Queen has covid

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Buckingham Palace has announced.

Mild “cold like” symptoms apparently, but I bet there’s a lot of worried courtiers and politicians right now!

I hope she will be ok!

poor woman, let's hope she is ok.

Wishing that the queen gets well very soon.

Does anyone find it odd that the palace have announced the Queen has covid? I though Her Majesty always regarding her health as a private matter?

Probably preferred to release it themselves rather than have it leaked

I hope she continues to have very mild symptoms and makes a full and speedy recovery.

My mum had it in early December; she was a good few years younger than the Queen and triple-jabbed. We thought she had it mildly, she barely had a temperature, barely coughed, never went to bed with it. But ... she lost weight, never really fancied food afterwards, and went downhill from there, dying just after Christmas. It just seemed to take the heart out of her.

@Mumsnut

My mum had it in early December; she was a good few years younger than the Queen and triple-jabbed. We thought she had it mildly, she barely had a temperature, barely coughed, never went to bed with it. But ... she lost weight, never really fancied food afterwards, and went downhill from there, dying just after Christmas. It just seemed to take the heart out of her.

So sorry Mumsnut

Thanks sofa. I hope HMQ fares better.

I was surprised they said she would be carrying on with "light duties " ?
I hope she is OK x
The first thing my teen DD said was "oh no, " followed by "will we get a day off school if she dies"

She will be fine!

She will be on the best antivirals with the best medical care on hand. She won’t die from Covid.

Well, she won’t have to self-isolate shortly so business as usual. I hope she hangs on for as long as possible as I don’t want that fat boorish oaf in his dress-up clothes presiding over her funeral.

The NHS list for consideration for antibody and antiviral doesn't include age - it's specified co-morbidities only. Now we don't know why she was in hospital briefly last year and we don't know why, so perhaps she does have a qualifying condition. But even if she hadn't, I don't think anyone wouid begrudge her the treatment/s.

They do make announcements about health - like when she had the measles. And that to me suggests that last year's hospital stay was investigating something, but found nothing of immediate importance as there have been no further announcements.

Mild doesn't always mean 'trivial', but if she's continuing light duties, I really hope that for her it does. I know she can't go on forever, but I really hope it's not covid that gets her

I don’t think the Queen has to stick to NHS guidelines, she will be getting the good stuff for sure!

What is is the good stuff ?
Is there medication only royalty, rich can get?

The good stuff is what you get when you are critical in ICU like my db was. Allsorts - antivirals, survivors plasma etc - everything they had. She won't need to get as ill as the rest of us to access all that.

@Mumsnut

My mum had it in early December; she was a good few years younger than the Queen and triple-jabbed. We thought she had it mildly, she barely had a temperature, barely coughed, never went to bed with it. But ... she lost weight, never really fancied food afterwards, and went downhill from there, dying just after Christmas. It just seemed to take the heart out of her.

Sorry to hear about your mum.

Well if she’s anything like my mum whose the same age…she’ll just have a slight cough!

There are a range of antivirals that prevent serious illness if taken early on. For us mere mortals it would probably take weeks to get through the hoops to access these if needed. She won’t have those problems.

Very concerning, she is quite frail now. At that age it is not a given that she will recover, but she is a resiliant woman so hopefully she will get through this.

If she shrugs it off and recovers well, that may give people confidence that the current variant is nothing to worry about, but if she does not survive it then that may cause some people to have heightened anxiety about the new "living with Covid" phase that the govt is trying to move us into.

I think it's very naive to think that she won't be on all possible treatments, regardless of whether she would normally qualify for them or not.

When DH (type 1 diabetic and historically a dreadful immune system where he has ended up in hospital following viruses) tested positive for covid, we mistakenly thought he would qualify for antivirals. Phoned the GP the day he tested positive to arrange, to be told he couldn't have them. Turns out diabetes isn't on the list.

Now if he were heir to the throne...

Poor woman. And so sorry to read about your Mum too Mumsnut.

Even with the vaccinations and the best medical care, a 95 year old with covid is a cause for concern!

@queenofarles

What is is the good stuff ? Is there medication only royalty, rich can get?

Nope - it's medication only the critically vulnerable can get.

The eligibility list is on page 8 of this:

www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/wp-content/uploads/sites/52/2022/02/C1574-update-to-policy-for-covid-treatments-for-highest-risk-non-hospitalised-patients-for-12-years-and-over-l.pdf

and AFAIK there are parallel arrangements in all the home nations.

If you fall in to the criteria p, you should have received a letter and a PCR test to keep at home in case of need - with a special red box so it flies through the lab. If positive, then you'll be assessed by a CMDU (covid medicines delivery unit) to see which idpf the potential treatments are indicated, they need to be started within 5 days of onset

If you fall in to the criteria p, you should have received a letter and a PCR test to keep at home in case of need - with a special red box so it flies through the lab

My DH has a neurological condition and received this. So it does happen. Maybe the Queen would qualify as she is frail now 🤷‍♀️