COVID-19 — Coronavirus

[Mon Autre]

Wife and son's results have come back positive today. We are devastated, going into Christmas week and all the teachers and classmates who also now have to isolate for the next ten days.

Myself and our little girl have tested negative, which seems weird, living all the same house and I've still been sleeping in same bed since awaiting tests results for us all.

I'm damned if I'm going to socially-distance from my wife and kids during self-isolation. Part of me wants to get it, just so I don't get it in a few weeks time and we all have to perform this dance again.

Fucking Sod's Law my teacher wife goes all year avoiding it and she gets a positive on the final day of term.

My son had no symptoms apart from fatigue and an hour of a high temp. The wife just thought she had a head cold.

Fuck off 2020, you've had your fun.

So sorry to hear this, that's awful luck. Sounds like your family are all working their way through it so far so hopefully you'll all be in ok shape to enjoy your Christmas day together.

I was in a similar position when my parents caught it when I was staying with them. We thought about trying to distance in the house but we'd spent hours together in the car in days running up so it felt like kind of pointless in the end. And it felt like I may as well get it the same time as them anyway. It showed up with me a few days later but I have friends who've sailed through it without their partners catching it at all. Often no rhyme or reason to these things.

Hope you're all ok though!

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

It's the shitiest of shit times we are living through, my Christmas wasn't up to much anyway but was looking forward to Xmas dinner out with Mrs H, my 87 year old Dad and Sister and her husband. However it's the right think not to allow restaurants to open to counter any risk no matter how minimal. To make it worse for me, my Dad said on Thursday night "I think this will be my last Christmas" he's not been able to sleep in his bed as he's getting out of breath and just kips on a chair. It made me really upset, he can't go on forever but it's not good when someone you love is feeling that way. I'm going to do my best on Christmas Day but it won't be that different as I cook and have a meal with him about 5 days a week anyway, unpaid part time carer and I'm no spring chicken myself, never felt so low as I do at the moment but there are people in a worse situation. We will get through it but by fuck it's tough.

I'm very sorry to hear that mate. You should be very proud. You are there for your dad. It's the best present any of you could receive this year.

Remember it.

 

[Bluemanc100]

Just had a message off a Dutch friend of mine.. Full lockdown in the Netherlands until January the 19th.. if only they were sensible enough to do that here

 

[Healdplace]

Tolmie, good wishes to you and your family. Easy to forget that for 90% of people this is not a lot worse than a bad cold. The younger you are the more likely it will be brushed off over a few days. That is most likely what will happen to you all. I have friend in her mid 80s and plenty of other conditions who caught it in March. She told me afterwards before she even realised what it was she was getting better. And it has had no long term consequences.

So even with those most vulnerable most get through this. We dwell on the tragedies. And the social consequences are especially awful at this time of year. But in truth the more who catch it and get better and the more we vaccinate and protect in some ways the faster we get back to something like a normal life.

Your family just took one more step on that path towards normality. Almost certainly that is how it will prove.

 

[Healdplace]

Scotland data:

36 deaths (up a little on last week)

744 cases (down significantly on last week) At 4.2% positive. Which is good.

1032 in hospital (up 20 on yesterday)

50 on ventilators (same as yesterday)

 

[shemnel]

i just really really hope going on from this covid ordeal, that people place a lot more in community, family and friend connections, over personal gain and accumulation. No amount of amazon or netflix or beer can reproduce that.

 

[RobMCFC]

It's sad reading all these stories. Kudos to everybody who is struggling and battling through regardless.

Christmas is going to be miserable for a lot of people and it doesn't help with all the adverts trying to pretend that everything is normal flogging everybody party food and all the "magazine" shows telling people how to "do" Christmas.

Although I've felt down, I can't complain because I've still got my job and the family has stayed healthy. I think what we all need to keep in mind is that there is genuine light at the end of the tunnel - it's not going to happen overnight, but once we've got February behind us, there is every reason to believe that the situation will improve.

At the moment, it's like being on a ship with a force 10 gale hitting you in the face and trying to sweep you off the deck. All we can do is hang on now with the knowledge that better times are ahead. That is what keeps us going and I guess we are all living not for now, but what we'll be able to do in a few months time.

Best wishes to everybody.

 

[SiMCFC]

Wife and son's results have come back positive today. We are devastated, going into Christmas week and all the teachers and classmates who also now have to isolate for the next ten days.

Myself and our little girl have tested negative, which seems weird, living all the same house and I've still been sleeping in same bed since awaiting tests results for us all.

I'm damned if I'm going to socially-distance from my wife and kids during self-isolation. Part of me wants to get it, just so I don't get it in a few weeks time and we all have to perform this dance again.

Fucking Sod's Law my teacher wife goes all year avoiding it and she gets a positive on the final day of term.

My son had no symptoms apart from fatigue and an hour of a high temp. The wife just thought she had a head cold.

Fuck off 2020, you've had your fun.

Hope you all get well soon, as you say, typical a week before Christmas but just enjoy it as a Family, When I lost my Grandparents at the end of April, my Dad was also incredibly poorly with it and I honestly thought I was going to lose him, it made me realise my little bubble of Wife, Son and myself were my number 1 priority and I would do anything to keep us safe and actually quite enjoyed being isolated with them!

It's been tough as she is frontline NHS and I've spent all year worrying about her everyday, we both think we had it back in June when most of her colleagues tested positive, we both had negative results but I spent 7 days just wanting to sleep, no energy,appetite or anything really. She seemed ok after a day or two but since then I've had 4 courses of antibiotics for chest infections and I'm sure it has had some effect on me as I normally seem to get rid of stuff fairly easy.

Have the best Christmas you can.

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

I got a negative test and my Mrs and mother in law positive, yet I know for certain I had it. False negatives can happen and it seems that it’s all about when you test, during your carrying of it.

Anyway, very sorry to hear this man and I feel for you with it being the last day of your wife’s term.

Keep an eye on each other to make sure everyone’s safe and try and enjoy Christmas as a close knit family.

Don’t know where you’re based, I am Stockport, but if you want anything dropped off food, drink or medicine wise, over the Christmas period and next couple of weeks, give me a PM.

Thank you pal, that's incredibly kind of you, Blue Mooners have kept be going this year at various times with offers of help, you know who you are

I'm based in Sale and when the time is right, I'll be putting a few hundred behind the bar at the Brook Pub next to Brooklands Metro and sharing a pint with anyone who wants one.

I'll look forward to it.

Ric can have his snowball.

 

[Vic]

King of Sweden having a go at his government's policy. 4 times the per capita deaths of Denmark and 6 times that of Norway.