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Covid: UK infections continuing to rise
The increase, with an estimated one in 35 people testing positive, is being driven by newer variants.
www.bbc.co.uk
Covid: UK infections continuing to rise
The increase, with an estimated one in 35 people testing positive, is being driven by newer variants.www.bbc.co.uk
Yeh I am still wearing my FFP2 mask when I am indoors. Still, managed to get ill, most likely as walking in the rain, but did a test this morning which turned out negative. Will do another test in a couple of days.Scotland is at 1 in 20 infected, the trailblazer again. It's hard to gauge the impact since they decided to stop reporting death figures mid pandemic but the ICU figures, from a very very low base, are enough to keep me interested in next weeks figures. Hospitalisation still only a third of the peak in April and my very risk averse work hasnt told everyone to go back to working from home yet.
My personal comfort zone at the moment is not being fearful of a passing infection caught in a shop, but avoiding circumstances where you can breath in infected air for sustained period (e.g. unventilated pub, gigs, long trip on public transport without windows open). There is loads you can do in summer limiting exposure to unventilated areas.
Fingers crossed. Not the worst time to get it.Well finally tested positive. Worst symptom is the burning sensation in the back of the throat. Feels like I am swallowing glass - painful swallowing. High temp, chills. Runny nose.
Yeh racking my brain where I caught it, as been working from home mostly. And when indoors wore a mask, apart from when eating and drinking. Went for a long walk on Wednesday and tried out one of those Beryl rental bikes in the next town. I wonder if I picked it up from that. I gelled up before I rode it. But not after IIRC.Fingers crossed. Not the worst time to get it.
Officially, they've only been gone for a month.Face masks return in hospitals as number of patients with Covid soars
NHS trusts from Hampshire, Cambs, Nottinghamshire, Devon and Wales have all reinstated guidance that urges people to mask-up because of the recent spike in infections.www.dailymail.co.uk
Hate quoting the Fail, but also reported in the Times today.
Yep, was down in Brighton over the weekend. Inside the conference I was at around 10% wore masks. One of the speakers tested positive after the first day.Officially, they've only been gone for a month.
Of course, out in the real world, no-one was giving a **** for a lot longer than that.
I think that's a bigger thing with it - everyone I know that's caught COVID has had very mild symptoms so it's very much a "That was nothing to worry about, back to life as normal" mentalityBut as soon as they recover it's like - "I survived it" it wasn't that bad and go back to normal mentality.
That's so true....I had a very good friend pass away from it. Guy was born on the same day as me, and we grew up together.... paints a different picture. Young people think they are bulletproof.... and older people think they know everything.I think that's a bigger thing with it - everyone I know that's caught COVID has had very mild symptoms so it's very much a "That was nothing to worry about, back to life as normal" mentality
When you say "mild" what do you mean?I think that's a bigger thing with it - everyone I know that's caught COVID has had very mild symptoms so it's very much a "That was nothing to worry about, back to life as normal" mentality
I had a day and half (Saturday evening until Monday morning) feeling like a cold (i.e. fever, tiredness, aches) two or three days where it could've been mistaken for hayfever then two days testing positive with no symptoms,When you say "mild" what do you mean?
And presumably you and those known were fully vaxxed (2 plus booster).I had a day and half (Saturday evening until Monday morning) feeling like a cold (i.e. fever, tiredness, aches) two or three days where it could've been mistaken for hayfever then two days testing positive with no symptoms,
Think "bad cold" is the extent that anyone I know has had it
YupAnd presumably you and those known were fully vaxxed (2 plus booster).