Is covid growing rampant again

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I read an article online and it says it is growing. Another article says that a newer symptom for starting off is a sore throat.

I am in work and my colleague and boss both have sore throats.

I'm supposed to be going away on holidays. I feel fine to be honest but the idea of getting sick right now or withing the next week doesn't appeal to me.

Bound to increase sharply in autumn/winter. Hence the boosters. Had ours last weekend.

Yes. A third of our nhs staff are off with it

@PerfectlyPreservedQuagaarWarrior

The fact that you think wanting to hear from someone who hasn't had your experience amounts to nitpicking Dishh says it all, it really does.

I put in the word "experience" quite deliberately as an experiment. I wanted to see if you were actually as much of a nitpick as I thought. And moments later, I get your reply

I put in the word "experience" quite deliberately as an experiment. I wanted to see if you were actually as much of a nitpick as I thought. And moments later, I get your reply Smile

Mmmhmmm. Of course you did.

Meanwhile, you're still only one Australian, there's no reason to assume you're in a position to comment with authority on what most people as opposed to simply the ones you know do, and you obviously get that hence several posts of goalpost moving.

@PerfectlyPreservedQuagaarWarrior

Meanwhile, you're still only one Australian, there's no reason to assume you're in a position to comment with authority on what most people as opposed to simply the ones you know do, and you obviously get that hence several posts of goalpost moving.

And you're just an anon on MN. Why would I bother moving goalposts for you, let alone making things up? What I wrote was true for me and the people I know. I really couldn't care if you doubt it.

Well I tested positive last Sunday and remain so as of this morning. I guess my symptoms began the Wednesday before.
DP and DC both had identical symptoms, DP is possibly the worst but yet to test positive, DC (off sick since last week) still unwell but only tested positive on Wednesday this week.
It's been far from a bad cold for us, actually quite debilitating but way less severe and scary from the first time around.
We have seen an increase in friends and acquaintances testing positive in the last month or so, I guess the change in weather combined with the change of weather contributes, but yes it's increasing - I think the removal of free test kits was a money saving error , but am hoping when winter really sets in people are at least a bit sensible , it's so hard to see this as being officially "over" but accept we all need to be better at managing it.

It's really not just a cold. Colds don't leave some people with longterm damage to their health. That's what worries me, not having a 'cold'/sore throat etc.
I still wear a mask in crowded places and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future.

Colds, like many viruses, do have the potential to have lasting symptoms. They can also be very severe, as a PP described.

Covid can be like a mild cold, for some. I've had infections that were akin to a mild cold, and asymptomatic ones. I've also had a couple of rea

And you're just an anon on MN. Why would I bother moving goalposts for you, let alone making things up? What I wrote was true for me and the people I know. I really couldn't care if you doubt it.

I don't know why you bothered moving the goalposts, nor who you did it for, but you did.

You also seem to have missed the point if you think this is about an accusation that you're lying about your experiences. It's really not, in fact I find it 100% believable that you're surrounded by people who think the same as you. When I think you're not telling the truth I'll say so. It's the fact that you said initially that people in general were doing it that's significant here and is what sparked this subdiscussion.

AAAAARRRGGGHHH! Is this a phone issue or a site issue? Anyway, as I was saying...

I've also had a couple of really nasty infections.

Cold/flu viruses can kick start autoimmune conditions, for example - when I was diagnosed with mine a decade ago, that was one of the possibilities for a cause I was given.

For some people, covid really is 'just like a cold', so to say it's not is untrue. To say that colds/flu do not have long term health implications is also untrue, particularly if the patient is vulnerable.

@PerfectlyPreservedQuagaarWarrior

You also seem to have missed the point if you think this is about an accusation that you're lying about your experiences. It's really not, in fact I find it 100% believable that you're surrounded by people who think the same as you. When I think you're not telling the truth I'll say so. It's the fact that you said initially that people in general were doing it that's significant here and is what sparked this subdiscussion.

You seem to have missed the point where I said I didn't really care if you think I'm telling the truth one way or the other. You really seem to think I do. I really don't. You're spending way too much time on - nothing.

You seem to have missed the point where I said I didn't really care if you think I'm telling the truth one way or the other. You really seem to think I do. I really don't. You're spending way too much time on - nothing.

It's more that it was of no interest. But the facts are: you said something you either didn't initially mean or decided you wanted to take back later on, people commented on your initial post, and none of the subsequent fulminating has changed the original point that you clearly aren't able to speak for the whole of your society.

Incidentally, I've posted less about this particular subtopic than you have. If you think it's nothing, your devotion of more time to it is rather odd...

I got it in June and my first symptom was a sore throat.

I can’t say I’m surprised it’s on the increase again after all the crowds and shenanigans around the Queen’s death but equally I don’t really care either.

