Coronavirus Disease Outbreak COVID-19 #116

[Foxybrown]

I bet Chris Whitty et al, are crying in a corner as they seem to be irrelevant now, I think covid will quietly take a back seat whilst the war is taking precedent & rightly so, then you'll see it all pop up September time, & the JVC will be jumping for joy telling us to practically get our body bags ready.

 

[Timz]

Sound like back September they knew Covid would be similar to a common cold in Spring ‘22 before Omicron struck in November. Hindsight is a wonderful thing…

COVID will end up resembling common cold by spring next year, leading experts say

Professor Dame Sarah Gilbert and Sir John Bell have both said coronavirus will eventually cause illness which are as mild as a common cold, playing down fears of a more deadly variant and adding the UK "is over the worst".

news.sky.com

 

[Kim Mild]

COVID hit me. Feeling rubbish and off work. I find it really interesting though how people’s attitudes to illness haven’t changed… Even if you test positive now you’re expected to carry on as normal, but I’m really ill yet I feel as if everyone expects me to me working away. I feel guilty for being off ill and that just shouldn’t be the case. Maybe it’s because I’m not able to do anything at the moment, I’m kind of feeling bad as my mind is in over drive. Can anyone relate or reassure me here?

Do they expect you to attend your workplace,?

 

[monga]

The world’s definitely in some kind of parallel universe

Former education secretary Gavin Williamson to get knighthood

Boris Johnson sacked the Tory MP from the cabinet last year amid criticism of his performance.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[kazizzle]

Covid has finally caught up with me. Tested positive today and feeling fine apart from a slightly stuffy nose and scratchy throat. Not really sure what to do tbh as my other half is testing negative and I need to take him to work as he doesn’t drive and he works nights so there’s no public transport that suits. I’m in Scotland so still having to isolate.

 

[ClaretFairy]

Covid has finally caught up with me. Tested positive today and feeling fine apart from a slightly stuffy nose and scratchy throat. Not really sure what to do tbh as my other half is testing negative and I need to take him to work as he doesn’t drive and he works nights so there’s no public transport that suits. I’m in Scotland so still having to isolate.

Does he have any colleagues that can help? Tbh you aren't likely to come into contact with anyone if you're in a car

Covid has finally caught up with me. Tested positive today and feeling fine apart from a slightly stuffy nose and scratchy throat. Not really sure what to do tbh as my other half is testing negative and I need to take him to work as he doesn’t drive and he works nights so there’s no public transport that suits. I’m in Scotland so still having to isolate.

Does he have any colleagues that can help? Tbh you aren't likely to come into contact with anyone if you're in a car

 

[Tatooine_legend1]

My aunt (70) went into hospital a few days ago after catching Covid recently. She had blood clots on both lungs and her legs had swelled. She was also struggling to breathe. She is thankfully ok and was released today. The doctor asked if she had been triple vaxxed and she said yes. The doctor said that it is a good thing as things could have been a lot worse for her if she hadn't been. She's been given medication and now back home. Just relieved she is fine.

 

[teaandtoast247]

I've come down with it too after 2 years stearing clear!! Was feeling rough yesterday couldn't stand up without feeling faint, headache, temperature and had the shivers but feeling alot better today!

 

[monga]

Cases and hospitalisations are rising again especially in Scotland.

 

[Prefrontalmedialcortex]

Cases and hospitalisations are rising again especially in Scotland.

I’ve read this too. No surprise there with all the restrictions dropped.

My aunt (70) went into hospital a few days ago after catching Covid recently. She had blood clots on both lungs and her legs had swelled. She was also struggling to breathe. She is thankfully ok and was released today. The doctor asked if she had been triple vaxxed and she said yes. The doctor said that it is a good thing as things could have been a lot worse for her if she hadn't been. She's been given medication and now back home. Just relieved she is fine.

I hope your aunt is on the mend very soon.

I've come down with it too after 2 years stearing clear!! Was feeling rough yesterday couldn't stand up without feeling faint, headache, temperature and had the shivers but feeling alot better today!

Hope you get well soon!

 

[monga]

I’ve read this too. No surprise there with all the restrictions dropped.

NI are at the end of the sub variant wave wonder how that came about before any other regions .

