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Coronavirus - how is it/has it affected you?

Ethan said:
It probably is, but 5 minutes after the NHS App was announced, people on the net were showing ways to do exactly that. The guys on the gates at Silverstone will be more interested in getting punters through the gates than doing cybersecurity checks.
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I'll let you know what its like ?
I'm not worried, the place is massive, all the grandstands are open, not bowled like a football stadium, and there's virtually no public transport available so everyone comes by car. Will be interesting to see if they give weekend ticket holders a pass to say they've passed the entry test on arrival to speed things up through the weekend, or if we will have to show or vacc/test proof every time we go in
 
Cases of covid in the South African rugby squad and rumours, so far unsubstantiated, that there was attempts to keep this quiet until after the lions team had departed. Still think this tour is a mistake the moment and without fans really not what a lions tour should be
 
It was interesting listening to Andrew Marr this morning He has just recovered from a bout of covid which reckons he picked up at the G7 meeting. He had been double jabbed and he said he felt pretty ill just not ill enough to go to hospital. He said his symptoms were very unlike what they give out on the NHS website, he said is was more like having a very bad cold.

The person who was being interviewed at the time Professor Sir Peter Horby said what happened to him is about what the experts expect i.e the vaccines will not stop you from getting it, just it will not be bad enough to put you in to hospital.
 
GB72 said:
Cases of covid in the South African rugby squad and rumours, so far unsubstantiated, that there was attempts to keep this quiet until after the lions team had departed. Still think this tour is a mistake the moment and without fans really not what a lions tour should be
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What I cannot understand or maybe it has not been disclosed yet. The whole team is isolating, but when a Scotland football player gets Covid, 2 England players had to isolate but not the Scotland squad. Was there, is there a difference.
 
Tashyboy said:
What I cannot understand or maybe it has not been disclosed yet. The whole team is isolating, but when a Scotland football player gets Covid, 2 England players had to isolate but not the Scotland squad. Was there, is there a difference.
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My suspicion, the 2 England players were the PR scapegoats. Could not isolate the whole team as no time to play the match later on. That is me being a cynic though. Then again, cases in Scotland rugby team for today's match. Original call was to remove the players from the squad and bring in new ones. Only further cases resulted in match being cancelled. The whole procedure for cases in sports teams are a bit sketchy.

That said, the region the lions are staying in is struggling with a third wave and health services are struggling but the full lions squad is still going. All a bit concerning but money talks
 
GB72 said:
My suspicion, the 2 England players were the PR scapegoats. Could not isolate the whole team as no time to play the match later on. That is me being a cynic though. Then again, cases in Scotland rugby team for today's match. Original call was to remove the players from the squad and bring in new ones. Only further cases resulted in match being cancelled. The whole procedure for cases in sports teams are a bit sketchy.

That said, the region the lions are staying in is struggling with a third wave and health services are struggling but the full lions squad is still going. All a bit concerning but money talks
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See now for me the Scotland team didn't have to because they will have "followed" the rules. Distanced in changing rooms, all that .. yet our players broke it

Just for show ofc
 
GB72 said:
My suspicion, the 2 England players were the PR scapegoats. Could not isolate the whole team as no time to play the match later on. That is me being a cynic though. Then again, cases in Scotland rugby team for today's match. Original call was to remove the players from the squad and bring in new ones. Only further cases resulted in match being cancelled. The whole procedure for cases in sports teams are a bit sketchy.

That said, the region the lions are staying in is struggling with a third wave and health services are struggling but the full lions squad is still going. All a bit concerning but money talks
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3 of the south african squad have tested positive and the whole squad now isolating!

some chatter the lions tour going to be relocated to cape town and all played in the one venue
 
IanM said:
Lost my mum on 16th.

Not covid, but it meant for the last 15 months of her life i hardly saw her in person.

Even now Care Home allow visits, (from April) we were limited to once a fortnight.

There will be many similar stories. Some will be worse.
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Sorry to hear that. As you say there will be many "indirect" consequences of the pandemic we may never hear about but are very real.
 
IanM said:
Lost my mum on 16th.

Not covid, but it meant for the last 15 months of her life i hardly saw her in person.

Even now Care Home allow visits, (from April) we were limited to once a fortnight.

There will be many similar stories. Some will be worse.
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Sorry for your loss.
 
And so in the last hour we hear - from the horses mouth - that removal of restrictions on 19th July is not irreversible - that being a different horse from that ridden by SJavid which stated yesterday that there was no reason for 19th July to be slipped. I’d go with today’s horse - the prospect of a slippage or change to what’s allowed from the 19th is depressing and is going to be difficult for me and my Mrs.
 
IanM said:
Lost my mum on 16th.

Not covid, but it meant for the last 15 months of her life i hardly saw her in person.

Even now Care Home allow visits, (from April) we were limited to once a fortnight.

There will be many similar stories. Some will be worse.
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That’s hard and very sad for you and your family. My condolences.
 
SwingsitlikeHogan said:
And so in the last hour we hear - from the horses mouth - that removal of restrictions on 19th July is not irreversible - that being a different horse from that ridden by SJavid which stated yesterday that there was no reason for 19th July to be slipped. I’d go with today’s horse - the prospect of a slippage or change to what’s allowed from the 19th is depressing and is going to be difficult for me and my Mrs.
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It will be difficult for a lot of people.
But, I'll bite. Tell us, in your infinite wisdom, would you do?
Instead of just complaining and starting every post with a foreboding "and so we hear..." tell us, what would your expertise recommend that we do on the 19th against a backdrop of increasing cases and increasing hospitalisations and people still losing family members on a daily basis to this virus.

Enlighten us...
 
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