Coronavirus (2021) thread

[mexico1970]

I caught what I thought was a cold in Tenerife a few weeks ago. As I was there for four weeks I thought dose myself up with cold relief tablets for a couple of nights and I'd be fine. It wiped me out for a week, horrible irritating cough and is still lingering a week after I got home. I tested negative for covid so I guess as you say super colds are loving the ability to spread again

My sense of smell and taste is shot and has been for months, I am double jabbed don't know if I have had this covid or not because I just stayed in anyway, when I thought I had it I didn't go for a test because the advice was just to stay at home until it became unbearable and you needed hospital help.

 

[True_Blue69]

I caught what I thought was a cold in Tenerife a few weeks ago. As I was there for four weeks I thought dose myself up with cold relief tablets for a couple of nights and I'd be fine. It wiped me out for a week, horrible irritating cough and is still lingering a week after I got home. I tested negative for covid so I guess as you say super colds are loving the ability to spread again

Had it myself, 10 days on still violently coughing and generally feeling shit. When does it become ‘long common-cold’?

 

[paulchapo]

Had it myself, 10 days on still violently coughing and generally feeling shit. When does it become ‘long common-cold’?

No idea, it won't bloody go though

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Seven minutes, the least we should get when all the timewasting bastards come to our club place.

Is that when it becomes long common cold? ;-)

 

[worsleyweb]

My mum diabetic and not in good health at all and 78 got confirmed got it today. Worried sick.

 

[Healdplace]

My mum diabetic and not in good health at all and 78 got confirmed got it today. Worried sick.

That must be a worry. Presumably she has had all her jabs? If so she should be fine. My friend has had every illness going and been ten times more active in travelling the UK than I have in the past year and just seems to be OK regardless. The vaccines have made such a difference to how things were this time last year thank goodness.

 

[worsleyweb]

That must be a worry. Presumably she has had all her jabs? If so she should be fine. My friend has had every illness going and been ten times more active in travelling the UK than I have in the past year and just seems to be OK regardless. The vaccines have made such a difference to how things were this time last year thank goodness.

no she is anti vax. Had none.

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

By the way - my friend in her 80s on the vulnerable list is FINALLY getting her booster (at the Etihad) on Sunday.

She would’ve been eligible for ages surely? I know you’ve posted about her frustrations but surely you don’t need to wait for the doctors to give you a ring?

My mum is in her mid 60s, no health conditions and was booked in for her booster a couple of weeks ago but had to cancel as she had a cold. She’s having it done on Thursday now.

Your friend will have been way above her in the pecking order..?

 

[BlueAnorak]

Evidence for vitamin D as a covid preventative/ treatment is very weak, despite much online hype.

Take it by all means, but don't expect any transformative results. For more general health benefits, quoting from your linked article, " only a moderate beneficial effect in a small proportion of participants in the current study", which is a pretty weak case for foodstuff fortification.

From an epidemiologist with links to the relevant academic studies:

Vitamin D, Covid-19, and the Promise of Immortality

Why vitamin D probably won’t reduce your risk of death to 0%

gidmk.medium.com

The research has nothing to do with Covid.

 

[Bill Walker]

Had my Pfizer booster Wednesday, Thursday felt terrible, shivering, aching muscles, light headed and no energy.
Friday I felt fine.

Thank god we all live in a country where this is available and free. I was reading that most African countries are about 1.5% vaccinated, PNG similar. Figures for other 3rd world countries arent much better.