Coronavirus - A pale horse,4 men and ....beer

[Derek27]

Has any forumite had covid19 yet?

Probably a few have but they've stopped posting.

[Kai]

Has any forumite had covid19 yet?

Probably a few have but they've stopped posting.

Not sure I like this dark humor side of you Derek!!

On a more serious note, yes, some forumites did have it but Dallas moved to them over to the quarantine thread immediately, so nothing to worry about gaz

[greenmark]

Seems to me that we've blown it. We could have remained disciplined, but the behaviour I've seen over the last month suggests to me that people have become blase. It's not just the new more transmissable variant, it's a kind of incremental dwindling of discipline (or perhaps covid fatigue). The virus/variant is an evolutionary product, it WILL and is exploiting any lax behaviour.
Now we're screwed until the of January. All because of a desire to have a 'proper' Xmas. Utter stupidty.

[wearthefoxhat]

Seems to me that we've blown it. We could have remained disciplined, but the behaviour I've seen over the last month suggests to me that people have become blase. It's not just the new more transmissable variant, it's a kind of incremental dwindling of discipline (or perhaps covid fatigue). The virus/variant is an evolutionary product, it WILL and is exploiting any lax behaviour.
Now we're screwed until the of January. All because of a desire to have a 'proper' Xmas. Utter stupidty.

Reckon more like March sometime...just ready for Cheltenham.

[Realrocknrolla]

Has any forumite had covid19 yet?

TBH I genuinely don't know anybody personally that's had it yet, the closest is my brother-in-laws wifes eldest child (who works in our local hospital) tested positive just before xmas - but I've never met or spoke to her so don't think that counts as someone I know (just know of).
Brother-in-law and wife both had to isolate over xmas but both tested negative on two occasions

Some of my family had it. Cousins and 2nd cousins. And a pal of mine that looks after naughty kids caught it. He said it drained him of energy but felt nothing different to a cold or flu. Early 40’s.

I thought i had it back in January as had all the symptoms but was told it didn’t arrive until Feb - March. I was in Spain when i would of caught it and was coughing like a trooper etc when i traveled to London January 23rd 2020 and that weekend. Who knows

[gazuty]

Thanks for all the feedback.

The reporting in Australian papers makes it seem very dire, hope that is overblown.

"New figures from the Office for National Statistics show 1 in 50 people in England had COVID-19 in the week between Christmas and the New Year. In London, where the new variant is raging, one in every 30 people were infected."

Raging - I'm glad that journalists don't engage in hyperbole and write as if they have just woken from a fever dream.

Good that no forumite has knowingly been infected (and good that Derek now has immunity).

I guess it is just a matter of hanging out for the jab.

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In Australia we have largely been spared the virus raging through the community (in comparison to other parts of the Western world). Some people think this is something to do with our politics, or national character etc ... for me its because we are an island a long way from everywhere else and hence can have very strict quarantine (which yes has leaked the virus out from time to time - but quarantine has been the best defence).

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Even though we are generally under 20 cases a day in Australia it doesn't stop the journalists reporting our own situation as if it is the end of days. Top 20 headlines and all the reporting is just dominated by covid19 - for example https://www.theage.com.au/

[Derek27]

Even though we are generally under 20 cases a day in Australia it doesn't stop the journalists reporting our own situation as if it is the end of days. Top 20 headlines and all the reporting is just dominated by covid19 - for example https://www.theage.com.au/

Reminds me of this, shame they haven't got the full shetch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFh7foCoBXk

[gazuty]

Reminds me of this, shame they haven't got the full shetch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFh7foCoBXk

[alexmr2]

Has any forumite had covid19 yet?

I'm 99% sure I had it back in October when there was a lot of cases in my area but didn't take a test. I woke up with a sore throat and then experienced symptoms like the previous flu I had - headaches, high/low temperature, lightheadedness and loss of taste - those symptoms started to go away after about 5 days. For a few weeks I could feel my breathing was slightly harder and I had a pretty nasty chesty/dry cough which kept going away and coming back but everything seemed to go back to normal after about 6 weeks.

I wouldn't say it was the worst virus I've had, I distinctly remember having a bad virus in 2012 when I had family visiting from New Zealand at Christmas. If it wasn't on the news I wouldn't think anything of it other than a worse than average flu coming along every few years is to be expected. I'm 28 but could see how the breathing symptoms could be worse for someone with respiratory issues or that's been smoking for 40+ years

[Derek27]

Has any forumite had covid19 yet?

I'm 99% sure I had it back in October when there was a lot of cases in my area but didn't take a test. I woke up with a sore throat and then experienced symptoms like the previous flu I had - headaches, high/low temperature, lightheadedness and loss of taste - those symptoms started to go away after about 5 days. For a few weeks I could feel my breathing was slightly harder and I had a pretty nasty chesty/dry cough which kept going away and coming back but everything seemed to go back to normal after about 6 weeks.

I wouldn't say it was the worst virus I've had, I distinctly remember having a bad virus in 2012 when I had family visiting from New Zealand at Christmas. If it wasn't on the news I wouldn't think anything of it other than a worse than average flu coming along every few years is to be expected. I'm 28 but could see how the breathing symptoms could be worse for someone with respiratory issues or that's been smoking for 40+ years

Smoking for 40+ would be an issue, but that's only because that would imply that you're into or approaching your 60s, unless it's actually caused respiratory issues. The real issue is age.

[Dallas]

Thanks for all the feedback.

The reporting in Australian papers makes it seem very dire, hope that is overblown.

"New figures from the Office for National Statistics show 1 in 50 people in England had COVID-19 in the week between Christmas and the New Year. In London, where the new variant is raging, one in every 30 people were infected."

Raging - I'm glad that journalists don't engage in hyperbole and write as if they have just woken from a fever dream.

Good that no forumite has knowingly been infected (and good that Derek now has immunity).

I guess it is just a matter of hanging out for the jab.

We have a Paper over hear called the Mirror and without fail just about everyday they run the online story 'New Covid Cases Soar', or 'Covid cases soaring to', but I've seen that even on days when the figures have been lower than the previous days and even lower than the same day the week before and the seven day average is now lower.

I've given up looking at papers and even the daily news months ago and prefer to get my information directly using the data from PHE, ONS and local hospital trusts etc.

It's quite funny sometimes to see whats happening and the trajectory's at times despite what some local and national news company's are reporting only for them to come around a few days later with the actual facts.

I've even wondered if the reporters and researchers know what it is they are looking at and doing with the data sometimes or if more headline grabbing news still over rules

[Derek27]

We have a Paper over hear called the Mirror and without fail just about everyday they run the online story 'New Covid Cases Soar', or 'Covid cases soaring to', but I've seen that even on days when the figures have been lower than the previous days and even lower than the same day the week before and the seven day average is now lower.

I can't remember what paper it is because I usually pass out in the supermarket laughing (might be the Express) but every winter they have the headline "30 days of sub-zero temperatures "; every summer it's "30-day heatwave - 35 degrees plus!". Last autumn it was 90 days of storms.

[firlandsfarm]

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Getting it in perspective!

[Dallas]

Daily deaths in the UK top 1000 for the first time since last April

This is going to be a very grim few weeks or even months

[Kai]

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Getting it in perspective!

Fixed that image for you firlandsfarm