JUST FUCKING STAY AT HOME, ITS NOT HARD

You wouldn't have lasted five minutes in the Blitz

Everyone thinks they're too special to follow the rules

Something about quarantining post/washing groceries

...ah the good old days

2020 again

Exh, ds & his boyfriend have all had Covid in the last month, all jabbed at least 4 times, all were very ill, exh was admitted to hospital.

Workplace of 150, 2 of them have, in the last week, reported positive covid tests, though one was conveniently timed to coincide with a meeting they had previously indicated they didn’t want to attend.

Last month we had zero sick days taken, which is an absolute first for the company, despite approximately half of the workforce relying on public transport in peak hours for their commute.

Im not sure ‘rampant’ is the right word to describe my current experience of the covid situation.

Colds, like many viruses, do have the potential to have lasting symptoms.
I was diagnosed with RA age 55, the rheumatologist said it was likely triggered by a virus some years earlier. ironically the treatment for this is what makes me vulnerable to becoming more ill with other viruses.

You forgot

"well you wouldn't say that if you had lost a loved one!!" - oh how I hated that particular type of post.

You wouldn't have lasted five minutes in the Blitz

I think that one was my favourite. The way it completely failed to take into account the million or so people who lived during both the Blitz and lockdown and might have their own opinions on the matter was beautiful.

It also didn't take into account the fact that people were able to meet up in pubs, cafes, the cinema etc. Friends and neighbours were able to offer comfort to those who had been injured or bereaved, rather than them being left to muddle through in isolation. So, nothing like the Blitz really.

It also didn't take into account the fact that people were able to meet up in pubs, cafes, the cinema etc. Friends and neighbours were able to offer comfort to those who had been injured or bereaved, rather than them being left to muddle through in isolation. So, nothing like the Blitz really.

Absolutely, and in fact there were people who could personally attest to that who were saying the same thing.

So many of these threads and they all resort to name calling and bunfights. It’s the worst side of mumsnet.

but I will post what I have posted before, or thereabouts.

no one is saying that ‘thou must stay home’ and not go to work if you think you have Covid.
but there are a scale of simple measures:
can you work from home?
do you work with anyone vulnerable?
> then you should stay at home
must you be at your place of work?
> then you need to go in unless your work is telling you to stay off and/or will pay you sick pay.
> can you limit your exposure to people? Eg if you have to take public transport then wear a mask.

if you’re sending your children into school with possible Covid
> the guidance (at least for my LA, not sure if it’s universal) is still to test them and keep them off if positive
> if you’re not doing that then can you at least post on a class WhatsApp that there’s a Covid like bug going round. If I know this I step up the testing on my own children - ie you help me take the measures I need to. If I know it’s going round through the class and I’m in a particularly vulnerable stage I pull them out of school. I’d do this for a stomach bug too if it hits key ‘vulnerable’ days. I’m not asking you not to send your child to school, I do get work pressures, but I am asking you to own your decision and let me make my decisions based on them. (I’m talking primary school here where there’s not much hygiene between pupils).

And the easy stuff, for example:
>I’m in and out of hospital. The wards I go to you have to wear a mask and the staff test 3 x a week. On other wards, patients don’t have to wear masks. But they are freely available at the entrance, with hand sanitiser, and a sign encouraging (but not mandating) everyone to use both. Practically no one does. Why? It’s not a cost issue. I can only imagine it’s a can’t be bothered/ can’t imagine or don’t care that there’s a whole load of vulnerable people going in and out. And yes I do think that’s selfish. I also think it’s crazy the hospital removed the requirement for everyone to wear them and so do nurses on my ward who were ones who actually brought it up 🤷🏻‍♀️ The stats show that Covid cases increased with them dropping mandatory mask wearing.

Despite the hospital car park queue having lines and signs requesting everyone is distanced, and despite me having a bald head, tubes coming out my arm and frankly looking ill, I repeatedly have to ask anyone directly behind me to please give me space and distance. It is inevitably met with reluctance and like I’m being over the top. Even when I explain why. Why?

this summer when I felt well enough to venture into an occasional supermarket, always in a quiet time and always wearing a mask (again with very funny sprouty hair - it’s a pretty giveaway sign), then why wouldn’t you give me a wider berth - I actually had people leaning over my trolley to get to things. During a quiet time, and I wasn’t staying still ‘hogging an area’ - I was going through pretty quickly (apart from one time I was queuing for the till, but would gladly have moved). Why not see the mask and think that someone might not have a reason for wearing it and not encroach on their personal space? It’s like most people decided ‘I’m not doing this any more and so I’m not facilitating anyone who is trying to’

Thank you @Dammitthisisshit. That's a really good post.