if there’s an outbreak. Well, I don’t necessarily think we should do that. But we should definitely tell people they’re going to do that. Whilst they're at it they should lace the water with fluoride to help avoid tooth decay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippo Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 On 22/06/2022 at 15:55, rjw63 said: Just had a text from my GP surgery, it's time for my annual asthma check up. For some reason they are still using Covid as an excuse though as it's for a telephone consultation. Absolute **** bollocks. How much longer are these doctors going to hide away from everyone? The asthma check really is a tick box excercise. I was a pretty bad asthmatic kid in the early 1970s as such my lungs are pretty fecked - I struggle to get to 400 on a peak flow. The nurses sort of flounder every time ..."but you feel ok ??".... One time I asked to be referred to respiratory specialist "oh no no no" - "They only do the same tests" after about 5 more visits I did get to see a respiratory consultant. Did some more advanced tests and access to different inhalers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Zen Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 On 23/06/2022 at 14:41, Stevo985 said: Over the worst of it now. All my symptoms are mild now EXCEPT for my sore throat. It is absolute **** agony. Worst sore throat I've ever had. It's like swallowing razor blades every time I swallow I am appalled by the lack of a certain KW making an appearance after this. Absolutely APPALLED, I tell you. Oh, VT, how your standards have dropped! (Other than that, feel better mate!) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted June 27, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted June 27, 2022 So I feel fine now, but I'm still getting positive tests. Very thick, defined lines. 10 days now since my first symptoms and 7 days since my first positive test. How long do I keep isolating? The guidance seems to vary now. MOst saying that the majority of people aren't contagious after 5 days but some up to 10 days. Well it's 10 days now since my first symptoms. Dunno what to do. Haven't hugged my son for a week now but don't want to stop isolating now and end up giving it to him. It would make the last week of isolation pointless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Zen Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 1 hour ago, Stevo985 said: So I feel fine now, but I'm still getting positive tests. Very thick, defined lines. 10 days now since my first symptoms and 7 days since my first positive test. How long do I keep isolating? The guidance seems to vary now. MOst saying that the majority of people aren't contagious after 5 days but some up to 10 days. Well it's 10 days now since my first symptoms. Dunno what to do. Haven't hugged my son for a week now but don't want to stop isolating now and end up giving it to him. It would make the last week of isolation pointless You have to do what you feel is right, but I’d be out of isolation and hugging my son if I were you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Stevo985 Posted June 29, 2022 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted June 29, 2022 Finally got a negative test today. Gonna leave it one more day for safety and assuming I test negative tomorrow I'm free! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted June 29, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted June 29, 2022 1 hour ago, Stevo985 said: Finally got a negative test today. Gonna leave it one more day for safety and assuming I test negative tomorrow I'm free! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trekka Posted July 1, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted July 1, 2022 Oh dear. 1 in 18 in Scotland is just madness. I'll be taking another look at the hospital admission data later when released. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted July 1, 2022 Moderator Share Posted July 1, 2022 21 minutes ago, trekka said: Oh dear. 1 in 18 in Scotland is just madness. I'll be taking another look at the hospital admission data later when released. If only Wee Jimmy had kept quiet this week 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted July 1, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted July 1, 2022 9 hours ago, bickster said: If only Wee Jimmy had kept quiet this week Stop being so Krankie. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyrusr Posted July 2, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted July 2, 2022 After 2 1/2 years of this nonsense finally caught it. F***ing pain in the a***. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Seat68 Posted July 2, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 2, 2022 5 minutes ago, cyrusr said: After 2 1/2 years of this nonsense finally caught it. F***ing pain in the a***. Might be piles, get a second opinion. 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyrusr Posted July 2, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted July 2, 2022 16 minutes ago, Seat68 said: Might be piles, get a second opinion. So I wasn’t meant to shove the test up my butt? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted July 2, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted July 2, 2022 (edited) It's obvious that the real figures are much higher. Fewer people are testing (paid for LFTs); of the ones who are, I'd guess very few bother to report a positive result via the app, and for those that do, the system is so flaky it frequently fails to work; my daughter and her husband both have it - again - and failed to get the report to register correctly (result was coming up as 'void'). Obviously if this is not translating into a big rise in hospital admissions/ventilator cases/deaths it's not too worrying, but there will still be an impact on absenteeism rates, affecting businesses/schools/public services. Pretty much like a bad flu epidemic, in effect - bad news, but at least not the pre-vaccine catastrophe of Spring 2020. Edited July 2, 2022 by mjmooney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 We were at a presentation evening last night, one of the parents mentioned they have covid, as does their little one who was also there. **** idiots. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 22 minutes ago, mjmooney said: It's obvious that the real figures are much higher. Fewer people are testing (paid for LFTs); of the ones who are, I'd guess very few bother to report a positive result via the app, and for those that do, the system is so flaky it frequently fails to work; my daughter and her husband both have it - again - and failed to get the report to register correctly (result was coming up as 'void'). The NHS published figures on coronavirus.data.gov.uk are vastly underreported, as you say. The figures being reported in the last couple of days (2.3m current cases) from the ONS are compiled from randomly selected households being asked to test. Not a perfect methodology, as there may be some self-selection bias there, but certainly a lot better than simply relying on reported positive tests. 2.3m estimated current cases, 116000 positive tests in the last week. I wonder why they even bother reporting the positive test numbers now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Davkaus Posted July 2, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 2, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Genie said: We were at a presentation evening last night, one of the parents mentioned they have covid, as does their little one who was also there. **** idiots. This is just how life is going to be, isn't it? People don't self-isolate with colds, they're not going to with covid - and I'm aware using that comparison still sounds a bit "covid skeptic", the 2020 version was absolutely nothing like the common cold. the variants we're seeing now? I think it's got to that point, and it's just a minor illness we're all going to expect to catch annually. I did think, at it's height, that we might learn some useful lessons out of this pandemic, and come out of it as a stronger society, with better attitudes to work life balance, better attitudes against "soldiering on" and presenteeism when sick, to stop spreading your illness to others. Better attitudes to staying local, and ditching the car a bit more. Lockdown was **** shit, don't get me wrong, but there were one or two benefits of living like that for a while that I thought might have opened our eyes to how life could be. Most have just been sleepwalking back in to the old patterns though. Edited July 2, 2022 by Davkaus 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 Whole household has tested positive - but only runny noses - complete coinicidence we even tested one of us in first place. No wonder this variant is getting around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 (edited) 33 minutes ago, Davkaus said: This is just how life is going to be, isn't it? People don't self-isolate with colds, they're not going to with covid - and I'm aware using that comparison still sounds a bit "covid skeptic", the 2020 version was absolutely nothing like the common cold. the variants we're seeing now? I think it's got to that point, and it's just a minor illness we're all going to expect to catch annually. I did think, at it's height, that we might learn some useful lessons out of this pandemic, and come out of it as a stronger society, with better attitudes to work life balance, better attitudes against "soldering on" and presenteeism when sick, to stop spreading your illness to others. Better attitudes to staying local, and ditching the car a bit more. Lockdown was **** shit, don't get me wrong, but there were one or two benefits of living like that for a while that I thought might have opened our eyes to how life could be. Most have just been sleepwalking back in to the old patterns though. Life goes on to a degree, I get that. But heading off to a packed clubhouse to most likely infect dozens of people. It’s irresponsible when you know you have it. Edited July 2, 2022 by Genie 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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