Corona Virus: How Are We Doing?

[Ming the Merciless]

Surprised that only a small percentage know someone who has tested positive. Even for those of us who’ve never caught it, we must surely know someone who has?

 

[Dogtrousers]

Surprised that only a small percentage know someone who has tested positive. Even for those of us who’ve never caught it, we must surely know someone who has?

Within the past 2 days alone I've received news of two work colleagues (one in the UK, one in the US) and a friend testing positive.

 

[Alex321]

Surprised that only a small percentage know someone who has tested positive. Even for those of us who’ve never caught it, we must surely know someone who has?

Yeah, I'd included that in my vote from a few months after the start of the pandemic. Since when there have been probably a few dozen people I've known personally who have had it.

Only finally included option 1 as well last week though.

 

[classic33]

Surprised that only a small percentage know someone who has tested positive. Even for those of us who’ve never caught it, we must surely know someone who has?

I know plenty who tested positive, since this thread was started. The option to vote twice isn't there.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

I know plenty who tested positive, since this thread was started. The option to vote twice isn't there.

The option to change your vote is

 

[Dogtrousers]

I hadn't even noticed there was a poll

 

[classic33]

The option to change your vote is

And throughout, including up to last night, I've been clear, which is the best answer to the question.

 

[Milzy]

Within the past 2 days alone I've received news of two work colleagues (one in the UK, one in the US) and a friend testing positive.

So? Are they going to die? No. Nobody cares about Covid anymore, we’ve moved on and won’t be fooled by their damaging lock downs ever again.

 

[Dogtrousers]

So? Are they going to die? No. Nobody cares about Covid anymore, we’ve moved on and won’t be fooled by their damaging lock downs ever again.

If you don't care, why are you wasting your time reading this thread?

 

[C R]

So? Are they going to die? No. Nobody cares about Covid anymore, we’ve moved on and won’t be fooled by their damaging lock downs ever again.

How do you know that they won't die or suffer from long covid? Our neighbour's wife developed a heart rate arrhythmia after having covid during the first wave. She's gone from being perfectly healthy, running 5 to 10k every week to having to pace herself taking their dog for a walk and spending the night in A&E every couple of months.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

And throughout, including up to last night, I've been clear, which is the best answer to the question.

It’s one answer of many as the options in the poll aren’t mutually exclusive

 

[Alex321]

So? Are they going to die? No. Nobody cares about Covid anymore, we’ve moved on and won’t be fooled by their damaging lock downs ever again.

If you keep on posting about it long enough, you might get careless and post something true. But not this time.

 

[PaulSB]

Surprised that only a small percentage know someone who has tested positive. Even for those of us who’ve never caught it, we must surely know someone who has?

I suggest it's just the function of a random poll on the web. I don't feel this poll shows anything other than a snapshot of a voter's position at the time. Although I'm reading it nothing made me consider changing my vote. Myself I can vote for all options in the poll.

As for people testing positive? Probably 100+ some extremely ill, others, like myself, just positive.

 

[Dogtrousers]

The thread's over 2 years old. People don't normally change their votes on polls, so the results will be a bit of a mess, biased towards how things were 2 years ago.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Hey, look, there's a poll at the top...