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It would appear from what is known about acquired immunity to other types of coronavirus (four of them cause about 15% of common colds between them) that the immunity is often short-lived (6 to 12 months as a best guess), whereas chickenpox for the vast majority of people confers life-long...

Absolutely spot-on, Otis! SBT post of the year so far. Herd immunity relies on the herd being allowed to catch (or at least be exposed to) the little bastard at some point. it MAY be that all of us who have had any sort of symptoms in the past 6 weeks or so and who are now compliantly staying...

Nope - but i'm not 89!

Didn't realise you'd succumbed too, Shmmeee. Hope you get better soon

True - on both counts! But there is probably a perceived difference if you're a gobby male Old Etonian!

As if turning your arsehole inside out with norovirus isn't enough to contend with, now there's this. Be the Black Death next year, you mark my words!!

My mum's window cleaner came to do hers last week, at 89 (surprised he can get up the ladder!). He wanted exact money only - she left it on the doormat and retreated inside. You can't catch it through a closed window - get back to it BBR, you lazy git!

I think she was rash in going for the leadership - she clearly hasn't got enough years in Parliament under her belt to do that. But i hope it's not because people don't like the way she comes across - gobby Brummy women deserve as much of a chance as anyone. Although sometimes i think she might...

You'll never get me on a cruise ship after this bollocks - hated the idea to start with!

We hear a lot about the NHS frontline not getting access to facemasks, etc, but the majority of them are protected, i think. PHE guidance for pharmacists in the NHS needing to wear a surgical mask when unable to keep the 2m separation is an indication of the potential risk your wife faces...

Respectfully, I don't recall ever saying anything on here about who i favour, Labour party or otherwise. You must have confused me with someone else. FWIW, there has been no leader of the Labour party worthy of my vote since John Smith died before his time. Bliar undermined the party's socialist...

This has to be up there, Otis ... Calderwood resigns over coronavirus lockdown trips

Funny you mentioning the toothache thing. I've had a couple of days when my chest was a bit tight, but all the teeth in my bottom jaw ached really badly for about a day. But that has been it - i wonder if that's what they mean by mild symptoms. Not heard of the teeth one before. Will definitely...

24 mill apparently. That's quite an audience in this day and age.

McDonnell was a whingeing little twat who has achieved nothing and had nothing positive to say about anything. "Opposition for the sake of opposition" as Starmer said he would avoid in his speech on Saturday.

Our village shop hasn't been this busy in a long time, well-stocked with most essentials, and is the post office too. The staff reckon it will be like it was during the long snowy winters, when everyone buggered off back to getting everything from the supermarket and leaving the village shop...

Yours or his??!

Fine thanks BBR - working from home as per my contracted hours (lucky in that regard). Also lucky that Mrs OSB is doing pretty much the same, and is rather better company than the people i'm forced to share my days with in the office (which is why i am married to her, not them!). Still able to...

Where do you work? The problem with this type of mask (well, i say problem singular!!) is that the exhalation valve (the perforated bit just below the vision panel) is a one-way thing. So it may protect the wearer (provided the inward air filter at the bottom is of the correct type for...

not in UK Gaz