COVID-19 (Coronavirus) discussion

Rroff said:
Interesting how quickly it has dropped off here again - after a few weeks where it was going around like wildfire, workplaces heavily impacted, schools having half the kids off, etc. etc. and now suddenly no one seems to have it (aside from a small number who are probably using it as an excuse). In some respects that isn't unlike the seasonal impact of colds and flu only the situation here is a bit different especially if it is far less tightly tied to seasonal patterns.

However the floor never seems to go down - every iteration seems to build upwards - previous dips for numbers in hospital for instance:

875, 5712, 6490, 7250, 10582, 14929

Not sure where that ends, even assuming the percentage of that number in hospital due to COVID is decreasing against the number in hospital with COVID it presents serious, never ending, challenges for the NHS. (at a rough guess from the ICU trends percentage of those in hospital with COVID due to COVID has dropped from around 80% to around 40% over that time). Also likely means future surges are going to be increasingly larger in impact even though it only seems to last a relatively short time.
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It ends when 100% of the population is infected all the time, of course!

Will have to see how bivalent vaccines impact the infectivity of variants this winter.
 
Rroff said:
Interesting how quickly it has dropped off here again - after a few weeks where it was going around like wildfire, workplaces heavily impacted, schools having half the kids off, etc. etc. and now suddenly no one seems to have it (aside from a small number who are probably using it as an excuse).
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Supposed to be 5 phases apparently, https://www.nbcnews.com/health/heal...moving-pandemic-stage-control-phase-rcna26236
I hope that later this year the USA lifts its requirements to be tested before flying there.
 
My wife and I were away for a few days last week, stopped at busy motorway service stations where the number of people I saw wearing face coverings was in the single digits, ate in busy restaurants each evening, had breakfast in a busy hotel and spent hours wandering around in close proximity to others for a day.

I was totally expecting us both to be positive again this week. She had Delta back towards the end of the summer last year and I had Omicron in February but no, we’re both fine.
 
Still not had it. I work in an airline so lots of public contact, other half not had it and 2 kids aged 5 and 9 not had it despite several waves at school. God knows how as we don't try and hide away.
 
Still not had it, at least not symptomatically, we had it go around at work over the last few weeks and I've been covering public facing roles due to so many being off sick. Knowing my luck I'll pick it up just as I'm off work on holiday.
 
Not had it myself yet either. But then I was seriously careful before my old man passed away because he was properly high risk. And, seeing as how I'm currently living with my Mother who has just turned 77, I've kept the routine going.
 
The wife caught it last January and kindly passed it to me:D.
Cue a week in hospital for me and 2 more on oxygen.
Match this year she tested positive again so i thought here goes again.
She was shivery the first time and fine the second time.
Strangely i never got it this time round from her.
Both jabbed and boosted.

The bbc reporting around 2000 deaths over 7 days lately so not gone away or its lesser news nowadays.
 
Not tested + once and i generally test once a week to go see the old dear in a care home

Had a couple of weeks when i felt really rough and could'nt eat a KFC cos it tasted of pure salt

Had a few early nights and plenty of water

Did'nt bother testing becouse i knew i wasn't well and had to miss a couple of visits to see mum then tested when felt batter and hey presto -
 
Mint8 said:
I assume your one of those still hiding under their bed in fear of Covid ? A virus that kills or seriously affects a tiny fraction of a percentage of the people it infects.
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What a stupid reply. I worked all through lockdowns, who are you to make ridiculous assumptions on me? You do know children are told to stay off school when they have many contagious infections right?

Your response has not actually addressed any of the points I was making. It's just an absolute load of rubbish.
 
I do have to wonder about the Chinese reaction to COVID - I'm not sure if it is just an institutional lack of knowing how to deal with it or they know something we don't :s
 
Well my wife had her paxlovid last week, finished on Friday morning, tested negative on Saturday night and Sunday, and has tested strong positive this morning, worried sick now
 
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