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

I think you were one of the people who was anti-mask at the beginning?

Nope, never anti-mask, anti-people taking masks from medical workers who needed them more/ignoring expert advice. You've quoted some of my posts from when the expert advice was that you didn't need to wear a mask, and I believe in experts. They may not have been right then, but nobody was as we were dealing with a new and previously unseen virus.

There's been research done which shows the effects on your body and brain are cumulative, btw. Probably best to try to avoid getting it at all, and definitely not repeatedly.

Damn, why didn't I think of that? Unfortunately my work, society in general and most people I know for that matter have decided that everything has to go back to normal, and I'm not entirely sure I disagree given the wider health disbenefits of lockdowns and so on. I could sit at home and deal with the inevitable impact on my mental health, but that's not a very attractive option either.

I've also got to be honest and say that while your dedication to mask wearing is admirable, I don't particularly want to be that guy wearing a mask in a room full of people not wearing them. And yeah as others have pointed out if you wear one but the person with Covid doesn't that's only going to do so much.

All that said, I'm still feeling pretty shit. Symptoms have got better but the slightest hint of intense activity still flattens me at the moment.

I think you're definitely right about this - sister got it recently on a trip down to London and was on the tube for about half an hour in total.

and definitely the London Underground which is probably the worst place in the country for covid, combined with its already atrocious air quality