Pandemic personal consequences

[LDC]

Are people still wearing masks in other parts of the country then? Honestly it's like it never happened now in London.

No, nobody I know wears a mask now, and everyone I know (including me) is back to 'normal'. I rarely see anyone wearing a mask now in any setting (outside NHS work). People at work are starting to moan that other hospitals have dropped mask wearing for patients and staff now, and why haven't we. Infection control came round the other day and hinted mask wearing might be going soon across the board.

 

[Red Cat]

In the NHS (community) we still wear masks for appts and walking about the building but not in the office we sit in.

 

[Chilli.s]

Does the news still report how many new cases there are? I'm guessing not

Now testing isnt a thing I doubt anyone can guess with any accuracy

 

[strung out]

I don't bother wearing a mask anywhere in the UK anymore, although I'm currently in Malaysia, where mask wearing is basically universal indoors and outdoors, so obviously I am masking up while here.

 

[Mrs Miggins]

No, nobody I know wears a mask now, and everyone I know (including me) is back to 'normal'. I rarely see anyone wearing a mask now in any setting (outside NHS work). People at work are starting to moan that other hospitals have dropped mask wearing for patients and staff now, and why haven't we. Infection control came round the other dya and hinted mask wearing might be going soon across the board.

I work in the NHS and really want the masks all day rule to be dropped in our Trust. At the very least for people like me when I'm sat at my desk with barely any patient contact. I could see the point and was more than happy to comply in the past but it doesn't seem particularly sensible now. Happy to continue when I'm walking round the hospital or answering the door to a patient or whatever but not just blanket all day any more.

 

[Steel Icarus]

I keep hearing the WHO say there's a new variant and a wave on the way. And another in September.
It's so weird that the west is basically saying "nothing to see here back to normal".

Especially when scientists and medical scientists now know covid can cause longterm problems in the brain.

It's perfectly consistent with how the capitalist system and those benefitting most from it accept the literal destruction of the planet's ecosystem is a price worth paying for the cash to keep coming

 

[Artaxerxes]

Wear them on tube still and when uncomfortable in public settings.

Trying to be more relaxed but vigilant I guess

 

[Red Cat]

I work in the NHS and really want the masks all day rule to be dropped in our Trust. At the very least for people like me when I'm sat at my desk with barely any patient contact. I could see the point and was more than happy to comply in the past but it doesn't seem particularly sensible now. Happy to continue when I'm walking round the hospital or answering the door to a patient or whatever but not just blanket all day any more.

It gets in the way working in mental health, I'm fed up of it and don't see any benefit now, with being open to that changing again if needed.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Are people still wearing masks in other parts of the country then? Honestly it's like it never happened now in London.

It seems very rare now. I still wear one in shops, but am usually the only one doing so.

 

[nogojones]

Now testing isnt a thing I doubt anyone can guess with any accuracy

I saw yesterday that cases are on the rise again and there's concern about another wave. Though without effective testing...

Thousands of patients still catching Covid on hospital wards amid warning of new wave

Exclusive: ‘We will have a new wave of infections this month,’ warns Professor Christina Pagel

www.independent.co.uk

 

[Elpenor]

Milk has gone off, got a shopping delivery arriving on Tuesday afternoon so no more cuppas for me for a while

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

I don't bother wearing a mask anywhere in the UK anymore, although I'm currently in Malaysia, where mask wearing is basically universal indoors and outdoors, so obviously I am masking up while here.

Yeah I know it's not really said on here still but I've basically stopped. Largely because it feels a bit pointless when no-one else is tbh, but I also don't think that feeling is entirely unjustified. It definitely is the case that the marginal impact of wearing a mask on any given occasion is massively reduced compared to peak pandemic lockdown periods. You can argue it should be zero of course but that's not really how we live is it - it's not even applied to other Covid measures on the whole.

 

[Looby]

Milk has gone off, got a shopping delivery arriving on Tuesday afternoon so no more cuppas for me for a while

Have you got Deliveroo or Uber Eats for groceries? There’s also Tesco whoosh and Sainsburys chop chop.

There’s no way I’d be waiting til Tuesday for tea!

 

[Elpenor]

Have you got Deliveroo or Uber Eats for groceries? There’s also Tesco whoosh and Sainsburys chop chop.

There’s no way I’d be waiting til Tuesday for tea!

