I think there's always high pollution. My school is riddled with covid, staff dropping like flies. Also ex's partner positive and we are close contacts through the kids.
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Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
It was high or very high across a lot of London today - actually looked hazy when I went out mid-morning (Newham).
josef1878 2.0
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The better half tested positive this morning for the 3rd time, she or I mean we, were early to the game before it had a name. I'm expecting to test positive tomorrow after a negative today, no symptoms though. Mothers Day probably won't be happening. ☹
panpete
Blokes name, birds body.
To me, it felt "artificial" weird.
Just a theory of mine, I think the vaccine could be shedding viruses.
I don't watch news.
Has there been a rise in COVID cases?
I dunno
My gut tells me something isn't right with the mainstream narrative, yet, also, there are loads and loads of shills touting conspiracy theories that also don't feel quite right.
I social distance.
I'm exempt from masks being autistic.
I don't judge people who want the vaccine, it's upto them.
I know there are vaccinated people who have caught it.
panpete
Blokes name, birds body.
Freedom of choice.
I don't want the jab, I don't judge those who do.
gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
Jesus fucking wept.
You've had two years to learn some basic science.
How can you live with such intellectual laziness ? (This is me being polite).
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DownwardDog
Riding a Brompton with a power meter.
I've never had the vaccine (or covid as far as I know) because it's tested on animals. Plenty of people have sane reasons for not choosing to get it. And frankly the reasons don't matter; it's their choice.
Mation
real life adventure worth more than pieces of gold
It was funny yesterday when I mentioned to two people, separately, that I currently have covid, and they both said "yes, it's going 'round" 
I knew what they meant, though, even though they both felt a bit silly having said it, given that, yanno, pandemic and that.
I knew what they meant, though, even though they both felt a bit silly having said it, given that, yanno, pandemic and that.
planetgeli
There's no future in England's dreaming
How are they doing the case numbers now? Around here it's pretty rife, at least where I work. But if I check the case numbers by area they aren't particularly high at all for where I work.
If people aren't testing as much, how are we getting accurate figures? Or these high figures at all? I'm pretty sure the people I know who have it this week haven't 'reported' it anywhere.
If people aren't testing as much, how are we getting accurate figures? Or these high figures at all? I'm pretty sure the people I know who have it this week haven't 'reported' it anywhere.
Ms T
Honey-coloured ramparts
They’re still testing a representative sample every week.
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection Survey, UK - Office for National Statistics
Percentage of people testing positive for coronavirus (COVID-19) in private residential households in England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland, including regional and age breakdowns. This survey is delivered in partnership with University of Oxford, University of Manchester, UK Health...
www.ons.gov.uk
Steel Icarus
ersatz maven
I'm still taking part in the Oxford University study where I'm tested monthly and asked questions about my movements/contacts/health in the previous week.
PursuedByBears
Go stick your head in a pig
I'm still reporting every day on the Zoe app
farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
The polio vaccine can result in viruses being excreted - vaccine-derived polio. But that's because the nature of the vaccine. It isn't possible for, say, a Pfizer vaccine recipient to shed viruses as no viruses are in it - only the RNA for the spike protein.
lazythursday
Averagely-Known Member
Think I've been very lucky, today (day 2) just a little bit of phlegm and general tiredness, which isn't so bad that I can't do anything. It's not as bad as the fatigue I regularly get from alcohol or generally overdoing it.
Hoping partner tests negative today though as we are running out of stuff and covid has made me really bloody hungry which has surprised me.
Hoping partner tests negative today though as we are running out of stuff and covid has made me really bloody hungry which has surprised me.
MickiQ
In My Defence I was left Unsupervised
I'm feeling pretty much back to normal now, Mrs Q is still under the weather though much better than she was. She has cancelled the Mother's Day booking for tomorrow lunchtime making sure I saw her doing it and scowling at me so I don't forget who's fault she considers it that she has the Lurgy.
Eldest substituted for her mother at the dress fitting today and sent Mrs Q pictures of Middle and Youngest in their wedding and bridesmaid dresses, they looked gorgeous yet this seemed to make Mrs Q mood worse, I will buy her a Chinese takeaway tomorrow to try and improve her mood but best if I say as little as possible for the moment.
Eldest substituted for her mother at the dress fitting today and sent Mrs Q pictures of Middle and Youngest in their wedding and bridesmaid dresses, they looked gorgeous yet this seemed to make Mrs Q mood worse, I will buy her a Chinese takeaway tomorrow to try and improve her mood but best if I say as little as possible for the moment.
LDC
On est tous des pangolins
Was chatting yesterday about how I'm one of the few people I know that hasn't had it. And then obviously this afternoon felt like was starting with a mild under-the-weather feeling, so did a LFT and came up with a faint line. Traveled back from France on Thursday (French train, then Eurostar, then UK train - guess which one was packed and had zero mask wearing!) and then haven't done much going out since then. Wasn't doing much mixing the day or so before then, so likely the journey home I'd guess at.
E2A: Just been reminded by the person I was on the UK train with that there was an unmasked coughing person opposite us for most of the journey from London.
