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

So who'll set up roadblocks on the Thames bridges?

Create an Extinction rebellion event on Facebook and the police will do it for you.

Excellent, reminds me of this joke: https://gardenmats.com/tomato-joke/

Do you live in Lambeth or Wandsworth

Yes, going to collect mine for the family tomorrow. (Wandsworth allow you to collect them and do them at home and then drop the completed tests off later. We're a dab hand at them as we've done 15+ through the ONS over the last 12 months so far.)

I'm now on the twice-weekly kids at school lateral flow testing regime so I'm quite used to them but I'm not really sure if I'm swabbing correctly. Kind of wish there was more feedback for that step.

There are a few videos that are worth watching. Time is the key. Just make sure you do at least 5 seconds on each side of the back of the mouth, and then at least 5 seconds on each nostril (ours only have to do 5mm up in inside of each nostril, not the full on deep version).

We've got some LFTs as we're off to visit various relatives over the next week or so too.

Swabbing depends on make of the LFT. Here we use Innova which is 15mm into each nostril and rotate for ten seconds. Blow nose beforehand.

I've had my jab. (I'm 46 and on the IoM) Astrazeneca, 3 days of full on in bed flu, chronic aches and pains constant nausea. I'm generally very healthy but haven't felt that bad on years. Day 4 back to 100%. Wife had hers yesterday, bit of a fever over night, 2 aspirin and all good today. Jab 2 in july.

3 days of full on in bed flu, chronic aches and pains constant nausea.

is that a sign you should probably go see a doctor or a sign that it's working?

It's working

Mate of mine in her 50s had bad headaches and fever, the in their 60s neighbours nothing at all.

My partner is first, if he gets it bad at least he has me to feed and water him

Had my first jab yesterday at the Business Design Centre in Angel. I think it was their first full day of distributing the Moderna mRNA vaccine, which is what I had. Dolly Parton put up $1m of funding when they were developing it, and at one point they were actually playing 'Jolene' over the audio system :D

I'm sure that my DNA will now be reprogrammed to give me a profound appreciation for county & western and bluegrass.

county

Sounds like you got a placebo, partner.

they were actually playing 'Jolene' over the audio system

https://youtu.be/OjbSWebA3Ko

There are only two types of music, country and western.

Vaccine invite came through this morning.

I'll not be doing anything about it until next week, and I've spent the past 24 hours being emptied from both ends, and I'm not sure I'm up for any post-vaccine symptoms just yet.

Pandemic 2020 on iplayer is essential viewing

UCLH is looking for volunteers for stage 2 of a study comparing COVID-19 Vaccine Schedule Combinations:

"If you are aged 50 years and over, and have received only one dose of COVID-19 vaccine
from the NHS vaccine programme so far, then you may be eligible to take part in the study."

https://www.comcovstudy.org.uk/participate-uclh-comcov2

Seems here that they're concerned they won't get around to using up all the AZ vaccine so they're asking for volunteers to get vaccinated from the lower priority groups

I have fallen in to a funk recently despite being in the minority and quite enjoying the lockdowns, think this article describes where I am, I am languishing, hopefully of use to some others
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/19/well/mind/covid-mental-health-languishing.html

Are we not talking about Ted Nugent and his change from covid denier to I almost died when I had Covid?

His change has been from 'it's a hoax' to 'I got the Chinese shit'. It's still pretty ugly.

I don't suppose there is a date for when the traffic light country system will be announced?

'Early May' they said in a presser this week.
I'm guessing we'll get that info just before the next phase which is due 17th of May (if it goes ahead)

Yeah. Somehow I don't trust them to release anything before 16th.