Coronavirus - how is it/has it affected you?

[Foxholer]

...What is the estimate of the % of population that had so far had it? Probably not possible to be any way certain but I would guess it has to be 75% or maybe a chunk more. I don't see it going away in the next few years

19M UK cases reported, so even allowing for the non-reporting, 75% seems a significant overstatement.
I only know a couple of folk who have had it, but that's hardly a random sample. Finding out what percentage of your work or Golf Club colleagues have had it might be a, marginally, better sample?
As for it (not) going away...The current 'live with it' approach virtually guarantees it'll persist!

 

[Ethan]

When is speads as easily as it does, like measles I read somewhere, and probably ly 1 in 10 or 15 or so of the population currently infected, o doubt most people can avoid it without severely curtailing normal life. What is the estimate of the % of population that had so far had it? Probably not possible to be any way certain but I would guess it has to be 75% or maybe a chunk more. I don't see it going away in the next few years

Measles is particularly infectious, R around 12-15, and has nasty neurological complications but confers pretty good immunity afterwards.

Omicron probably comes close in terms of infectiousness, and clearly there is a lot of it around, and with the reduction in community testing, we won't reliably know, and the acute manifestations are relatively mild, although we don't yet know what the longer term manifestations are.

Covid probably won't go away, possibly ever, so we were always heading to a place where the vet majority had adequate proaction to "live with it". The main variables in that equation are vaccine effectiveness and clinical complications of infection.

The problem I have with this use of "endemic" is that many people, possibly including Campbell, have a notion that means largely harmless. Ebola is endemic in some parts of Africa, and is not harmless.

The other issue is that looking at Omicron may give a rose-coloured view of the future. The next variant may not be so mild. There is even some evidence that the BA.2 strain of Omicron has a higher hospitalisation rate than BA.1.

 

[Deleted member 21258]

COVID-19 vaccine surveillance report - week 11 (publishing.service.gov.uk)

 

[road2ruin]

19M UK cases reported, so even allowing for the non-reporting, 75% seems a significant overstatement.
I only know a couple of folk who have had it, but that's hardly a random sample. Finding out what percentage of your work or Golf Club colleagues have had it might be a, marginally, better sample?
As for it (not) going away...The current 'live with it' approach virtually guarantees it'll persist!

I guess it depends on lifestage etc, I barely know anyone who hasn't had it with most having had it 2 or 3 times.

 

[Deleted member 21258]

Interesting to compare, immunity by infection, one dose, 2 dose and 3 doses, on infections. Clearly severe stuff, alot better than above.

 

[Deleted member 21258]

19M UK cases reported, so even allowing for the non-reporting, 75% seems a significant overstatement.
I only know a couple of folk who have had it, but that's hardly a random sample. Finding out what percentage of your work or Golf Club colleagues have had it might be a, marginally, better sample?
As for it (not) going away...The current 'live with it' approach virtually guarantees it'll persist!

Only mad people think this is going away. Zerocovid or near zerocovid was a dream once it was out of the box. People who think this can be controlled by 'normal' controls such as the current vaccines, masks and a bit of social distancing are dreamers.

Have a look at places like Hong Kong, South Korea etc now.

Hong Kong is quite a sad case actually, as their vaccine coverage is poor in the elderly, unlike say New Zealand which has large cases but alot less deaths, as vaccine coverage is better in the most vunerable.

It pains me to type the above btw.

Wish I hadnt click on this thread link again and see the same kind of posts 2 years on, off to hide under my stone now

 

[PNWokingham]

I guess it depends on lifestage etc, I barely know anyone who hasn't had it with most having had it 2 or 3 times.

I am the same. Neraly all kids have probably been infected. For instance my nepphew had 12 kids with it one day last week. We are on our second dose - and tbh, would not be surprised if we had it before the fits delta one. I don't know many people that have not had it

 

[Ethan]

Only mad people think this is going away. Zerocovid or near zerocovid was a dream once it was out of the box. People who think this can be controlled by 'normal' controls such as the current vaccines, masks and a bit of social distancing are dreamers.

Have a look at places like Hong Kong, South Korea etc now.

Hong Kong is quite a sad case actually, as their vaccine coverage is poor in the elderly, unlike say New Zealand which has large cases but alot less deaths, as vaccine coverage is better in the most vunerable.

It pains me to type the above btw.

Wish I hadnt click on this thread link again and see the same kind of posts 2 years on, off to hide under my stone now

Well, it isn't dreaming to think it can be temporarily delayed by social distancing etc. It can. But that delay needs to be used to get vaccination rates up as high as possible. Some countries did that well, others not so much. Then the impact of that infection is very different.

Nobody in our house has tested positive despite many LFTs and a few PCRs, going to school and a mixture of office work, cinema, eating out, shopping etc.

 

[Foxholer]

Only mad people think this is going away. Zerocovid or near zerocovid was a dream once it was out of the box. People who think this can be controlled by 'normal' controls such as the current vaccines, masks and a bit of social distancing are dreamers.

Have a look at places like Hong Kong, South Korea etc now.

Hong Kong is quite a sad case actually, as their vaccine coverage is poor in the elderly, unlike say New Zealand which has large cases but alot less deaths, as vaccine coverage is better in the most vunerable.

