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Coronavirus - how is it/has it affected you?

Mudball said:
Still recovering from whatever virus my son brought back from school. As he tested negative, I m assuming I am negative (causation does not mean correlation)

Equally I signed up for a winter flu jab as my company is offering it to all employees. My theory is that it might eliminate one side of the fairway.

My open question is. If my theory is correct, then why don’t we roll out winter flu vaccine nationwide?
1) That will keep some people away from testing centres
2) it takes care of winter bug
3) it is a dry run for how to a nationwide vaccine program - which we will have to do at some point in 2021/22
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Good questions and I should think such a roll out should happen, based on the points you made, unless there are good reasons of which we may be unaware.
With all that's going on at present, logistically within the NHS, a nationwide flu jab may be a bridge too far. There may be, likely to be , not enough vaccine.
There may well be some people being tasked, as we write, to prepare a nationwide vaccination programme in the hopes that the vaccine will be forthcoming soon.
Not all circumstances or reasons for not doing things are available for public awareness, so what you have advocated may well have been considered and a decision made.
It's just we don't get told so much of what has been decided not to do.
 
I am getting a winter flu jab tomorrow, i get one every year now. Thinking about influenza, I dont think I've ever had it, plenty of bad colds but never one that debilitates, I believe if you have the flu it lays you out for a week or so.
 
SocketRocket said:
I am getting a winter flu jab tomorrow, i get one every year now. Thinking about influenza, I dont think I've ever had it, plenty of bad colds but never one that debilitates, I believe if you have the flu it lays you out for a week or so.
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I've had flu twice. Was absolutely horrendous. I would wish it on my enemy!

I had my jab on Friday. No soreness in arm or anything.
 
Would it be a bad idea to get someone to quote for double glazing at the minute? My windows are beyond broken you can not see out of 4 of them and a couple have a big gap around the seals which you can fit your finger in letting a big old draft in.

Can not make my mind up how risky it is someone coming round to quote?

Would you guys crack on or hold off?
 
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I see a lot of building/home improvements going on around here.
Some people may be holding off so it could be easier to get jobs done quicker.....
 
AdamW said:
Would it be a bad idea to get someone to quote for double glazing at the minute? My windows are beyond broken you can not see out of 4 of them and a couple have a big gap around the seals which you can fit your finger in.

Can not make my mind up how risky it is someone coming round to quote?

Would you guys crack on or hold off?
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Crack on. We had a joiner put in a stair rail a couple of weeks ago, we are having stair carpet fitted on Friday. Open the door, point them where to go and let them crack on. Easy enough to keep your distance, they wont be going around licking their fingers and wiping them everywhere.
 
Windows would be a safe job. Easy to keep distance and the house will be left weather tight and useable at the end of every day. Not sure I'd be getting a new kitchen or bathroom fitted. Knowing my luck they'd just have gutted the kitchen when a lockdown gets announced ;)
 
I can see a pub curfew coming up. Not a real worry to me if that is the case, most people are out the door by 10. An end to meetings between households would be more testing but at least I got to take my mum out for her birthday on Saturday. She has missed a lot of traditional family events during lockdown so was so happy to get that in. Would have hit her hard if that was cancelled.
 
fundy said:
Sounds like Whitty and Valance sans Boris et al will be doing a live briefing at 11am tomorrow
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1) Both have the gravitas to deliver the tough news needed.
2) non politically speaking, the usual Govt faces wont want to be seen delivering bad news. if the lockdown works, they will take credit, if it does not, then it was always the scientists or sage's idea..

interesting to see two viewpoints on this from Spectator & Telegraph on this.... Get rid of experts and use the army to solve the logistics nightmare

https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/its-time-for-boris-johnson-to-take-back-control

https://digitaleditions.telegraph.c...d/0/package/358/pub/358/page/65/article/84036
 
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Mudball said:
1) Both have the gravitas to deliver the tough news needed.
2) non politically speaking, the usual Govt faces wont want to be seen delivering bad news. if the lockdown works, they will take credit, if it does not, then it was always the scientists or sage's idea..

interesting to see two viewpoints on this from Spectator & Telegraph on this.... Get rid of experts and use the army to solve the logistics nightmare

https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/its-time-for-boris-johnson-to-take-back-control

https://digitaleditions.telegraph.c...d/0/package/358/pub/358/page/65/article/84036
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You may have reached 7.5 on the naughty scale there ;)
 
In the event that contact between households is reduced or stopped, wonder if that would impact on golf. Are we heading back to playing amongst your own household only again.
 
GB72 said:
In the event that contact between households is reduced or stopped, wonder if that would impact on golf. Are we heading back to playing amongst your own household only again.
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I don't think there will be outdoor limits, and as long as pubs and restaurants are open, I don't see why clubhouses should close.
 
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