Corona Virus: How Are We Doing?

[Julia9054]

His work didn’t have a policy on whether staff could go back if they were still testing positive after 10 days but after a day of various bosses consulting each other, they just rung him to say he can go back in tomorrow (day 11). He has a bit of a cough if he talks too much and still can’t taste or smell anything but otherwise feels ok.

 

[lazybloke]

I've had a sore throat and a killer headache for the last 20 hours, the kind where running your fingers through your hair makes you wince.
Paracetamol and ibuprofen aren't touching it.

Feels like covid again but my LF was negative.
Have cancelled work trips and will retest in the morning.

 

[Cathryn]

I tested positive on Friday! I feel very lucky as so far I just feel like I’ve had a cold. Congested, snotty, mild cough. Today I realized I had lost my sense of smell entirely!

I’m so bored though!

 

[midlife]

Here's wishing you a good recovery . Tested negative Friday morning and guess I will test negative tomorrow morning before work. I was the only clinician scheduled to work last Friday in our place due to positive staff. Let's see what tomorrow brings......

 

[Cathryn]

Here's wishing you a good recovery . Tested negative Friday morning and guess I will test negative tomorrow morning before work. I was the only clinician scheduled to work last Friday in our place due to positive staff. Let's see what tomorrow brings......

Good luck.

 

[slowmotion]

Our daughter came back from a conference in Berlin on Thursday night, stayed the night at home, and went back to her flat the next day. She then phoned us to say that she had just tested positive for The Plague. She's a bit pissed off, not feeling too bad, mainly bored sideways, but thankfully OK so far.

 

[Ajax Bay]

Presumably once people run out of LFTs, they'll no longer be able to share "I/my daughter tested positive" unless they pay for tests or need to go to hospital and and are automatically tested, or where (air) travel to specific countries require a 'paid for' test.
I appreciate that the most vulnerable (eg like my over 80 mother) will still receive tests they can use, on demand.
I don't plan to test before visiting her. If I have sniffles, headaches or other symptoms of illness, I'll not visit. This is the same regime I have followed for a decade. Do responsible people really get up and close with vulnerable friends/relatives when they are a bit ill (symptoms)?
https://theconversation.com/caught-...-do-when-self-isolation-isnt-mandatory-179441

 

[alicat]

Just tried to order a box of LFTs before they start charging and got a blunt

'Sorry, there are no more home delivery slots for these tests right now'.​

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Just tried to order a box of LFTs before they start charging and got a blunt

'Sorry, there are no more home delivery slots for these tests right now'.​

Been like that past 3 days. Either it’s a deliberate policy to stop offering them a week early or masses of us are trying to order a pack whilst you still can.

As I’m seeing Covid now catch friends who avoided it so far, it’s still very much circulating.

 

[Dogtrousers]

We've just cancelled a planned trip. We were going to visit some friends and go to their village quiz night. But a lot of villagers have it, so we (and our friends) have decided quiz night in the village hall is a no no.

 

[MrGrumpy]

Eldest tested + on Friday , fairly mild so far. Headache , aches and pains , blocked nose. Sore throat developed yesterday. Doing our best to isolate him in the house . However who knows !

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Doing our best to isolate him in the house . However who knows !

He is on his playstation or x-box in his bedroom?

 

[PK99]

Unbidden and unrequested, I have just received from the NHS two boxes of Lateral Flow test kits - I'm on the Extremely Vulnerable list.

My experience of the HNS through the pandemic, and continuing, has been seamless and faultless.

 

[Andy in Germany]

We still have mandatory masks in trains here, and today I saw a passenger verbally abuse the conductor when told to put one on, by calling him a "N*zi" and threatening to lay a complaint against him before he was made to leave the train.

I left my name and phone number with the conductor in case the passenger made any damfool complaints.

 

[MrGrumpy]

He is on his playstation or x-box in his bedroom?

He’s 24 so neither ! Isolating is doing his nut in ! Job interview this week as well