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Just popping in to update.
Im still testing a faint positive on LF. I tested positive Wednesday before last, so about 10 days now.
Mum still testing negative. Not been pleasant having windows open in this weather and ive developed a renewed respect for those that wear masks all day as part of that job.
I have a lovely scab on the bridge of my nose.Lol
Partner that I caught it from has had far worse symptoms than me but had now tested negative 2 days in a row but still being cautious.
We both still have a lingering phlegmy cough, she is still petty fatigued too.
Hope everyone else is doing ok.
Im still testing a faint positive on LF. I tested positive Wednesday before last, so about 10 days now.
Mum still testing negative.
Hard on you but great news for your mum 🙏
Thanks mate, it's a relief every day when she has tested negative.
In reality the mask is the lesser of the "inconveniences". My nose just doesn't agree!
Mum still testing negative.
Good to hear
Good news about your mum and that you’re on the mend.
Interestingly my wife’s cough has got way worse since testing negative again- but she’s heard similar from others.
Wales’s restrictions are ending in a couple of weeks and then the whole of the uk will be restriction free I think. Mildly perturbed about what I’ve heard anecdotally about cases rising as
Thanks tenfoot, ferrals.
Yeah, the cough has been the biggest symptom for me, even so, not too bad at all in truth.
My partner has had a much tougher time of it. Although she is testing negative her symptoms are still worse.
Managed to swerve it until now, had to go to a funeral in Donegal last week and probably caught it there. Positive test today after negative one on return. Currently feeling like crap - fortunately have tested before visiting elderly parents.
Are we still doing masks in shops and public transport now? In the past week it seems less than 20%, I've been deliberately and openly coughed at and had a snide comment just in earshot, first time for both. No distancing in queues. In shared areas of the building where I work, I feel a bit like "one of the mask guys". Personally I'm pretty rattled after 6 years of Brexit - Covid and now war in Europe, that I wonder if I've lost perspective and become out of tune with friends, family, and colleagues.
It was stressful trying to keep at least some distance but nobody else seemed to give a toss
Yeah I'm still calibrated to feel about 1.5m as invading my personal space.
I have diligently worn a mask in shops and cafes. I’ve not used public transport. Work has relaxed the requirement for masks when moving about site, but still recommended them. Things are relative. Cases are falling and hospitalisations also. Deaths are falling twice as fast, which suggests that omicron BA.2, which is now the dominant strain, might be less pathogenic still.
Other good news is that the JAK inhibitor baricitinib further reduced mortality in the RECOVERY trial of hospitalised patients. So that’s dexamethasone, anti-IL-6, jak inhibitor and an antibody if you are seronegative in admission. This landmark trial has delivered evidence of every significant amount intervention.
Things are going in the right direction in the UK and elsewhere. But spring is here and summer coming. It’s a winter respiratory pathogen. Curiously, I’ve had a rubbish cold all week. Sneezing, immune response all the trimmings, but not covid and no shortness of breath. In the day job, I’m still looking at potential treatments because I don’t believe SARS-CoV-2 is going to vanish. But I think it will be tamed, and with it other future coronaviruses as well.
bikesandboots
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Are we still doing masks in shops and public transport now? In the past week it seems less than 20%, I’ve been deliberately and openly coughed at and had a snide comment just in earshot, first time for both.
You aren't alone, I'll be wearing one till Spring then re-evaluate. The fact that others would cough at you or make a snyde comments probably shows you that you have a good perspective on where we are as a country dealing with Covid.
My partner and I catching it has been an eye opener. I've stayed positive longer (still a slight line on LF for me today) but she has had worse symptoms.
I've spent many an hour thinking how grateful I am to have had access to the vaccine. It now seems absolutely inconceivable to me that anyone lucky enough to be able to have it would turn it down. I can only imagine the despair of those not able to have a vaccine as yet and waiting for other options to become available.
In theory my old mum will have had a second booster a month from now and I'll make a concerted effort to lower my guard in some respects. She is still testing negative as of today. I'll be keeping good quality ffp3 masks in the home permanently from now on. I don't think I could have cared for mum and kept her safe without them.
I'm also very aware that the next variant might not be so "benign."
Sorry to hear that @kilo, get well soon mate. I found Covonia helped a lot with my tickly/ "explosive" cough.
and with it other future coronaviruses as well
I really hope so.
The latest 7 days figures out today show a 28.2% increase in people testing positive for covid, which sounds significant. Although it isn't making headlines so presumably isn't cause for concern.
Between 1 March 2022 and 7 March 2022, 300,017 people had a confirmed positive test result. This shows an increase of 28.2% compared to the previous 7 days.
In the same timescale the amount of tests fell by about 10% also.
Fair point.
I can only see up to 6 March for testing and it does show a decrease but only of 6% :
Between 28 February 2022 and 6 March 2022, there have been 4,375,155 tests. This shows a decrease of -5.7% compared to the previous 7 days.
Now things are slowing, and in the context of the ^above posting, can i just reiterate my sincere thanks to TiRed in particular, but also to all (well, most) others on this thread, for steering me through this time.
