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Coronavirus - how is it/has it affected you?

Liverpoolphil said:
I don’t normally suffer badly but the last couple of days has been awful - I just double dosed the hay fever tablets and didnt think anything more until the wife mentioned the “change in symptoms”

Was speaking to a doctor this morning at the club who mentioned that he is a bit cynical about the variants having different symptoms and being inline with seasonal colds etc. Thankfully the pollen count is due to drop over the next week
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Hopefully after your test was negative :cool:
 
Liverpoolphil said:
https://covid.joinzoe.com/post/the-20-symptoms-of-covid-19-to-watch-out-for

just the 21 symptoms of Covid - might as well just say that anytime someone feels ill then it can be Covid. Every single symptom for the standard cold , flu , hayfever is also a symptom of Covid
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Many non-specific and common symptoms will increase testing, much more of which is then unnecessary, but that is fine for creating a big number of tests, and that looks like something useful is being done, even if it really isn't. Helps mop up some of the gazillion tests bought.
 
Ethan said:
It is perfectly plausible that different variants have different symptoms, that could relate to the areas where they initially cause irritation, e.g. upper nasopharynx for one variant, lungs for another, and that could be affected by how well they stick.

But I think we are seeing a bit of that and a bit of recognition that the symptom picture always was a bit wider than initially thought coinciding. Problem is that some of the more recently identified features are much less specific and therefore more liable to false positives.
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RE: your second paragraph. Do you mean false positives in terms of people thinking that they might have it or false positives in terms of test results?
 
Whereditgo said:
I tested positive last Sunday, had most of the classic symptoms except taste and smell were fine, felt pretty grotty all week so pretty much survived on snacks and paracetamol. Started to feel a little better yesterday, so made myself my first proper meal in a week, yep! - smell and taste have now cleared off!
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Same happened to me. I suddenly really really fancied some bread and butter with Marmite. Took a bite...weird...no Marmite taste. So spread it so thick the bread was black and still zero taste - just tingly lips! Only upside was David was quite poorly and he's chief dog poop picker upper - fortunately I couldn't smell that!
 
Fade and Die said:
Book I am reading “ this is going to hurt, diaries of a junior Dr” The guy is OB/GYN and some of the stories are both hilarious and mind boggling. In his early days he sometimes gave the patient the benefit of the doubt until he retrieved a TV remote control with a condom on it!!
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That book is utterly hilarious, my personal favourite being the old lady with the Jack Daniels (no, that does not involve inserting the bottle into an orifice ill-designed for it).

Edit; should also add that it is distressing, depressing & will make you angry at various parts, but I would still thoroughly recommend reading it. We've also seen him doing a live show on it & 'twas good.
 
ColchesterFC said:
RE: your second paragraph. Do you mean false positives in terms of people thinking that they might have it or false positives in terms of test results?
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Good question. I really meant the first. It will result in some more false positive tests overall just as a consequence of more tests, but the proportion should not change.
 
AmandaJR said:
Same happened to me. I suddenly really really fancied some bread and butter with Marmite. Took a bite...weird...no Marmite taste. So spread it so thick the bread was black and still zero taste - just tingly lips! Only upside was David was quite poorly and he's chief dog poop picker upper - fortunately I couldn't smell that!
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That sounds like a win to me!
 
The 19th - to mask or not to mask - that is the question.

We thought we had the answer on the 5th. Apparently there may be a slightly different answer later today.

Take personal responsibility over it? Well last night many of the English public demonstrated what can happen when you leave things to personal choice and caution. Unfortunately much was all a bit of an uncautious mess.

Anyway - let‘s see what’s in store for us from the 19th because I am not sure I know.
 
SwingsitlikeHogan said:
The 19th - to mask or not to mask - that is the question.

We thought we had the answer on the 5th. Apparently there may be a slightly different answer later today.

Take personal responsibility over it? Well last night many of the English public demonstrated what can happen when you leave things to personal choice and caution. Unfortunately much was all a bit of an uncautious mess.

Anyway - let‘s see what’s in store for us from the 19th because I am not sure I know.
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It is ridiculous to say that people are "expected" to continue to wear masks, but it is no longer required. Personal responsibility just doesn't work, and we didn't need the England "fans" to show us that.

I was out in Reading yesterday and there was a notable reduction is mask wearing inside a shopping mall compared to a couple of weeks ago.
 
SocketRocket said:
Not even on public transport or in crowded places
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I've no intention of wearing a face covering anywhere. I don't use public transport so that's not a problem. I very rarely go to crowded places and will be happy to steer clear of then for a while longer.
 
SwingsitlikeHogan said:
Even when you are advised by government that there are circumstances when you should wear one?

It‘s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…
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Yes, I have no intentions of wearing a mask ever again if don't have to.
Like I said it's pretty easy to understand.

But If Boris does an about turn and makes them mandatory in some situatuons then i'll obey.
 
theoneandonly said:
Back to your usual condescending self I see (but tbf you're never not). If you have an issue with mask requirements then I suggest you write to your local MP.
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Try to think of face masks like condoms. Even if there's no law requiring you to wear one, there might be occasions when it's the socially responsible thing to do.
 
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