Covid restrictions - are you adhering or not?

[gremlin]

So instead, I'm going to have a wank instead, indoors, in the warm

I'm gonna have a wank on the doorstep. That'll stop this clapping malarkey

Depends on your style and finish.

[Dodgy69]

For me and others i imagine, lockdown isn't a biggy in the week if working but come the weekend, it's proper shit. Walk or cycle thats it. ☹

Met an friend out walking her dog the other week. She looked at me and said despairingly, 'I'm even bored of WALKING, for fucks sake!'


I can see her point. We went out for 4 hours the other weekend, over the local fields and woods. It pissed down for the last hour, it was cold and muddy, but fuck it, something to break the day up. We got in, had a cuppa and then said, 'What now?'

A couple of hours later the dog was on the lead having yet another walk.

I'm gonna see if I can borrow my mates dog. Last time I went walking in the woods on my own I felt a bit uneasy, folks thinking I'm a wierdo sort of feeling. He's got a big black dog that doesn't bark, so should be perfect, don't know what make it is, goes by the name of Barny.

Some horrible bloke on the radio said today, this lockdown could last until March, hope he was joking.

[weeksy]

For me and others i imagine, lockdown isn't a biggy in the week if working but come the weekend, it's proper shit. Walk or cycle thats it. ☹

Met an friend out walking her dog the other week. She looked at me and said despairingly, 'I'm even bored of WALKING, for fucks sake!'


I can see her point. We went out for 4 hours the other weekend, over the local fields and woods. It pissed down for the last hour, it was cold and muddy, but fuck it, something to break the day up. We got in, had a cuppa and then said, 'What now?'

A couple of hours later the dog was on the lead having yet another walk.

I'm gonna see if I can borrow my mates dog. Last time I went walking in the woods on my own I felt a bit uneasy, folks thinking I'm a wierdo sort of feeling. He's got a big black dog that doesn't bark, so should be perfect, don't know what make it is, goes by the name of Barny.

Some horrible bloke on the radio said today, this lockdown could last until March, hope he was joking.

March is optimistic. I think we may drop to tier4, then 3, so not quite lockdown but I can see us being in some tier for many months yet.

[Docca]

I think March is optimistic. I think against the current vaccine rollout it will be May before we climb down to tier 4. If there’s anyone left alive by then.

We have run out of o2 in one of our acutes. More is coming, but they’ve never run out before. That’s bad.

Plus some folk are catching Covid who have been vaccinated. I think that also happened during the clinical trials- it wasn’t so much that you couldn’t catch it, it’s that you’ve much more chance of it being very mild.

Looks as though new variant similar to last with regards to illness progression: if you’re still unwell after 10 days, there is a good chance you’re going to get worse.

[Scotsrich]

After 2 lockdowns I'm wondering if anyone knows any porn sites they'd like to recommend, other than:
Xvideos etc etc.

Asking for a friend, thanks

Sorry I can’t help but thanks for the list.

My friend will find it very useful.

[Skub]

I'm gonna see if I can borrow my mates dog. Last time I went walking in the woods on my own I felt a bit uneasy, folks thinking I'm a wierdo sort of feeling. He's got a big black dog that doesn't bark, so should be perfect, don't know what make it is, goes by the name of Barny.

I walk alone every day,I don't really mind what folk think.

I do get less funny looks now I carry the duck tape and tie wraps out of sight in a bag.

[Horse]

Plus some folk are catching Covid who have been vaccinated. I think that also happened during the clinical trials- it wasn’t so much that you couldn’t catch it, it’s that you’ve much more chance of it being very mild.

I mentioned a week back about a consultant in a London hospital who'd got again (first time was March). Actually his third infection.

[Scotsrich]

My daughter had it just before Christmas.

Her husband developed the same symptoms but tested negative

Both are fine now with just a bit of breathlessness.

[wheelnut]

https://www.nomoresurgeons.com/post/loc ... very-tired

[irie]

https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey ... y-19599979

Temporary mortuary being used as Surrey hospital struggles to deal with bodies
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The county’s hospital mortuaries reached capacity amid rising Covid-19 case rates, PA reports.

Now, some 170 bodies are being kept in the temporary mortuary at Headley Court in Leatherhead which first opened in April to alleviate pressure during the pandemic's first wave.
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Capacity at the county hospital's mortuary - currently full - is for 600 bodies, while the temporary facility has room for 800.