I hope we are pretty much out the other side of it now - certainly we are surely the other side of massive interventions like the lockdowns that we were about to enter almost two years ago.
It has been emotional.
Nudging 16k active cases here in WA
No-one in ICU
36 in hospital across the whole state.
Numbers are increasing as the trend has shown in many other places - albeit delayed here in Western Australia (WA means wait awhile!)
Less than a month 'til I travel to Europe. Dodging covid (perhaps) stepping into a war zone (almost - will see what the refugee crisis is like) and I've broken my big toe so no riding and hobbling like an NCP car park attendant. Perfect timing.
Cases are falling and hospitalisations also. Deaths are falling twice as fast, which suggests that omicron BA.2, which is now the dominant strain, might be less pathogenic still.
Things getting worse in Scotland. Higher no of positive tests, hospitalisation and deaths (based on the link below). Saw an article (in the Guardian) that Scotland bucking the trend in England and NI, can’t recall is saying deaths were up though... ETA: one graph shows deaths down (but not reported for yesterday?) other shows a slight increase? Definitely rise in ICT numbers... usually leads to increase?
Scotland still under mandatory covid mitigation measures in shops and public transport too (whilst I’ve seen some non-maskers majority where I’ve been have been masked and distanced, but I’m only in Town early to avoid the rush, but I’ve always erred this way 🤷🏼♂️
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-53511877
Indeed, I'm a bit worried about Scotland figures, as well as some parts of England. We're heading back up in infections, but more tellingly in hospitalisation and deaths.
I was due to make a call this morning with our management team about a move to ease all our restrictions by Easter. I'm not so sure now.
Sorry to hear that @kilo, get well soon mate. I found Covonia helped a lot with my tickly/ “explosive” cough.
Thanks appreciate it.
The cough isn’t too bad but god almighty the sore throat is really getting me down. Any swallow action results in a searing pain and my sleep has gone to pot as a result. Last night was probably the first time I ever truly appreciated why people with long term pain issues would end it all, ( not that I’m in that boat) it was just relentless.
I’ve spent many an hour thinking how grateful I am to have had access to the vaccine.
So much this!
Are we still doing masks in shops and public transport now?
I'll be honest I'm phasing out my wearing masks in shops. It's brief casual contact, risk was always relatively low.
Been to a couple of shows and cinema and not worn a mask, in line with the overwhelming majority of the audience, but would have masked up if anyone near me was showing concern by wearing one.
First week back in the office last week. Had the remnants of a cold the first day or two and was noticeably the only one masked at their desk. Once I'd stopped snuffling at the end of the week I went mask free. A colleague was "spoken to" the first day after shaking hands with someone. By the end of the week people were greeting long lost colleagues with hugs. 6 positive tests last week at work out of 1000 staff. Most staff aren't testing.
The noise and close proximity of working in the office was horrible though. Very disorientating.
MrsMC has been told her employer (local authority) is reviewing any return to office at the end of March, and they are being encouraged to wear masks when out and about, and test before visiting clients. But no tests are being provided. Same as throughout the pandemic.
I’ve been deliberately and openly coughed at and had a snide comment just in earshot, first time for both.
It would be unsurprising to find that the people who are now making snide comments about people who continue to choose to wear a mask are the same ones who were all 'my body my choice' about not wearing one earlier.
I still wear one in busy places and on public transport, in line with government guidance, and notice that many places still have polite requests to continue doing so, presumably trying to protect their staff as best they can.
We're all distracted by more pressing issues right now, the daily tally is no longer on the news, hopefully we won't see hospitalisations and deaths creeping back up substantially as people mix more and immunity starts to tail off in the spring.
Of course the world passed 6 million known deaths yesterday. Was quite low down the news reports.
Looking at the Scottish case figures Vs the rest of the UK, I'm not convinced each nation is now counting the same. I know that ScotGov made some changes; counting reinfections and also using reported LFD test numbers. Was this the same for all four nations?
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Edit: Highlands and Islands are showing the highest case rates in Scotland so you definitely don't want to come here for a holiday.
The BBC day coronavirus update is back on the front page of the news site - still nearly 11,000 in hospital and over 100 daily deaths?
I'm not sure if the brain scan changes have been mentioned already? A bit of a concern. Although not really clear its significant, perhaps scans would should something similar with other common infections.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-60591487#:~:text=Catching%20Covid%20may%20cause%20changes,related%20to%20smell%20and%20memory.
As regards to case numbers and masks etc, it does feel like we're in a new phase now. I think there's a realisation that many (most?) of us have already been exposed to covid, and will be multiple times in the future. So this might be "as good as it gets" ?
Wasn’t that study only looking at the situation four months out? Anecdotical, brain fade and poor memory after Covid is very common. It doesn’t mean that full recovery given time doesn’t occur. It’s a bit wait and see. A good reminder that we need to be looking at outcomes other than the hard ones though.
I'm wondering if they can reverse diagnose an undetected covid infection from my current permanent state of brain fog?
Mate, that's called old age.
Welcome.
Mate, that’s called old age.
Welcome.
It's chilly still though isn't it? I said it's chilly. Yes, CHILLY.
Well just over 1 week from pupils not masked in class and....I've got a positive.