None of those deliver to my village

I suppose I could drive up the hill to the McDonald’s at the services and get a few milk carton via the drive thru or find a garage with a night pay window

 

[wemakeyousoundb]

It gets in the way working in mental health, I'm fed up of it and don't see any benefit now, with being open to that changing again if needed.

Mental health trust I work with dropped the mask rule this week, unless working with a known case or if there is an outbreak on a ward.
I'll keep wearing mine as it does not impact what I do unless it upsets patients.

 

[Red Cat]

Mental health trust I work with dropped the mask rule this week, unless working with a known case or if there is an outbreak on a ward.
I'll keep wearing mine as it does not impact what I do unless it upsets patients.

I work with children who might be used to it but it's better to work with them without.

 

[wemakeyousoundb]

I work with children who might be used to it but it's better to work with them without.

Fair enough, I work with adults and on rare occasions with adolescents on the occupational side of things.

 

[weepiper]

I've stopped wearing a mask in shops or at work, but only since about ten days ago, and only because I'm pretty certain I've just had it (didn't get a positive lateral flow but the timing and the symptoms were right for me to have caught it from my brother, who did have a positive lat flow. SIL had it too, never got a positive lat flow despite testing every day but did get a positive PCR, which she could only get because she's doing NHS placements as part of her degree). I will still wear one on buses/trams though. Hardly anyone is wearing them in shops here now although I have noticed a few older customers still are. I will probably go back to wearing one at work after the summer when the door is closed all day again.

 

[strung out]

JVT says he's stopped wearing a mask too

Van-Tam: I don't wear a face mask any more

Sir Jonathan Van-Tam is asked if he's changed his habits, as Covid-19 cases in the UK continue to rise.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[sojourner]

I'm still wearing a mask to shops and most indoor places, not work though, cos I work in an office on my own, and would know if anyone else in the building had it.

I did recently have Covid, and it was horrible. I don't know which variant I had, so I'll continue to wear a mask in those ^ places, but not to gigs or festies. Measured risk etc.

 

[Artaxerxes]

Fourth jab yesterday evening and my arm is absolutely fucked. Much more than previously

Modena, I think I've not had Pfzier yet

 

[Aladdin]

Jab 5 on Thursday.
Panicking a little bit...

 

[mx wcfc]

Jab 5 on Thursday.
Panicking a little bit...

It's good you are getting a 5th jab. Even 90 year olds here have only had 4 and I haven't heard of anyone getting a 5th in the (dis)united kingdom.

 

[bellaozzydog]

I’ve just got a message about my “spring booster”

I’m losing track of what I’ve had

 

[Aladdin]

It's good you are getting a 5th jab. Even 90 year olds here have only had 4 and I haven't heard of anyone getting a 5th in the (dis)united kingdom.

I had the first 2 last year a month apart the same as everyone, then the "extra" for being on immunosuppressants then the first booster earlier this and Thursday's is the second booster.

 

[elbows]

Yeah people with particular conditions would have had a 3rd dose as part of their primary course (when others had 2 doses as primary) and then the autumn/winter booster that all adults were offered, and the spring booster which involved people over 75 and immunosuppressed being asked to get another booster.

This site doesnt necessarily do the best job of explaining all that in one go but you can sort of piece it all together via the info in different sections:

Getting a COVID-19 vaccine

Find out if you’re eligible to get a COVID-19 vaccine and how to get it.

www.nhs.uk

 

[rubbershoes]

It's good you are getting a 5th jab. Even 90 year olds here have only had 4 and I haven't heard of anyone getting a 5th in the (dis)united kingdom.

My mum's had 5.

 

[Cloo]

Husband has + test (for first time) - I've cancelled my massage for tomorrow because, although my test is currently clear, I'm not taking the chance on being in one small room with one person for an hour and it seems most people's +s aren't showing up until a few days in, although I feel OK.

 

[Cloo]

What's annoying with the weather as it is, is that I'll be wondering 'Is this the heat or COVID?' given these sorts of temperatures make me overheated, tired, headachey and dry-throated.

 

[SpookyFrank]

We're gonna be completely fucked for money now as not having tested positive until yesterday I can't go to work at all this week and I get zero pay despite being long term staff. Also being a teacher I don't work in August so was relying on this month's pay to just about keep us afloat for the summer.

You can't get one toenail ahead can you? Something always appears to drag you back into the shit. Water bill just arrived as well.