Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics) (12 Viewers)

[Nick]

Remember when you were convinced that new variants would be used to justify new lockdown measures forever and ever? Whatever happened to that?

I didn't say forever and ever did I? I said they would be used to justify it which they were the first time.

Thankfully since then it's been more realistic (despite the clickbait scare stories you lot in the media seem to love).

 

[Saddlebrains]

Its literally endemic now. Like Norovirus, Flu, Cold etc. its here to stay will never go away and people should just crack on as per normal like we have for the last 2 years or so.

If you feel ropey don't go near anyone. Why they still feel the need to report 'peaks' etc is beyond me

 

[Skyblueweeman]

well the plan should be common sense and no action

I use a co-working space in Portsmouth and messaged folks on a WhatsApp group we have to let them know that I had it but was coming in yesterday. Just out of respect.

It was maybe quieter than I expected (but could be for a number of reasons tbf) but there were a few in who weren't bothered.

I said to them that I'm getting on with things and treating it like a cold (which in effect, is what it feels like). That said, I feel a bit more sluggish today so am working from home as both kids are in nursery.

 

[Saddlebrains]

I use a co-working space in Portsmouth and messaged folks on a WhatsApp group we have to let them know that I had it but was coming in yesterday. Just out of respect.

It was maybe quieter than I expected (but could be for a number of reasons tbf) but there were a few in who weren't bothered.

I said to them that I'm getting on with things and treating it like a cold (which in effect, is what it feels like). That said, I feel a bit more sluggish today so am working from home as both kids are in nursery.

This is how people should be with it i feel. Probably dead on how youire approaching it

People either just like to catastrophise or be 'scared' by what is now a bad cold

 

[Skyblueweeman]

This is how people should be with it i feel. Probably dead on how youire approaching it

People either just like to catastrophise or be 'scared' by what is now a bad cold

Agreed.

I've told people out of respect. I've got one friend in there who's going to Victorious this weekend so didn't want to be ill. I guess it would be the same with a cold - wouldn't want to get it before a festival at the weekend.

Kids gone to nursery, wife still working and generally just getting on with it.

 

[Saddlebrains]

Agreed.

I've told people out of respect. I've got one friend in there who's going to Victorious this weekend so didn't want to be ill. I guess it would be the same with a cold - wouldn't want to get it before a festival at the weekend.

Kids gone to nursery, wife still working and generally just getting on with it.

Thing is a lot of the general population are thick and dont think that way.

It will either be 'fuck it I'm not gonna say anything and carry on as normal into the office etc' or the other end of the scale of 'oh noooo im gonna die going to have to lock myself in my room and isolate for 2 weeks'

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Thing is a lot of the general population are thick and dont think that way.

It will either be 'fuck it I'm not gonna say anything and carry on as normal into the office etc' or the other end of the scale of 'oh noooo im gonna die going to have to lock myself in my room and isolate for 2 weeks'

The problem is for those who can’t work from home, you either go in ill or lose wages.

 

[fernandopartridge]

Its literally endemic now. Like Norovirus, Flu, Cold etc. its here to stay will never go away and people should just crack on as per normal like we have for the last 2 years or so.

If you feel ropey don't go near anyone. Why they still feel the need to report 'peaks' etc is beyond me

To be fair they impact the health service so from that point of view the reporting is important but not sure it's that useful for the general public

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[Saddlebrains]

The problem is for those who can’t work from home, you either go in ill or lose wages.

But isn't that the same for every Illness though? This is what I'm saying, it should be treated that way, if you're puking and shitting with a 48 hour bug you're not going in either are you?

 

[hill83]

I had it for the 4th time the other week. Felt pretty rough to be fair. Only tested when I went to pick my lad up from school as his mum was worried about it as they were about to go abroad. Assumed I didn’t have it but I did.

@baldy

 

[SBT]

I didn't say forever and ever did I? I said they would be used to justify it which they were the first time.

Thankfully since then it's been more realistic (despite the clickbait scare stories you lot in the media seem to love).

