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

It was in response to your other nonsense.

Jesus, it's just "hold my Pimm's" at the moment whilst you try and out shitty opinion yourself. Yes spending on health should go up, even accounting for inflation the role of the NHS has developed somewhat since the fucking fifties. Obviously caring for more people increases real terms spending, doing more than call the midwife style 50/60s care and using MRI machines and state of the art lifesaving shit probably needs a little investment, there's also been a pretty good improvement in most health metrics since then, at least until the last decade or so.

Not the thread for this.

119 told us very clearly that without the ability to do another PCR test, a positive LFT should be taken as that and you should isolate.

This isn't the advice online from the NHS. They say you can continue to test positive for weeks after you've caught it and after you're no longer contagious. Barring showing "hard" symptoms (fever, not cough) you're very unlikely to be contagious after 10 days and are free.

I'm free tomorrow.

More from NHS:

You can stop self-isolating after the 10 days if either:

you do not have any symptoms
you just have a cough or changes to your sense of smell or taste – these can last for weeks after the infection has gone
When to keep self-isolating after 10 days
If you have a high temperature after the 10 days, or are feeling unwell, keep self-isolating and seek medical advice.

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/self-isolation-and-treatment/how-long-to-self-isolate/

Commie.

How about stopping tax evasion?

They say you can continue to test positive for weeks after you've caught it and after you're no longer contagious.

Unless you have new symptoms you aren't supposed to take an LFT for 90 days. Although you said you were symptom clear for a short while?

Unless you have new symptoms you aren't supposed to take an LFT for 90 days. Although you said you were symptom clear for a short while?

Replying to the wrong person I think.

Sorry, you are right. I think I was confusing with @markairsy1. Probably.

Completely fails to account for:

1) Population growth;
2) Ever-increasing costs of new procedures, therapies, equipment, drugs etc.

Interesting graph, actually. Clearly shows that funding was slashed in 2010 and has never approached the levels seen during the previous government. The only period on the graph when spending was similarly hobbled was during the early/mid-80s. Funny, that.

Sorry, I wasn't very clear. The advice to take the LFT result as a +ve confirmation was given when new symptoms occured within 90 days of the original positive PCR. In this case above it was stated 'felt shit again', but I think it's such a short passage of time it's unlikely to be two separate infections (?)

So was stabbed with the 5g nanotech today and saw many (fly) posters that state there is no obligation to get the vaccine. There were also Le Penn posters (national front) claiming to solve the immigration problem.

I got the booster on Christmas Eve and today ordered a 5G phone. Coincidence?

I felt shot for a day and a half originally, in bed with the aches, coughing and blocked up. On day 7 I felt very lethargic again and a little achey so spent the day in bed once more. Other than that my only symptoms now are a lingering sporadic cough and still a bit of blocked nose.

I’m waiting for another PCR to arrive

Staff shortages meant that we waited 1.5h for a pizza at the restaurant, and the stressed out member of staff dropped the plate onto my wife’s iPhone, smashing up the screen, then she burst into tears.

Phone repair was offered and accepted, we asked the manager not to dock any wages, which she confirmed, and left a decent tip anyway.

15% of the shops in our high street was closed due to staff shortages today.

I had exactly the same as you, still negative LFT since early Dec.

The previous slump in the rate of growth in spending took place between the mid 70s and early 80s (actually stopped falling about 1980). Around the time that the UK had to go to the IMF for a bailout. The rate of increase in NHS funding is directly correlated with the state of public finances rather than the party in power.

Negative or positive?

Ah you got the spend money version....

We joke but I have met people (IRL) that believe that the covid vaccine administers a 5g or tracking chip. As in not a piss take....they really believe. My reaction of start singing the greatest Journey song EVA

Personally I'd check, but then I don't believe.

Stay safe.

The rate of increase in NHS funding is directly correlated with the state of public finances rather than the party in power.

Makes sense, why do you think it should be otherwise?

Unless you have new symptoms you aren't supposed to take an LFT for 90 days.

Are you sure about that? That advice is true for PCR tests (assuming no new symptoms) but not for LFD as far as I can tell.

PCR: https://www.gov.uk/get-coronavirus-test

"
You should not use this service if you’ve received a positive PCR test result in the last 90 days, unless you get any new COVID-19 symptoms.
"

I don't think there's any clear guidance on what to do if, for example, your 7th/10th day LFD test is still positive.

Also I understood LFT testing was the way to shorten isolation from 10-7days as long as they came up neg

Think that cooment needs alot of quantification....

Then Jeremy Hunt claimed that the tories envisioned the NHS....

One hates to disagree....(tongue in cheek comment) GF school teacher was told that according to Govt guidelines no lft test before 90 days since a positive PCR, even with symptoms.

Spent quite alot of time asking for that edict but could not get a reply, her union rep was on pregnancy leave and then sacked....so understand where that believe came from. School would not issue PCR tests.

So how does one reduce 10 day isolation to 7 day providing you have 2 neg tests over 24hr period? No longer relevant for me now but…. Confused!