Coronavirus (2021) thread

[cleavers]

Only those of us who’d get sick pay though. There are many who would need financial support in order to isolate.

Yes I understand that, I still don't think we should give money without some sort of guarantee though, I'm not against it, I've said that, but it needs to be the same on both sides of the equation.

 

[PannickAtTheDisco]

If you’re offering it, I’ll take it.

you'd just spend it on rainbow pies.

 

[ayrshire_blue]

Probably peaked a day or two ago in severity so I’m reality hoping it’s the road to recovery now.
Still very weak and isleep calls I answer without as much as an arm wrestle.
Heart races if I’m walking about too much or trying any form of exertion.
Struggling to inhale deeply but force myself (holding breath for breathing exercises) after which I explode in a coughing fit. These are less dry coughs though so that’s something.

Found solace in a hot water bottle of all things.

Speaking with an old friend/client (she was a microbiologist) and she agrees with my assertion that me being physically rundown (Haverhill slept too well recently) & then sat in a cold flat all the time probably compromised my immune system (which is normally rock solid).
Gave it a foothold at least.

Thanks for asking - hope you’re well mate.

Probably doesn't feel like it at all but it does sound that you're on the mend and hopefully this is your immune system telling this thing to go and take a flying fuck to itself. It's not a bad thing that you're sleeping when you can, it'll do the world of good even though it goes against everything you've probably taught yourself throughout life about sleeping at random times through the day!! Keep at it mate.

 

[Quad]

I'd offer it to some to sit in a hotel room where they will be checked, they can pay for their food at a reasonable rate.

The majority of us don't need to be incentivised though, we'd just act responsibly.

Do you get sick pay at work? People can’t afford to be off

 

[Corky]

A very legitimate worry, but we've thousands of empty hotel rooms, why not make it clear that if they get tested positive they'll actually be looked after ?

This wasn't cheap when the 'rough sleepers' were accommodated in spring, and you can't expect minimum wage non-clinical staff to work in a building full of COVID acting like a prison warden / nurse rolled into one.

 

[worsleyweb]

If only 17 percent with symptoms are getting tested then even more millions more have had it than official numbers. This 40,000 a day currently could be more like 200,000?

Makes death rate lower? And combined with vaccine number at say 300,000 then maybe half a million a day are achieving a degree of immunity?

 

[gazinho]

I struggle to believe this 17% is correct. If so there must be millions of people per day infected, recently weve been processing on average 600k tests a day say at least 75% of them are suffering symptoms then in reality there are 2.6 million people in the UK suffering symptoms every day, absolute bollocks

 

[city saint]

if 83% arnt getting tested how the fuck would they know as its not been proven,are they guessing or is there ways of knowing.

 

[MillionMilesAway]

I struggle to believe this 17% is correct. If so there must be millions of people per day infected, recently weve been processing on average 600k tests a day say at least 75% of them are suffering symptoms then in reality there are 2.6 million people in the UK suffering symptoms every day, absolute bollocks

I'm not sure why it matters much.

I agree that the 17% would suggest a very high rate, yet the numbers remain high - the two seem incompatible, as 250k/day would mean that reinvention must be happening.

Regardless, the number of cases is essentially a cipher to measure spread - as long as it's on a consistent basis, it's nothing more than a indicator.

The more important markers are the serious ones -- hospitalization and deaths.

 

[Corky]

I struggle to believe this 17% is correct. If so there must be millions of people per day infected, recently weve been processing on average 600k tests a day say at least 75% of them are suffering symptoms then in reality there are 2.6 million people in the UK suffering symptoms every day, absolute bollocks

17% with symptoms doesn't mean 17% of those who have it. Symptoms is mainly self-diagnosis and I know one person who has had 'symptoms' 5 times, 5 tests, 5 negatives, and surely a couple more to come.

Whole families are going for tests at once too, so I wouldn't expect 75% to be symptomatic, e.g. if a child of a key worker has a cold at school.