Coronavirus - how is it/has it affected you?

[Swinglowandslow]

I dealt with hundreds of motorists during my service, ranging from stopping cars to give a driver words of advice, through to attending serious and fatal collisions, and not once did I have a single person tell me they had an infectious condition and ask me to keep my distance. That alone must give you some clue as to the likelihood of someone knowingly leaving their house with Covid AND being unlucky enough to be involved in an incident bringing them into close contact with other people.

"Being informed "by someone you are dealing with re infectious disease is nowt to do with it.?

You say you have dealt with hundreds of motorists etc. Clearly you have.And no doubt other incidents also.
And how many of those incidents were planned, foreseen, anticipated, or expected by those motorists. Hardly any, of course,-it being the nature of most police work.

You are advocating someone ( everyone) who is positive with Covid to carry on almost as normal, certainly to continue to drive.
But you reckon virtually none of them will be amongst the numbers in the kind of incidents you dealt with as a police officer. .? And of course, there are many other front line police officers out there...doing what you did.
Murphy's law ( now called whatifery) exists, as you are aware more than most ordinary folk. No point talking as if it doesn't.
I'm not saying everyone who is positive should not do this and that.
If it's necessary , yes. If it isn't necessary then just wait a few days...till you're clear.

 

[Foxholer]

So, whether a police officer either gets into the persons car, or gets the person to sit in the police car, what sort of reasons would this be for? No tax or insurance? Speeding? Suspected drunk driving? Damaged vehicle? Stolen vehicle?

Can we assume that the OP, who wondered about playing golf, will unlikely get pulled over for any of these offences? And, if he does, he has more to be ashamed off than playing golf when getting over Covid.

You'd need to ask Billyboots that question. My post simply equatedthe effect of the 2 actions - and was subsequently answered satisfactorily.

 

[Foxholer]

On what police service or training do you base this advice
..

If it needs anything more than a passing mention, then I'd question the suitability of the 'trainee' for the job!

 

[PJ87]

Day 7

Very very faint line of postive today, which is great because following the pattern of my wife and daughters covid it went ..

Faint line
Negative
Negative

So I'm not due back at work until Thursday night anyways now

So I should be back

 

[Billysboots]

You are advocating someone ( everyone) who is positive with Covid to carry on almost as normal, certainly to continue to drive.

No I’m not. Would I advocate someone with Covid drives to a busy supermarket to do their shopping? No. Or to a cinema or theatre? No again. Or to go to work in their office? No.

It depends on the wider context, and therefore the purpose of getting behind the wheel. So if someone with Covid wants to drive to their golf club for a solo game of golf, or to a suitable location for a walk? The purpose of the journey carries little or no risk and, I say again, the risk of any interaction during that journey is so low I, personally, would have no issue with it.

 

[PhilTheFragger]

Guys
Let’s change the record, it’s getting a bit like the oozlum bird, flying round in ever decreasing circles
?

 

[Jamesbrown]

Day 7

Very very faint line of postive today, which is great because following the pattern of my wife and daughters covid it went ..

Faint line
Negative
Negative

So I'm not due back at work until Thursday night anyways now

So I should be back

I washed my nose out with soap and water after day 10 and were negative the next two days.
Coincidence I don’t know but for some insane reason I tried to regrettably return to work.

 

[Voyager EMH]

Day 7 for me. Still not left the house. Put my name on the starting sheet for Saturday's comp.
That will be first handicap qualifying score of the year after two weeks without a game.
Missed all the good weather recently and forecast says 1d feels like -2d for Saturday morning,
Feel shattered even after my first decent night's sleep for a week.
Might try a test on Wednesday - day 9.

 

[Crow]

Day 7 for me. Still not left the house. Put my name on the starting sheet for Saturday's comp.
That will be first handicap qualifying score of the year after two weeks without a game.
Missed all the good weather recently and forecast says 1d feels like -2d for Saturday morning,
Feel shattered even after my first decent night's sleep for a week.
Might try a test on Wednesday - day 9.

Same here on the time line, but I'd guess I had it last Monday. Tested yesterday morning and got a strong positive.

Still have a cough and runny nose but don't feel too bad, but if I went outside and tried to play golf then I suspect my usual booming drives and laser like long irons might not reach their usual distance.

Will do a bit of pottering around in the garden today.

 

[theoneandonly]

Same here on the time line, but I'd guess I had it last Monday. Tested yesterday morning and got a strong positive.

Still have a cough and runny nose but don't feel too bad, but if I went outside and tried to play golf then I suspect my usual booming drives and laser like long irons might not reach their usual distance.

Will do a bit of pottering around in the garden today.

Thats sounds risky to me. What if you dropped a sturdy flower pot on your toe and had to go to A&E!, Even worse you may break down on the way an expose the RAC man to your filthy germs. And what if Joe public stops to see if you're ok! What then! O.M.G have some thought for others, just lock your self up.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

LFT still showing a strong line this morning…?

As I’m 7 days since 1st symptoms and 6 since first +ve I‘m thinking I’ll be hitting ten days before I get negatives on two successive days. Must go check see what I’m supposed to do at ten days. Guess I just keep isolating.

Frustratingly I feel normal other than the ache I have lower neck and between my shoulder blades. FortunatEly it’s just a bit of an ache and not painfully restrictive in any way.

 

[PJ87]

LFT still showing a strong line this morning…?

As I’m 7 days since 1st symptoms and 6 since first +ve I‘m thinking I’ll be hitting ten days before I get negatives on two successive days. Must go check see what I’m supposed to do at ten days. Guess I just keep isolating.

after 10 FULL days you return to normal providing your temp is normal

whats happened with my wife, daughter (and looks like me) is very very strong solid lines followed by faint line and then negative

I am on faint line day today

 

[road2ruin]

LFT still showing a strong line this morning…?

