COVID-19 — Coronavirus

[kaz7]

I doubt many people would be thinking of it in that way Karen

Boris will and that is all the matters

 

[purplenose]

Just come off the phone to my daughter who has recently had it. (All clear now).

She is saying she is still catching her breath and feels absolutely exhausted. She tested positive twice and negative last week. Is it normal to still feel shattered and anyone who has has it, how long before energy comes back?

I think it varies but she might want to ask about long Covid.

 

[kaz7]

think they are trying to save the economy as well as lives. its a really tough call. some on here only see the saving lives side of things.

That is not true , i see both and after seeing god knows how many die with my own eyes and consolling relatives then i put life first , the economy has always recovered and it will again

 

[kaz7]

Just come off the phone to my daughter who has recently had it. (All clear now).

She is saying she is still catching her breath and feels absolutely exhausted. She tested positive twice and negative last week. Is it normal to still feel shattered and anyone who has has it, how long before energy comes back?

it can take a while lovely , alternate excertion and rest and take it easy , long covid is a thing but it varies in each person , she might be fine in a couple of weeks

 

[BlueAnorak]

Just come off the phone to my daughter who has recently had it. (All clear now).

She is saying she is still catching her breath and feels absolutely exhausted. She tested positive twice and negative last week. Is it normal to still feel shattered and anyone who has has it, how long before energy comes back?

I got easily out of breath for a month - and my mild asthma is still not properly under control. I also had aches and pains for 3 months afterwards. Its very important to rest as too much exercise will make the aches and pains worse. Taking ibuprofen helps loads.
I think I had it quite badly but there are quite a few, like Karen, who have had it far far worse than me.

 

[Manc in London]

Mate of mine was tested for covid19. Turns out that the test results stated that he had tested positive for antibodies. He has not had any symptoms. His missus' test was negative for covid19 and antibodies. She is a nurss worked for a few weeks on a covid ward.

It's odd that they have different results with such an infectious disease, when they spend most of their time together.

Is it possible for the test to return false positives for antibodies?

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

I got easily out of breath for a month - and my mild asthma is still not properly under control. I also had aches and pains for 3 months afterwards. Its very important to rest as too much exercise will make the aches and pains worse. Taking ibuprofen helps loads.
I think I had it quite badly but there are quite a few, like Karen, who have had it far far worse than me.

A bloke I know is still taking oxygen from a portable tank 6 months later and has just been diagnosed with heart failure. He was severely ill on hospital in the first wave though but is only early 50’s.

 

[kaz7]

I got easily out of breath for a month - and my mild asthma is still not properly under control. I also had aches and pains for 3 months afterwards. Its very important to rest as too much exercise will make the aches and pains worse. Taking ibuprofen helps loads.
I think I had it quite badly but there are quite a few, like Karen, who have had it far far worse than me.

You had it bad too, it is a right fucker to get shot off , feeling good today , second day on third course of pred and fourth course of antibiotics , it is a marathon not a sprint for sure

 

[St.Pauli support]

Saw on a business tv channel that Germany now has insufficient tracers to keep up with the infection rate , they are overwhelmed

Yeah. Even the best track and trace system can't handle higher numbers and from there you are digging in the fog and can't identify hotspots and super spreaders - being the sense of that system.

Losing control about infections means you can review the situation 4 weeks later in ICUs. There's a direct link.

I have no right to criticize British policy but especially if neither your trackntrace nor your ICUs per capita is gold standard you should hurry up to flatten the curve. Waste no time and better do it.

 

[Healdplace]

What above deaths per borough? Is this data available?

Here are the total number of deaths and Pop Score like number of deaths v 100,000 population. Over the pandemic.

GM Borough: Total Deaths over pandemic ///`As scored per 100K pop (higher the number worse the death rate)

Bolton 346 /// 120.3

Bury 239 /// 125.1

Manchester 429 /// 77.6

Oldham 248 /// 104.6

Rochdale 259 /// 116.5

Salford 301 /// 116.3

Stockport 303 /// 103.3

Tameside 373 /// 164.7

Trafford 229 /// 96.5

Wigan 397 /// 120.8

I make that 3124 of the 45, 675 in GM.

Trafford again comes out very well and Manchester has the most deaths but the lowest rate.

The rate for Tameside appears to be the highest in Britain btw. I could not find anywhere with a number higher than or even close to 164.7.

Tameside has a population of 222,874 versus Manchester 533, 230

Trafford has 243, 576 versus Stockport 290, 500.