Guilt Free Railing 11

[WouldBeGood]

The end was not nigh,and still looking far far away, so here’s the latest thread.

Usual railing rules apply: all rails or good news welcome, no nauseating positivity or resilience wankery. 😃

Ds is away for a pcr....bloody hell

@latissimusdorsi it didn't stop her last December when furlough had stopped putting places into level 4 thus shutting businesses then blaming WM for not extending furlough when people lost their jobs!

@Scottishskifun

😬 Christ I really hate agreeing with the idiot which is Douglas Ross but definitely agree with his statement that NS seems unable to let go of control with threats of restrictions regardless of what this causes to jobs or people's mental health!

I hate the man but he's right!

Im agreeing you but not with that wee tory b

😂 @ssd that's pretty much how I felt!

@TheGenealogist

Whoop Whoop DD is negative, off back to school she goes.

Yayyyyy

Oh
Has he got symptoms?
Hope he's ok @ssd

Aye

So my friends son had to test last week as a close contact. He fell unwell last night and now he's tested positive as they got a PCR.

It's really set my anxiety off. I wish I didn't know.

Its going round them like wildfire

Poor buggers, all they wanted was one night out, its not too much to ask at 20, is it? And they've nearly all caught it and are stuck in again, inside for ten days.
Being 20 must be so fucking shit right now.

I was so carefree at 20.

Oh, @ssd and sad junior 💐

Ssd junior! Though he’s probably sad

I know what you mean @ssd I have teenagers
Hope he's ok
Keep us posted

Thanks all. He said the testers people said they are inundated with people and tests may take 3 days to come back

As I said on my other thread, my DS (S6) had a positive LFT at 5pm last night,we tried booking a PCR and the earliest we could get an appointment was 4pm today - that got cancelled as the centre was closed and we have been given an appointment for 11am tomorrow...in Cumbernauld (we’re in East Dunbartonshire) Bloody useless. A week back at school and the disruption begins.

Meanwhile I’m in England and hoping to get my PCR result tonight after my drive-through appointment this morning.

Is it possible to just turn up for a test at Glasgow airport? I thought it was all appointment only? I’ll be sending them down there if that’s the case!

I think its appointment only, ds booked it online but said everywhere looked almost full?

I mean for this week

We're East Dunbartonshire too but Broadwood is way more convenient than most of East Dunbartonshire from Kirkintilloch.

Sorry to hear about so many needing to test. Especially so soon in to the new school year

Were the numbers this bad at a week into school last year?

Can't quite understand why Scot gov is already talking potential restriction upping already. Beam me up.

Yes, sorry to hear of so many tests, and would-be tests! I've lost track, but hope you're all in the clear! Such a pain having to isolate - especially for the children/ teens, and associated missed parties and so on

From memory, there was a huge spike in testing this time last year too, when all the back to school colds (presenting with fever/ cough) were tested. Though there wasn't a corresponding spike in cases I don't think - as the variant then didn't seem so transmissible in schools/ among children. But the testing spike made tests tricky to get hold of and results took a while to come back... though I thought capacity was much, much larger now, so I'm surprised the same issues are emerging.

And then of course exactly the same thing happened 3 weeks later in England and there was panic/ outrage. Hmmmm... Who'd have thought that the same rules and process in the two countries would lead to a similar run on tests, which could maybe have been predicted and resolved when they saw what was happening in Scotland...

There weren't lateral flow tests available for schools this time last year, so that'll make a difference.

Just fucking stop the fucking testing

My ds and his peer group are uni age, its spreading due to them actually being allowed a proper young person's social life..for all of 2 weeks....