Covid

Interesting. I think this should be the case especially on board a ship .

I am sorry about your husband I hope he's okay. I'm fed up of people saying it's just a cold I mean it might seem like that for some.

We went on a cruise a couple of weeks ago. No one was allowed on board without proof of up to date vaccinations and a negative Covid test in the previous 12 hours. All the time we had to wear masks except when eating or out on deck in the open. I 100% supported this. They also made you wash your hands before entering any eating establishments- literally stood at the doors and wouldn’t let you in unless you obeyed. Quite right,too.

At least 10 of my family had covid, most had bad cold like symptoms, but my husband ended up in hospital by ambulance, while in yhere a lady was admitted to the next bed with 2 strains at the same time, my husband was out after 6 days and told to isolate for 10,this was just a personal suggestion by the doctor , my husband never got better had long covid, stroke, covid again in hospital, chest infection, urine infection
now a rare brain cyst that they had never come across before, thankfully he has turned the corner after 5 months in hospital , for most of us it's a nasty cold or no symptoms at all, I wear my mask shopping,my family don't, its being wise for others sake,if it stops one person that's vulnerable going through what my husband is going through then I wear a mask

My three nieces and their dad have just tested positive who we are not in contact with seems to be more than we think.

According to this www.gov.uk/government/news/covid-19-infection-survey-participants-thanked-for-huge-contribution-to-pandemic-response , and my son who was participating, the ONS survey is being paused.

There are no restrictions on travel abroad even if you have covid . DD and her DH got it probably through air travel .

After a family Mother’s Day gathering we were advised that one couple tested positive the day after. Seven of the twelve who had gathered tested positive within a few days - including us! Have found it exhausting. Like a very heavy cold plus coughing and lethargic, difficulty sleeping. Taking it very seriously. DH is insulin dependent plus asthma so vulnerable.

We got it last June and barely knew we had it. Have felt far, far worse with flu and tonsillitis.

It is not a 'normal' illness. Why is it being dismissed as such?

I am not sure what you mean by that.
I do think it could still be around in 100 years.

I am wondering, could be wrong, is it now the people who have been very careful for 3 years, who are now getting it? The two people I know who got it recently, had been very careful in the past.

MerylStreep

^i also wonder what planning is in place if it mutates again^
Don’t know, don’t care but one thing I do know is: the majority of the public won’t be locked up again.

I’ll do whatever I’m asked to do if it protects others and our NHS.

It's not true Caramme. Please see above.

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?

I read it in one of the online papers. Sorry, but I can”t recall which one.

I’m the same, I avoided it for three years and suddenly got it last week. Tested myself because I had a high temp and cough which is unusual for me. I was mixing with loads of coughing people last week at the gym and on buses. that was probably where I got it. It must be worrying for vulnerable people who have just started to live a normal life.

i also wonder what planning is in place if it mutates again
Don’t know, don’t care but one thing I do know is: the majority of the public won’t be locked up again.

And the rising cases are only those that are reported. Or are the figures extrapolated from the reported ones?

First sentence - no they are not.

Representative samples of the population are made and extrapolated. Its not depending on anybody being a "good citizen"

We really, really need to stop worrying ourselves into an early grave.

I totally agree with you.

MaizieD

^Cases may be rising but compared to what we have had in the past the incidence is tiny.^

We don't want what we had in the past, do we?

And the rising cases are only those that are reported. Or are the figures extrapolated from the reported ones?

I wonder how people have had it, not tested, because there is no requirement, and thought it was just a bad cold? That's what I thought, it was only when Mr M had unmistakeable covid symptoms that we tested. And our son got it, too. No results reported anywhere.

It is not a 'normal' illness. Why is it being dismissed as such?

I remember when the pandemic first started one doctor saying he’d never seen anything like it. And it most likely thrives on complacency. Are they still doing research into anti virals I wonder? Mind you, wouldn’t surprise me if funding has been cut for such things. I also wonder what planning is in place if it mutates again?

Unlike flu covid does not appear to be a winter virus, but is having a peak every few months.

The latest death rate involving covid in U.K. was 619 in week ending 17 March. Most of the deaths are in the over 75 age group with the majority over 85.
I guess this is not really unexpected.

Cases may be rising but compared to what we have had in the past the incidence is tiny.

We don't want what we had in the past, do we?

And the rising cases are only those that are reported. Or are the figures extrapolated from the reported ones?

I wonder how people have had it, not tested, because there is no requirement, and thought it was just a bad cold? That's what I thought, it was only when Mr M had unmistakeable covid symptoms that we tested. And our son got it, too. No results reported anywhere.

It is not a 'normal' illness. Why is it being dismissed as such?

I tend to test if I feel a little off normal because I have had Covid twice and if it wasn't for the test I wouldn't know I had it.
I suspect many have it and don't even know because it's not always a terrible illness like flu it can be asymptomatic.
We are not alone in having no mitigations along with other countries in Europe.

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

The reason that you don't have to inform of a positive test is nothing to do with the test, its to do with the fact the people who are particularly vulnerable or work with people who are particularly vulnerable, get the tests for nothing.

So saying you should report if you get the test for free, is proxy for saying you shoudl report if you or the people you meet daily are vulnerable.

Cases may be rising but compared to what we have had in the past the incidence is tiny.

Now we need to stop scaremongering. Look at the data.

Sorry I meant I don't understand why we don't have to report it when positive

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.