Coronavirus - how is it/has it affected you?

[Ethan]

Will this be different with Oxford which needs a less strict cooling regime?

Yes, it probably will. The Pfizer vacc comes in vials and 5 doses can be drawn from one vial (in fact up to 7 could, but there is an allowance for wastage) so if that vial is not fully used, whatever is left has to be junked. I don't know what the final AZ product looks like, may be packed in individual doses.

 

[larmen]

I always wondered about the vials, and it seemed like a lot more vaccine than needed for 1 shot. Didn’t even think about them vaccinating more than 1 person from the same vial.
I guess once broken into a vile you need to get your 5 shots done ASAP, and if necessary pulling in back office staff. Once they are done it’s random people of the street? Going to hang out outside the GP for a while ;-)

 

[4LEX]

I had a negative test, then positive, then negative and a month after paid for a private antibody test only for it to come back negative Work that out.

I know I had it because I was unwell with symptoms and only after I recovered, did I find out someone I was in very close contact with had it 3 days before I felt ill. I recovered after 4-5 days but a few weeks later I went from running 5-10k a day to being too tired to leave the house and slept 14+ hours a night. That lasted around 10 days but back to 100% minus the Christmas bingefest!

Is there any further update on whether those who have had the vaccine are still capable of spreading it?

 

[Ethan]

I always wondered about the vials, and it seemed like a lot more vaccine than needed for 1 shot. Didn’t even think about them vaccinating more than 1 person from the same vial.
I guess once broken into a vile you need to get your 5 shots done ASAP, and if necessary pulling in back office staff. Once they are done it’s random people of the street? Going to hang out outside the GP for a while ;-)

Well, that isn't a terrible idea. If you lurk around a vaccination centre, there is a decent chance there will be some left over. Probably worth politely registering your interest so they know you are there. Something like "Hi, I realise this is awfully cheeky, but if you have any vaccine left over, I would love to have it rather than see it thrown away. I have no allergies. I'll be [somewhere nearby and convenient]. I understand if it isn't possible. Thanks".

 

[Tashyboy]

So yesterday I took young lad Tash for a Covid test, it’s come back positive, this morning Missis T is being escorted by myself for a test. At the moment I feel fine. Apart from when I think of the golf al be missing. ?
On a positive, me pal in Italy who is in ICU is getting stronger by the day. Looks like he is gonna pull through..

 

[Deleted member 16999]

So yesterday I took young lad Tash for a Covid test, it’s come back positive, this morning Missis T is being escorted by myself for a test. At the moment I feel fine. Apart from when I think of the golf al be missing. ?
On a positive, me pal in Italy who is in ICU is getting stronger by the day. Looks like he is gonna pull through..

Good news on your mate Tash, one observation/question though, if your lad was positive you aren’t allowed out to escort Missis T surely?

 

[Billysboots]

My lad started to develop mild symptoms on Boxing Day. I went online about 6.30pm, booked a test for 9am yesterday and the result has come back negative, all within 36 hours of booking the appointment.

Pretty impressive effort by all concerned to get the process this efficient.

 

[DanFST]

My lad started to develop mild symptoms on Boxing Day. I went online about 6.30pm, booked a test for 9am yesterday and the result has come back negative, all within 36 hours of booking the appointment.

Pretty impressive effort by all concerned to get the process this efficient.

Good for your boy.

I did get annoyed by all the "journalists" complaining about testing numbers, every person I know that has needed one, has got one sharpish with minimal fuss. It's about the only thing thats gone well.

 

[need_my_wedge]

Well COVID has now reached our household.

An outbreak at my wife’s school right at the end of the term led to several teaching testing positive on Wed/thurs/friday, so we both went for a test on Friday. The results came back negative for both. Neither of us were showing symptoms so we thought we had escaped. A couple of other teachers who tested negative had started showing symptoms by Christmas Eve, so had a test again and came out positive. The wife and I were still showing no symptoms, but she is a very anxious person so went for another test on Christmas Day. Yesterday evening, the wife gets a call from one of her colleagues and is informed that one of the staff has passed away due to COVID, I believe she was in her 60’s but not considered vulnerable. In the early hours of this morning, the wife got her results back as positive but still showing no symptoms.

My 4 year old granddaughter tested positive 9 days ago. My son and daughter in law have had minor symptoms, along with my 2 week old grandson. They did tests before Christmas but haven't had any results back yet. All getting by at the moment but grandson needs to start feeding properly.

 

[need_my_wedge]

........I am also reading a lot of unhappiness on doctors.net that NHS prioritisation is up the left in some places, with young back-office admin and IT staff getting it before frontline middle aged doctors and nurses.

