Covid

MaizieD

Nanderin

I read you don't have to inform of you positive test unless you get free nhs kits. I don't know why because they are the same manufacturer I had to pay nearly £10 for 5. I really don't understand when it's rising again.

You really don't understand why it's rising again, Nanderin?.

Really? 😨

You don't understand why a highly infectious airborne disease is rising in a population where absolutely no mitigations are in place to reduce its incidence?

Not only highly infectious but also able to cause long term, life changing harm to some of the people who get it.

It is no surprise to me that infections are rising, and are probably far more than those reported.

You really don't understand why it's rising again, Nanderin?

It's not what Nanderin said, she said she didn't understand why we didn't have to report now, when cases seem to be on the rise.

I don't think people will buy kits and, if reporting is not encouraged, we won't know the extent of infection now.
It does seem to be on the rise and if that information is only from those who have tested, then it could be far more widespread than we realise.

Someone we know caught Covid in hospital very recently and died. The reason he was in was because of ongoing problems caused by Long Covid, sadly.

volver3

^With immaculate timing the government is no longer doing the random public sampling that let them estimate the number of cases, so the only way to judge is by hospital admissions.^

I'm not sure that's true Caramme. Why do you think that?

See this link: www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-65127635
Also see DM article yesterday which repeated report from earlier this week that hospital admissions were being used to assess Covid levels.

I am more than more than surprised, Shel69. I am angry. I began my nursing career as a fever('acute infectious fevers')nurse, and rules against cross-infection were understood and absolutely obeyed by the newest probationer nurse . In 1948 professionals knew about infection by droplets in the air.

During a pandemic of an acute viral fever, hospitals that allow people to walk around enclosed areas scattering dangerous droplets , are not keeping patients and visitors safe .

Grantanow

When is the next booster due for oldies?

Hi, Grantanow, I was at our church coffee morning yesterday, all the over 70s at our table have received their appointment letters for the next dose of the vaccine.

Thinking of Shel69's DH and all who are suffering from Covid. 💕🙏

Just been informed my Aunt who is 95 will be getting hers soon.

Also my husband who isn't 75 till August misses out. I too am in my 60s won't be getting one

My DH tested positive this morning I'm keeping my fingers crossed we think he possibly caught it at the Dentist.
He has all the symptoms and can still taste though I noticed the other day he was over-seasoning his food.
As others have said all these years and not caught it and now when we have a family get-together at Easter one of us and possibly both have. As DH said "Sods Law".

One of my friend’s sons works on the shop floor in a supermarket . When he had Covid recently they told him it’s treated like a cold these days and he should go into work if he was well enough but should wear a mask. Now every time I see someone in a mask I think they must have Covid.

My daughter tested positive for COVID this week. She is very careful but being a solicitor she was in very crowded poorly ventilated court rooms last week and thinks that’s wher she caught it. Two negative tests before the third positive one. No test kits available in local chemists ( her husband was sent out to get some ) but Marks and Spencer had them at £1.50 each by the tills. Nothing upmarket about them though !

I have been clear all this time and am still very careful. Only shop every 6 weeks so I don't have to go to town. Really feel sorry for my friend who stayed clear until he had to go into hospital, promptly went down with covid!! Unfortunately it seems to be in the increase again.

Oh no sorry Yammy hope he's not too bad. I was just talking to my daughter who lives in a different town. She said it's so odd how symptoms are different for some. My daughter and I are slightly different we haven't lost taste or smell other than a very weird thing happening. If we use vinegar or anything like salad cream vinegar in it and it happens with toast nothing else and this has only just happened yesterday all we smell is ammonia and get stinging.

My daughter got mine from boots for me.

I believe that generally those who are vaccinated are likely to have a milder dose of covid and so recover well. That's why hospital admissions are now the main indicator being monitored.
I worry though that in our current political and economic climate, not enough attention is being paid and research may have been reduced.
Also I fear we're not prepared for the next deadly virus.

Problem is Frogs it's not just a cold for everyone I've had colds this is totally different wiped me out. Strange symptoms too.

Newgran59 I have had all my vaccines still not well.

We also had it recently for the first time. That put paid to our theory that we were somehow immune!

Husband badly and scarily affected which resulted in an ambulance trip to A&E. Fortunately they sorted him so no need for admission. He was very poorly; I think I had the lite version.

A&E doc said they were seeing many cases now but none of them as bad as at the beginning of the pandemic. We isolated until returned a negative test. All good now.

I had it in the Autumn of last year.Iwas reallyquite ill with it for almost 3 weeks before I got a negative result .
Since then my health has been awful .I've had all sorts of issues that have resulted in me being sent for tests and scans every few weeks .
Thankfully the past week I've been well .I'd forgotten how that felt,and at yesterdays checkup the GP said she thought I was over the worst ...I hope she's right.She was reluctant to label it as long covid just says its a post viral thing .

Nanderin. I hope you feel better soon. I still wear a mask wherever I go, I get the occasional look but I'm past caring what others think. There are people in my area still wearing masks but not many and over the past week I have heard more people talking of having Covid infections. Having been CEV and still cautious I do worry about catching it, so my mask will carry on going everywhere with me in the hope that it will help

My DD who is on her placement year at university, working in a children's MH home, has just had it for the 6th time. This bout was the worst and she was quite ill with it. I'm wondering if this is because her system has been so badly knocked by the previous infections. Whatever, this thing isn't going away, is it?

I and the rest of my family tested positive for Covid end of December 2021. Having just had people visit (legally) who had different reasons for not wishing to catch it, I tested and informed the necessary people. My symptoms were few and atypical and were Covid not a 'thing' I would never have tested. Some family members had no symptoms. On the other hand I know those who have died having caught Covid-19 and one family member who luckily survived was intubated late 2020 for 3 months. All had underlying conditions.
Like flu and other viruses it hardly affects some people yet for others it can be life changing, even fatal and so is another virus to be added to the group that some need to be wary of.

My daughter and I both got sore throats after a visit to look after my grandson for a weekend and put it down to 'toddler plague'. DD tested negative but I had very faint positive. To be honest since the first positive the lines have been so faint I'd have not seen them so I guess my viral load is very low. I too have got through the 3 years without catching it as DD had it when away with work so I wasn't exposed. Just a very unpleasant cold, sore throat and cough but I'll be glad when it is gone!

Lots of people who have managed to dodge it have now succumbed to it. It's always going to be out there. Hopefully you'll feel much better soon.x

25Avalon

I still have the NHS app on my phone. Now received notification it’s being discontinued from the end of April.

Of course it’s being discontinued 25Avalon. It was only an experiment to see how gullible people are.
We didn’t test for flu before Covid, yet many people died of it. Can remember the NHS being on their knees each winter because of the flu.
Plus people didn’t wear a mask when it was Flu season.
And it seems it’s the vaccinated that are becoming ill. Jabs working well then!!!!!

I assume the ZOE App is still monitoring people?

I started what appeared to be a heavy cold four weeks ago - tested every two days, all negative - and I then developed a really nasty chest infection (seen off by antibiotics) which left me bedridden for a week, and on the sofa for another two weeks. I've tested regularly - still all negative - but feel as though I've been run over by a truck...
The last time I felt like this was June 2022 - when I had Covid - and I'm coming to think that I've had it again, but that the tests we've been using up to now are no longer effective (as the virus has mutated). 😞