COVID-19 (Coronavirus) discussion

Freakbro said:
From all the reports it varies individually, it could be days, weeks or months.
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n111ck said:
Likely 48 hours with omicron - comes back as quickly as it goes - very odd experience
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Hopefully be only 48 hours as I'm a big foodie and I have bbq's to make over the weekend :(

It is very odd, I would understand if I was totally blocked up but I basically feel back to normal now
 
CaptainKimura said:
I lost my taste and smell from what I can only presume was the Delta variant last year. It still hasn't returned properly, and the taste that has is spoilt. I cannot eat eggs anymore, nor drink Coca Cola, as both taste and smell like rotten meat. Very bizarre.

As mentioned above though, it's all very individual.
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That's not good :(
 
Doggie2k said:
Hopefully be only 48 hours as I'm a big foodie and I have bbq's to make over the weekend :(

It is very odd, I would understand if I was totally blocked up but I basically feel back to normal now
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Exactly the same for me - noticed coffee didnt taste quite right and within 2 hours no smell or taste despite zero other symptoms - if you find something that you know smells really strong you'll get an early indication when its coming back..
 
Doggie2k said:
Hopefully be only 48 hours as I'm a big foodie and I have bbq's to make over the weekend :(

It is very odd, I would understand if I was totally blocked up but I basically feel back to normal now
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It's not a congestion issues, and take this with some salt because I'm not sure anyone is 100% certain of the mechanisms but from recollection it actually attack sustentacular cells, which aid olfactory neurons in recognising odours. If they get infected the immune response kicks in and obliterates everything including the olfactory neurons, and there goes you sense of smell.

I read somewhere a while back that as much as 1 in 20 people who lost their sense of smell still haven't got it back and it's unsure if they ever will.
 
LOAM said:
It's not a congestion issues, and take this with some salt because I'm not sure anyone is 100% certain of the mechanisms but from recollection it actually attack sustentacular cells, which aid olfactory neurons in recognising odours. If they get infected the immune response kicks in and obliterates everything including the olfactory neurons, and there goes you sense of smell.

I read somewhere a while back that as much as 1 in 20 people who lost their sense of smell still haven't got it back and it's unsure if they ever will.
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There's a mechanic guy I watch on YT that commented on how prior to catching Covid, he absolutely loved asparagus, was his favorite vegetable. Post Covid, he can't stand the stuff, makes him gag etc.. (and this is months after recovering) so it definitely seems to mess with things in that department.
 
RossGReds said:
There have been numerous cases of countries that have been flooded with cases whilst simultaneously mandating mask wearing (and having a strong compliance to the rule too).

Wear a mask or don't. You're still going to get covid at some point regardless.
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I must be immune then.
Daughter has had it, other half has had it twice, the lads g/f had it, he didn't, people at work have had it, but me, nothing..
 
Regarding taste. My first bout of covid in March 2020, my taste was subdued. Couldn't taste mild flavours. Eating hot n spicy food - oh yes. Good job i love my hot n spicy food.

Two days after first covid vaccine, I lost my taste for 24 hours. Could detect temperatures
@Trig - where in Leics do you live?
 
Goodie said:
that’s exactly what’s been happening for the last 18+ months. Maybe if you spent some time outside of your four walls you’d realise and stop whinging.
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I've just realised Salami is from Scotland, while we've been doing what we want up there in Jockland their rules have been different.
I went to visit Loch Tummel for a week and as soon as we hit the Scottish Border we were basically in lockdown.
Come live in England Salami and you can have your FREEDOM
 
SexyGreyFox said:
I've just realised Salami is from Scotland, while we've been doing what we want up there in Jockland their rules have been different.
I went to visit Loch Tummel for a week and as soon as we hit the Scottish Border we were basically in lockdown.
Come live in England Salami and you can have your FREEDOM
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Yeah you guys can keep him.
 
cheesefest said:
www.telegraph.co.uk

Lockdown effects feared to be killing more people than Covid

Unexplained excess deaths outstrip those from virus as medics call figures ‘terrifying’
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1,000 excess deaths each week from people being diagnosed with cancer etc too late due to lockdowns.

I did say this in the past. How right am I?
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Yes, but it was stating the bleeding obvious a bit. The whole purpose of lockdown was to prevent the collapse of the NHS, not keep it working as though Covid did not exist.

If I were you I would be writing to the Chinese embassy and wait on their apology for messing up the planet.
 
cheesefest said:
www.telegraph.co.uk

Lockdown effects feared to be killing more people than Covid

Unexplained excess deaths outstrip those from virus as medics call figures ‘terrifying’
www.telegraph.co.uk www.telegraph.co.uk

1,000 excess deaths each week from people being diagnosed with cancer etc too late due to lockdowns.

I did say this in the past. How right am I?
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Covid deaths peaked at nearly double that per day at one point.

Of course there are going to be knock on effects of the health service being effectively restricted, but that was going to happen without a lockdown too, at probably an even worse rate since it would have been overwhelmed and everything ground to a halt.

And it's stupid to make the comparison to current Covid deaths, to somehow infer the lockdown was an incorrect thing to do, since it gave us the time to get everyone vaccinated so they sent dying from the virus, so it's a statistic of success, not failure.
 
cheesefest said:
www.telegraph.co.uk

Lockdown effects feared to be killing more people than Covid

Unexplained excess deaths outstrip those from virus as medics call figures ‘terrifying’
www.telegraph.co.uk www.telegraph.co.uk

1,000 excess deaths each week from people being diagnosed with cancer etc too late due to lockdowns.

I did say this in the past. How right am I?
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Alternatively we could have not locked down and let the NHS become overwhelmed and we'd still be having excess deaths from other illnesses because people still wouldn't have been able to go to Doctors or hospital.

We were damned if we did and damned if we didn't.
 
cheesefest said:
www.telegraph.co.uk

Lockdown effects feared to be killing more people than Covid

Unexplained excess deaths outstrip those from virus as medics call figures ‘terrifying’
www.telegraph.co.uk www.telegraph.co.uk

1,000 excess deaths each week from people being diagnosed with cancer etc too late due to lockdowns.

I did say this in the past. How right am I?
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Err, everybody said it, it was obvious.
My full knee replacement got cancelled 5 times but at least I wasn't dying with it.
Even my drummer has been waiting years for vertebrae to be fused in his neck, thought he was having it done on Sep 10th and now put back another 3 months.
I will put money on it that it will be put back further.

However I personally know 4 people who have had cancer over this last 2.5 years and all have had proper treatment at our Trust, nothing was cancelled or re-dated.
 
cheesefest said:
www.telegraph.co.uk

Lockdown effects feared to be killing more people than Covid

Unexplained excess deaths outstrip those from virus as medics call figures ‘terrifying’
www.telegraph.co.uk www.telegraph.co.uk

1,000 excess deaths each week from people being diagnosed with cancer etc too late due to lockdowns.

I did say this in the past. How right am I?
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From a "look at the big picture" perspective, it would seem "not right at all". How many people do you think would have become seriously ill and died from COVID related illness if it had been allowed to rip through the whole population before effective vaccines were available? What state do you think the NHS would have been in if it was swamped with vastly more COVID patients and also losing staff to COVID related sickness and death?
 
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