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

Apologies my comment was a bit shitty. It's fine to be apprehensive. Do what you think is for the best.

Parents are getting jabbed this week (68), it will be a huge weight off my mind.

all good wasn't a shitty comment at all no worries.

But 5G.

If you are worried, it is understandable. If you are the kind of person who has allergies (the kind that you need an epi pen) then you need to contact your doc as the pfizer vaccine may not be right for you.

There is a vaccine, for hpv, that means we will see the end of cervical cancer.

not so much worried its just a strange reality we are living in atm. thanks for the read was good. im ok for allergies. ill be getting the jab but doesn't mean im not a little apprehensive.

ill be getting the jab

Well done, everyone, we’ve convinced him 👏

You are all on the paylist of the kabal..

Missed your opportunity for some top trolling with a heel turn to anti-vaxxer there!

Oh yeah missed that open troll goal.

Spoons will be ok. All their customers are over 70 anyway

Only before 11AM

The new South Africa variant 'surge' areas now end across the road from us. Let's hope Crown Lane is a good enough fire break.
You've just moved into the hot zone now Dov? Interested to hear if they come round door-to-door to you.

Lambeth residents:
https://beta.lambeth.gov.uk/coronavirus-covid-19/enhanced-coronavirus-covid-19-testing-parts-west-norwood-small-section-streatham

Ah - so it's a smaller area than they said on the news - not all the SW16 2 and SE29 0/9 postcodes.

Yeah the joy of using postcodes to define geography. We all know them, we know ours, but they don't map in the way you'd expect.

My boss was sorting that out over the weekend so the area could be properly marked up.

SE29 0/9

SE27!

The SE27 area includes me so we will be getting PCR tests on our doorsteps some point. Don't know how quickly they roll them out though.

There are two mobile testing units as well.

https://forms.lambeth.gov.uk/COVID-19-ETA-POSTCODE-CHECKER/launch

Yes - soz, typo.
Fun to see if/when it gets to us whether bankrupt Croydon will be quite as efficient as Lambeth.

Just did a Rapid Antibody test through Bupa. Easy to get an appointment, £65, they prick your finger and take a small amount of blood, then in 5-10 mins you have the result.

https://www.bupa.co.uk/health/payg/covid-testing

It came back positive as having antibodies.

I felt that I had something in early/mid January that lingered for a while - really congested, tired, achy, feeling really cold a lot of the time - but no change to sense of taste/smell or any real cough.

Did PCR tests on 17th and 26th Jan which both came back negative though so not sure what to make of things as haven’t felt unwell at any other point.

Oh wow, I'm literally on the border of that line.
If the variant is spreading, isn't it more likely to do so in the shops on the nearest high street (eg norwood road) rather than from house to house. How are the testing zones being determined?

I think it's distance from the centroid of the postcode sector.

The people in those houses will be shopping at those shops? It's not about house to house spread.

https://beta.lambeth.gov.uk/coronavirus-covid-19/enhanced-coronavirus-covid-19-testing-parts-west-norwood-small-section-streatham

This is to help us track any potential cases after a [my emphasis] case of the
variant of COVID-19 that was first identified in South Africa was
discovered in the area.

so not sure what to make of things as haven’t felt unwell at any other point.

The three most likely explanations are that:
a) you were no longer infectious by the time of the first PCR test on the 17th Jan and so it came back negative (same for the 26th test)
b) you were still infectious at the time of the 17th PCR test but it was a false negative, and then no longer infectious for the 26th PCR test
c) the January bug wasn't Covid-19 but just a cold/flu type thing and you'd had asymptomatic Coronovirus at another time - hence the antibodies and no other time feeling unwell

[EDIT] Just remember that immunity isn't binary. Just because you have some antibodies it doesn't mean your body will be able to completely combat any subsequent reinfection. This is why the vaccination programme is so important as it give you even better protection against the virus.