Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics) (6 Viewers)

covcity4life said:

Thank you everyone. They are keeping her overnight and giving antibiotics to ensure no infection she said. I don't know if that should make me more worried or not

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Hope things end up ok mate.

Forgive me covcity4life, I hope your wife's doing OK?

It seems slightly crass to move into general Covid chat on the back of that so I'll start a new post(!) however it did seem worth sharing the fact that vaccines appear to work very well against Covid, and the delta variant. What works less well is the fact that they don't reduce your levels of the viruss if it breaks through and you catch the delta variant - still unclear how that affects transmission. Therefore, the conclusion has to be...get vaccinated, be aware, be cautiously optimistic but, remember others.

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It seems slightly crass to move into general Covid chat on the back of that so I'll start a new post(!) however it did seem worth sharing the fact that vaccines appear to work very well against Covid, and the delta variant. What works less well is the fact that they don't reduce your levels of the viruss if it breaks through and you catch the delta variant - still unclear how that affects transmission. Therefore, the conclusion has to be...get vaccinated, be aware, be cautiously optimistic but, remember others.

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It does make you wonder if New Zealand can continue with their zero Covid policy post-vaccination.

Had my second jab yesterday. No I’ll effects off the first one but this one has wiped me out.

hill83 said:

Had my second jab yesterday. No I’ll effects off the first one but this one has wiped me out.

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I was the same, felt fucked a couple of days afterwards with major brain fog.

The world is a bit weird at the moment isn't it?

I can feel it, I could be wrong, but I sense it.

Things going on in other countries, things going on in ours.

I think for a lot of people they were absolutely buzzing to have freedom - now we have it in the UK were a bit like "is this it?"

I think a lot of people bottled up how they were feeling and just expected when we could go into a pub without a booking we'd be back.

There's uncertainty, variants, vaccines, booster jabs, cases, deaths, lockdowns. We're out far enough that we should be feeling so much better.

But we're still with one foot in, not sure if it's going to drag us back in at any point.

We look around at what we have and think we should be so much happier about it.

But this pandemic, it's still lingering and shafting our emotions.

Where was Summer, has it been? Is it coming?

How long will it be until you can take a spontaneous trip again?

How old will we be when that happens?

It's 4 months until 2022.

Last minute it was 2020.

It feels like we're being stripped of prime years, right?

It's hard to really care about what we should be.

How do I know, because I feel the same

It's difficult right now to stay on course, there's a general sense of

"for what?"

"what's the point?"

A general sense of Nihilism (GREAAAT WORD JAMES)

(- a viewpoint that traditional values and beliefs are unfounded and that existence is senseless and useless)

BUT, with all that in mind.

We must keep moving forward.

We must keep inching the best we can.

The inches you need to claw for progress, they can be whatever you like.

YOU CAN DECIDE WHERE THE METRIC LIES.

For me, right now, when I train jiu jitsu, they give you a laminated plastic card. When you train, they mark an 'x' on the date.

That's all I'm working for right now, a little x in felt tip.

My diet isn't great, because I have no holidays booked or chances to go away for months.

My training isn't that great, because I'm not eating that well enough to support it.

But all I need to do, is put myself in the right place at the right time and get that f*cking tick in a box.

I walk out of training, even the sessions I wasn't that keen for and I know I am one inch, one cross closer to where I want to be from where I was before.

I have a feeling a lot of you reading this are looking for motivation, for me to say something grand and amazing to get you to jump up and say "YEAH LETS GO"

But I'd rather be real with you and say look, let's just focus on progressing even the smallest amount.

You hit a workout tomorrow, you're one workout more experienced.

Big results come from an accumulation of very small simple ones.

You just need to put yourself in the right place at the right time and turn up.

Turning up is enough for me, it will be enough for you.

Do you have a training plan you're following?

Do you have a goal in mind?

Do you have something to work forwards to every day?

IF NOT. THEN FIND SOMETHING TO WORK TOWARDS.

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Apologies for the long message, but I think James Smith - the PT has kind of summed up my feelings here.

covcity4life said:

Thank you

Unforuntley my wife has been taken into hospital just now as oxygen dropped

Any prayers welcome.

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Hope she's getting better and congrats on the baby.

I think they can determine severity from your blood test via something called LC6 or similar regards targeted delivery of suitable recipients.


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How are things going @covcity4life

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Forgive me covcity4life, I hope your wife's doing OK?

