Covid case surge

Well I’m still worried although me and OH have had it. I’m still getting very fatigued. Lots of people are now getting it a second time. What should we do? Thing is, around 8 million people in the UK still haven’t been vaccinated. The government are being extremely foolish in refusing to talk about covid. Yes, masks should still be worn and people should still be encouraged to have the jab. Finally, we haven’t heard from Witty, Valance or Van Tam in a while. I wonder what their feelings are?

Ladyleftfieldlover

Well I’m still worried although me and OH have had it. I’m still getting very fatigued. Lots of people are now getting it a second time. What should we do? Thing is, around 8 million people in the UK still haven’t been vaccinated. The government are being extremely foolish in refusing to talk about covid. Yes, masks should still be worn and people should still be encouraged to have the jab. Finally, we haven’t heard from Witty, Valance or Van Tam in a while. I wonder what their feelings are?

Yes, it would be useful to hear official advice in the wake of current statistics. However it seems if they don't mention it, it doesn't exist. Friends of my teenage GC have had it twice in the last 6 weeks.

Ladyleftfieldlover

Well I’m still worried although me and OH have had it. I’m still getting very fatigued. Lots of people are now getting it a second time. What should we do? Thing is, around 8 million people in the UK still haven’t been vaccinated. The government are being extremely foolish in refusing to talk about covid. Yes, masks should still be worn and people should still be encouraged to have the jab. Finally, we haven’t heard from Witty, Valance or Van Tam in a while. I wonder what their feelings are?

Mask restrictions are highly unlikely to be reintroduced especially as other European countries are dropping or reducing their restrictions.
If you are worried I would invest in FFp2 masks
We are not likely to increase our vacinnation rate it's pretty good but those who are not convinced are not likely to change their minds now.

The other day I was in a shop, when a maskless man leant into my face, ( masks are still required in shops here), I moved away. After he did it twice more, I asked him to stop leaning over me, because I was vulnerable.
He replied, Covid doesn't exist. ??
No wonder it is still spreading, if people think like that.

I know more people around here who either have it or had have it within the past month than at any time since the whole pandemic started. I'm sitting here absolutely choked full of what feels like a bad cold or flu - and just realising that I can't taste my Marmite toast (!) yet I've just done a test and it was negative.

Daisymae

Ailidh

I am concerned. I've continued all precautionary measures. I am on Day 2 of Covid.

Sorry to hear that. I wonder if that's our future, an endless circle of infection. Hope you are soon better.

Thank you.

Day three brings a barbed wire throat but I test my taste buds with marmite toast every morning, and they're still there. (Hope yours come back soon, Blondiescot) ?

Masks are still obligatory until next Monday in Scotland, at least in shops, on public transport and in public places.

My 97yr old DMiL has escaped so far but just yesterday, as I was taking her for her 4th jag, we had a message from her day centre to say it's closed until after Easter as there have been 19 cases reported among those elderly.

DFiL died with covid, in hospital, in Dec 2020. He had underlying health problems and was 95, but the circumstances, without visitors, were terrible.

Surely the vaccine helps to keep the disease milder?

www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/politics/2022/apr/11/covid-threat-being-ignored-england-ideological-reasons-nhs-leaders

This is actually quite a good article.

It is just political. The uk population don’t want any restrictions so we don’t have any. The Tory government want to show their success at beating Covid. The NHS as always are done in, battle weary, undervalued, underpaid, slagged off in the press, but who cares anymore as everyone else is bored of it! Whether or not we have restrictions etc the fact is now we have an additional illness which puts pressure on the NHS and we have no support from the government to cope with that - no extra beds, no extra staff, nothing. So as long as that is the case everyone suffers in some way. There is only so much work that can be done in a day. Whether they are admitted with it or from it it is not a strong argument to those who cite it - as if someone has Covid alongside whatever else has hospitalised them, likelihood is they are going to need additional care, longer stay etc as battling that as well and likely will
Be sicker.

It’s just such a shame.

The link doesn't work LadyWee.

It worked for me.

www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/apr/11/covid-threat-being-ignored-england-ideological-reasons-nhs-leaders

Well it didn't work for me on any of the 3 platforms I use.