It’s almost like the media aren’t actually capable of browbeating the government into new lockdowns like you used to bang on about!

 

[Sick Boy]

I caught it last October and have had pretty bad chest infections every couple of months since then but before then hadn’t been ill for years. Had something similar to it a few weeks ago but was negative.

 

[Saddlebrains]

I had it for the 4th time the other week. Felt pretty rough to be fair. Only tested when I went to pick my lad up from school as his mum was worried about it as they were about to go abroad. Assumed I didn’t have it but I did.

@baldy

Your immune system is proper League 2 aint it

 

[fernandopartridge]

Your immune system is proper League 2 aint it

It's weird some people just seem to be more susceptible to it, it's always been the case from the start. People who were exposed to it didn't get it. Not sure what the explanation is if any

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[ajsccfc]

If I had it but I felt otherwise alright to go in I wouldn't, but I'm in a job where I have that as an option. Also I got bang into daytime TV in 2020-21

 

[Saddlebrains]

It's weird some people just seem to be more susceptible to it, it's always been the case from the start. People who were exposed to it didn't get it. Not sure what the explanation is if any

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It is strange. But I suppose it just boils down to everyone's different.

For example, a couple of times in the 7 years weve been together me and the Mrs have caught a stomach bug. Usually from her family gatherings. But each time she's been puking and shitting, but i only tend to get the shits and not the puking. Dunno why

 

[Saddlebrains]

Just gone back to the first few pages of this

Absolutely mental

 

[hill83]

Your immune system is proper League 2 aint it

It’s mad because I was never ill before this bollocks.

Wasn’t there some sort of ethnicity link with it or something?

 

[skybluetony176]

Last time I had it I didn’t know I had it until I reached the got no strength stage, before that I just had ear ache which I didn’t consider was Covid. Didn’t go into work for two days at that point as I barely had the strength to walk down the stairs let alone get to work and work. Compared to the last time (and first time) I had it I got all the the aches not just earache, a high temperature and the weakness thing kept me of work for over a week and then when I went back at was still at 50% strength for another week and it must have been about 3 weeks before I felt pretty normal again. 3 days off side effects vs 3 weeks was a big improvement which I can only put down too antibodies from both my prior infection and all the jabs I’ve had, 4 in total. I’ll keep getting the jabs too as it seems to me that keeping your antibodies topped up is key to getting over it quickly if catching it at all.

My mother for contrast has gone down the GB News wormhole and now gets her medical advice from a guy that used to present coast on the beeb instead of someone qualified to give medical advice so didn’t take the autumn booster or the one she was offered in the spring, she had it just after me and was really ill this time. We honestly thought we were taking her to hospital at one point, it also took her about 6 weeks to recover with seriously debilitating aches in her joints. She still thinks that the coast guy knows best though, she’s 72 and is now missing her flu jabs too.

 

[Sick Boy]

A mate of mine’s wife caught it back in March 2020 and is still debilitated by it and can’t even walk for more than a minute or two…she’s only mid-30s as well.

 

[ajsccfc]

I've been lucky with it compared to a lot of people, with having/had asthma I was worried but when I had it the closest it felt was like a drawn out hangover, which is probably what my normal hangover would be these days anyway.

If they start offering it like with the annual flu jab that'll do me nicely each year.

 

[wingy]

Still reckon I had it before 6 months the start, working on a show international conference for the medical profession in Paris ,as did around 4 colleagues. Especially tough was going back to work but having to take another 8 days off due just fatigueing out after an hour or so

 

[Saddlebrains]

Its no more jabs for me

I had the original 2, Feb 2021 and May 2021. This booster malarky ive never done. Dont want too. Had Covid, just felt a bit more tired and tomato sauce tasted like eating metal.

Flu jab I get annually though no problem, I've had Flu before and my lord its horrible, don't want to get that again

 

[skybluetony176]

A mate of mine’s wife caught it back in March 2020 and is still debilitated by it and can’t even walk for more than a minute or two…she’s only mid-30s as well.

