COVID-19 — Coronavirus

[Ban-jani]

I agree. The numbers are upsetting, but so would the number of cancer deaths every day, or road deaths, or victims of domestic violence, or still births. But we don’t hear about those on a daily basis. If we did we would become desensitised to those too. Personally I think the huge and rapid rise in deaths has jolted people a little. Maybe not made them any more caring about others, but maybe more frightened for themselves.

When I read 981 the other day I thought I’d read it wrong and took another glance.

Harrowing number that hasn’t made me numb.

 

[artfuldodger]

But did it have a happy ending???

 

[Tim of the Oak]

But did it have a happy ending???

I think Max is still out there lol

 

[ayrshire_blue]

It's my birthday in January

The queue was huge though

 

[manchester blue]

No specific answer.

It builds an immunity over about 3 weeks, with (I would guess) very little at all for the first week. "How immune" is going to vary from person to person.

"Does it stop you spreading it" - nobody knows. There's no evidence that it stops transmission, but there's no evidence that it doesn't. Too soon to tell basically.

I’m sure I read that it will not stop you getting C19 but it will stop you from becoming ill. You can still spread it as well after you are vaccinated.

 

[trumpton]

A friend works at MRI.
She and all her staff on duty last weekend were vaccinated, and she tells me all the hospital were as well.
This weekend they are vaccinating the rest of the duty staff who are on this rota.

By the New Year they will have all had their first dose.

That's how it should be. The only person my mum has come into contact with besides myself are NHS workers. I'm negative and she tested positive on day 6 in hospital.

Oh, and she was told by the nurses to ignore track and trace phone calls - hospitals would collapse if staff had to self isolate.

 

[ayrshire_blue]

Is Ayshire not all in Tier 4, or are you wintering in your holiday gîte on the Isles of Scilly?

It's Ayrshire alright. No idea why it was opened, think they sell batteries. Maybe those count as essential?

 

[Mayor West]

What else can we do though other than say 'that's a shame' when hearing about the death count? I'm certainly not going to sit at home in a dark room mourning people I dont know!

 

[squirtyflower]

That's how it should be. The only person my mum has come into contact with besides myself are NHS workers. I'm negative and she tested positive on day 6 in hospital.

Oh, and she was told by the nurses to ignore track and trace phone calls - hospitals would collapse if staff had to self isolate.

I know of several organisations that have said ignore the track and trace and use their common sense instead.

 

[hammocity]

Yep. Its a tough one. Also a different era.
I know without school/swimming/brownies/martial arts/footy etc my 2 little ones struggled.

Fair play, you are seeing it first hand, I'm going back nearly 50 years, I feel like a Dinosaur now.