Covid restrictions - are you adhering or not?

[Felix]

My sister has just got back on her feet from covid. Got it from work (School) No sooner was she up the Bil has went down with it. No visiting them buggers for a while

[gremlin]

Work mate is laid low. Proper rough, to the point of contemplating calling an ambulance as he was having issues breathing. He's early 40's, little bit of a podge around the waistline, but reasonably fit and healthy.

Asked him if he'd been vaccinated. Got a mumbled reply that he was worried as his missus said there could be blood clots and all sorts, basically no. Bet he wished he'd fucking well had it now.

[Yambo]

Work mate is laid low. Proper rough, to the point of contemplating calling an ambulance as he was having issues breathing. He's early 40's, little bit of a podge around the waistline, but reasonably fit and healthy.

Asked him if he'd been vaccinated. Got a mumbled reply that he was worried as his missus said there could be blood clots and all sorts, basically no. Bet he wished he'd fucking well had it now.

Mmmm, wonder if his missus is worried . . .

[gremlin]

And for the third time the Gremlinette has backed out of having the vaccine with her anxiety issues. This time she took a friend, got as far as going into the vaccination centre after several false starts, asked about getting the jab even though she was anxious, and then promptly left. I know I shouldn't be frustrated, as nobody chooses to suffer anxiety, but for fucks sake.

We're supposed to be going to Bologna, just me and her as a Father's Day present, in January. Unless she's jabbed, it's gonna be a ballache as they are shit hot on the Green pass.

[Mr. Dazzle]

Wife and I both had positive lat flows on Saturday. She followed it up with a positive PCR but mine was negative. Had a load of lat flows and one more PCR since then, all negative.

Shes been rough as a dog but is on the up now, I've had nada. I reckon she breathed on my lat flow test Baby D has been off nursery and I've been WFH anyway.

I had my second jab much more recently than her, she's asthmatic so was one of the early cohorts.

[DefTrap]

My S-I-L (anti-vaxxer, 60s) now thinks she has it because her BF has tested positive.
It's possible we won't know for sure because I'm fairly certain she's anti-testing as well.
She's also anti-job, anti-responsibility but really pro taking-the-piss.

If she wasn't a relly I'd find it much more amusing.

[Yorick]

And for the third time the Gremlinette has backed out of having the vaccine with her anxiety issues. This time she took a friend, got as far as going into the vaccination centre after several false starts, asked about getting the jab even though she was anxious, and then promptly left. I know I shouldn't be frustrated, as nobody chooses to suffer anxiety, but for fucks sake.

We're supposed to be going to Bologna, just me and her as a Father's Day present, in January. Unless she's jabbed, it's gonna be a ballache as they are shit hot on the Green pass.

Buy her a bottle of vodka and wait till she passes out

[Docca]

My two eldest had their vaccines today ( and yesterday).

Wife still symptomatic. Youngest ok.

Told test and trace to go fuck themselves ( Serco).

Calling 5 times a day with threatening ‘if you leave you are breaking the law’. They’ve called about all 7 of us- wanting 25 minutes per person. Get fucked

[Mr. Dazzle]

I've not heard a squeak out of T&T.

Mrs. D got a call on behalf of baby D "your child has been exposed blah blah....yes I know, it was me who exposed her".

[gremlin]

And for the third time the Gremlinette has backed out of having the vaccine with her anxiety issues. This time she took a friend, got as far as going into the vaccination centre after several false starts, asked about getting the jab even though she was anxious, and then promptly left. I know I shouldn't be frustrated, as nobody chooses to suffer anxiety, but for fucks sake.

We're supposed to be going to Bologna, just me and her as a Father's Day present, in January. Unless she's jabbed, it's gonna be a ballache as they are shit hot on the Green pass.

Buy her a bottle of vodka and wait till she passes out

Just another Saturday night for the kid and her mates.

[Horse]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-59165157

University of Oxford scientists have uncovered a gene that doubles the risk of lung failure and death from Covid.

They say 60% of people from South Asian backgrounds and 15% of people of European ancestry carry the high-risk version of the gene.

Vaccines are key and help significantly reduce these risks, researchers say.

[irie]

My two eldest had their vaccines today ( and yesterday).

Wife still symptomatic. Youngest ok.

Told test and trace to go fuck themselves ( Serco).

Calling 5 times a day with threatening ‘if you leave you are breaking the law’. They’ve called about all 7 of us- wanting 25 minutes per person. Get fucked

Wife, who used to have the track and track app but deleted it but it obviously kept her email address, had an email saying that she had been in contact with someone with Covid and should re-register and self quarantine. She's medical and sees hundreds of people every week, and thought fuck that, and ignored the email. Heard nothing more since.

Doesn't matter any more because infections and "Covid deaths" are falling and new treatments from Merck and particularly Pfizer (Paxlovid) are game changers.

Covid has degraded into a controllable communicable disease.

[Mr. Dazzle]

I'm not sure I can cope with any more changes to this game TBH, there have been quite a few

[Horse]

"Covid deaths"

Your previous phrasing was more interesting.

[irie]

I'm not sure I can cope with any more changes to this game TBH, there have been quite a few

https://news.sky.com/story/pfizers-new- ... e-12460628

Pfizer's new experimental COVID-19 antiviral pill cuts the risk of hospitalisation or death by 89%, the company has announced.

A much abused term, but 89% genuinely is a game changer. If made widely available it would free hospital resources to concentrate on the huge backlog of non-Covid treatments.

[Mr. Dazzle]

That's still "only" as good as the current vaccines though? Is that 89% on top of ~90% or does it not work that way?

[Asian Boss]

I still wear a mask in shops. Except Waitrose. You've got the keep the toxics all frit up.

The toxics, the toxics oft shattered their coccyx.

[irie]

That's still "only" as good as the current vaccines though? Is that 89% on top of ~90% or does it not work that way?

https://news.sky.com/story/pfizers-new- ... e-12460628

From the above link:

Participants were unvaccinated and had mild-to-moderate COVID-19, and were considered high risk due to health problems, including obesity, diabetes or heart disease.

Can't see what the figures were for the fully vaccinated but my guess is that the fully vaccinated contracting mild-to-moderate COVID-19 will show a similar response. As you know, probabilities are multiplicative ...

[Dodgy69]

Listening to radio 2 today's discussion is about compulsory jabs for NHS staff. My question is, if you can still spread it after you've been jabbed, what difference does it make.

[weeksy]

Listening to radio 2 today's discussion is about compulsory jabs for NHS staff. My question is, if you can still spread it after you've been jabbed, what difference does it make.

it reduces the consequences of complications therefore time off work. Jabbing the nurses can't be a bad idea.