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Who has covid right now?

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JemimaFuddle · 01/12/2023 13:28

I just tested positive.

Had to cancel meeting with a friend tonight and dscs no longer coming for their planned weekend which is a shame.

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Lulu1919 · 03/12/2023 15:08

My son in law....tested as we were all meeting up today and my sister is pregnant

MillarMountVandal · 03/12/2023 16:31

CityLass · 03/12/2023 14:52

Why? As a passenger, I don’t appreciate cabin crew spreading a life altering disease to me or my family. And we should be made aware if staff are sick so we can take the appropriate measures. Lawsuits are coming - in fact they’ve already started. Businesses are playing with fire.

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Don't fly then. Same goes for whatever other environment you feel uncomfortable in - don't go. Simple.

beigecartoon · 03/12/2023 16:41

CityLass · 03/12/2023 14:50

And this is why the pandemic will not end. Each time you’re infected, you are literally depleting your immunity. You are walking blindfolded into the abyss. It’s just a matter of time sadly.

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https://www.manchester.ac.uk/discover/news/does-covid-really-damage-your-immune-system-and-make-you-more-vulnerable-to-infections-the-evidence-is-lacking/

Interesting article about this claim that it "depletes your immunity". It seems for most people it doesn't, and the immune system returns to normal within a period of time, but it does explain how this might differ for people with long covid, for example.

Does COVID really damage your immune system and make you more vulnerable to infections? The evidence is lacking

Over the past month or two, many northern hemisphere countries including the US and the UK have seen a large wave of respiratory viral infections. These include RSV (respiratory syncytial virus), flu and COVID in all ages, as well as bacterial infectio...

https://www.manchester.ac.uk/discover/news/does-covid-really-damage-your-immune-system-and-make-you-more-vulnerable-to-infections-the-evidence-is-lacking

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JemimaFuddle · 03/12/2023 16:48

CityLass · 03/12/2023 14:52

Why? As a passenger, I don’t appreciate cabin crew spreading a life altering disease to me or my family. And we should be made aware if staff are sick so we can take the appropriate measures. Lawsuits are coming - in fact they’ve already started. Businesses are playing with fire.

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@CityLass as a flyer would you appreciate being stranded for days on end because airplane staff didn't work unless they jumped out bed feeling 100%? I asked before but perhaps you missed the post.

If you want flights to run then you have to accept some risk around covid as you always have done around flu, upset stomachs, colds, chicken pox and every other disease that airline staff might be incubating.

If you don't accept it don't fly, it's hardly a necessity.

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roseopose · 03/12/2023 17:15

Tinkerbellflowers · 01/12/2023 17:17

The number of people who have said, "I didn't know covid is still a thing," really annoys me. This is far worse than any cold I've had. And I am fully vaccinated.

Me too, in fact my manager actually told me that COVID 'isn't a thing anymore, it's not really an illness in its own right now, it's just like a cold type thing' to justify why people at our work are still coming into the office after testing positive when clearly symptomatic. We have the ability to WFH as well so it's not like they need to be spreading it around so we can all be ill.

CityLass · 03/12/2023 19:43

MillarMountVandal · 03/12/2023 16:31

Don't fly then. Same goes for whatever other environment you feel uncomfortable in - don't go. Simple.

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Nope. Life does not work like that. Covid is also brain altering and you do not want your flight crew being covid addled. Airlines will pay a steep price but hopefully before lives are lost.

CityLass · 03/12/2023 19:46

JemimaFuddle · 03/12/2023 16:48

@CityLass as a flyer would you appreciate being stranded for days on end because airplane staff didn't work unless they jumped out bed feeling 100%? I asked before but perhaps you missed the post.

If you want flights to run then you have to accept some risk around covid as you always have done around flu, upset stomachs, colds, chicken pox and every other disease that airline staff might be incubating.

If you don't accept it don't fly, it's hardly a necessity.