It pains me to type the above btw.

Wish I hadnt click on this thread link again and see the same kind of posts 2 years on, off to hide under my stone now

Hong Kong was a disaster waiting to happen with 7.5m on a tiny island! NZ certainly inhibited it well, but easy to do as an island well used to preventing diseases (like Foot and Mouth) from entering the country. But resolved to take the 'Isolate and prevent by vax' routes until recently. Death count has more than doubled, but that's about 10 of 20k plus cases per day. With luck (not really), some of those might even be vax-deniers!

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Still waiting to get it. Crazy considering where I work and how much of it is around and then adding in a daily commute home. Not complaining mind.

 

[Backache]

Hong Kong was a disaster waiting to happen with 7.5m on a tiny island! NZ certainly inhibited it well, but easy to do as an island well used to preventing diseases (like Foot and Mouth) from entering the country. But resolved to take the 'Isolate and prevent by vax' routes until recently. Death count has more than doubled, but that's about 10 of 20k plus cases per day. With luck (not really), some of those might even be vax-deniers!

Hong Kong actually has a pretty good public health service and is not an Island though it is densly populated. It actually coped very well with the first wave but sadly appears to have lost it's confidence in vaccination amongst the elderly.

 

[RichA]

Still waiting to get it. Crazy considering where I work and how much of it is around and then adding in a daily commute home. Not complaining mind.

It is strange.
Mrs A teaches secondary school - a practical subject, so since lockdown she's been in close proximity to the kids.
I commute by train and underground for 3.5 hours a day. I worked throughout in a job that forced me to mingle with the masses more than I'd think is ideal.
Neither of us has knowingly had it.
Yet.
?

 

[theoneandonly]

It is strange.
Mrs A teaches secondary school - a practical subject, so since lockdown she's been in close proximity to the kids.
I commute by train and underground for 3.5 hours a day. I worked throughout in a job that forced me to mingle with the masses more than I'd think is ideal.
Neither of us has knowingly had it.
Yet.
?

2 of my kids had it at Christmas and didn't pass it onto me or Mrs and neither isolated . Then I came down with it this Monday but thus far Mrs hasn't.

 

[RichA]

2 of my kids had it at Christmas and didn't pass it onto me or Mrs and neither isolated . Then I came down with it this Monday but thus far Mrs hasn't.

I honestly think it's just down to good/bad luck.
My two primary school age nephews had it consecutively a couple of months ago. BiL and SiL managed to avoid catching it from them.
A few weeks later BiL caught it.
Two weeks after that SiL caught it.
Weird.

 

[ColchesterFC]

I honestly think it's just down to good/bad luck.
My two primary school age nephews had it consecutively a couple of months ago. BiL and SiL managed to avoid catching it from them.
A few weeks later BiL caught it.
Two weeks after that SiL caught it.
Weird.

If it's not luck then there certainly seems to be a randomness about it and who gets it. Or maybe it's not luck or randomness and at some point they'll discover a reason some get it and others don't. In November my younger boy (aged 10 so unjabbed) caught it, followed by me (double jabbed) five days later and then Mrs Colch (also double jabbed) two days after that. Older son (aged 12 but unjabbed at the time) didn't catch it despite us not being overly careful about distancing/isolating from him.

Last week on Wednesday older son (now 13 and single jabbed) caught it. On Monday Mrs Colch (now double jabbed, plus immunity from last infection, plus booster dose) tested positive. Younger son (still unjabbed) has tested negative throughout and I've also tested negative (double jabbed, plus immunity from last infection, plus booster dose). And again we haven't been that careful about distancing other than I've had the younger boy sleeping in with me while Mrs Colch has his room.

 

[SocketRocket]

Still waiting to get it. Crazy considering where I work and how much of it is around and then adding in a daily commute home. Not complaining mind.

My Wife and I caught it just over a week ago. We have no idea where we caught it and have been very careful when out. She has recovered quite well but I'm struggling somewhat with headaches and congestion. I really don't recommend it. I know so many people who have caught it recently.

 

[fenwayrich]

I've been at the Cheltenham festival with a friend. He tested positive last evening so I've come home. I've had four jabs, negative so far. Fingers crossed.
There were 60,000 people there, so it's no surprise that the numbers are growing again. I just hope that the vaccine prevents cases from being too serious.

 

[SocketRocket]

I've been at the Cheltenham festival with a friend. He tested positive last evening so I've come home. I've had four jabs, negative so far. Fingers crossed.
There were 60,000 people there, so it's no surprise that the numbers are growing again. I just hope that the vaccine prevents cases from being too serious.

Another superspreader event just like two years ago.

 

[Foxholer]

I've been at the Cheltenham festival with a friend. He tested positive last evening so I've come home. I've had four jabs, negative so far. Fingers crossed.
There were 60,000 people there, so it's no surprise that the numbers are growing again. I just hope that the vaccine prevents cases from being too serious.

Another superspreader event just like two years ago.

Just hastening the 'Living with it by gaining antigens' process!

 

[PNWokingham]

Just hastening the 'Living with it by gaining antigens' process!

best cancel everything and prime the milk man to deliver extra orange juice. That should do the trick.