[Mr. Dazzle]

Baby dazzle (3) has to self isolate...nursery called us yesterday afternoon to inform us a staff member is positive. Slightly inconvenient thing to hear at 4 o'clock on a Sunday afternoon.

Shes absolutely fine! Bouncing all over the place while we have to try and work. I just hope this thing about very young kids being immune is true in her case.

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

I think March is optimistic. I think against the current vaccine rollout it will be May before we climb down to tier 4. If there’s anyone left alive by then.

We have run out of o2 in one of our acutes. More is coming, but they’ve never run out before. That’s bad.

Plus some folk are catching Covid who have been vaccinated. I think that also happened during the clinical trials- it wasn’t so much that you couldn’t catch it, it’s that you’ve much more chance of it being very mild.

Looks as though new variant similar to last with regards to illness progression: if you’re still unwell after 10 days, there is a good chance you’re going to get worse.

A vaccine doesn't stop you catching the virus, it makes you better able to deal with it because your immune system has seen something similar before and knows what to do with it.

And I think we'll be in some form of lockdown for all of 2021

[Jody]

On Friday I went to my mates house for a bath, he wasn't home but his grandmother (Trish) was in the downstairs half of the house.

On entry I could hear 80+ year old Trish coughing and spluttering.

I put on a mask and asked if she was OK. I took a glass of water (from the upstairs kitchen) to her in bed. I was careful not to touch anything and stayed 2m away from her. I washed my hands as soon as I'd left

I rang my mate to give him the update and he reassured me "she often coughs and splutters, it's normal for her"

That evening my mates wife (Sarah) went 'downstairs' to see her and decided a covid test was in order.

Trish was tested, as was her son (Bonny) and my mates wife.

Trish came back as positive yesterday. Bonny's results aren't back and Sarah was negative

I've been self isolating since friday.

I'd like to get a test but according to the Gvt website I'm not eligible, so I guess I just have to keep waiting to see if I get ill !??

[derek badger]

On Friday I went to my mates house for a bath, he wasn't home but his grandmother (Trish) was in the downstairs half of the house.

On entry I could hear 80+ year old Trish coughing and spluttering.

I put on a mask and asked if she was OK. I took a glass of water (from the upstairs kitchen) to her in bed. I was careful not to touch anything and stayed 2m away from her. I washed my hands as soon as I'd left

I rang my mate to give him the update and he reassured me "she often coughs and splutters, it's normal for her"

That evening my mates wife (Sarah) went 'downstairs' to see her and decided a covid test was in order.

Trish was tested, as was her son (Bonny) and my mates wife.

Trish came back as positive yesterday. Bonny's results aren't back and Sarah was negative

I've been self isolating since friday.

I'd like to get a test but according to the Gvt website I'm not eligible, so I guess I just have to keep waiting to see if I get ill !??

You went to your mate's house...for a bath?

You're in a support bubble with them, yes?

[Gedge]

My MiL ( 92) has been shielded / isolated since before March lockdown ..just before Xmas she fell and broke her arm and was hospitalised for 10 days .. despite repeated requests they refused to vaccinate her eventhough out patient so over 70 were.. while in a ward the patient next door tested positive but MiL wasn’t tested until just before she was moved to a care home.. A week in she has to go to fracture clinic but NHS refuse to transport as does the care home, so wife and I have to collect her and wife waits with her to be seen by a consultant that didn’t even bother with a mask .... we take her back to care home where she is vaccinated and tested ..this morning test results are back and she is positive ..so now we have to isolate and have both been and had walk in tests ...great start to the year ..

[irie]

That ^^^ is shit.

[Tricky]

On Friday I went to my mates house for a bath, he wasn't home but his grandmother (Trish) was in the downstairs half of the house.

On entry I could hear 80+ year old Trish coughing and spluttering.

I put on a mask and asked if she was OK. I took a glass of water (from the upstairs kitchen) to her in bed. I was careful not to touch anything and stayed 2m away from her. I washed my hands as soon as I'd left

I rang my mate to give him the update and he reassured me "she often coughs and splutters, it's normal for her"

That evening my mates wife (Sarah) went 'downstairs' to see her and decided a covid test was in order.