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You don’t know me or what my circumstances are so saying flying is not a necessity is rubbish. And we should all be able to fly without the risk of serious disease. Get over yourself (but repeated covid infections will fix that for you and everyone else). Good luck as you’re going to need it,

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JemimaFuddle · 03/12/2023 20:03

CityLass · 03/12/2023 19:46

You don’t know me or what my circumstances are so saying flying is not a necessity is rubbish. And we should all be able to fly without the risk of serious disease. Get over yourself (but repeated covid infections will fix that for you and everyone else). Good luck as you’re going to need it,

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Flying is not a necessity for anyone. You can get everywhere in the world by boat and train.

You have never been able to fly without the risk of catching a serious disease. Especially airbourn ones that cause mild ambiguous symptoms at first. Did you think that no-one ever caught anything on a plane before covid existed?

I don't think you understand the phrase get over yourself.

You still haven't responded to my point about being stranded for days because airline staff call in sick every time they don't wake up feeling 100% just in case it's covid. Would this be preferable to someone coming to work with a slight sniffle?

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foxylab2023 · 03/12/2023 20:08

@CityLass ok so if you were on holiday and the day you were due to fly back you started having mild symptoms that may be a cold, may be covid.

You've just booked out of your hotel, your flights are booked, you have gone with your family including young children.

What do you do? Would you fly home? What if you, realistically, could not afford to try and find another hotel for potentially 3/4 weeks if it went round your entire family? What would you honestly do here?

You'd get the flight and get home even knowing it could be covid as what else can you do

MillarMountVandal · 03/12/2023 20:34

CityLass · 03/12/2023 19:43

Nope. Life does not work like that. Covid is also brain altering and you do not want your flight crew being covid addled. Airlines will pay a steep price but hopefully before lives are lost.

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It's exactly how life works; the only behaviour you can control is your own. Thus, in terms of entering an enclosed space with other people (any one of whom may be carring a virus), you will only ever have the two choices - you go in, or you don't.

With respect, your outlook is clearly skewed by scare stories and the 'at worst' scenarios therein; much of what you're asserting is frankly ridiculous. Your thinking is not based on reason and logic.

FrenchandSaunders · 03/12/2023 20:54

@CityLass you need help!

Wednesdaysotherchild · 03/12/2023 21:18

Me! Test line went dark within a minute so high viral load…

dragonpen · 03/12/2023 21:55

foxylab2023 · 03/12/2023 20:08

@CityLass ok so if you were on holiday and the day you were due to fly back you started having mild symptoms that may be a cold, may be covid.

You've just booked out of your hotel, your flights are booked, you have gone with your family including young children.

What do you do? Would you fly home? What if you, realistically, could not afford to try and find another hotel for potentially 3/4 weeks if it went round your entire family? What would you honestly do here?

You'd get the flight and get home even knowing it could be covid as what else can you do

The people who aren't bothered about covid will get on the plane, as they are. If they know they're infectious they'll persuade themselves it's OK, they've got no choice, and so it doesn't matter.

The people who know a bit more about covid probably won't have gone on holiday without a couple of N95 masks each. If they couldn't avoid flying back while infectious they would just wear masks.

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JemimaFuddle · 03/12/2023 22:14

I'm feeling so much better this evening, pretty much back to normal.

Does anyone think there's a chance I could be negative tomorrow? I'd like to go and buy a Christmas tree but don't want to infect anyone in the process so I won't go unless negative.

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Tinkerbellflowers · 03/12/2023 22:36

JemimaFuddle · 03/12/2023 22:14

I'm feeling so much better this evening, pretty much back to normal.

Does anyone think there's a chance I could be negative tomorrow? I'd like to go and buy a Christmas tree but don't want to infect anyone in the process so I won't go unless negative.

Glad to hear you are feeling better, and fingers crossed for a negative test. I am going to test tomorrow too (even though I have nowhere to go - I am just interested to know).