My wife works in the breast cancer clinic at our local hospital. She deals with many patients directly on a daily basis. When she was told to book an appointment for the vaccine last week there were no appointments left, but somehow all the back office staff had been able to book appointments.

 

[Ethan]

Good for your boy.

I did get annoyed by all the "journalists" complaining about testing numbers, every person I know that has needed one, has got one sharpish with minimal fuss. It's about the only thing thats gone well.

There are some legitimate complaints about testing. These include whether it was necessary to hire an eye-waveringly expensive private company to do it and the lack of clarity on how many actual people are being tested - the data presented includes multiple tests on the same people and tests for a variety of purposes. It is also not so long since people were being offered tests hundreds of miles away. It has taken rather a long time to get to a decent level of service, although the data remains opaque.

 

[Ethan]

My wife works in the breast cancer clinic at our local hospital. She deals with many patients directly on a daily basis. When she was told to book an appointment for the vaccine last week there were no appointments left, but somehow all the back office staff had been able to book appointments.

Sadly, that appears to have been a common experience.

 

[Tashyboy]

Good news on your mate Tash, one observation/question though, if your lad was positive you aren’t allowed out to escort Missis T surely?

I took lad to testing centre yesterday. He lives with us. As a class 1 lorry driver, last week he was in Kent,Essex and Wales..lovely royal flush there.
Anyway he has had 3 days away from.work and seen no one apart from daughter..
Me at the moment I feel fine and at the roll up centre you/ me stays in the car whilst missing T and lad walk into centre so you don't see or come into contact with anyone.
Quite a good set up i think.

 

[Ethan]

I took lad to testing centre yesterday. He lives with us. As a class 1 lorry driver, last week he was in Kent,Essex and Wales..lovely royal flush there.
Anyway he has had 3 days away from.work and seen no one apart from daughter..
Me at the moment I feel fine and at the roll up centre you/ me stays in the car whilst missing T and lad walk into centre so you don't see or come into contact with anyone.
Quite a good set up i think.

The user experience appears to have improved. What is also needed is that the results are then channeled into the tracing system, the cases called and contacts identified and likewise contacted. It appears there is a large attrition along the steps of the process.

 

[Tashyboy]

The user experience appears to have improved. What is also needed is that the results are then channeled into the tracing system, the cases called and contacts identified and likewise contacted. It appears there is a large attrition along the steps of the process.

I took lad for a test a few months ago and it seemed a bit like it wasn’t being took serious. The last two days I have been 10/10. Now Missis T has just filled in the form to say who she has been in contact with. 6 people in just short of a week inc me and lad. Now if someone is not taking this lockdown serious lord knows how many people this Covid could be passed onto.
As a side note, Missis T said from day one that she is not having her parents over for Christmas. A , coz there not in our bubble, and B,Lad is a lorry driver and daughter a copper so the risk to them catching Covid and passing it on to us was always there. It did not go down well with a member of her family who had For them Xmas day and they stayed overnight. ( don’t start me off on that one) Missis Ts worst case scenario has come true.

 

[SteveW86]

We have done the drive through tests at the airport. Drive up, tester sticks the swaps through the window into our mouth/nose then we drive away. No longer than 5 mins both times we have been.

Interestingly our next door neighbour got pinged on track and trace when my wife’s test came back positive, we could only think that the phones were 2 metres apart, albeit though the adjoining wall.

 

[SaintHacker]

We have done the drive through tests at the airport. Drive up, tester sticks the swaps through the window into our mouth/nose then we drive away. No longer than 5 mins both times we have been.

Interestingly our next door neighbour got pinged on track and trace when my wife’s test came back positive, we could only think that the phones were 2 metres apart, albeit though the adjoining wall.

That exact thing happened to mate of mine and his wife, next door neighbour tested positive and their phones linked through the wall so they voth got a 14 day isolation. The ironic thing is they don't even like the neighbour?

 

[DanFST]

Zhang Zhan, Journalist who originally reported on the outbreak in China has been jailed for "provoking trouble"

Who was it on here that said I was brainwashed by the media because I never wanted to step foot in China ever again?

 

[Tashyboy]

Zhang Zhan, Journalist who originally reported on the outbreak in China has been jailed for "provoking trouble"

Who was it on here that said I was brainwashed by the media because I never wanted to step foot in China ever again?

Certainly was not me coz am in your gang, China can shove it.

 

[Deleted Member 1156]

The clown of a head teacher at the school my G/F works at decided it would be a good idea to have an Xmas lunch the day before end of term. 350 people in one hall, now 5 teachers have tested positive ?