I don’t think I’ve ever gotten my strength 100% back, it’s been over a year since I first caught it. Not so bad it’s stopping me do anything just certain things I was doing on a daily basis at work without breaking a sweat before I had it now seem to take a lot more effort.

A mate of mine who was an antivaxxer it’s only a cold type had it in January for the first time, he spent a week in bed and has been left with brain fog. It’s improving but he’s self employed and has had to take someone on to help him because he’s struggling with things like basic maths which is critical to his work. Needless to say he regrets his previous stance and is now catching up with the vaccines he’s missed, he simply can’t afford to take 3 weeks off work again and to lose the progress he’s made on recovering from the brain fog.

 

[Skyblueweeman]

It's crazy how it's affected people in different ways. That's why I let people know I had it but was coming in. It's there decision to come in or not depending on how they think they'd react or their believes in how you either treat it like a cold or the plague.

 

[Saddlebrains]

People have differing views on how to treat it as they have all the way through, which is fine.

For me I just feel we carry on as normal, be sensible, if you have it or feel ropey probably best not to go down the pub or nip and see your 85 year old Nan.

But unless a variant comes along that starts hospitalising and killing people at an exponential rate again, which you would assume they would clock early, we now have to live with it, like we do all other illnesses

 

[SBT]

Its no more jabs for me

I had the original 2, Feb 2021 and May 2021. This booster malarky ive never done. Dont want too. Had Covid, just felt a bit more tired and tomato sauce tasted like eating metal.

Flu jab I get annually though no problem, I've had Flu before and my lord its horrible, don't want to get that again

I view the Covid boosters the same way you see the flu jab - would much rather get one of those when it’s available than take my chances with Covid, even if my last two cases have been pretty mild.

 

[SkyBlueCharlie9]

well the plan should be common sense and no action

They are good on no action when it suits them..... much less so on common sense..... hence the need for the Covid Inquiry and learning from mistakes!

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

Checked nothing too embarrassing from me

 

[Deleted member 7943]

It’s mad because I was never ill before this bollocks.

Wasn’t there some sort of ethnicity link with it or something?

Messed my lungs up for about 9 months after I had it 2nd time tbh , probably a bit of long covid

 

[baldy]

Agreed.

I've told people out of respect. I've got one friend in there who's going to Victorious this weekend so didn't want to be ill. I guess it would be the same with a cold - wouldn't want to get it before a festival at the weekend.

Kids gone to nursery, wife still working and generally just getting on with it.

On a totally different note,I’m also off to Victorious to see Jamiroquai Friday

 

[OffenhamSkyBlue]

Short answer ... no.
Next!

That lasted well, didn't it? Thanks to @Sky Blue Pete for laughing at that, 3 1/2 years late!! No-one would believe i'm a biosafety specialist, would they?!

It's actually quite cathartic reading back the early posts on this thread. Like they said in the First World War: "It'll be over by Christmas".
I haven't bothered reading all 1664 pages - that's Kronenbourg-full!

 

[Skyblueweeman]

On a totally different note,I’m also off to Victorious to see Jamiroquai Friday

Enjoy...I love it but haven't been for a few years because of the nippers. Lots of friends going though!

 

[CCFCSteve]

It’s mad because I was never ill before this bollocks.

Wasn’t there some sort of ethnicity link with it or something?

It’s weird. It’s like it targets peoples weak points and i reckon it’s definitely weakened peoples immune systems since. Im sure my AF was at least partially caused or triggered by covid.

 

[shmmeee]

Its no more jabs for me

I had the original 2, Feb 2021 and May 2021. This booster malarky ive never done. Dont want too. Had Covid, just felt a bit more tired and tomato sauce tasted like eating metal.

Flu jab I get annually though no problem, I've had Flu before and my lord its horrible, don't want to get that again

Not to open a can of worms but genuinely don’t get this TBH. Why flu and not COVID? Are there any other seasonal vaccines you wouldn’t take?