Is the worst of coronavirus over now

[Sadless]

Does anyone think that the worst of its over and things will get better from now.
I know things are uncertain but it denifently looks better then a few months ago.

Hopeful

Sal

We're all "ill" at the moment.

We've been away for our summer hols where DH caught Covid. Had I not been in the Zoe study and reading about the 'new' symptoms it really wouldn't have dawned on us to test a sudden onset bout of sneezing and runny nose. Unvaccinated teen is a bit more unwell, but not overly so, thank goodness.

Last time I looked the NHS still weren't warning people that the symptoms had changed. Testing numbers are down.

I can't help thinking that a lot of people are keeping a low profile/keeping the kids home to make sure they are well when they set off for their trip. I know we did.

@Madcats

We're all "ill" at the moment.

We've been away for our summer hols where DH caught Covid. Had I not been in the Zoe study and reading about the 'new' symptoms it really wouldn't have dawned on us to test a sudden onset bout of sneezing and runny nose. Unvaccinated teen is a bit more unwell, but not overly so, thank goodness.

Last time I looked the NHS still weren't warning people that the symptoms had changed. Testing numbers are down.

I can't help thinking that a lot of people are keeping a low profile/keeping the kids home to make sure they are well when they set off for their trip. I know we did.

What symptoms does your teen have? My fourteen year old has just tested positive he has a sore throat, bit of a temperature, D&V and generally lethargic.

lol ! just hold on to the belief that very deadly viruses tend to be not so transmissible

That belief is misplaced.

There is no evolutionary pressure for covid to become less deadly, because it transmits before symptoms.

@GetTaeFuck thank you. That gives some hope it will eventually go.

@x2boys initially she had several negative tests after DH's positive (we have loads from school).

Teen DD first started sneezing (a lot) then blowing a runny nose. Initially I assumed her room was too dusty/she'd developed a cat allergy. At least she tidied it up so I could vacuum!

A couple of days later she looked as if she'd been up all night (but apparently not).

She's now had a sore throat and coughs a bit at night (solved by Vick rub).

She can still smell and taste as normal (and seems happy enough to chat away to friends online).

I think we've been lucky; this is nothing like when her friend was ill last Spring.

No. Why would it be over?
We will be living with it forever more as we do with alll the other things which were at one time now.

We will never be able to deal with it or other medical crises until the government addresses the fact that the NHS is drastically under staffed, under funded, the staff are under paid and the institution is constantly working at 98% capacity. That's the real issue here.

@Badbadbunny

Thing is that no one worried about a pandemic pre covid. Now everyone seems worried about this potential "new variant". Why are they worried now when they weren't 18 months ago. The chances of some new deadly pandemic virus appearing that is resistant to the vaccine is the same as it was 18 months ago for some new virus that was as potentially deadly as covid 19. There are always variants of the known viruses circulating all the time, most are pretty harmless to most people. We've had other potentially pandemic viruses in the last few decades which didn't reek havoc like covid 19. It's been a particularly special case both in terms of its' affects and in terms of the knee jerk reactions to it.

Plenty of people WERE worried about a pandemic 18 months ago, because epidemiologists had explained for years that modern living can create ideal situations for viruses to spread.

Intensive farming, easy international travel, destruction of wildlife habitats and overcrowding in poor, urban areas all contribute to a situation where viruses can jump species and spread through populations.

Chinese people had been through SARS and MERS and were still caught out by Covid.

Maybe Covid is on its way out and things can get back to normal. But it's still worth bearing in mind that "normal" tends to involve sharing air with lots of strangers on a regular basis, including plenty of people who soldier on and continue with their regular lives despite illness.