Coronavirus in the UK - news, lockdown and discussion

[kalidarkone]

Tried again and this time my order for a home test was successful!

 

[elbows]

I have to say I am now a little bit bothered by the apparent increase on this forum of people having respiratory virus symptoms in the last week or two.

Mostly because even if none of these are cases of Covid-19, it still implies transmission of something, something is able to do the rounds, and if another virus can manage this feat under the current conditions then I would assume Covid-19 can too.

Exceptions to this idea would be if the symptoms arent actually being caused by a virus of any kind at all.

 

[Thora]

After months of not even a cold I have had 3 (of 6) families at my childminding setting get ill in the last 2 weeks! Two tested and were negative.

 

[kalidarkone]

My symptoms are not respiratory but I've ordered the test based on the fact I feel unwell and have been more exposed lately (outside of work) and that if people can display no symptoms and be positive...then im gonna err on the side of caution till I know differently so I'm not putting anyone else at risk.

Ime when the seasons begin to change is when im more likely to feel rundown and this has been demonstrated by the amount of sniffly people at work around Sep-Nov. I'm expecting this to increase with the reopening of schools.

 

[Thora]

Not really a surprise that more people are getting viruses though, is it? Pubs are open, restaurants are busy especially Monday-Wednesday, people are going on holiday, to the gym/salon, taking their kids to soft play places. Everyone is supposed to be getting the bus into work...

 

[wtfftw]

My child brought a cold home from nursery.

 

[souljacker]

I have to say I am now a little bit bothered by the apparent increase on this forum of people having respiratory virus symptoms in the last week or two.

Mostly because even if none of these are cases of Covid-19, it still implies transmission of something, something is able to do the rounds, and if another virus can manage this feat under the current conditions then I would assume Covid-19 can too.

Exceptions to this idea would be if the symptoms arent actually being caused by a virus of any kind at all.

I could have caught whatever I've had from all manner of places, even being careful. My job requires me to travel which inevitably means funding a pub to eat in which is probably where I've picked it up. Although after this little scare, I may confine myself entirely to the hotel room and deliveroo all my meals. Might need to buy myself some paper plates though.

Considering I wasn't actually that ill, the reality is I panicked.

 

[kalidarkone]

I could have caught whatever I've had from all manner of places, even being careful. My job requires me to travel which inevitably means funding a pub to eat in which is probably where I've picked it up. Although after this little scare, I may confine myself entirely to the hotel room and deliveroo all my meals. Might need to buy myself some paper plates though.

Considering I wasn't actually that ill, the reality is I panicked.

Its easy to do! Atm I keep swinging between feeling rubbish, feeling fine worrying about calling work, worrying about feeling like a fraud, worrying I may have infected 5 people if I'm positive. And annoyed that by trying to do the right thing till I know for sure I must stay in.

 

[Jeff Robinson]

Vermin rally in Trafalgar Square today. David 'Lizards' Icke spoke as well as other assorted arseholes

 

[two sheds]

breathing all over each other - no doubt will present themselves to hospital in demanding mode when they catch it.

 

[wemakeyousoundb]

yep lots of link to the putin tv stream cropped up on my farcebook feed, not sure if all of them were doing it for comedyreasons.

 

[brogdale]

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Vermin rally in Trafalgar Square today. David 'Lizards' Icke spoke as well as other assorted arseholes

FB must have been a bit quieter for an hour or two.

 

[Lurdan]

 

[Cerv]

very confused by "against tranny" until it finally clicked that should be tyranny

 

[Artaxerxes]

very confused by "against tranny" until it finally clicked that should be tyranny

Odds are fairly good they are transphobic as well tbh.

 

[editor]

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Vermin rally in Trafalgar Square today. David 'Lizards' Icke spoke as well as other assorted arseholes

Had some twat on FB celebrating them as "freethinking Londoners," FFS.

 

[quimcunx]

I have to say I am now a little bit bothered by the apparent increase on this forum of people having respiratory virus symptoms in the last week or two.

Mostly because even if none of these are cases of Covid-19, it still implies transmission of something, something is able to do the rounds, and if another virus can manage this feat under the current conditions then I would assume Covid-19 can too.

