Good News 14: Keeping our spirits up, just a bit longer.

[hugoagogo]

Watch out @LivinLaVidaLoki if you mean letting covid rip like that then they will start campaigning for the Chinese-style anal testing again!

www.webmd.com/lung/news/20210128/china-using-anal-swabs-for-covid-testing

[quote RainbowCrayons]Watch out @LivinLaVidaLoki if you mean letting covid rip like that then they will start campaigning for the Chinese-style anal testing again!

www.webmd.com/lung/news/20210128/china-using-anal-swabs-for-covid-testing[/quote]
Ha! @RainbowCrayons is that poo-cr testing?

Not much good news recently

Does anyone know if there have been any successes of tweaking the vaccine for boosters against the delta variant? Just made the mistake of reading a thread talking about potential lockdown over winter again and how those who were vaccinated early may be vulnerable again now because immunity only lasts 6 months and I could cry. My mum was one of the first to get it

When I go into a tailspin because of all of the (less than positive) news out there…. I go here

mobile.twitter.com/sailorrooscout

And usually feel a lot better for it

@twinmum86

Not much good news recently

Does anyone know if there have been any successes of tweaking the vaccine for boosters against the delta variant? Just made the mistake of reading a thread talking about potential lockdown over winter again and how those who were vaccinated early may be vulnerable again now because immunity only lasts 6 months and I could cry. My mum was one of the first to get it

Isn't it normal for immunity to wane over time? That doesn't mean it's non-existent. And I read some months ago that 'tweaking' the vaccines is fairly straightforward, though that wasn't specifically with reference ot the Delta variant.

I'm sure ages ago it was said oh it only takes a few weeks to tweak the vaccine, back when they were all being made or released. So it is strange we haven't heard anything along those lines. You'd think that that would be what any booster would be. No doubt it's not that straight forward!

Thanks @Oldtimer2020 I'll take a look at that!

@IcedPurple well yes, but 6 months isn't very long - I'd kind for a high level of immunity for a bit longer 

Yes @BessMarvin - I'm sure they'd be shouting about it if they successfully tweaked it wouldn't they?

Just made the mistake of reading a thread talking about potential lockdown over winter again…

Some people really, really don’t want this to end. I don’t know why. Maybe it’s filling a void in their lives. It’s sad. But it’s not reflective of real life. Maybe step away from mumsnet for a while? I’ve deleted it twice over the last 18 months and felt so much better for it.

Yes @SaveWaterDrinkGin you're probably right, I should just delete it!

Almost 90% of my local area fully vaccinated

Only 77% fully vaccinated in my local authority - its the 25-29 age range that's lagging behind here though.

@twinmum86

Thanks *@Oldtimer2020* I'll take a look at that!

@IcedPurple well yes, but 6 months isn't very long - I'd kind for a high level of immunity for a bit longer 

Yes @BessMarvin - I'm sure they'd be shouting about it if they successfully tweaked it wouldn't they?

What do the actual studies say though? I imagine it's not quite as clear-cut or as miserable as the headlines suggest.

@SaveWaterDrinkGin

Just made the mistake of reading a thread talking about potential lockdown over winter again…

Some people really, really don’t want this to end. I don’t know why. Maybe it’s filling a void in their lives. It’s sad. But it’s not reflective of real life. Maybe step away from mumsnet for a while? I’ve deleted it twice over the last 18 months and felt so much better for it.

Yes.

They're baaaaaaaaak! Any glimmer of bad news and there they are. You could set your watch by them, especially the poster with one sentence paragraphs, most of them featuring the words 'the government' in every hand wringing line.

The Doom Mongers would make a meal out of me this weekend.
I went Out Out on Friday. Live music (oh my God how I have missed it!) proper leaping around and hair thrashing music - then a club to carry on the theme. Got a bit pissed and sweaty dancing in my jeans and DMs but who cares I had SUCH A GOOD TIME. My friend was nervous and said it was like dancing in Covid soup as virtually everyone there was late teens/early 20's but I'm afraid I put it to the back of my mind and just enjoyed myself.
Probably irresponsible.

You genocidal maniac!!!!

Well done Reachers!!

I took the DC to see Joseph at the weekend - it was packed and everyone was up singing and dancing at the end, loved every minute! And Jason Donovan is now my new crush, he was incredible

I have just returned from a holiday in Malta. It was our third visit there and was lovely to see that things hadn’t changed much since our trip in 2018, aside from the wearing of masks inside for both adults and children. It was very cathartic to mix with visitors from a number of different counties and made the World seem small again.

So (and I'm embarrassed I'm asking this) the tests, LFT and PCR. Do they only pick up covid-19? I just read on another thread that they pick up other coronaviruses too - this can't be true can it?

Anyone got any good news to post?

Cases down again in England for the 9th day running. 🥳

twitter.com/coronavirusgoo1/status/1435252198129164288?s=21

@orangejumpsuit that link doesn't work for me

Its a link to a tweet saying 80% of over 16s have been double jabbed.

@twinmum86

So (and I'm embarrassed I'm asking this) the tests, LFT and PCR. Do they only pick up covid-19? I just read on another thread that they pick up other coronaviruses too - this can't be true can it?

Haven’t heard that it’s other coronavirus’s, seems very unlikely.

@twinmum86

So (and I'm embarrassed I'm asking this) the tests, LFT and PCR. Do they only pick up covid-19? I just read on another thread that they pick up other coronaviruses too - this can't be true can it?

No, just Covid-19. This is one of the many conspiracy theories out there with no support.