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Coronavirus - how is it/has it affected you?

SocketRocket said:
Earlier in the year I said the way we removed most restrictions along with increased levels of Covid infections wouldn't end well and we were encouraging new strains of covid. Oh how they scoffed!
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Aren't the new variants from abroad, I don't think we have cornered the market in new variants? Also, other countries in Europe who didn't remove the restrictions have hardly had an easier time of it. What is happening now was always likely to happen due to winter coming along, spending more times in home and a lack of ventilation indoors due to the cold etc.
 
road2ruin said:
Aren't the new variants from abroad, I don't think we have cornered the market in new variants? Also, other countries in Europe who didn't remove the restrictions have hardly had an easier time of it. What is happening now was always likely to happen due to winter coming along, spending more times in home and a lack of ventilation indoors due to the cold etc.
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Kent variant.
 
Blue in Munich said:
Maybe, but at least we’ll all be alive to argue about it….
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But the older and more vulnerable have vaccinations and boosters? There will be future variants that are more/less transmissible and we cannot close down entire industries every autumn/winter whilst we run and entire vaccination campaign.
 
road2ruin said:
But the older and more vulnerable have vaccinations and boosters? There will be future variants that are more/less transmissible and we cannot close down entire industries every autumn/winter whilst we run and entire vaccination campaign.
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Theres a difference between closing down entire industries and taking sensible precautions. Always a middle road to explore.
 
GB72 said:
Bit of a mentail wellbeing post today. Realising more and more how much this has affected me, how I have subtly being reducing where I go and who I see to the extent that, and I will admit it, doing something outside of my village scares the living daylights out of me, actual physical fear and stress. So, anyway, birthday on Saturday and we booked a weekend away in Brighton on a drunken evening at home in the summer. Some may agree, some will think I am stupid but i am going to at least try and go. I will be OK with the train down I think and the AirBnB and the restauarant on Friday night is small with precautions in place. We can take it from there. Long chat with my wife and she is happy that I can bail at any time I want without reason. I know it is not the best time of year for this but I feel that if I do not so something now to start at least trying to get on top of this, i am going to have a far greter struggle going forward trying to return to any semblance of normality.
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Happy birthday Greg, have a great time
 
patricks148 said:
Was in Tesco the other night, a big influx of workman came in, about 20 or so, not one wearing a mask. All ignores requests to put on on.
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That really winds me up. They think they can do what they like. Walked past our local sandwich shop this morning, 4 workies stood in there waiting to get served, none of them wearing a mask. Felt sorry for the poor girl behind the counter.
 
rudebhoy said:
That really winds me up. They think they can do what they like. Walked past our local sandwich shop this morning, 4 workies stood in there waiting to get served, none of them wearing a mask. Felt sorry for the poor girl behind the counter.
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Had it been me behind the counter - no mask, no order. I know it hasn't been made mandatory yet but wouldn't want to risk my health. What if everyone came in unmasked?
 
From today's Plan B briefing....

"If I'm in a theatre watching a musical, can I take my mask off to sing?"

No10: "Yes. There is a general exemption for singing"

"So could I walk into Tesco without a mask as long as I'm singing?"

"No10: "Essentially, yes"

:LOL:
 
Ethan said:
Restaurants and pubs now mostly have table service, and tables are supposed to be spaced a bit. Waiters/waitresses/servers should be masked, although I am sure they are not all doing so. That reduces the spreading potential somewhat compared to a shop where people are moving around closer to one another a lot more. There is still a risk in both places, likely a bit greater in the pub/restaurant. That subject which must not be mentioned also plays a part.
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pretty much no table service now and hardly onyone who works in the pubs wears masks. I have conducted a lot of first-hand research on this point!
 
HomerJSimpson said:
Had it been me behind the counter - no mask, no order. I know it hasn't been made mandatory yet but wouldn't want to risk my health. What if everyone came in unmasked?
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Thing is the girl behind the counter then gets the abuse which really isn't her job. Plus, the interaction is extended and she actually ends up being more exposed to any virus! Not saying that it was right for them to go in unmasked but it's really not up to counter staff to take the grief for it.
 
PNWokingham said:
pretty much no table service now and hardly onyone who works in the pubs wears masks. I have conducted a lot of first-hand research on this point!
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I believe if you are working then you do not need to wear a mask, it is up to you. This came up first lock down when masks in offices were discussed. It might have changed but I don't think so.

Keep researching though, very noble of you (y)
 
Would it improve our understanding of the risks, likelihood and potential outcomes of the current situation if the figures for cases, hospitalisations and deaths could be differentiated by vaccinated, unvaccinated and underlying health issues? When the pandemic figures were first reported in 2020 ‘underlying health issues’ were included, why no longer ?
How do the cases, hospitalisations and deaths compare with, what was, a ‘normal’ flu season? What are the current figures for flu ?
I am not trying to belittle the current restrictions, just wanting to put a bit more perspective on the situation now that we are almost 2 years on from the original outbreak when little was known about the virus.
 
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