Here's the article.

Loads of people I know (including myself) have recently had covid and the only people I've known describe it as mild are those who are pretty young, in their teens/20s. I felt it was a bit like the flu but now negative, I am still wiped out and one of my glands is still swollen and painful. It isn't just a bit of a sniffle (and I have had the luxury of being able to rest)

Dh and i were shopping yesterday and only we and 1 other person were wearing masks,so it`s not a shock that covid is still rife.
I know of 26 people who have had covid in the last 10 days,thankfully no-one died.

Covid cases have surged,
but so have other viruses.

I know several people including myself who have recently succumbed to a nasty bug (testing several times all negative) My sil lost his voice and 3 weeks later my daughter is still coughing .

Prior to Easter Holidays, local primary school had lot of absences due to Chicken Pox.

Keeping ourselves masked up is personal choice (apart from medical environments).
But it does not do our immune system any good.
We need to be exposed to germs to keep our immune system working as it should.

But you don’t get immunity to Covid as you can have it several times. The only thing keeping death rates down are our drugs and vaccines which reduce the severity. In abandoning all measure the government have thrown the elderly and vulnerable under a bus. Then it was always about saving the NHS, not really about us in particular, and in some areas the NHS is once again under great pressure.

Feeling the same here Janejudge my son got over his pretty quick but here I am into my 3rd week and still feel like I’ve been hit by a train.

The Guardian article says it all really. The NHS is struggling and feels abandoned by the government.

The Omicron variant is not killing as many people but the high prevalence of infections in hospital, of patients and staff, means that many routine procedures are on hold. This is impacting general practice, hospital waiting lists, and also acute medicine and A&E depts.

This can’t be the best way of “living with covid”.

As to mask wearing, they can be effective if PPF2 masks are worn and well fitting.

This is not flu, it is a novel virus, and research study results are starting to filter through of the long term sequela of infection, but as yet it’s too early to tell.

Marydoll

The other day I was in a shop, when a maskless man leant into my face, ( masks are still required in shops here), I moved away. After he did it twice more, I asked him to stop leaning over me, because I was vulnerable.
He replied, Covid doesn't exist. ??
No wonder it is still spreading, if people think like that.

Stupid man.

It does seem to be very much on the increase here; all age groups seem to be affected. The symptoms seem to be like a heavy cold but we never know just who might be affected more severely. As well as those whose immune systems are compromised some others who are seemingly healthy seem to be affected with long-term symptoms.
My friend can barely stand weeks after recovering from Covid.

www.which.co.uk/news/2022/02/ffp2-and-n95-masks-what-to-know-and-how-to-spot-fakes/

I found this helpful/interesting

(Full article available, irrespective of Which members)

I am still concerned about it, and DH and I wear masks when inside any shops. We no longer go to the cinema or restaurants.
The government stance is appalling, given that the figures are very high.

It's all political of course. Restrictions are unpopular and Boris needs as much popularity as he can get.

The NHS is crumbling, which brings it even closer to being a target for privatisation.

There might even be an element of savings on pensions if the number of pensioners is reduced. Or maybe I'm just too cynical.

I’m concerned and still mask wearing. A friend has just had it and she said she felt dreadful. Nothing like a cold or flu.

I’m still concerned too. So many people getting it, but many appear to think that it’s all over.

But it’s clearly not!

Both OH and I had Covid a few weeks ago and tested negative after 10 days. However, a couple of weeks on we are feeling very lethargic and still with brain fog. OH felt really bad today and was coughing a lot so did a test. It was negative. The worry is that as the policy now is to pretend there is no longer a problem we might not be told of a new variant which might be able to infect people who are fully vaxxed and who have even recently had Covid.

The vaccines that we have at the moment were developed to protect against the original covid viruses, and are still effective against serious illness and death, but work is ongoing I believe in developing vaccines against new variants.

Viruses mutate constantly and in fact there is an omicron XE variant circulating now, which is not giving cause for concern. I think the situation is constantly monitored, and if a mutation of concern appears we will be in a much better position to deal with it than at the start of the pandemic.

I think the long term health problems of infection are as yet unknown.