Coronavirus - how is it/has it affected you?

road2ruin said:
I can only speak on a local level or at least that of being a father of a 6 year old and I think it has definitely lead to a reduction of the normal stuff. Usually at this point in the year we are on a continuous cycle of snot and used tissues all over the house however, as things stand, she hasn't brought home a single sniffle. Also, a couple of months back a child had a case of Norovirus in the class, usually this would have run rampant in the class however because of the increased hand washing and the fact that that they are not sharing stuff it was only the one child that caught it.

Obviously this is a pretty small sample however it is accurate! :LOL:
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Funnily enough my wife was talking about this today. One of her running friends is a 1st school teacher, infant to everyone else, and she was commenting yesterday how few cases of colds and sniffles she has seen this year. She herself normally spends this term with a cold, bad chest etc but she has been completely clear. Ths constant hand washing, sneeze into your arm etc has definitely had an impact.
 
SteveJay said:
Unfortunately there appears to be a growing groundswell amongst people of all ages, that Covid is not as serious as conveyed by politicians and the media (both of whom they have little faith and trust in).

I have had exchanges on social media with individuals, one of whom was married to someone in the medical profession, who state those dying have almost exclusively got underlying health conditions. This stance is not helped by those who have contracted Covid and have very mild, or no symptoms and, of course, the ridiculous statistic methodology which includes deaths for any cause where the deceased tested positive within 28 days.

I think many , not just the young, are now thinking this is not as serious hence their disregard for the restrictions.
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I found this graph interesting...
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SteveJay said:
But remember if that person has tested positive for Covid, say, 3 weeks before, then self isolated and got run over when they ventured out again, it is still deemed a covid death for the stats............ridiculous in my view!!
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Seemingly so, but not really a practical problem. It allows a consistent definition to be applied and this data comparable across time. The trend is more important than the absolute number.

The chance of death in the next 28 days is very small, even for elderly people. An actuary appeared on More or Less on Radio 4 and said that the risk of death for an 80 year old in the next year was 10%, so only about 1% per month. I am sure there are more deaths of people due to Covid after 28 days, say after being on a ventilator for 6 weeks, or not tested at all, than there are incidental deaths on Covid positives with the 28 days.

In terms os issues to worry about in Covid, this is around number 93.
 
SaintHacker said:
I also think there's an attitude among many that they are so fed up of havig their lives turned upside down by it, with no real end in sight yet, that they are willing to just take their chances with it so they can get on with their lives
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But there is an end in sight. The vaccine

And they are not "just taking 'their' chances, are they?

What is needed is some self discipline. An inconvenient truth.
There is enough risk being taken by those in our community who have to take those risks, in order to work and earn livelihoods , or look after others etc.
It's not unreasonable for the others to give up risky wants until this virus is clobbered. The vaccine is not too far away, after all.
 
Swinglowandslow said:
But there is an end in sight. The vaccine

And they are not "just taking 'their' chances, are they?

What is needed is some self discipline. An inconvenient truth.
There is enough risk being taken by those in our community who have to take those risks, in order to work and earn livelihoods , or look after others etc.
It's not unreasonable for the others to give up risky wants until this virus is clobbered. The vaccine is not too far away, after all.
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You know that, i know that. I'm just describing what i think is going through some peoples minds
 
Lord Tyrion said:
Funnily enough my wife was talking about this today. One of her running friends is a 1st school teacher, infant to everyone else, and she was commenting yesterday how few cases of colds and sniffles she has seen this year. She herself normally spends this term with a cold, bad chest etc but she has been completely clear. Ths constant hand washing, sneeze into your arm etc has definitely had an impact.
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We are running in escalation mode and we've five confirmed Covid. That said the rest are usual ICU fare (heart attack, overdose, theatre cases requiring further monitorng etc) but we've seen very few pneumonia cases which we'd expect to start seeing. Nor have we had cases was a result of influenza and there seems to be a reduction across the trust. Maybe that is the hand cleaning etc but are the masks making a big difference too?
 
SteveJay said:
But remember if that person has tested positive for Covid, say, 3 weeks before, then self isolated and got run over when they ventured out again, it is still deemed a covid death for the stats............ridiculous in my view!!
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It is a quick way of counting deaths from Covid to see how the numbers are changing on a day to day basis. There will actually be more deaths missed this way because quite a number of hospital deaths are more than 28 days after the first test.
However if you are run over by a bus 27 days after your test and you got better your death will be recorded in the 28 days but not on the death certificate which will say something like trauma.
SO you won't be there in the final count.
 
[QUOTE="road2ruin, post: 2277597, member: The fact is that for the majority of those in the younger ages the changes of death are absolutely minute and there is more chance of being run over by a bus. .[/QUOTE]

How ironic it would be to be run over by the bus taking people to the hospital ??
 
Rumours of tier 4 and then lockdown being thrown about. So my prediction for England is tier 4 after Christmas. then the tier system has to end by law beginning of February so suddenly we will go into lockdown end of January.
 
With Wales and N Ireland locking down after Xmas it seems inevitable that England will follow at some point unless infections come right down over the Xmas peri........oh, wait a minute....:unsure::rolleyes:
 
Covid-19 vaccinations in the local area being cancelled and no replacement date given!

Now rumours starting to emerge that vaccinations are being rerouted south.

Really hope the rumours are incorrect and we get the real reason from the Government asap.
 
pauldj42 said:
Covid-19 vaccinations in the local area being cancelled and no replacement date given!

Now rumours starting to emerge that vaccinations are being rerouted south.

Really hope the rumours are incorrect and we get the real reason from the Government asap.
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Apparently there was issues with some batches of the vaccine in the UK which have had to be withdrawn. Maybe that’s it.
 
Germany seems have been hit hard by the second wave. Over 800 daily deaths. I wonder if it's because they did so well during the first wave that they still have a lot of vulnerable people alive who are now succumbing. Or whether it's an attitude thing with people thinking that it wasn't too bad during the first wave and they've become too relaxed about the rules. Or something else entirely.
 
pauljames87 said:
Rumours of tier 4 and then lockdown being thrown about. So my prediction for England is tier 4 after Christmas. then the tier system has to end by law beginning of February so suddenly we will go into lockdown end of January.
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They didn’t work the 1st time around so why should they work now. i totally agree with your predictions
 
I've just watched the BBC national/regional news from 6-7pm waiting for something on the vaccine rollout.
Nothing, not even a mention.
I know these days that good news isn't news but surely an update on a worldwide pandemic cure could have got a mention.
Or did I miss something?
 
bobmac said:
I've just watched the national/regional news from 6-7pm waiting for something on the vaccine rollout.
Nothing, not even a mention.
I know these days that good news isn't news but surely an update on a worldwide pandemic cure could have got a mention.
Or did I miss something?
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Yes, but it doesn't stir the mire, does it?
Journalism has really endeared itself to me this year....not.
 
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