Felt properly flu like yesterday, got a good cough and aching hips.
Quite peeved.
Office is getting quieter by the day.
Colleague from my team (of 4) was a close contact and awaiting test results. Off work, natch.
Apparently we have heaps of RAT tests (as we're health dept) but no-one has formulated a plan as to who gets tested, or when. We've only had the best part of 2 years to look at what the rest of the world has done, and is doing. Our gov't has ordered $1.4 million dollars worth of RAT tests and chartered a plane from S.Korea to deliver them. But no plan as to who/how/when. Did I mention I work in the health service? FFs.... (Well, 6 days to go until I'm outta here and I can't **** wait)
The stats show that both cases and hospitalisations are rising again. Anecdotally, while just about all the people I know who got COVID earlier this year had very mild symptoms, the three people I know who currently have it are really quite unwell. Does this reflect waning vaccine protection, a new variant, or is it just random chance?
Just had a repairman from my housing association turn up to do some work in my house, he mentioned in passing as he was carrying out the work that his wife has covid but according to government rules he didn't need to isolate so I turfed him out pretty ****ing sharpish.
I am isolating due to compromised immune system, wtaf are they playing at?
3 people I know have come down with it recently have been really unwell, including my boss who never takes time off and it has apparently floored her properly. She is seriously fit, cycles hundreds of miles a week and is a world masters track cycling gold medalist. Definitely seems to be gaining traction again.
I know 2 people that have had a recently. Both mildly, infact one of them dropped me last weekend towards the end of a 5 hour road ride after isolating for seven days a rest week
For the first time since may 2020, my office has been closed, as someone who was in yesterday has tested positive.
We were all in a meeting room with the man, for 1.5 hours yesterday.
Interesting to see how this will pan out.
somafunk
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Just had a repairman from my housing association turn up to do some work in my house, he mentioned in passing as he was carrying out the work that his wife has covid but according to government rules he didn’t need to isolate so I turfed him out pretty * sharpish.
* me. 😟
scotroutes
Full MemberLooking at the Scottish case figures Vs the rest of the UK, I’m not convinced each nation is now counting the same.
Had a wee look and it seems like scottish testing has stayed relatively high while the english test levels especially are tumbling. But it does look like we're overrepresented in the hospitalisations which has got to be a more useful stat
But it does look like we’re overrepresented in the hospitalisations which has got to be a more useful stat
This is kind of where I was coming from. Hardly surprising there where you still have a free testing regime you get higher positives recorded but hospitalisations and deaths rising... that’s worrying.
Think UK stats today are showing significant percentage rises in cases, hospitalisations and deaths. Not sure scotland can be blamed for all of that... 🤪
On Teams calls today had two people with covid in the house (school kids) and two were saying they were positive...
More worryingly two guys in my team who have caught covid, and one has had IBD diagnosed a couple months afterwards the another had some really weird throat infection about a week after coming out of isolation (said his throat looked like a picture off a fag packet...) somebody else I know whose daughter had a brain infection after catching covid... it *might* just be coincidence but out of 20-odd people that worked on the same floor 3 post covid cases seems a bit like a trend (IANAS).
We've been averaging just over 1,000 staff a day on site this last week, and about 5 positive tests a day.
Lots of reminders around sanitiser, ventilation, not exceeding capacity in meeting rooms, but the fact is we've got 1,000 (almost entirely) unmasked staff spending 7-8 hours a day less than 2 metres apart.
Seems to be upward pressure on hospital numbers again, deaths around about 120 a day.
It's about as done as Brexit from what I can see.
Just had a repairman from my housing association turn up to do some work in my house, he mentioned in passing as he was carrying out the work that his wife has covid but according to government rules he didn’t need to isolate so I turfed him out pretty **** sharpish.
Even if he had covid I'm sure he'd be expected to turn up for work if able. That's certainly the case in West Yorks Police.
Even if he had covid I’m sure he’d be expected to turn up for work if able. That’s certainly the case in West Yorks Police.
Girl at my work emailed me the other day to say that she has to look after her kid who has come down with covid alongside her husband. She then went on to say that the husband was still at work however, apparently that’s ok as long as he wears a mask
What a selfish prick…
It's rather mind boggling that absenses due to testing positive for Covid are now included in attendance review, for an increasing number of companies.
It's been the case at Royal Mail since 1st March iirc. While there's no obligation to tell managers of your positive result, obligatory mask wearing while indoors went out the window months ago, colleagues clambering all over each other to sort/retrieve letters and parcels for a few hours before heading out on delivery.
The last ~2 years have simply been a financial inconvience for some companies, very little has been learned about how we need to stop "presenteeism."
Hopefully a much more lethal Covid variant won't come along, hopefully vaccination boosters won't be allowed to wane for the general population, god help us all if both happen in the Banana Republic of England.
What a selfish prick…
As he's not breaking any rules, it may be that financially he has no choice but to go to work?
I'm not saying it's right, but not everyone is as fortunate with sick pay, working from home etc.
Yeah, I'm going to take a wild guess into the employment and financial situation of housing association contracted repairmen and say that he had little choice in the matter.