Dancing with tiers in my eyes, Weeping for the memory of a life gone by

[dancemom]

New thread, a very appropriate title I feel ...

Jings it's really endemic now isn't it. Sort for everyone testing and isolating .

It cannot be long until we are hit… my money is on the weekend after when I have a glamorous weekend away planned.

Good vibes to all those currently affected by diseases old and new.

Long time lurker but I don’t post much. I’m Currently isolating waiting for PCR results I had 2 positive lateral flows yesterday after loads of sneezing in the day. Everyone I was with this weekend has tested negative on lateral flows

I've given up on the idea of October foreign travel as reckon chances are one of us will get covid based on these numbers.

• 5,692 new cases of COVID-19 reported
• 46,146 new tests for COVID-19 that reported results
◦ 13.2% of these were positive
• 16 new reported death(s) of people who have tested positive
• 77 people were in intensive care yesterday with recently confirmed COVID-19
• 805 people were in hospital yesterday with recently confirmed COVID-19
• 4,128,998 people have received the first dose of the Covid vaccination and 3,742,826 have received their second dose

Dd has just messaged me from
School saying she's got a temperature and a sore throat, summoned her home for a LF test

Oh no @dancemom
It's becoming more when will they catch it now rather than if

I'm pissed off now.

My entire family now has it - DH and I have our tests later.

Parents, brothers, SIL, their kids. Two of them have asthma.

They're all missing school, work, meetings. Classes here are probably running at about 60%.

11 of us, and that's one family. We haven't seen each other so it's not like we share a source either. It's just fucking everywhere.

And let's all get a test on day 2 of being a contact and pretend the next week isn't a risk to people you meet at school, work, whatever. It so clearly is.

But hey, cases don't count.

Exactly @sartorius. At the risk of sounding blasé about the whole thing, I'm kind of hoping we come back positive after the tests today - no-one is particularly ill - even smallest one says she's feeling much better now (after about 12 hours of illness...) - and it gets it out of the way.

I did a LF and I'm negative so I'm hoping it's just a cold she has

Will get her tested as soon as she gets home

@Y0uCann0tBeSer10us

Exactly *@sartorius*. At the risk of sounding blasé about the whole thing, I'm kind of hoping we come back positive after the tests today - no-one is particularly ill - even smallest one says she's feeling much better now (after about 12 hours of illness...) - and it gets it out of the way.

EXACTLY how I feel!

Yep, who wouldn’t want a mild dose now instead of the depths of winter when the NHS is in crisis mode again. My worry is for the backlog of appointments which may be pushed even further back if hospitals switch back to some kind of Covid priority workflow. The more folk that can get a light dose* of it now, the better. We’re all used to the back to schools cold anyway, not to be flippant, but really it’s looking like no worse than our old friend ‘snot-based bug that surfaces around the time heating is switched back on’ for most people.

*not pronounced doze

It looks like that for kids maybe, but none of the adults I know recently have felt like it was just a cold. Most have been absolutely floored, one had to be assessed in hospital.

Yep, it’s a virus 🤷‍♀️
Still think hospital now is better than hospital in the depths of winter. Even though any hospital admission was probably a worry for their family.

I jus wish we'd hurry up and get it tbh, we're all going to get it sooner or later. But we've got a few nights away planned for the September weekend so we'll probably get it then.
I had a rotten headache over the weekend, I was sure that was it. But I tested negative.

Dd is negative too thankfully

With an LFT?

DD also tested - with an LFT yesterday, but my gut instinct made me book her a PCR which was positive. Just keep an eye

The adults I know have ranged from feeling but rough for a couple of days and no symptoms.

@OhWhatsTheDifference

It looks like that for kids maybe, but none of the adults I know recently have felt like it was just a cold. Most have been absolutely floored, one had to be assessed in hospital.

It is a bit pot luck with adults but thankfully the vaccination is making it a lot less serious.

DH was tired with it but OK otherwise this was prior to vaccination. Friends had since vaccination have had a rubbish few days but fine by day 4/5.

Its not nice if you get multiple different symptoms and have a moderate case, I had over 12 symptoms (prior to vaccination). But I do tend to agree its not going anywhere and in some ways it's better to have it before winter. It does come with one benefit of research is showing the most effective way against new variants is double vaccination and a level of natural immunity. Plus no tests for 90 days is bliss! 😂

Funnily enough DH was too tired to play with DS yesterday, and had to go for a lie down instead. Never happens.

He might be positive. Just do what you can to get through the time and rest as much as possible which is hard with children. Disney plus helped DH get through it with a toddler (I was in bed for over 3 weeks and hypoxic at points) plus easy heat up meals or soups.
Hope it's all a mild dose!

Fingers crossed. I had stomach surgery two weeks ago and a cough would be very very very bad.

Oh, @OhWhatsTheDifference ouch! Fingers crossed

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