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Post by Tomo on Oct 2, 2021 15:44:01 GMT
I tested negative on PCR as well yesterday, so just a bout of man flu for me. Fairly relieved tbh as would've been a pain in the ass having to tell people at work etc.
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Post by Dougs on Oct 2, 2021 17:08:34 GMT
Give it a few days. All the parents i know who were double-vacced got it from their kids. Generally mild though and the kids were pretty much fine. Hope it's like that for you all too! Definitely my experience. And negative LFT all the way. |
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Post by jeepers on Oct 2, 2021 18:06:34 GMT
My wife got a negative PCR but we’re still waiting on my daughter who has what seems to be a bad cold in terms of how poorly she is.
There’s some shitty winter bugs going around, given by how ill friends and colleagues have been getting over the last fortnight or so. And the symptoms seem really hard to distinguish from Covid. It’s feeling like it’s going to be a grim winter.
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Post by jeepers on Oct 2, 2021 18:08:16 GMT
Oh. Just got a Positive for my daughter. Hope it stays at the bad cold level.
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Post by hedben on Oct 2, 2021 18:09:07 GMT
My youngest has a high temperature and is currently getting a PCR... there's a lot of stuff going round isn't there!
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Post by richardiox on Oct 2, 2021 18:21:42 GMT
1 in 20 ten to fourteen year olds currently have Covid according to the ONS. So your average Year 7 to Year 9 classroom will have 1.5 Covid positive kids in (if they are asymptomatic). Pretty sure infection levels of the under 18s are at the highest they've ever been in the pandemic and it's still the case of most people I know caught it from their kids.
Also - it's mental how steady the UK case rates are. The R number is basically 1. Frustrating as it means pretty much any intervention would pull it below 1 and cases would begin to steadily shrink away. Mass Mask Wearing for example is supposed to bring R down by 0.2 - so that alone would keep cases heading down as we head into winter AND we'd still keep all the other "freedoms".
Why we don't just do something/anything to get cases to shrink is beyond ridiculous.
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Post by mrpon on Oct 3, 2021 8:22:38 GMT
Give it a few days. All the parents i know who were double-vacced got it from their kids. Generally mild though and the kids were pretty much fine. Hope it's like that for you all too! Definitely my experience. And negative LFT all the way. Ditto, daughter is fine today and I've just tested negative. |
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Post by simple on Oct 3, 2021 8:29:08 GMT
I’ve not been keeping up with the covid news recently but that story of the girl who died on the day she was scheduled to get jabbed was pretty shocking.
One of my youngest team members at work (late 20s) has only managed three half days work in six weeks because she’s so fatigued by long covid too.
Yet daily comings and goings feel almost totally normal now.
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Post by Dougs on Oct 3, 2021 8:31:30 GMT
Oh. Just got a Positive for my daughter. Hope it stays at the bad cold level. Now just a waiting game to see the f the rest of you fall like dominoes! It's not a given - my niece had it and none of the rest of the family came down with it. |
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Post by Tomo on Oct 3, 2021 8:39:01 GMT
I’ve not been keeping up with the covid news recently but that story of the girl who died on the day she was scheduled to get jabbed was pretty shocking. One of my youngest team members at work (late 20s) has only managed three half days work in six weeks because she’s so fatigued by long covid too. Yet daily comings and goings feel almost totally normal now. Yeah that story is pretty upsetting. Can't imagine the pain for the family  |
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Post by Tomo on Oct 3, 2021 8:40:43 GMT
And agree with richardiox. Wearing masks is such a low bar preventative measure. So annoying it's not mandatory still. |
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Post by hedben on Oct 3, 2021 8:46:01 GMT
Yeah I keep waiting for a shift back to even slightly more precautions, but apparently no-one's doing it unless they're told to.
And even then- I was at the barber this weekend. Sign on the door- please wear a mask. Both members of staff- in masks. Every one of the 8 guys in there except me- maskless.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2021 8:51:39 GMT
I dunno, it's kind of just dragging it out now. The plan is for herd immunity without overwhelming the hospitals which is what's happening.