Exceptions to this idea would be if the symptoms arent actually being caused by a virus of any kind at all.

I was up in Scotland last week when the kids went back. On the evening I was coming back here it transpired that 4 of the 5 kids and one adult all at different schools had complained of a 24hr sore throat that day or the day before. At one of the kids schools one pupil only tested positive the following day.

 

[gentlegreen]

 

[cupid_stunt]

I can't believe the number of loons that turned out for this demo, and what loons they are...

One protestor unfurled a flag showing the symbol of the British Union of Fascists while another woman was seen promoting the QAnon conspiracy theory that believes a cabal of Satan-worshipping Democrats, Hollywood celebrities and billionaires run the world while engaging in paedophilia.

10,000 anti-lockdown protesters gather in London to claim coronavirus is 'hoax'

A sizeable crowd occupied Trafalgar Square, holding signs warning coronavirus is a 'scam' and 'fake science.'

metro.co.uk

 

[frogwoman]

It would be a terrible shame if Icke caught it. I'd feel sorry for the virus.

 

[brogdale]

I can't believe the number of loons that turned out for this demo, and what loons they are...

10,000 anti-lockdown protesters gather in London to claim coronavirus is 'hoax'

A sizeable crowd occupied Trafalgar Square, holding signs warning coronavirus is a 'scam' and 'fake science.'

metro.co.uk

Yep.



That's actual fascists protesting against the state telling people to do stuff.

 

[SpookyFrank]

Not really a surprise that more people are getting viruses though, is it? Pubs are open, restaurants are busy especially Monday-Wednesday, people are going on holiday, to the gym/salon, taking their kids to soft play places. Everyone is supposed to be getting the bus into work...

Start of the school year, or a week or two after anyway, often coincides with an increase in coughs and sniffles as germs from all over the place are suddenly recombined in a big snotty petri dish. See also 'freshers flu' at universities.

 

[SpookyFrank]

It would be a terrible shame if Icke caught it. I'd feel sorry for the virus.

His acolytes would just get even worse if he died of covid. It'd just be more petrol on the flames of stupid.

 

[frogwoman]

Yeah they'd just say we poisoned him for telling the truth about covid or something.

 

[Cloo]

Start of the school year, or a week or two after anyway, often coincides with an increase in coughs and sniffles as germs from all over the place are suddenly recombined in a big snotty petri dish. See also 'freshers flu' at universities.

My daughter had a snotty cold for a few days last week, but that was it.

 

[weepiper]

I was up in Scotland last week when the kids went back. On the evening I was coming back here it transpired that 4 of the 5 kids and one adult all at different schools had complained of a 24hr sore throat that day or the day before. At one of the kids schools one pupil only tested positive the following day.

There's been a sore throat thing going around here in Edinburgh too. One of my nephews and my boss's wife both had it and both tested negative for Covid.

 

[weepiper]

We were in Perthshire today cycling and stopped for lunch at a cafe in Aberfeldy. A little rural market town. They were completely on it with the Covid prevention measures - we all had a temperature taken before they would seat us, all the tables outside were spaced for social distancing and they wouldn't let anyone move chairs to make a bigger group table, all the staff were masked, they had big plastic screens between the inside tables and the first thing the waitress did was take a name and phone number for the NHS contact tracing people. One of our party was visiting from London and said he's seen nothing like it there. Was quite impressed and pleased myself.

 

[ice-is-forming]

Wow. An australian friend was telling me their contact tracing program tries to find out which lifts people stood in and who shared them. Obviously its compulsory for bars to register who is there. And if you're meant to be quarantining the military are quite likely to come to your house to check that you're in. The UK's half-arsed nonsense may be worse than useless - giving people some false sense of security that the government is doing contact tracing when all they're doing is lining their friends' pockets.

 

[krtek a houby]

Attacks on East Asian people on the increase. Why is it in times of crisis that some fuckers just want to fuck things up rather than show solidarity or reassurance?
Far right using coronavirus as excuse to attack Asians, say police

 

[Badgers]