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Covid

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Flute56 · 27/09/2024 19:36

Ive got covid. How worrying is the new variant and why are they still not insisting we wear masks.

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Muffinmanfromdrurylane · 28/09/2024 10:17

Eh so it's OK for you to infect the poor unassuming taxi driver?

Suzuki70 · 28/09/2024 10:16

These posts really make you realise what a number the govt did on people's mental health.

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Flute56 · 28/09/2024 10:16

By the way does anybody know how covid first started where it came from because 30 years ago nobody had heard of covid nobody had covid and all of a sudden it's all over the world where did it originate from

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Katemax82 · 28/09/2024 10:15

GoodEveningMiss · 27/09/2024 19:39

I don't ever see anyone wearing masks anymore

I do, in the street!

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Flute56 · 28/09/2024 10:15

Well I was told by my evening class School not to attend unless I have a negative covid results so I've got to keep testing because they said to me do not come in with covid because you could give it to your teacher

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BMW6 · 28/09/2024 10:13

OP are you this anxious about flu? Because covid is pretty much the same.

KnottedTwine · 28/09/2024 10:10

Flute56 · 28/09/2024 08:36

I know several people who still test. Its irresponsible not to

OK then. Is it just covid you're overly anxious about or does the worrying and judgement passing extend to other illnesses too?

Cynic17 · 28/09/2024 10:09

Because Covid is not a serious illness.

Most masks do nothing and/or people wear them incorrectly.
Just stop testing and carry on as normal - why are you even bothered about this, OP?
Even Chris Whitty has finally admitted that the Government overestimated the importance/severity of Covid!

KnottedTwine · 28/09/2024 10:08

Flute56 · 28/09/2024 06:59

Please can someone address my recurring symptome of headache and sore joints. I thought they had gone. Also my trip anroad on 15th october

Sorry? What are you actually posting for? If you want medical opinion on your Covid, make an appointment to see your doctor. You cannot demand that people "address" your symptoms.

The facts are that very few people are testing, very few are wearing masks and although you are free to test as much as you like and wear a mask, you cannot start insisting others do likewise. Covid is never going away, there will be variants of it circulating every year forever. We will continue to vaccinate the most vulnerable, the rest of us will just get on with life.

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Flute56 · 28/09/2024 10:06

So if I test positive on the day of the class I won't be able to attend because they have told me I must not attend if I'm still positive

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Flute56 · 28/09/2024 10:03

I'm going to go out to the pharmacy to get some more headache tablets and stock up on more covid testing kits and I will wear my mask I will take a taxi there and back and that's that and I do an evening class and I've booked an evening class for this coming week back to school have said to me and less I test negative I'm not to come into the class because I could give my covid to the teacher

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Whyhaveibeencutoutofmamsnot · 28/09/2024 09:41

Flute56 · 28/09/2024 08:36

I know several people who still test. Its irresponsible not to

What do you do with the results? Do you behave differently if a COVID test is positive than if you were coughing, sneezing, had a streaming nose and general aches and pains.
Back in the days when people were dying of COVID and becoming seriously ill my work insisted I test every week and the couple of times I had positive results were when I had no symptoms whatsoever.
The NHS will now allow staff in if they feel well enough with COVID is because they have the figures of the number of people who are seriously ill with COVID and are extremely low because of immunity (vaccine or natural). Staff still wear masks in areas where there are more vulnerable patients and masks will reduce transmission

AmICrazyToEvenBother · 28/09/2024 09:33

Flute56 · 27/09/2024 20:55

I think that is so unprofessional to perform operation while your covid positive that is disgusting

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OK, so people should just die from not having the life-saving operations they need while they wait for an available Covid-free surgeon?

Nuts.

BMW6 · 28/09/2024 09:32

OP it's perfectly normal for symptoms to flare up again. As a pp has said, recovery is rarely a straight line.

Take each day as it comes, rest as much as possible, drink lots of fluids.

I hope you feel better for your holiday.

Melodysmum12 · 28/09/2024 09:28

MrsPelligrinoPetrichor · 28/09/2024 09:02

Is that true because I wasn't allowed to have an operation recently if I'd had covid recently?

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Funny that as they might ask patients those questions but they don’t check about the drs! I am not a dr but I work in the medical field and have seen it for myself! I mean they have to wear a mask but they can still be positive!

BurntBroccoli · 28/09/2024 09:21

Flute56 · 28/09/2024 07:40

You don't really expect to test positive and then get the usual headaches and aching joints then they subside and you think you're on the road to recovery only to find out that they come back

This has always been the case with Covid. You get a respite then it's back in full force.
When I had original 2019/20 Covid, I had a cough lasting 3 months and I'm sure it weakened my immune system. I get so achy now on my left side.

There's no way you can tell if you'll be well for your holiday. Eat nutritious food, get plenty vitamin C and cross your fingers.

MrsPelligrinoPetrichor · 28/09/2024 09:02

Melodysmum12 · 27/09/2024 20:44

Because Dr’s are allowed to perform operations even if they’re Covid positive so that tells you all you need to know!!

Masks and lockdown ruined lives just as much as the actual virus!

Is that true because I wasn't allowed to have an operation recently if I'd had covid recently?

LittleBearPad · 28/09/2024 09:00

It’s perfectly normal for Covid symptoms to come, go and come back again. It will likely happen again.

itwasnevermine · 28/09/2024 08:59

If you're concerned, call 111 or book an appointment with your doctor on Monday.

I have had a cold. I thought about testing but decided not to because at the end of the day, it didn't change anything. I still had to go to work, I'm glad I didn't waste money on a test because I've woken up this morning feeling absolutely fine.

SerenityNowSerenityNow · 28/09/2024 08:57

Flute56 · 28/09/2024 08:36

I know several people who still test. Its irresponsible not to

Nobody I know tests anymore.
It's expensive and largely pointless.

NotSmallButFunSize · 28/09/2024 08:55

Are you usually so dramatic when ill??

I've had plenty of viruses where you feel awful and it seems to be for ages, not a new thing just because it's Covid. Your holiday is over 2 weeks away, seems OTT to be stressing about that now

SometimesCalmPerson · 28/09/2024 08:52

Flute56 · 28/09/2024 08:36

I know several people who still test. Its irresponsible not to

Why?

If it were necessary we’d still get them for free. I’m one of those people that is pretty certain they’ve had Covid but never tested positive and testing is not going to affect my behaviour anyway. It’s not irresponsible not to test, it’s just getting on with normal life.

RareitySparkles · 28/09/2024 08:42

I'm getting over covid. It was bad but not awful. The biggest issue is I didn't test positive until day 5 which is normal now so I possibly spread it before I knew. Masks then seemed pointless. Stay in if you can while you feel bad. I'm not sure when I stopped testing positive as it's too expensive to keep testing. I only tested because I was fluey and a friend has cancer ( not on chemo thank god)

OrdsallChord · 28/09/2024 08:39

Flute56 · 27/09/2024 19:36

Ive got covid. How worrying is the new variant and why are they still not insisting we wear masks.

Because people don't want to and can't be made to. It would be a waste and time of energy to try. These things need public buy in, which no longer exists.

Thfrog · 28/09/2024 08:37

Flute56 · 28/09/2024 06:59

Please can someone address my recurring symptome of headache and sore joints. I thought they had gone. Also my trip anroad on 15th october

You have covid. Take it easy. Rest. Eat healthy.