Corona Virus: How Are We Doing?

You have the virus

  • Yes

    Votes: 57 21.2%
  • I've been quaranteened

    Votes: 19 7.1%
  • I personally know someone who has been diagnosed

    Votes: 71 26.4%
  • Clear as far as I know

    Votes: 150 55.8%

  • Total voters
    269
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Slick

Guru
I’ve all the symptoms of Omicron but my LFT didn’t show up on Saturday. Could it be a false negative or just a seasonal URI?
I think most people would tell you that you have a cold but I would prefer to err on the side of caution as if I was your manager I would be telling you to go from the symptoms and treat it as Covid. False negatives do happen from time to time.
 

Venod

Eh up
Location
Yorkshire
I think most people would tell you that you have a cold
The wife and I both have cold symptoms, we were surprised when we came up positive, the wife had a severe cold about a month ago, she tested negative during that one, I have more severe cold symptoms than the wife this time round.
 
No my other half had it. I assumed I’d catch it soon afterwards but it didn’t happen. Feel awful now with a dry cough. No energy. Headache.
Have you just left it with one LFT the other day ? Maybe test again ?
The viral load changes with time and if it's low enough it won't be detected by the LFT.
 

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Milzy

Guru
Weren’t you isolating as you had a positive test?

LFTs can be negative once have symptoms, get a PCR asap
I never actually had a positive test. I assumed I would. We had lads at work positive with little symptoms so thought that’s what would inevitably happen.
 
No I went to work.
You had Corona symptoms but you went to work anyway ?
 

gbb

Squire
Location
Peterborough
More cases at work and its beginning to effect the companies ability to supply. The supply industry to the supermarkets tend to run very lean indeed so 'casualties' quickly have a big impact (we still supply but its getting harder for teams to work effectively and efficiently)
As a result, we (core teams, maintenance, management and supervision and some key departments) are required to LFT daily. Im happy to comply, i was doing it quite regularly anyway.
Ironically, we're not seeing problems some factories had when covid 19 first broke out, mass infections, shutdowns etc. Despite my frequent displeasure at peoples behaviour at work, measures put in place seem to be working.
 

Bazzer

Setting the controls for the heart of the sun.
Despite the Government announcement of restrictions being lifted, certainly at work restrictions are still in place.
Banks of workstations still have "safe space" desks in between useable desks and we were told existing arrangements, i.e. entry to the workplace by booking only, will remain. - At least for the time being.
Also continuing is the (unchecked) requirement to have an LFT before entering the building.
 
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Milzy

Guru
You had Corona symptoms but you went to work anyway ?
No I was kind of bragging I was in for a free week off. Then a few weeks later I actually got symptoms but passed LFT’s. My manager said still don’t come in so I didn’t. Been watching Ozark & after life. I reckon I got the old school normal flu which seems to have vanished. I’m so Indie, same symptoms but pass the test. How about that?
 

vickster

Legendary Member
No I was kind of bragging I was in for a free week off. Then a few weeks later I actually got symptoms but passed LFT’s. My manager said still don’t come in so I didn’t. Been watching Ozark & after life. I reckon I got the old school normal flu which seems to have vanished. I’m so Indie, same symptoms but pass the test. How about that?
Why have you not had a PCR though given you have symptoms? Negative LFT can certainly be followed by positive PCR once symptomatic
 
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