Corona Virus: How Are We Doing?

[fossyant]

Why go back then, I'm guessing you'll be entitled to sick leave?

I would imagine DC is still working full time, but teaching is back on campus, which adds risk and also additional commute - bike still OK ?

My colleague is off sick - so still unwell enough to work from home.

 

[Deleted User]

I would imagine DC is still working full time, but teaching is back on campus, which adds risk and also additional commute - bike still OK ?

My colleague is off sick - so still unwell enough to work from home.

Surely if he feels too unwell to teach he should go off sick then?

Or go to work and not post "somehow ".

 

[Jody]

We've had the first case show up in the office again. Same colleague was hospitalised the first time round so hope it's not that bad again.

 

[DCLane]

Why go back then, I'm guessing you'll be entitled to sick leave?

I'm not signed off, but have a timetable which allows me balance - it's the advantage of a professional contract. The maximum I'm doing is 4 hours a day in class, mostly 1-2. Whilst the doctor's got me on increased inhalers they're not talking about signing me off at the moment.

I would imagine DC is still working full time, but teaching is back on campus, which adds risk and also additional commute - bike still OK ?

My colleague is off sick - so still unwell enough to work from home.

Bikes are all ready and in addition I've been in a couple of times already, but still mostly working from home.

I've 225-275 international postgraduates to teach from Monday. Covid's likely to be the new 'freshers flu', but at least I've had it recently.

My teaching style is far too interactive to be apart from students which adds risk. However, taking a different approach; i.e. sat at the front with a face covering on / teaching purely online, isn't "me". I can do it but the method is much more stressful than interacting and engaging with students and gets much worse results. Last year they were really good, except when a good number of them caught Chickenpox , and I'm hoping this year will be similar.

 

[newts]

I'm 16 months on from my first bout of covid, my asthma has all over the place (previously very mild & well controlled) fatigue is still a major factor in day to day life. I'd got back to cycling about 30 flat miles (crashing out for 2 hours on the settee Post ride), a second dose of covid has set me back along way. Pre covid I was fitter than I'd been for 30 years.

 

[byegad]

I'm 16 months on from my first bout of covid, my asthma has all over the place (previously very mild & well controlled) fatigue is still a major factor in day to day life. I'd got back to cycling about 30 flat miles (crashing out for 2 hours on the settee Post ride), a second dose of covid has set me back along way. Pre covid I was fitter than I'd been for 30 years.

Sorry to hear that, of course if you talk to the loonies it's either in your imagination or a conspiracy that the whole world has joined in.

A friend of mine who contracted Covid while in hospital told me he'd never felt so ill. So for me it certainly is a real disease worthy of preventive care and respect to avoid getting it. I too have asthma, my wife has another lung condition and has had pneumonia 4 times following contracting the common cold, so we are still taking precautions.

 

[newts]

Sorry to hear that, of course if you talk to the loonies it's either in your imagination or a conspiracy that the whole world has joined in.

Indeed!
I feel lucky to be where I am, many people have suffered far more on their road to recovery, many others have paid the ultimate price. Learning to manage anxiety & fatigue with positivity is key, although not straightforward at times. It's very easy to over do it on the good days, then pay the price for few days after
We should be very thankful that the very high transmission/infection rates seen this year were not prevalent in 2020 when the virus was killing many everyday & we had no vaccines.

 

[gbb]

Indeed!

We should be very thankful that the very high transmission/infection rates seen this year were not prevalent in 2020 when the virus was killing many everyday & we had no vaccines.

Question is, are the transmission rates higher now than then ?
Is it that while transmission rates are undoubtedly high (and maybe higher than the beginning) ...but people have now got a good degree of defence now, either via vaccination or exposure.
Flip side of that, while transmission rates were high in the beginning, we had no or little natural defence...thus it killed far more people.

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. She caught it for the first time this month, ive never had it despite working in a very heavy populated, dare i say high risk environment. i'm often amazed i havnt had it yet.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

i'm often amazed i havnt had it yet.

Infection stimulates antibodies to the nucleocapsid as well as spike antibodies. So you can test whether people have been infected, whether they've been vaccinated or not.

I can't locate the study, but from memory, in the UK, 75% of people who think they've never been infected actually have been.

 

[newts]

I don't think there is accurate data available for infection rates for most of 2020 as we were'nt testing enough.

https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/interactive-map/cases
Theres a sliding scale that takes you back to April 2022

Here's some earlier screenshots of the spread from June 2021onwards

 

[gbb]

Infection stimulates antibodies to the nucleocapsid as well as spike antibodies. So you can test whether people have been infected, whether they've been vaccinated or not.

I can't locate the study, but from memory, in the UK, 75% of people who think they've never been infected actually have been.

Thats the proviso when you say you havnt had it...you ( i ) actually mean, knowingly had it

 

[KnittyNorah]

Infection stimulates antibodies to the nucleocapsid as well as spike antibodies. So you can test whether people have been infected, whether they've been vaccinated or not.

I can't locate the study, but from memory, in the UK, 75% of people who think they've never been infected actually have been.

I'm one of the 25% who haven't, according to the team managing my blood tests for the trial I'm on. I recently heard from another project that wants to suck my blood, due to my apparent resistance. I've told them they can have the blood but they'll have to organise it/pay for it all. Not travelling round the country at my own expense.

 

[lazybloke]

Damn. Tested positive.

Something has been 'off' all week, which has affected my productivity at work and caused a few issues with my manager.
My LF was negative on Wednesday but positive this morning.

But physical symptoms have been fairly mild ; sore throat, bunged up, "snoring like a drain", headache; these seemed to peak yesterday so hopefully the worst is behind me.

 

[fossyant]

I'm one of the 25% who haven't, according to the team managing my blood tests for the trial I'm on. I recently heard from another project that wants to suck my blood, due to my apparent resistance. I've told them they can have the blood but they'll have to organise it/pay for it all. Not travelling round the country at my own expense.

You've watched the Zombie movies, where the Umbrella Corp will be chasing you to drain your blood ?

 

[fossyant]

Damn. Tested positive.

Something has been 'off' all week, which has affected my productivity at work and caused a few issues with my manager.
My LF was negative on Wednesday but positive this morning.

But physical symptoms have been fairly mild ; sore throat, bunged up, "snoring like a drain", headache; these seemed to peak yesterday so hopefully the worst is behind me.

Unlucky.

We've still got a few tests left - son was feeling off a few weeks back and tested - just a bug and not rona.