E2A: Just been reminded by the person I was on the UK train with that there was an unmasked coughing person opposite us for most of the journey from London.
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hiraethified
What a ridiculous way to respond to a pandemic. Your 'gut' knows fuck all.
colacubes
Mr Hot Cookie
My Mum got it and ended up in hospital this week as her oxygen levels dropped to 90. Fortunately she had a couple of days of oxygen therapy and is now out and just feeling extremely knackered but it was terrifying. She tested positive and within 2 hours her oxygen and blood pressure dropped like a stone and she was totally out of it. Triple jabbed but CEV. It’s still a scary business.
MickiQ
In My Defence I was left Unsupervised
Middle Q is a nurse in A&E she caught it pre-vaccine and brought it home to give her fiance. My future son-in-law is a strapping 6 foot youth half my age and told me it was so bad that he had to stop halfway up the stairs to catch his breath.
I'm coming to the end of a week of being ill with it. It's not very nice like a dose of really heavy flu but I have been nowhere near as bad as Paddy was (or Middle for that matter). I'm triple-jabbed so yay for vaccines my 'gut' is totally sold on the idea.
Edward Jenner was an absolute genius and the people who have carried on his work are damn smart as well.
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
I should bloody well think not.
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
It is, but I don't see you going around trying to float the idea that it's a clinically sound choice.
lazythursday
Averagely-Known Member
What a strange illness. The last few days I've felt rough and very tired, but it's been perfectly tolerable. Today most of the cold has gone and I have a lot more physical energy but the headache is back, my taste has gone to shit and I feel incredibly on edge/anxious and spaced out.
Voley
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Here's how it went for us.
My other half's boss tested positive a week last Friday. My other half (who had shared a car and worked with her the day before) started to feel ill the Monday after. I did on Tuesday. Identical symptoms to her boss - aches, sore throat, fatigue, fuzzy-head, occasional high temperature. We LFT'd every day until this last Friday (a week after the initial symptoms) and all negative until my other half finally had a very feint second line on her LFT. We got PCR's: both negative.
I haven't had a positive test at all, my other half's had one positive LFT but we've both been out of action for about a week. Mine broke on Saturday night when my temperature went nuts for about an hour. Feel mostly better now, bit of a sore throat still.
I honesty don't know what to think. I'd be really surprised if it wasn't Covid. It bore all the hallmarks. Weird.
My other half's boss tested positive a week last Friday. My other half (who had shared a car and worked with her the day before) started to feel ill the Monday after. I did on Tuesday. Identical symptoms to her boss - aches, sore throat, fatigue, fuzzy-head, occasional high temperature. We LFT'd every day until this last Friday (a week after the initial symptoms) and all negative until my other half finally had a very feint second line on her LFT. We got PCR's: both negative.
I haven't had a positive test at all, my other half's had one positive LFT but we've both been out of action for about a week. Mine broke on Saturday night when my temperature went nuts for about an hour. Feel mostly better now, bit of a sore throat still.
I honesty don't know what to think. I'd be really surprised if it wasn't Covid. It bore all the hallmarks. Weird.
Different symptoms to me. I've still got the chesty cough and blocked nose. My breathing is a lot better, and the fever comes and goes.
Hungry and tired all the time. I was only awake for 4 or 5 hours on Friday and Saturday. Not had a headache yet, or lost my taste or smell.
My partner and her son both tested positive yesterday
LDC
On est tous des pangolins
That sounds like lots of mild viral illnesses though.
I have it (just tested positive again with a stronger line than yesterday). Feel OK, slight cough and headache, and a bit of a sore throat. If Covid wasn't about I'd probably been doing normal things, possibly not working though.
lazythursday
Averagely-Known Member
I suppose what I mean is it doesn't feel like a normal course of infection which usually has a pretty standard pattern - as many have observed this seems to come in waves and not all waves are the same symptoms. I feel much worse in some ways today while have recovered in others. Yesterday, while tired, I could have worked, and felt like I was rapidly recovering after a rough friday/saturday - today, no way, my cognitive functions are shot and the headache is oppressive. Anyway thankfully it is still mild even if I'm finding it challenging today.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
We're all paying a lot more attention to our symptoms, though. It's pretty standard to have after effects from a cold that last for weeks. A stubborn cough, for instance, that takes ages to go away. I think there's a degree of nocebo effect in play here as well. I recognised it in myself when I had covid a few weeks ago. As soon as the positive test came in, I was conscious that I was paying attention to every little symptom - fixating on them even. With a cold, I'd normally do the opposite - try to ignore it as much as possible and get on with things.
Thought I may have had coronavirus. Couple of LFTs negative. I'm 99% sure it's the hayfiever I get this time of year instead.
I've still got a few LFTs and will give them another go if symptoms change / worsen.
I do know quite a few people currently who've got it. No one I've been in close contact with though.
I've still got a few LFTs and will give them another go if symptoms change / worsen.
I do know quite a few people currently who've got it. No one I've been in close contact with though.
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
My hayfever kicked off towards the end of last week. Fortunately I don't get it as badly as some, but still annoying.
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