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Post by Dougs on Oct 3, 2021 8:52:47 GMT
Aye. Infect the kids, hope that the vaccines hold up for the oldies and vulnerable.
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Post by Youthist on Oct 3, 2021 8:58:14 GMT
I am done with masks now unless it is a rule that I have to wear one. Seems pretty pointless when so many aren’t and I have had covid over the summer and am double jabbed. From a personal choice level it doesn’t seem to make sense for me to wear one.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2021 9:00:49 GMT
I still wear one, mainly because I don't want to be associated with the manchildren who winge about wearing them rather than any belief that it's doing much good now.
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Post by hedben on Oct 3, 2021 9:08:24 GMT
I wear one if the staff of the place I'm in are wearing them. You never know who's high risk / vulnerable but still having to work around lots of strangers.
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Post by Dougs on Oct 3, 2021 9:17:58 GMT
I wear one in shops but have stopped for pubs/restaurants etc, as I think it's nonsensical that you can then take it off at certain points.
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Post by Reviewer on Oct 3, 2021 9:22:22 GMT
Herd immunity is definitely the aim now so they aren’t going to encourage mask wearing at all, they’re still gently pushing for an increase in going back to offices and increasing that commuter traffic as well. By sorting everything will be back to the old normal but with kids missing out in school from quarantining.
You only have to see MPs sat in parliament to see how likely it is for them to encourage mask wearing.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2021 9:28:25 GMT
Hospitalisations are dropping pretty heavily and the general consensus is that it's unlikely to mutate much worse so it's looking like we're probably doing the right thing to be honest.
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Post by eleven63 on Oct 3, 2021 9:46:35 GMT
Went on a couple of buses, London, Friday night. All the windows open on both buses, and the majority wearing masks, as I was. In pubs, when going from table to the loo, as we are still sticking to outside drinking.
Ventilation is key. And when it gets cold, dress appropriately!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2021 10:05:20 GMT
it seems to gone a bit quiet about the Mu variant mentioned at start of September. Lets hope the world can get back to normal
Thankfully at my work we are able to choose how much we go in. Annoying there is some that should be going in to eg scan stuff for their job but are pushing the work on to others (and its not few pages to scan) this offal pouch at work is really bad for pushing work onto others
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Post by richardiox on Oct 3, 2021 11:03:02 GMT
Sure I read this week that Mu variant in the USA got beat down by Delta. It can't compete anywhere that Delta is dominant already - which is everywhere pretty much.
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Post by スコットランド on Oct 3, 2021 11:22:06 GMT
FFP2/FFP3 masks definitely aren’t pointless, no matter what others are doing.
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Post by Matt A on Oct 3, 2021 11:23:24 GMT
You can ingest particles through your eyes
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Post by Solid-SCB- on Oct 3, 2021 11:28:28 GMT
No one else has been wearing swimming goggles out then?
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Post by Matt A on Oct 3, 2021 11:29:41 GMT
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Post by simple on Oct 3, 2021 13:02:43 GMT
I’ve not been keeping up with the covid news recently but that story of the girl who died on the day she was scheduled to get jabbed was pretty shocking. One of my youngest team members at work (late 20s) has only managed three half days work in six weeks because she’s so fatigued by long covid too. Yet daily comings and goings feel almost totally normal now. Yeah that story is pretty upsetting. Can't imagine the pain for the family I don’t think I’d heard of that heart thing she had even being a possibility before. |
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Post by Aunt Alison on Oct 3, 2021 14:25:55 GMT
I feel like a ninja in a mask and hat and I'm not ready to give that up yet
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Post by Dougs on Oct 3, 2021 14:59:29 GMT
Yeah that story is pretty upsetting. Can't imagine the pain for the family I don’t think I’d heard of that heart thing she had even being a possibility before. Yeah, the chances of myocarditis are much higher with Covid than the vaccine, despite what anti-vaxxers are pedalling. |
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