Trish was tested, as was her son (Bonny) and my mates wife.

Trish came back as positive yesterday. Bonny's results aren't back and Sarah was negative

I've been self-isolating since friday.

I'd like to get a test but according to the Gvt website I'm not eligible, so I guess I just have to keep waiting to see if I get ill !??

Well your call on that I guess, as it could take well over a week for symptoms to come out ( took 6 days for me), but to be eligible all you have to do is go into the App and tick yes to any one of the symptoms it presents- ie no one will turn you away at the testing centre if they don't think you're displaying symptoms.

It then says get a test and re-directs you to the gov website- I thought I might have got it again a month or so before Christmas when I was feeling rough one day so did this and I had choices of drive-in or walk in appts anytime from 20 mins onwards from the time I was booking.
I guess it depends on where you are (I'm in Bucks and my choices were Slough for drive-in or High Wycombe for walk-in) and I imagine the testing centres have got busier over recent weeks and tests might not be so readily available, but it amazed me at the time how soon I could be tested.

[Gedge]

On Friday I went to my mates house for a bath, he wasn't home but his grandmother (Trish) was in the downstairs half of the house.

On entry I could hear 80+ year old Trish coughing and spluttering.

I put on a mask and asked if she was OK. I took a glass of water (from the upstairs kitchen) to her in bed. I was careful not to touch anything and stayed 2m away from her. I washed my hands as soon as I'd left

I rang my mate to give him the update and he reassured me "she often coughs and splutters, it's normal for her"

That evening my mates wife (Sarah) went 'downstairs' to see her and decided a covid test was in order.

Trish was tested, as was her son (Bonny) and my mates wife.

Trish came back as positive yesterday. Bonny's results aren't back and Sarah was negative

I've been self-isolating since friday.

I'd like to get a test but according to the Gvt website I'm not eligible, so I guess I just have to keep waiting to see if I get ill !??

Well your call on that I guess, as it could take well over a week for symptoms to come out ( took 6 days for me), but to be eligible all you have to do is go into the App and tick yes to any one of the symptoms it presents- ie no one will turn you away at the testing centre if they don't think you're displaying symptoms.

It then says get a test and re-directs you to the gov website- I thought I might have got it again a month or so before Christmas when I was feeling rough one day so did this and I had choices of drive-in or walk in appts anytime from 20 mins onwards from the time I was booking.
I guess it depends on where you are (I'm in Bucks and my choices were Slough for drive-in or High Wycombe for walk-in) and I imagine the testing centres have got busier over recent weeks and tests might not be so readily available, but it amazed me at the time how soon I could be tested.

Exactly what we did ..just ticked the box saying we had symptoms, test appointment within an hour ..test centre was quiet... think we were probably the only ones in there , although one left before us and a young girl with 2 kids arrived as we were leaving .

[slowsider]

On Friday I went to my mates house for a bath, he wasn't home but his grandmother (Trish) was in the downstairs half of the house.

On entry I could hear 80+ year old Trish coughing and spluttering.

I put on a mask and asked if she was OK. I took a glass of water (from the upstairs kitchen) to her in bed. I was careful not to touch anything and stayed 2m away from her. I washed my hands as soon as I'd left

I rang my mate to give him the update and he reassured me "she often coughs and splutters, it's normal for her"

That evening my mates wife (Sarah) went 'downstairs' to see her and decided a covid test was in order.

Trish was tested, as was her son (Bonny) and my mates wife.

Trish came back as positive yesterday. Bonny's results aren't back and Sarah was negative

I've been self isolating since friday.

I'd like to get a test but according to the Gvt website I'm not eligible, so I guess I just have to keep waiting to see if I get ill !??

You went to your mate's house...for a bath?

You're in a support bubble with them, yes?

ISWYDT.
A support bubble bath.

[Supermofo]

And I think we'll be in some form of lockdown for all of 2021

Sadly I reckon you are right.

Back in Nov I'd been thinking other than a couple of mini lockdowns hopefully we'd ride it through to March and then things would start easing down and this summer would be whilst not normal, at least more normal than last year. Now I reckon we'll be more or less locked up till at least April and lots of restrictions afterward. Then they'll be the impact on the economy with even more business gone under so less to do.