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How many positives cases do you know right now?

194 replies

Pensieve · 29/12/2021 00:03

From living in an area that thankfully had low numbers in previous waves, it’s been the opposite this time and I’m surprised how many people I know currently have it. Some of them aren’t sure where they’re catching it either (no kids/jobs); are triple jabbed and ‘careful’ with mask wearing etc.

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Passthecake30 · 29/12/2021 09:02

I’ve known the old one or 2 since the start. Currently about 15, literally half the houses I know. Dh and I included.

KittyBurrito · 29/12/2021 09:05

Lost count. In a high infection area

BellaChagall · 29/12/2021 09:06

Absolutely loads, but no-one has anything other than mild symptoms which is great news.

Dimondsareforever · 29/12/2021 09:10

None at the moment. But nov and early December knew quite a few!

Bobholll · 29/12/2021 09:11

A lot of my family & friends are in London - I know approx 30 at least I think 🙈 10 colleagues (all caught it together at a conference), 8 family members (caught it at a birthday party) and several friends.

All have it very mildly. In fact, my in-laws in their late 60s have it almost asymptomatically. But they were boosted when most of my friends & colleagues hadn’t had chance to be.,

flashpaper · 29/12/2021 09:12

So many I can't keep count, all from work. Work in a hospital, people phoning in every day with positive tests. At least 3 from night shifts (a team of about 8), loads more on days.

BooksAndGin · 29/12/2021 09:12

None. Over the whole two year period I can count how many positive cases on my fingers!

Eileen101 · 29/12/2021 09:18

None in my immediate circle of family and friends, including those at nursery/school/working in the office.

Oh wait, neighbour mentioned that one of their DC has it, but apart from that... None.

fizzypiggy · 29/12/2021 09:20

None at the moment, there was an outbreak in my DS class mid-December but since then nothing.

I knew more people with it last Christmas tbh when it was the delta flavour everywhere.

I know delta absolutely ravaged the north where I live, perhaps omicron hasn't got to that point here yet?

lms2017 · 29/12/2021 09:20

Me as of today , 9 weeks pregnant too so the pregnancy symptoms on top of this is no fun !

UserError012345 · 29/12/2021 09:21

1 possibly 2 (waiting on PCR)

rifling · 29/12/2021 09:21

4 including ds.

happytoday73 · 29/12/2021 09:21

This week 1.
Start of last week we easily had at least a dozen people positive..

Marimaur · 29/12/2021 09:24

9

JustDanceAddict · 29/12/2021 09:25

In close friends/small family/work associates - currently 7. But I’ve known more over past few weeks than ever!! Seems like everyone had someone in their family with it prior to Xmas.

Winterlove · 29/12/2021 09:30

A colleague and her full family so around 6

Another colleague and her teenager - 2

A friend from uni and her kids - 3

Another friend from uni - 1

An old school friend - 1

Total - 13

knittingaddict · 29/12/2021 09:32

More than previously, that's for sure.

I went months with no one I know having it. I know at least 6 who have it now. One lot in the south west and the others in the south east. My daughter and her partner are awaiting results, so that adds two more, if they are positive.

LifesABotch · 29/12/2021 09:41

6

RuleWithAWoodenFoot · 29/12/2021 09:42

1

If you'd asked the same question this time last week the answer would have been 26.

Abcdefu · 29/12/2021 09:47

10,only 2 are contacts so could be more in coming days

StillNo · 29/12/2021 09:47

Loads. But then I generally know lots of people with runny noses, mild temperatures, coughs and headaches in winter. We used to call them ‘colds,’ a term which covered a wide range of virus mutations.
What you’d do is, stay home if you were really ill, or just carry on as normal if you weren’t too ill. Then after a few days, you’d be better. But probably catch another kind of cold a few weeks later.

‘Colds’ were nothing like coronaviruses though, which are totally diff……oh wait. Hmm.

Bobholll · 29/12/2021 10:40

Covid has killed hundreds of thousands of people @StillNo . Colds have not. Covid probably will be like a cold one day but not yet. Hundreds of people are dying every single day in the UK alone.

I’m not in favour of lockdowns etc now with vaccinations but covid isn’t a cold. Stop being a selfish wanker.

StillNo · 29/12/2021 10:46

Yes, at the start, when it was a new, strong virus which really did rip through.
But not now. Now it is a cold. Look around you. This is how viruses work. They constantly mutate as become weaker but more transmissible. It’s not in their interests to kill their hosts.

And feeling the need to swear and abuse says more about you than it does me. I feel more for the people who are unable to access basic healthcare at the moment than the worries well obsessing over catching a glorified cold.

andi62 · 29/12/2021 10:48

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anon51 · 29/12/2021 10:50

About 12 currently