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Not good. She is in ICU now on cpap machine. I'm so scared I'm going to lose them

covcity4life said:

Not good. She is in ICU now on cpap machine. I'm so scared I'm going to lose them

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There's not a lot I can say other than she's in the right place. Someone I knew was seriously ill with it right at the beginning, it took them nearly a year to get fully back... but they have.

Keep the faith, and thoughts with you.

covcity4life said:

Not good. She is in ICU now on cpap machine. I'm so scared I'm going to lose them

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Thoughts are with you mate.

covcity4life said:

Not good. She is in ICU now on cpap machine. I'm so scared I'm going to lose them

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We are here with you mate.

covcity4life said:

My wife has pneumonia in left lung. They said her oxygen is goijg in right direction as gone from 5L to 2L whatever that means.

She is on anti biotics for the pneumonia. I don't know if you guys know of any people who recovered from pneumonia?

I am not in a good place right now. Although I asked the nurse how worried should I be and she said I wouldn't be. She is comfortable and not relying on oxygen much and she has seen antibiotics beat pneumonia majority of time.

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My mate had it twice and ended up in hospital with covid too.

Evo1883 said:

My mate had it twice and ended up in hospital with covid too.

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Was he on cpap machine?

I know these machines can work and I know I need to be positive but I can't take more bad phone calls. Feel like my body I shutting down

covcity4life said:

Not good. She is in ICU now on cpap machine. I'm so scared I'm going to lose them

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I don't know what to say mate. I'm not religious so can't offer prayers but you're in my thoughts and Im hoping for the best. Stay strong.

covcity4life said:

Was he on cpap machine?

I know these machines can work and I know I need to be positive but I can't take more bad phone calls. Feel like my body I shutting down

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Hold on just phoning him

covcity4life said:

Was he on cpap machine?

I know these machines can work and I know I need to be positive but I can't take more bad phone calls. Feel like my body I shutting down

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Yes he was on a cpap machine for 4 days , after that his breathing and oxygen levels Improved and was moved onto a normal oxygen mask .

He was only allowed home after he could breath for 24 hours on his own without a mask

covcity4life said:

Not good. She is in ICU now on cpap machine. I'm so scared I'm going to lose them

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All the best to you and your family mate. Thoughts are with you all.

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covcity4life said:

Not good. She is in ICU now on cpap machine. I'm so scared I'm going to lose them

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This is awful mate, thoughts are with you. I know it's hard but try and stay positive, I actually know someone who had and recovered from pneumonia recently for what its worth. Took a while, but they are fully recovered.

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Evo1883 said:

Yes he was on a cpap machine for 4 days , after that his breathing and oxygen levels Improved and was moved onto a normal oxygen mask .

He was only allowed home after he could breath for 24 hours on his own without a mask

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Thank you so much for that

covcity4life said:

Thank you so much for that

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Bless you CCFL.

covcity4life said:

Thank you so much for that

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And like I said he had pneumonia twice before he got covid , so his lungs were already damaged .

He has also got long covid because of how it knocked him about .

All the best to your partner and you, she should be fine

covcity4life said:

Not good. She is in ICU now on cpap machine. I'm so scared I'm going to lose them

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Stay strong and positive, keep the faith mate.

covcity4life said:

Not good. She is in ICU now on cpap machine. I'm so scared I'm going to lose them

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Stay positive, she's in the right place.

covcity4life said:

Was he on cpap machine?

I know these machines can work and I know I need to be positive but I can't take more bad phone calls. Feel like my body I shutting down

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Recovery rates are good from the CPAP machines, just take each day as it comes mate

So sorry to hear @covcity4life, but sounds like plenty of reasons to be feeling positive from what others have posted. Stay strong and best wishes to you and the family. Hope we get to hear some good news from you soon.

covcity4life said:

Not good. She is in ICU now on cpap machine. I'm so scared I'm going to lose them

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Thoughts are with you mate

covcity4life said:

Not good. She is in ICU now on cpap machine. I'm so scared I'm going to lose them

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All the best mate, thoughts are with you all.

covcity4life said:

Thank you so much for that

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Thinking of you mate. Look after yourself, she’ll need you at your best when she’s out.

Wishing you all the best.

covcity4life said:

Not good. She is in ICU now on cpap machine. I'm so scared I'm going to lose them

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Friends have been on cpap and come home with no long term effects mate.

Praying for peace for you and healing for your partner.

All our thoughts are with you mate.