Chat about Novel Coronavirus - 2019-nCoV - COVID-19

Though you don't know how long the antibodies last 'in the wild'...

My wife had it quite badly in March and still has dodgy taste and smell. Will be interesting to see if she gets a bigger reaction from the vaccine next week. (if that is how it would work if you already have antibodies - IANAD).

Fair. The NHS shouldn't be beyond criticism, you're right, although I think we have to acknowledge that any programme rolled out this quickly and on this scale is likely to be imperfect and there will (hopefully) be a lot of learning happening as it goes along.

Personally I do think that rather than openly talking about adding other groups to the list (police, teachers, key workers) the focus should be on finishing what has been started and sticking to the plan to avoid the sort of situations that @Markyboy was talking about but IANAD, epidemiologist, NHS manager etc.

can we please blame the incompetent tory government pls?

It is forin people fault.

I had covid very mildly, symptoms were like a cold but then had a chest infection that needed anti biotics.

Looks like the after effects for are high blood pressure (but that could be anxiety) diabetic blood glucose levels are very high, but should not be. Like the meds are not as effective. Then tired, concentration and an eyesight issues but then BG and BP.

Of course, perfect shouldn’t be the enemy of good. Certainly I was cautious in the advice I gave to make contact, people have to make a judgement though, no ones going to compensate those who do get overlooked. Perhaps your post gives balance to mine. It did seem somewhat judgemental and another blaming the people rather than the structures be that gov or NHS but I can also appreciate the experiences you may be having.

The fact that some areas are pushing on with under 80s instead of that supply being diverted to areas that are struggling is bad enough

They are doing this and people are kvetching that their area is being punished for doing too good a job. Can't win.

Imagine working for an organisation where some of the leaders, who are responsible for the population of a place, are anti vaxxers.

Romanian Education Minister was vaccinated on live tv and dressed for the occasion

My Gran (88) hasnt been able to get hers locally yet, she can now drive to one of the mega-centres but it wont let her book in the second jab - she seemed to think some of the other centers she got a letter about would book both her jabs at once (was too far for her to drive tho). She is worried about booking one and then not knowing when the second is.

Can anyone give some insight on this, if she gets her first jab, presumably she will get her second one booked after she receives it, is that always the case? Would her second have to be at the same place or could it be local once her local GP / centre opens up?

Her travelling is not ideal so also not sure if she should just hold tight, some of her younger friends at different GP's have had theirs done locally already a week ago. Her GP has said 'sooner than later' as a timeline.

Thanks!

MS is not explicitly called out, however the MS Society website says;

However, the following groups of people with MS are more susceptible to having a severe case of COVID-19:

People with progressive MS
People with MS over the age of 60
Men with MS
Black people with MS and possibly South Asian people with MS
People with higher levels of disability (for example, an EDSS score of 6 or above, which relates to needing to use a walking stick)
People with MS and obesity (body mass index of 30 or higher), diabetes or diseases of the heart or lungs
People taking certain disease modifying therapies for their MS (see MS Treatment Guidelines During Coronavirus)

He ticks at least 3 of those boxes. Not even sure who to speak to. Their GP surgery is total balls.

You're right, it's important not to blame people who are understandably confused by mixed messages.

The lack of clarity and confusion is very typical of everything the Government has done in this pandemic so I'm blaming them for that one.

Amaze

You're right, it's important not to blame people who are understandably confused by mixed messages.

Nice timing! - as Patel announces more fines and more policing. God - she's awful.

She fuckin loves it doesn't she. Iron fist!

Embarrassing tattoos?

To be fair, I don't think there have been mixed messages about attending house parties with more than 15 people.

(Obviously whether that's a priority or just a distraction from the other fuck-ups is another matter.)

Well here in the Netherlands we will almost definitely have a curfew from 21.00-04.30. Only exceptions are dog walkers (?) and people required to be out for work.

and people required to be out for work

As long as that includes the pizza delivery dude

Agreed, communications and the governments focus have been terrible.

Awk :(

Em... the Nolan show? (runs and hides)

Maybe dhss...not sure, shall I try to find out?

Yeah there was a special clarification for takeaways haha

ONS figures on long covid prevalence:
https://twitter.com/Dr2NisreenAlwan/status/1352328791662751745

I had the Covid in October (partner had it asymptomatically too), and still have a bit of the long stuff going on. Nothing remotely major, just an ongoing cough and wheezy lungs, I can still live my life. However, the doc thinks I need a chest X-ray, but they're not doing those now (dunno what they do if you break your ribs), so it's just an inhaler until they sort that out.

I think they can tell if you have fractured a rib(s). An x-ray wouldn't change the treatment, so they often don't take one, Covid or not.