Coronavirus (2021) thread

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abu13 said:
How can you tell if you catch the new strain if you have tested positive for Covid in the last 3 months?
My understanding is you are unable to take a PCR test for 3 moths after testing positive so how can you possibly know?

I am concerned that I have a vulnerable mother and son, if Omricon can evade the current vaccine then I could catch it again but have no way to confirm it by a test.
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I had covid at the start of last month, I was told by NHS Test and Trace not to have an LFT for 3 months but if I developed symptoms again within that period to go straight for a PCR.
 
inbetween said:
It would be highly unusual and extremely lucky to find ourselves with a highly infectious variant which causes large drops in vaccine efficacy yet which also results in little or no illness whatsoever.
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That wouldn’t be highly unusual. That’s generally what happens and did in 1920 to effectively end that pandemic.
 
BlueHammer85 said:

Hospitalisations in London surge 26% in a week​

More updates from the capital, where the latest data shows hospitalisations have risen 26% in the last seven days.

The government dashboard showed 1,460 patients with COVID were in hospital in the capital on 16 December, an increase of 297 people from 1,163 a week earlier.
And there were 199 hospital admissions with COVID in London on 14 December, up 34% from 148 a week earlier.
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Unsurprising given 40% of London isn’t even double jabbed, let alone triple.
 
mosssideblue said:
Aren't a lot of these non vxed people youngsters?
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So your advocating letting kids die?
Or is there an amount if NI you think they should have paid before they get treated... That's a dark path to walk down.

I think everyone should be vaccinated and maybe removing things like the ability to get into sporting events or go into pubs will help but I'm not a fan of withholding medical treatment.
 
Hutchymcfc said:
Just don’t get why these people beg for the vaccine but don’t take care of them selves in all aspects of there life
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Beg for the vaccine?

In what world is following official advice by experts and protecting yourselves begging for the vaccine?

Being overweight put him at a higher risk, the vaccine made sure he didn’t fucking croak it as a result of that higher risk.

Getting the entire population to get fit isn’t realistic in stopping serious illness over a short space of time, a mass vaccine rollout is realistic.
 
johnnymarrsbarres said:
Thing is I only had a bit of a sore arm and a day of grogginess after my first, and absolutely nothing after my second.

Both were Pfizer but I thought Moderna was basically the same thing…
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You've probably got more immunity now, when I say that I mean immunity (to the antigen that you've had injected into you) than you did the first and second time. I had Moderna too and got small temperature and headache for 36 hours. It's gone now.
 
Cheesy said:
I don't believe you've had flu every other year.

Frankly, I don't believe you've really had flu if you're that flippant about it.
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i kne albert davy said:
It was fuck all like flu when I had it.
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From memory I think you were one of those that survived whilst being very ill from this virus, different perspective, anti vaxers be warned, great you are here to tell the story.
 
hammocity said:
From memory I think you were one of those that survived whilst being very ill from this virus, different perspective, anti vaxers be warned, great you are here to tell the story.
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You're right mate caught it before any vaccine roll out considered myself fairly fit but 4 weeks in hospital 3 weeks in induced coma ventilated taught me otherwise, lucky to survive thanks to the NHS with no ill affects now. The hard part was parting with 4 pints of plasma, a pint of blood for Manchester Uni and one for Edinburgh.
 
i kne albert davy said:
You're right mate caught it before any vaccine roll out considered myself fairly fit but 4 weeks in hospital 3 weeks in induced coma ventilated taught me otherwise, lucky to survive thanks to the NHS with no ill affects now. The hard part was parting with 4 pints of plasma, a pint of blood for Manchester Uni and one for Edinburgh.
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The million dollar man by the time they were finished with you haha. Bet your family were in bits glad you got through it.
 
i kne albert davy said:
You're right mate caught it before any vaccine roll out considered myself fairly fit but 4 weeks in hospital 3 weeks in induced coma ventilated taught me otherwise, lucky to survive thanks to the NHS with no ill affects now. The hard part was parting with 4 pints of plasma, a pint of blood for Manchester Uni and one for Edinburgh.
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Bloody hell. Well glad you got through it.

For what it's worth, I'm in my 30s with no health conditions, caught it last Autumn and it knocked me on my arse for 3 weeks and I was still feeling the effects a year later in some form or another. Nowhere near as bad as yours, but I can't get my head round people not being able to accept it has pretty different consequences for different people. Wild we keep having to explain that to people.
 
Scottyboi said:
The million dollar man by the time they were finished with you haha. Bet your family were in bits glad you got through it.
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Took me 3 month's to get back to work, not had so much as a sniffle in the nearly 2 years since contracting it. Comparing it to flu bloody hell, lost count of the number of times I've had flu Covid was like nothing I'd ever had before. Only found out later family were told expect the worst within 24 hours at one stage I consider myself to be a very lucky lad.
 
i kne albert davy said:
You're right mate caught it before any vaccine roll out considered myself fairly fit but 4 weeks in hospital 3 weeks in induced coma ventilated taught me otherwise, lucky to survive thanks to the NHS with no ill affects now. The hard part was parting with 4 pints of plasma, a pint of blood for Manchester Uni and one for Edinburgh.
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Didn’t know that but well done on pulling through
 
Cheesy said:
I don't believe you've had flu every other year.

Frankly, I don't believe you've really had flu if you're that flippant about it.
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I had flu in 1999, never been so ill, worse than Covid and that hit me for six. Had to take 3 weeks off work, shivering, sweating, no food, just liquids, pissing and sleep, thought I was dying.

New Years Eve, 1999, Jools Holland, sat on the sofa, two lads enter my house with drinks, around midnight, said we were having a party, only me, still ill, and Mrs H there, wrong house but cheered me up no end, Mum and Dad then turned up and we had a good hour or so. Never seen those lads before or since but proper made the night for us.

Edit: Sorry, was not trying to say Flu was worse than Covid, clearly not, just stating I was ill I’m 1999 but just in my late 30’s it was never going to be the end of me whereas Covid could be the end game for anyone regardless of age, truly the most shocking disease of a few generations.
 
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i kne albert davy said:
You're right mate caught it before any vaccine roll out considered myself fairly fit but 4 weeks in hospital 3 weeks in induced coma ventilated taught me otherwise, lucky to survive thanks to the NHS with no ill affects now. The hard part was parting with 4 pints of plasma, a pint of blood for Manchester Uni and one for Edinburgh.
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I think at least one of your friends posted on here that your life was in danger, you were missing for a long time, great stuff.
 
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