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JemimaFuddle · 03/12/2023 23:08

Thanks @Tinkerbellflowers
This is my second time with it and it seems to be much milder than the first time. Hopefully we'll both be negative tomorrow.

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JemimaFuddle · 04/12/2023 12:01

Still very strongly positive despite feeling absolutely fine today. Very annoying.

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foxylab2023 · 04/12/2023 12:55

JemimaFuddle · 04/12/2023 12:01

Still very strongly positive despite feeling absolutely fine today. Very annoying.

My DM and DH remained positive on tests for weeks (think DH was 9 weeks!) so be wary waiting on a negative test.

Think official guidance was 5-7 days after symptoms appear

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JemimaFuddle · 04/12/2023 13:05

foxylab2023 · 04/12/2023 12:55

My DM and DH remained positive on tests for weeks (think DH was 9 weeks!) so be wary waiting on a negative test.

Think official guidance was 5-7 days after symptoms appear

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I tested positive on Friday (although I think symptoms started on Wednesday) so I'm erring on the side of caution and not doing anything social. I'll be out and about at the weekend regardless as I definitely won't be infectious then.

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Beignet · 04/12/2023 20:53

I thought I was one of those super immune people. I've never been worried about catching it. I work clinically in a hospital and looked after lots of covid infected patients. All the children have had it, often jumping into bed and coughing over me as they felt unwell and needed comfort in the night.

Just caught it now for the first time. Had a dry niggly cough overnight, I went to work and started to feel a bit worse. I did an old LFT to prove I was negative so I could carry on working - but it was unfortunately positive so I went straight home.

Tonight I feel very tired, irritable cough and just a bit under the weather.

I have some really important work events that I've been working towards for weeks - so hopefully I'll be back to normal tomorrow!

Towerofsong · 04/12/2023 22:26

I only had it once, very very mildly, 3 years ago. Thought I was naturally immune, when my ex had it in the summer I didn't even catch it despite sharing a bed.

Had a flu type thing three weeks ago, was sure it fitted COVID symptoms but tested negative twice.
Got better for a week but had a slight tickly cough. Cough got worse last Tuesday night, felt ill Wed, thought it was a chest infection starting. Started antibiotics. Fever Wed night through to Friday, Friday and Saturday was washed out and weepy, and slowly realised food didn't taste right. Took a test Saturday and two bright red lines. Still coughing today and still bright lines today. No idea how long this will take as I haven't been ill with it before!! It's been great for my weight loss goals..

Believeitornot · 04/12/2023 22:30

I’ve just had Covid. Much shorter infection than last time thankfully (which was 18 months ago).

my dd has just tested positive. Her first infection as far as we are aware. I think ds had it but his tests were negative. He was snotty and under the weather. Probably would have been picked up by PCR.

it took me a while to return to normal after Covid last year (my heart rate went skew whiff) and I kept getting colds so I’m hoping it won’t be as bad but who knows.

Im just cross that we don’t have decent mitigations - clean air would be amazing and make a massive difference. I can’t even get a vaccine but want one. I’d pay privately like I would for the flu. But can’t

TeaWithASplashOfMilk · 05/12/2023 11:29

'Im just cross that we don’t have decent mitigations - clean air would be amazing and make a massive difference.'

Yes! It's weird that there's such silence from government on this especially as they're so apparently invested in reducing school absence (and seem invested in not mentioning that illness is main driver of absence).

Still, good that they've invested in clean air in certain places where health does matter more (to them) - Ministry of Defence buildings (www.purifiedair.com/case-studies/ministry-of-defence/), Houses of Parliament etc.

MrsSkylerWhite · 05/12/2023 11:30

We had it a few weeks ago: pharmacist said it’s rife atm.

Get well soon.

ChateauProvence · 05/12/2023 11:40

Me, I’m 29 weeks pregnant so the doctor has given me some blood thinning injections due to the risk of blood clots - I felt terrible Sunday and Sunday night but today and yesterday just feels like a heavy cold so hopefully I don’t get any worse!