As I’m 7 days since 1st symptoms and 6 since first +ve I‘m thinking I’ll be hitting ten days before I get negatives on two successive days. Must go check see what I’m supposed to do at ten days. Guess I just keep isolating.

The isolation period is for 10 days, as far as I know you don't have to keep isolating regardless of your test status. Our daughter was still showing a line after the full 10 days but we certainly weren't going to keep her indoors any longer and I don't think you're going to be contagious, that period if far earlier however the 10 days is given as a good safety net.

 

[garyinderry]

Has any of the boffins in white coats been working out when the majority of the populations vaccines will begin to wane.

Surely hospitalizations will rise quite a bit when this happens or is the large amounts of natural immunity enough to keep us ticking along as we are.

 

[PNWokingham]

LFT still showing a strong line this morning…?

As I’m 7 days since 1st symptoms and 6 since first +ve I‘m thinking I’ll be hitting ten days before I get negatives on two successive days. Must go check see what I’m supposed to do at ten days. Guess I just keep isolating.

Frustratingly I feel normal other than the ache I have lower neck and between my shoulder blades. FortunatEly it’s just a bit of an ache and not painfully restrictive in any way.

same issues as now so same response. You know the views on leaving the house. But the only real common sense consideration is to aviod passing it on - and we know that means avoiding people indoors. You can exercise your judgement as to the outdoor issues, where it is very hard to catch unless someone is in your face

 

[PJ87]

Has any of the boffins in white coats been working out when the majority of the populations vaccines will begin to wane.

Surely hospitalizations will rise quite a bit when this happens or is the large amounts of natural immunity enough to keep us ticking along as we are.

I believe it was hypothesized that the first jab was like having covid in terms of protection for further infection etc so whilst for example my booster was October so prob waning a bit I'm now topped up with covid to see me through until winter

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

same issues as now so same response. You know the views on leaving the house. But the only real common sense consideration is to aviod passing it on - and we know that means avoiding people indoors. You can exercise your judgement as to the outdoor issues, where it is very hard to catch unless someone is in your face

So if still testing +ve after ten days I can leave the house but I still should not go into any indoor environment. Well at least then I can play golf.?

 

[road2ruin]

So if still testing +ve after ten days I can leave the house but I still should not go into any indoor environment. Well at least then I can play golf.?

After 10 days you are free to do whatever whether it's indoors or outside regardless of testing.

 

[Deleted member 21258]

Has any of the boffins in white coats been working out when the majority of the populations vaccines will begin to wane.

Surely hospitalizations will rise quite a bit when this happens or is the large amounts of natural immunity enough to keep us ticking along as we are.

If the older person, So far, holding up pretty well for hospitalisations, even in the very old over quite a long period. Long may that hold true

Infection control the vaccines are not great and wanes very quickly(see link below, if you wish to see). Hybrid immunity is the best btw, not that I am trying catch it, easier said than done, given the mad 1 in x people have covid figures atm given by ONS survey.

Not sure if you are aware the spring booster is now being rolled out to 75+ year olds, to help. Get you mums/dads and all you ChrisDs of the forum get booked in My mum is booked in the next week.

Some info here(page 8-12 are pretty good) :-

COVID-19 vaccine surveillance report - week 12 (publishing.service.gov.uk)

65+ below lower part the chart is the part to really look at :-



The 1 in x cases hospitalised chart I keep is showing similar and holding up pretty well(given the drop in testing and other variables going on)

Hope that helps.

 

[Foxholer]

After 10 days you are free to do whatever whether it's indoors or outside regardless of testing.

That's not what the (latest) recommendations state....
How long to stay at home and away from others

If you have COVID-19, you can infect other people for up to 10 days from when your symptoms start. Many people will no longer be infectious to others after 5 days.

You can do a rapid lateral flow test from 5 days after your symptoms started (or from the day you had the test if you do not have symptoms) and another the next day.

If both tests are negative and you do not have a high temperature, you're less likely to pass COVID-19 to others and you can go back safely to your normal routine.

If your test result is positive on day 5, you can carry on doing rapid lateral flow tests every day until you get 2 negative test results in a row.

Report your test result after each test.

Contact with people at higher risk from COVID-19
You should avoid meeting people at higher risk from COVID-19 for 10 full days.

This starts from the day your symptoms started or, if you do not have symptoms, from the day you got a positive test result.

How to avoid passing COVID-19 on to others
Do

• stay at home if you can – this helps reduce the number of people you have contact with
• ask friends, family, neighbours or volunteers to get food and other essentials for you
• follow advice on how to avoid spreading COVID-19 to people you live with
• cancel any routine medical or dental appointments – if you’re worried about your health or asked to attend in person, let your medical contact (such as your GP or dentist) know about your symptoms or test result

Don’t

• do not go to work, school or public places – if you’re unable to work from home, ask your employer about options available to you
• do not have visitors in your home, including friends and family – except for people providing essential care or services

If you need to leave your home
If you need to leave your home while you’re still infectious, you should take steps to avoid spreading COVID-19.

Do

• avoid contact with people at higher risk from COVID-19
• avoid crowded places – if you need to use public transport, avoid using it at busy times of the day
• limit close contact with people you do not live with – meet people outside if you can and stay at least 2 metres apart from them
• wear a face covering that fits snugly against your face and has more than 1 layer
• do any exercise outdoors and away from other people
• wash your hands with soap and water or use hand sanitiser regularly throughout the day