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Coronavirus - how is it/has it affected you?

Orikoru said:
Well I mean an abnormal number of times. Like 9 or 10 times I woke up in the night. I figured maybe it was just from rolling over and my arm hurting.
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I was waking up 5 or 6 times each night for a wee, but after being prescribed some pills I now only wake up twice a night


And wet the bed 4 times ??
 
Thought this is a pretty good article
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/57403888
In the spirit of "you can't please everyone all of the time" & "who'd be a decision maker"

Personally, with things on mainland Europe finally settling down (good thing), and the UK seemingly trending the other way it's feeling less comfortable - and delicately balanced. Will be watching closely the next week.
 
My Mum suffers from a form of leukemia known as CLL, and was warned that she may not be able to produce antibodies as a result.
So she took an antibody test the other day has has found out that she has no antibodies, despite having had 2 AZ vaccines, and seeing significant improvement in the number of cancerous cells.
So it appears she (and the rest of the family) are going to have to remain extra careful.
 
JamesR said:
My Mum suffers from a form of leukemia known as CLL, and was warned that she may not be able to produce antibodies as a result.
So she took an antibody test the other day has has found out that she has no antibodies, despite having had 2 AZ vaccines, and seeing significant improvement in the number of cancerous cells.
So it appears she (and the rest of the family) are going to have to remain extra careful.
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That is bad news, although the lack of antibodies doesn't mean she necessarily has no immune response at all. Still, need to be careful as you say. Her case is a good example why other people should consider the benefits to broader society when deciding if they are to have the vaccine. If everybody else was vaccinated, she would at much lower risk.
 
Ethan said:
That is bad news, although the lack of antibodies doesn't mean she necessarily has no immune response at all. Still, need to be careful as you say. Her case is a good example why other people should consider the benefits to broader society when deciding if they are to have the vaccine. If everybody else was vaccinated, she would at much lower risk.
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The rest of us are all double vaccinated, for various illnesses and old age, so hopefully that should reduce the risk of us infecting her. But she isn't planning on mixing much with many people (especially those with kids/grandkids) for the foreseeable future.
 
JamesR said:
The rest of us are all double vaccinated, for various illnesses and old age, so hopefully that should reduce the risk of us infecting her. But she isn't planning on mixing much with many people (especially those with kids/grandkids) for the foreseeable future.
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Hopefully her CLL will improve and she may then get better protection, but I think the strategy of being careful is a wise one, and probably one that more of us should practice.
 
Think we can safely say that the under 30s are not averse to being vaccinated, booking in yesterday at a rate of 100000 per hour at times and averaging 750 a minute
 
First time ave picked the grand sproggs up from school today for a couple of weeks. If I had a quid for every female in the school yard under 30 that did not have a mask on or an exemption lanyard I would be rich.
 
Tashyboy said:
First time ave picked the grand sproggs up from school today for a couple of weeks. If I had a quid for every female in the school yard under 30 that did not have a mask on or an exemption lanyard I would be rich.
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Either that is one hell of a size of a school or you have low expectations of being rich Tashy... ?
 
Tashyboy said:
First time ave picked the grand sproggs up from school today for a couple of weeks. If I had a quid for every female in the school yard under 30 that did not have a mask on or an exemption lanyard I would be rich.
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Why would anyone need to wear a mask outside?
 
Just outta interest

Both grand sproggs have been sent home from school over the last couple of months due to sore throat/ Covid sign.
They have had to have a Covid test where it is sent away for testing. Some schools are testing where you get the results after 30 mins. Why do they not do the 30 min Covid test If you have a sore throat? Is it because you have signs rather than just a random test?
PS, both were negative.
 
I had my second AZ Vaccine last Friday. In both cases I felt no ill effects whatsoever. So I'm now fully vaccinated, as is Mrs Robster. But we're still being incredibly diligent. We always sanitise our hands whenever we've been in anywhere. We still wipe down our shopping, wear masks, socially distance. The virus is still out there, we don't know what new strains are out there, we don't want to infect anyone, so we are still very careful. We go to visit the Father in Law in his home and the last thing we want is to be the cause of a breakout there. I'll be honest. I thought today as I sanitised my hands and put a mask on to enter a shop, I just don't know when we will get back to the old "normal".
 
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Robster59 said:
I had my second AZ Vaccine last Friday. In both cases I felt no ill effects whatsoever. So I'm now fully vaccinated, as is Mrs Robster. But we're still being incredibly diligent. See always sanitise of hands whenever we've been in anywhere. We still wipe down our shopping, wear masks, socially distance. The virus use still out there, we don't know what new strains are out there, we don't want to infect anyone, so we are still very careful. We go to visit the Father in Law in his home and the last thing we want is to be the cause of a breakout there. I'll be honest. I thought today as I sanitised my hands and put a mask on to enter a shop, I just don't know when we will get back to the old "normal".
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I know what you mean. "Just when will we be in a position where without masks and sanitizer we will not risk infecting someone?", seems a natural thought that may go on and on.
I can only hope that when all in the country, including children, ( caveat, if not against good medical practice), have been given or offered full vaccination , then we are firmly advised that normal, as we knew it, life can resume. That those refusing vaccination will have to accept the consequences
as it affects their health and social limitations.
At some stage, Covid has to take a back seat in more ways than one.
 
Robster59 said:
I had my second AZ Vaccine last Friday. In both cases I felt no ill effects whatsoever. So I'm now fully vaccinated, as is Mrs Robster. But we're still being incredibly diligent. We always sanitise our hands whenever we've been in anywhere. We still wipe down our shopping, wear masks, socially distance. The virus is still out there, we don't know what new strains are out there, we don't want to infect anyone, so we are still very careful. We go to visit the Father in Law in his home and the last thing we want is to be the cause of a breakout there. I'll be honest. I thought today as I sanitised my hands and put a mask on to enter a shop, I just don't know when we will get back to the old "normal".
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Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government measure!
 
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