 

[Prefrontalmedialcortex]

NI are at the end of the sub variant wave wonder how that came about before any other regions .

Not sure. Is it causing more hospitalisations/deaths than Omicron?

 

[monga]

Not sure. Is it causing more hospitalisations/deaths than Omicron?

Nope ! was just thinking it's odd how it's spread fastest here when our measures have been the longest and strictest of all the nations .

 

[Prefrontalmedialcortex]

Nope ! was just thinking it's odd how it's spread fastest here when our measures have been the longest and strictest of all the nations .

People mixing indoors? Or there’s another variant?

 

[monga]

People mixing indoors? Or there’s another variant?

It's the B2 variant ,wonder what one will be next now that one is burning out

 

[Prefrontalmedialcortex]

It's the B2 variant ,wonder what one will be next now that one is burning out

I think there’ll be more variants as Covid-19 is not going away. I read a really interesting article about tracking wastewater for lineage. They found lineages which had not been detected in humans and which contained mutations that meant they infected rodents.

“In a study described in Nature Communications last month, researchers John Dennehy of the City University of New York’s Queens College and Graduate Center and Marc Johnson of the University of Missouri used in-depth sequencing methods to detect new forms, or lineages, of SARS-CoV-2 in New York City’s wastewater. These lineages, which had not yet been detected in a person, contained mutations that allowed them to infect rodents, suggesting that they may have entered the water system via New York’s ubiquitous sewer rats. The finding reinforces concerns that animals may serve as reservoirs for COVID, and tracking their infections could prove important for plans to curb the pandemic.”

Wastewater Monitoring Offers Powerful Tool for Tracking COVID and Other Diseases

A CDC database of sewage data from communities around the nation could provide earlier warning of outbreaks and new viral variants

www.scientificamerican.com

 

[monga]

I think there’ll be more variants as Covid-19 is not going away. I read a really interesting article about tracking wastewater for lineage. They found lineages which had not been detected in humans and which contained mutations that meant they infected rodents.

“In a study described in Nature Communications last month, researchers John Dennehy of the City University of New York’s Queens College and Graduate Center and Marc Johnson of the University of Missouri used in-depth sequencing methods to detect new forms, or lineages, of SARS-CoV-2 in New York City’s wastewater. These lineages, which had not yet been detected in a person, contained mutations that allowed them to infect rodents, suggesting that they may have entered the water system via New York’s ubiquitous sewer rats. The finding reinforces concerns that animals may serve as reservoirs for COVID, and tracking their infections could prove important for plans to curb the pandemic.”

Wastewater Monitoring Offers Powerful Tool for Tracking COVID and Other Diseases

A CDC database of sewage data from communities around the nation could provide earlier warning of outbreaks and new viral variants

www.scientificamerican.com

I saw that they think the rats will carry the mutations ,it’s already spreading in the wildlife but as yet they don’t think they’re passing it back to humans but it could change in future

 

[Prefrontalmedialcortex]

I saw that they think the rats will carry the mutations ,it’s already spreading in the wildlife but as yet they don’t think they’re passing it back to humans but it could change in future

Yes there have been many cases reported of wild animals testing positive for Covid-19 but no cases of animal ➡ human transmission yet. I think there’s a possibility this will change as the virus looks for new hosts.

 

[or JusRollWithIt]

Your post reminded me of a recent article I read about the first potential case of animal to human case:

Researchers detect first potential case of deer‑to‑human transmission of COVID‑19

A team of researchers from Dalhousie and other Canadian organizations has discovered what could be the first link between a case of COVID-19 in deer and humans, suggesting in a new paper that the virus can be transmitted from wildlife to people.

www.dal.ca

 

[rlouisep9]

After dodging it for 2 years, I've finally caught it actually had a sore throat and cold-like symptoms last weekend and tested everyday until Tuesday when I felt back to normal and tests were all negative then.

After feeling absolutely fine all morning, I started having sneezing fits about 3pm yesterday. Tested at 4:30pm and it was pretty much instantly positive, had I not been sneezing I wouldn't have had a clue.

Feeling either bunged up or have a very runny nose this morning but that's it, hopefully it stays that way.