COVID-19 (Coronavirus) discussion
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On the subject of masks. Served two customers who wore disposable masks that had holes in them as been worn too many times. What’s the point?
I reckon both of these masks were given out when they had a hospital procedure. Myself and dad had to put on a new mask given by the medical staff for procedures.
I reckon both of these masks were given out when they had a hospital procedure. Myself and dad had to put on a new mask given by the medical staff for procedures.
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As I said in an earlier post, some people are still wearing masks as they feel lost without one.
Frontiers | Post COVID-19, still wear a face mask? Self-perceived facial attractiveness reduces mask-wearing intention
With the emerging post-COVID era, wearing face masks has become a domain of personal choice. Then, who wants to continue wearing a mask when it is no longer ...www.frontiersin.org
TLDR: Ugly people more likely to wear masks
Don’t start on those who walk outside with a mask. Fresh air is better than breathing in a mask!
The world really needs to ban mink farming. Intensive farming on an industrial scale needs a seriously hard look too and tighter regulation. Bird flu has an over 50% fatality rate and makes COVID look like a joke, but we (as a global community) are breeding favourable conditions for it to spill over and become much more transmissible.
Thankfully we banned mink farming in the UK in 2000 (a great move), but the other problems with regard to intensive farming still apply. We need to use our fabled soft power to bring about change; that would be a truly admirable use of the term 'global Britain'.
www.theguardian.com
Thankfully we banned mink farming in the UK in 2000 (a great move), but the other problems with regard to intensive farming still apply. We need to use our fabled soft power to bring about change; that would be a truly admirable use of the term 'global Britain'.
Be warned: the next deadly pandemic is not inevitable, but all the elements are in place | George Monbiot
Bird flu is a mass killer, and mink farms are perfect for infection and transmission. They are a grave threat and must be banned, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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The world really needs to ban mink farming. Intensive farming on an industrial scale needs a seriously hard look too and tighter regulation. Bird flu has an over 50% fatality rate and makes COVID look like a joke, but we (as a global community) are breeding favourable conditions for it to spill over and become much more transmissible.
Thankfully we banned mink farming in the UK in 2000 (a great move), but the other problems with regard to intensive farming still apply. We need to use our fabled soft power to bring about change; that would be a truly admirable use of the term 'global Britain'.
Be warned: the next deadly pandemic is not inevitable, but all the elements are in place | George Monbiot
Bird flu is a mass killer, and mink farms are perfect for infection and transmission. They are a grave threat and must be banned, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
Not read the link, but wasn't there at least one big Mink farm full of Covid (all destroyed), early in the pandemic?
The mink farms produced two new minor variants of COVID supposedly (according to the article) that infected humans. I had heard they tried to destroy a mink farm (probably the same one you are thinking of) but I'm not sure whether they fully succeeded because I seem to remember they buried so many mink that it caused problems.
Denmark could dig up and cremate mink killed in Covid cull
Fears nitrogen and phosphorus could be released in large quantities into soil at grave sites
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Mink farms a continuing Covid risk to humans and wildlife, warn EU experts
Health experts call for regular testing of staff and animals after coronavirus found at 400 breeding units across Europe
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Much flatter curve on this wave by the looks of it... good sign.
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There is no legal mandate for masks anywhere in the UK, so you didn't have to put one one. Are you based abroad?
I have a strong muscle pain and the quick pharmacy test is positive. No other symptoms so far.
Going to make some research on Canadian Pharmacy Online website and order couple of different meds, mostly painkillers and something for the fever.
I am not planning to see the doctor unless it gets really bad, but so far it doesn't look like that.
Going to make some research on Canadian Pharmacy Online website and order couple of different meds, mostly painkillers and something for the fever.
I am not planning to see the doctor unless it gets really bad, but so far it doesn't look like that.
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Then get people who happily smoke cannabis or smoke 60 a day yet ‘were exempt’ from mask wearing as they are Covid deniers.
Then some had the cheek to say that they had asthma. As an asthmatic, I found that offended me. How dare people claim to have a lung condition which kills 4 people from asthma attacks daily?
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Very true! I have the same issue and it ****** me off when people made obviously fake claims for exemption.
Started for me with a headache and loss of appetite (as it turned out the main infection seems to have gone to my digestive system rather than respiratory for some reason). Next day I had general muscle aches though felt more like my skin had sudden become a size too small for me for want of a better way to describe it than muscle aches. Into the 3rd day I had mild fever (only lasted about an hour) then the sore throat, loss of sense of smell, producing lots of mucus and light headedness started and sometime after that coughing. Personally the common symptoms reduced by about 75% over day 6 - the 3rd day after the sore throat started. If it hadn't been for significant digestive system distress I'd have been back on my feet fairly quickly. IIRC day 7 I struggled with severe fatigue but it was the only day where that was bad.
Day 4 through to day 9 my digestive system was in very unpleasant place leading to vertigo and vomiting as it seemed to have partially forgotten how to process food and water.
Most of the other people who had it in the same cluster took about 6-7 days for the common symptoms to subside by about 75%.
Took about 2-3 weeks for the cough and general weakness to go away and my sense of smell is only about 80% returned nearly 8 weeks on. Had bouts of fatigue and still getting them but reducing in severity and frequency over that time period. Digestive system likewise is only back to about 80% normal and improving but COVID has certainly had a longer term effect on me.
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Sounds like something you ate rather than breathed in. A customer once brought me a cup of tea and a slice of cake and only later casually mentioned his wife had been really ill with Norovirus the last couple of days. Guess what I came down with next day.
It is possible but due to work I wasn't sharing food/facilities with my household for around 48 hours before the first person came out with symptoms and was trying to stay away from everyone once it started going around - having ready meals in my room, etc. aside from the front door handles and a brief conversation at a distance I didn't really have much contact so not sure how I got it - but my brother seems to have spread it to my parents from just a 15 minute conversation at the doorstep - so I'm assuming similarly I picked it up from a few minutes of talking at around 2-3m without a mask.
EDIT: From the symptoms and seeming ease of transmission over the air IMO we likely had XBB.1.5 - the original source of it seems to be a couple of people who'd just come back from the US.
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I did ask a few of these questions that asthmatics would only know. Didn’t know these or never heard of the terms!
You aren’t asthmatic!
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It infuriates me, they often would waste so MUCH ******* time arguing about these things when they could have gone on about their day.
They are so dumb is unreal.
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Also got customers both deniers and normal people that came in "I am just going to buy (insert a single item)" cba not wearing a mask. I don't care if you are buying one item or 101 items, you still got to wear a mask.
At the first lockdown and during the first 6 months of compulsory mask wearing, we had two security staff at the door. Probably as their main place of employment was closed as non essential - clothes shops, nightclubs, city centre pubs etc.
Now about 2% of customers coming in wearing a mask and most don't wear a mask properly.
Interestingly when will the final 2% will stop wearing masks?
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