Covid

If people want to test and wear masks then that's fine,but I won't be doing any of it
IMO the government overreacted

You can wear a mask if you want to. I won't be wearing one now or ever again thanks

Christ that's over two weeks away!!!!!

You've clearly got a LOT of time on your hands love
You'd rather essential surgery was cancelled?
And no there's not a 'relief' surgeon

Doctors and nurses don't wear them to prevent respiratory viruses like COVID.

A lot of the time it's to prevent things like them getting blood and bodily fluids of patients in the nose or mouth.

Even so, hospital staff have very strict protocols around how to wear masks that people outside hospitals don't follow. Which makes them ineffective.

Good luck making most of my friends and relatives wear any kind of mask again. Nobody believes they work or would follow any rules and believe lockdown to have been a waste of time and money.
( not my opinion, but heard it enough to know that many feel this way )

Not at all. Flu can be asymptomatic. It's a misnomer that you have to be really ill to have the flu virus. People seem to really like using it as a descriptive term though.

I have it too. Been in bed for 3 days feeling weak and rough. Also bad headache, very sore throat, cough and a bit breathless when I get up for bathroom etc. Get well soon x

What is it with people on here? Just read the heating comments, everyone would rather freeze than have a bit of heating on in September.
Now this - all those who died forgotten, including all the health workers. I think Chris Whitty said it was difficult to know what was the right balance, not that they got it wrong. I suspect NHS staff told to carry on because there's something of a staff shortage.
By the way, actual flu is pretty awful, if it is flu it's impossible to just 'carry on'.

Yes I agree. We still have a small number people (of all ages) wearing masks at the shops in my area (in Australia). I assume that they either have Covid or have compromised immune systems. No one looks twice at them and it’s not seen as unusual anymore like it would have been prior to Covid. Previously, you would have had to go to a Chinese or Korean area of our city to see mask wearing.

I got Covid earlier this month for the first time. I got my groceries direct to my car boot and didn’t go out anywhere at all until my symptoms went. Thankfully my workplace asked me to stay at home - some of my poor colleagues have had it 5 times. It felt like mild flu in the first 4 days, so I was happy to rest and watch TV. I made a fast recovery though as I had all the available vaccines and boosters and felt almost normal on day 5. The only problem was that when the temperatures dropped in the second week from around 25 degrees to 18 degrees I began to cough like crazy. The cough stopped when the temperature went back up again.

If you’re breathless then go to A&E. Yes you’ll be triaged and you may have to wait depending on the urgency of other patients. If it’s deemed urgent you won’t.

Seriously however where have you been for the last four years?

Nicely sidestepped my question there.

I was hospitalised in my 20s when I got flu and it took me 6 months to recover. In contrast I had covid 2 weeks ago and it was like a bad cold for 2 days and I didn't have to stay in bed. Life has to go on and we have to learn to live with it, like any other illness.

Masks don't work. I'm never wearing one again.

She’s going to wear a mask.

What else do you think they can do for you on a Saturday night? Genuine question.

If you actually can't breathe then call 999.

There’s such a weird combative tone to this post.

OP I’ve had Covid recently. Both myself and my other half were floored by it despite having it previously. It was obviously the new strain as it was very flu like. We had fever and headaches and cold symptoms and generally felt terrible with body aches.
its three weeks later, I still have a cough and my sinuses are now very sore, I am also full of cold. This is what it was like before for us so I’m not alarmed at all.
you have to decide what your own safeguarding looks like when you have Covid - I tested because I was worried we had actual flu and I have an elderly relative who I would hate to give it to.
Nobody can tell you how you will feel by the time your holiday comes round, if you want a medical opinion see a medical professional.

As for where it came from, unless you were asleep for the whole of 2020 and 2021 I’m sure there’s plenty of news articles at your fingertips on Google with plenty of theories.

Trying to get help from the NHS, but its not working, theve told me to go to A&E but i dont want to

Can you hear yourself? You asked for help, they gave you advice.
You refuse to go!

Stupid
Some people still die of COVID

If your shortness of breath is bad you should go to a and e to have your sats monitored

You don't have an oximeter at home?

I have Covid right now and have had it 4 times. My husband has long covid and has been ill for 4 years. The asthma he had as a child came back.

For some people it's not a cold and it's still killing a dozen people a week.

So you should go to a and e