Pandemic personal consequences

[danny la rouge]

Gutted for you, I hope it's mild & passes soon.

So, that's your daughter & you, how about your wife?

She’s not had her text yet but she probably will because she drinks out of everyone else’s cups no matter where you put them!

 

[sojourner]

So I tested positive.

Oh ffs, so sorry to hear that danny la rouge

 

[8ball]

She’s not had her text yet but she probably will because she drinks out of everyone else’s cups no matter where you put them!

Take it easy. Hope you're not feeling too crap.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

two people at work (one is my current supervisor) have got it.

looks like i'm on daily testing now...

 

[weepiper]

Oh no danny la rouge. Hope you don't feel too crummy with it

 

[quimcunx]

Fingers crossed for a mild case Danny.

At least 1 person tested positive after our work xmas do on Friday. I am 400 miles away so feel relatively safe.

 

[LDC]

I’m going to bed for a fortnight to eat pizza and ice cream and watch vintage sci fi. And nobody can stop me!

It's what Kropotkin would have done too.

 

[scifisam]

She’s not had her text yet but she probably will because she drinks out of everyone else’s cups no matter where you put them!

I've refused to share drinks (and food if it's not finger food) all my life and I used to be the weird one. Thank you Covid for proving me right!

Hope you don't feel too rotten, Danny.

 

[Badgers]

could have been that the website was overloaded

they did make getting LFT's a bit more difficult a couple of months back, in that you are supposed to go on the website and get a reference number, then take that to the chemist's shop, rather than just go and ask at the chemist's (not sure how rigid they are about it though)

Very rigid atm and likely to remain that way for a while to come. My restock was ten days late and only 60% of what we need.

Every pharmacy in town is out of stock. Have had nurses, teachers, key workers and parent's unable to get them

Shitfest (again) with testing and vaccinating, thanks to Disgraced Prime Minister de Pfeffel Johnson giving zero notice to the NHS or anyone involved.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

Very rigid atm and likely to remain that way for a while to come. My restock was ten days late and only 60% of what we need.

Every pharmacy in town is out of stock. Have had nurses, teachers, key workers and parent's unable to get them

Shitfest (again) with testing and vaccinating, thanks to Disgraced Prime Minister de Pfeffel Johnson giving zero notice to the NHS or anyone involved.

advice seems to be for me to do daily tests for 7 days with having been in contact with someone who's tested positive. i just have enough (my employer has a supply of boxes of LFT's and I got one last week - should have got 2...)

today's is negative...

might just do a big food shop before tomorrow's test

 

[sojourner]

Puddy_Tat are you really sure it's a good idea for a potentially-infected person to go to the supermarket?

 

[two sheds]

getting deliveries works nicely

 

[sojourner]

getting deliveries works nicely

I'd hazard a guess that there are zero delivery slots this close to xmas, otherwise I'd have suggested that myself. Amazon do Morrisons deliveries, they might be ok. Other than that, kindliness of neighbours, friends, family?

 

[two sheds]

I'd hazard a guess that there are zero delivery slots this close to xmas, otherwise I'd have suggested that myself. Amazon do Morrisons deliveries, they might be ok. Other than that, kindliness of neighbours, friends, family?

Ta for that, Morrisons only have a couple of slots left I've reserved one.

Not sure about Tesco (but anyway this may be different because I've been registered with them).

 

[Puddy_Tat]

@Puddy_Tat are you really sure it's a good idea for a potentially-infected person to go to the supermarket?

possibly not entirely, but government guidance in my circumstances (i've had 2 vaccinations so far - am due booster on saturday so will be faintly pissed off if i do have to put that off) is do daily tests and carry on as normal, so i'm probably less of a risk to other people than anyone who's not vaccinated and not bothering to test...

if i do test positive, i'll have to isolate (i've done it before due to symptoms but got negative PCR tests) - i signed up for a milk round in last december's isolation, and they do bread and some basics, and i've intentionally kept the store cupboard and freezer fairly well stocked...

 

[sojourner]

It's just that you mentioned shopping 'before tomorrow's test'.

 

[rubbershoes]

So I tested positive.

I hope you have a gentle ride . Moon isn't old enough to count as vintage but is a great film nonetheless

 

[danny la rouge]

So, more weirdness. My partner and daughter both had their PCR result comeback negative within a minute of each other this morning.

Now I’m thinking mine came back too quickly. I wonder if somehow I got my daughter’s lateral flow test response.

How, I’m not sure. But if so, I’m still waiting on a PCR text.

 

[danny la rouge]

So now I’ve had a negative result. I will have to return everyone’s best wishes.

 

[existentialist]

So now I’ve had a negative result. I will have to return everyone’s best wishes.

Hurrah!

 

[rubbershoes]

So now I’ve had a negative result. I will have to return everyone’s best wishes.

Shame about the old sci fi though. When are you going to find the time to watch it all now

 

[danny la rouge]

Shame about the old sci fi though. When are you going to find the time to watch it all now

Well I’m signed off work with (chronic) fatigue anyway so…

 

[miss direct]

I have to take 3 PCRs in the space of 5 days for travel purposes.
1. Pre flight test at hospital in Turkey: 250tl = £12 at today's rate, results back within hours.
2. Day 2 test, £20 from some postal company - will hopefully post on way back from airport on the 20th, who knows when the result will be with me. Doesn't really matter as I'm allowed to go to the airport anyway for my next flight a few days later.
3. Arrival test, £30

I've taken 3 lateral flow tests in the last four days, all negative. Trying to take as few risks as possible. Easier said than done though.

 

[May Kasahara]

Confirmation today that 10yo's Young Voices choir concert (massive thing held at the O2) has been postponed from January. No new date as yet. I really hope it does go ahead at some point, but bitterly disappointed for her in the meantime Just another thing she and her friends are missing out on.

 

[8ball]

So now I’ve had a negative result. I will have to return everyone’s best wishes.

Positive lateral flow followed by negative PCR?

Any symptoms?

 

[danny la rouge]

Positive lateral flow followed by negative PCR?

Any symptoms?

No. More confusing than that. I hadn’t taken a lateral flow. I went straight for the PCR because of my daughter’s positive lateral flow. I believe it was someone else’s positive lateral flow followed by my negative PCR.

 

[8ball]

No. More confusing than that. I hadn’t taken a lateral flow. I went straight for the PCR because of my daughter’s positive lateral flow. I believe it was someone else’s positive lateral flow followed by my negative PCR.

Ah yeah. Someone else's positive test can show poor correlation with your infection status.

 

[elbows]

Keep taking LFTs in the coming days if you have access to some.

 

[8ball]

Keep taking LFTs in the coming days if you have access to some.

<strokes chin>

With a re-test and a PCR if getting a positive, perhaps.
Actually, ignore what I said about re-test and go straight to PCR after a positive LFT.

 

[Thora]

My cousin had a Christmas dinner on the weekend, with all 14 guests testing negative on lateral flows beforehand. Subsequently 6 guests have now had positive PCRs with everyone else still awaiting results.