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Coronavirus - how is it/has it affected you?

RichA said:
I haven't seen a throat swab in an LFT kit for months. They've all been the nostril variety.
If I tried to reach my tonsils with one of those shorter sticks I'd probably end up in A&E after swallowing it.
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That’s exactly what the scientist said, even though she said using the swab ( on your throat) could help. It is a bit short ?
 
Tashyboy said:
The first test I did was very faint positive after 14 minutes. I went straight out for a PCR which confimed this the following day. After five days I did a test and it was positive after a few seconds. A strong positive if there is such a thing. Day six exactly the same. Yesterday it was very faint. Today lovely news indeed.
Missis T has not had one single positive LFT test. Her initial was negative. But her PCR showed positive.
We found it interesting that a scientist said a few days ago she would encourage people when doing a LFT to swab the back of there throat as in some people who have COVID, it has not reached there nose but is in there throats.
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My wife's lft test are nasal only and I show up as negative. My tests are nose and throat and I get a propa strong line. Day 4 at the minute ?
 
hovis said:
My wife's lft test are nasal only and I show up as negative. My tests are nose and throat and I get a propa strong line. Day 4 at the minute ?
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Yesterday was a years anniversary from when I found out I had covid the first time. This year has been no where near as bad.
Stay safe me man
 
larmen said:
Is that built up immunity? Or just a less severe strain?
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To be honest Larmen I think it is a cocktail of everything. I have had both jabs and a booster. Plus probably built up or had remembered antibodies. My limited knowledge nudges me towards three jabs and previous covid helped my body to recognise I had the Virus so helped to fight it earlier. On top of that am sure a less severe strain massively contributed.
My concern for the future is if a strain develops that is as infectious as Omicron but severe like Delta. Hope that helps.

That aside I was pillow talking with Missis T last night and talk got around to the names given to the specific COVID strains. Mainly Delta and Omicron. But what other strains have been named, or have they. I remember the Kent strain, but that’s not Greek and was the initial strain given a Greek name.
 
London Christmas parties, nights out enjoying normal life - no covid.

Get back to the countryside and relax over christmas playing golf - Positive.

VERY annoying.
 
Ethan said:
Only the Variants Of Concern (VOCs) make the popular media, alpha, beta, gamma, delta and omicron so far.
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Halfway through the alphabet with 'recognised' variants. Could be that a change of style to WHO designation for variants will be required soon. Hopefully not of course! :rolleyes:
 
SocketRocket said:
It seems like LFT kits are the new toilet rolls.
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The one's we use (NHS box) have been excellent. I can only think of one or two that had a negative when they was possitve. We've had alot of covid in the fire service too. I think alot of negatives are down to people not testing/swabbing correctly
 
Ethan said:
Only the Variants Of Concern (VOCs) make the popular media, alpha, beta, gamma, delta and omicron so far.
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My working theory was that after Delta and the impact on Delta Airlines they avoided the letters that are used by big companies and went to the obscure Omnicron. But then that list appeared.
I wonder if Omega, the watch maker, already has a campaign in place for when it is ‘their turn’. Kappa, Italian sports manufacturer, got lucky that no one mentioned that variant.
Of course, nobody got hit as much as Corona.
 
larmen said:
My working theory was that after Delta and the impact on Delta Airlines they avoided the letters that are used by big companies and went to the obscure Omnicron. But then that list appeared.
I wonder if Omega, the watch maker, already has a campaign in place for when it is ‘their turn’. Kappa, Italian sports manufacturer, got lucky that no one mentioned that variant.
Of course, nobody got hit as much as Corona.
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LRRR certainly wants a word with them…
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