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Coronavirus - how is it/has it affected you?

Guy from Farnham Hants. in the queue for a test at Newport IOW asks the guy in front 'have you come far'
Farnham, the guy replies.

After a good laugh the second guy says he was chatting on the ferry [you are not allowed to stay in your car] to a couple from Ryde who were just returning from their test at Portsmouth.
 
Hacker Khan said:
May I suggest detoxing from Facebook? Or at the very least switch off your notifications. My wife is similar in that she reads Facebook a lot and just gets angry. I've deleted my Facebook account and feel a lot better for doing so as whilst it is great for a few things, it also exposes you to lots of other peoples stupid opinions. Which to be honest for the sake of my mental health and well being I do not need. Enjoy your dog walk, that is my go to way of destressing, stick a podcast on, noise cancelling headphones to cut the world out, walk the dog, lovely.
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Sound advice ?. I don't go on much but a break is probably in order.

The mood wasn't helped by an employee chatting about the rules this afternoon. It came out that her household is in a bubble with about 5 other people ?. Everyone had their own bubble, some had 2. We explained the rules, I don't think she will change. Deep sigh.
 
Lord Tyrion said:
Sound advice ?. I don't go on much but a break is probably in order.

The mood wasn't helped by an employee chatting about the rules this afternoon. It came out that her household is in a bubble with about 5 other people ?. Everyone had their own bubble, some had 2. We explained the rules, I don't think she will change. Deep sigh.
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I just don't understand why so many people just seem intent on finding ways to get around common sense health advice:mad::mad::mad:
 
drdel said:
I just don't understand why so many people just seem intent on finding ways to get around common sense health advice:mad::mad::mad:
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I genuinely don’t think all of these type are intent on getting around it, some are just thick and believe whatever their “friends” tell them.
 
Doon frae Troon said:
Guy from Farnham Hants. in the queue for a test at Newport IOW asks the guy in front 'have you come far'
Farnham, the guy replies.

After a good laugh the second guy says he was chatting on the ferry [you are not allowed to stay in your car] to a couple from Ryde who were just returning from their test at Portsmouth.
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thought Farnham was in Surrey
 
AmandaJR said:
Thank goodness. The hospital doctor they just interviewed had me ready to throw in the towel and end it all!
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Interesting that this is the same team that at the start of September had their modelling showing a doubling of cases ever 7 days (and that Sir PV and CW may well have used as their reference in their joint briefing) - and today the team lead maintained that that was correct back then. Apparently the team does not simply test those who are symptomatic - rather, they test across the population (as I understand from what the research lead said this morning) - and so find asymptomatic infected as well as symptomatic. But good news - though caveated by him as being from testing done just last Saturday so not clear how things might have changed since then.
 
SwingsitlikeHogan said:
Interesting that this is the same team that at the start of September had their modelling showing a doubling of cases ever 7 days (and that Sir PV and CW may well have used as their reference in their joint briefing) - and today the team lead maintained that that was correct back then. Apparently the team does not simply test those who are symptomatic - rather, they test across the population (as I understand from what the research lead said this morning) - and so find asymptomatic infected as well as symptomatic.
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This news story came from a population prevalence study. It is encouraging, but its reliability does depend on the sampling methods used and there is always a degree of statistical uncertainty involved, so a further updated study in a week or two confirming the slowing would be very helpful.

The data shown by Vallance, and the modelled future trajectory, is based on different data, that taken from NHS testing and hospital records. The doubling time was indeed 7-8 days, and it would be good news if that slows. Note that even if it slows, it is still increasing, so we aren't out of the woods by any means. We can debate whether, if that data improves, it was previously just a blip or whether people acted responsibly to reduce transmission.

Any way you look at it, there is a reservoir of virus bubbling around, and it is therefore likely that local outbreaks or rises in national numbers, will be common events through the autumn and winter.
 
So...
Bowel cancer screening has restarted in NI and Scotland.
Rang up to see if I can get mine resceduled from March. "We are awaiting guidance from the govt...'
Hmmm...
 
Mrs was quite upset yesterday as she took a call from a distressed lady who has been to GP with some form of chest pain. As she has a family history of BC she was clearly very worried even though her GP thinks the chest pain is likely to be something not BC. Her GP had made the woman a routine referral for a scan and other investigations...8 months. Not good living with such worry for such a long time. As highlighted in papers yesterday - BC screening and referrals has big problems with the huge backlog and reduced screening capacity.
 
The staff in Boots the chemist yesterday confused me.
During my visit, I saw 5 staff and only one wearing a mask.
In a chemist where people were collecting prescriptions.
I thought masks were compulsory for shop staff now?
 
bobmac said:
The staff in Boots the chemist yesterday confused me.
During my visit, I saw 5 staff and only one wearing a mask.
In a chemist where people were collecting prescriptions.
I thought masks were compulsory for shop staff now?
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Not in all circumstances. Like if they are behind a screen for example.
 
bobmac said:
The staff in Boots the chemist yesterday confused me.
During my visit, I saw 5 staff and only one wearing a mask.
In a chemist where people were collecting prescriptions.
I thought masks were compulsory for shop staff now?
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I was in Boots yesterday too getting prescriptions, all staff were wearing masks. Is it a regional thing?
 
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