The other C word (Covid)

Towards the end of May I became unwell on holiday. The symptoms were very unpleasant and varied and I felt more ill than when I had covid in 2022. I tested negative when I got home. I ended up seeing the doctor as my throat was so painful. I was told that a lot of other patients had had the same illness. It would be just as important to keep away from others as if I had tested positive. The emphasis should now be advising people generally to stay at home with any contagious illness. This thread shows so much concern about covid and not enough about other viruses which were always there but never concerned us as much.

People say they've 'had it two or three times - yet there's been so many different variants. I haven't been aware of catching it but probably did, with no symptoms. Living in London, it seems unlikely that I wasn't exposed to the virus.

It seems very unfair, to me, that vulnerable people with poor health, have just been left to protect themselves (or not) from now onwards.

The last three years have been very difficult for those of us CEV.
I’m sad that my granddaughters A levels and university years have been blighted by covid and the disruptions it brought.
I don’t expect everyone to make sacrifices to protect me and acknowledge that covid is no longer the threat it was to most of the population.
However what I do find upsetting is that the government seems to have decided that covid is over and those of us still vulnerable are left to cope as best we can
I was shocked when attending the surgery the other day that masks are no longer needed even by the medical staff and that sanitizer is no longer provided in shops etc.
Surely such relatively small concessions are not too onerous to help protect those who still face restrictions on their lives through no fault of their own.
I’ve had all the vaccinations offered but have no wish to test their efficacy so continue to take great care.

Yes Germanshepherdsmum, I’ve been reading this thread with astonishment.
It was well known, in the early days, that people could be asymptomatic. I tested positive, after a few sneezes had me wondering, but I had no further symptoms. I probably wouldn’t have tested had I not been affected by all the publicity.
Fully vaccinated I got it again at the end of last year, this time with absolutely no symptoms, after a few members of my choir, including the choir master who I pick up from the station each week tested positive. Curiosity made me test a few days later, as I was due to meet family. Yup, positive.
Still no symptoms but I’ve since developed Tinnitus, pressure problems in my ears, and changed smell/taste perception.
It’s very unwise to write Covid off and definitely unwise to assume it’s unlikely to seriously affect anyone now.

sazz1

I caught covid a few weeks ago probably from a kid coughing a lot in a crowded lift. I had temperature for 1 day, slightly sore throat for 1 day and very bad cold. Bad chest infection needing steroids and antibiotics followed probably due to having lung disease anyway. I've had 3 vaccines and can't have anymore due to serious side effects.
OH caught it off me and was very ill. Repeated temperatures for over a week, cold, v bad cough, mood swings, and brain fog for 3+ weeks where he thought he had dementia and so did I. Didn't know what he was doing or even what room he was in! He's now ok weeks later.
But he had a 4th vaccine so I'm pretty convinced that these 'vaccines' are not helping at all. He was fit and healthy when he caught it but still has a cough now.

It was proven early on that, sadly, the vaccines didn’t prevent people from catching covid. Also that herd immunity was never going to happen. What the vaccines did do was stop most people from dying of it. I honestly believe that people have forgotten what it was like pre vaccine: how Italy were saying to our government, see what’s happening to the people of Italy and do something now to prevent it happening to you. And they ignored it. Because they were too busy looking the other way and we had a PM who didn’t believe in restrictions of any kind. People were even given notice of lockdowns so they could have a weekend partying thus spreading it even more. They ignored scientific advice because we had a government who had told people not to listen to experts. And No 10 itself continued to party during that time. The whole approach at the beginning was shambolic. No good testing and tracing. No closing of borders. I just hope all of this eventually comes out in the enquiry. Not that it will affect Johnson in his £3 million home. It might have affected the economy of this country but he and the rich mates that were handed lucrative contracts did well enough out of it.

Yeah, I tested positive 3 weeks ago; a week in bed, a week at home feeling crap, a negative test, a week of no energy at all, and counting. I know a couple of other people locally with it, none of whom caught it off each other. Doing the rounds again...

I’m CEV, so was my late husband last year after cancer diagnosis and treatment.
We agreed with close friends and family we’d LFT before meeting.
I’m relieved to be retired

I know a few people who have had covid lately and they all think they caught on hospital appointments. So if I have to go to hospital I'll be wearing a mask again.

Several people have had covid round here recently. My husband (dodgy heart) and some of our older neighbours have had a booster recently but I've not been offered one. Not really sure what's going on now, hope they give me a jab when I have my flu vaccination this winter.

You can still check up on the latest Gov.uk figures here:

coronavirus.data.gov.uk/

You will notice that there has been a 40 % increase in hospital admissions over the past week, that's quite a jump. You can enter your postcode for the picture in your local area.

So your five vacs didn't work

I had a sore throat yesterday, I had a bad feeling a cold was on the way. Lo and behold, woke up with a slightly blocked runny nose. No other symptoms so am assuming its just the common cold. I do have a pack of covid tests if I develop a headache or any of the other symptoms more common with covid than a cold. Bit annoyed as I haven't had a cold (or covid) in at least 5 years. I think its because I have been travelling by bus more often of late.

I wonder if its the miserable weather we have been having? More bugs than usual seem to be around this summer. As for boosters, so far as I know they will be offered for vulnerable groups in the autumn. I vaguely remember reading something about it in the last couple of days.

Mr C has just returned home after heart surgery. Pre admission instructions were that covid testing was not necessary. The first thing the admission nurse did was a covid test. The majority of staff were wearing masks - as did I to visit. Made us wonder.

Romola

A cousin of my late husband and his wife have recently been staying with me, having arived from Australia. He's another anti-vacxer.
I asked if either of them had ever had Covid, to which the answer was no.
I asked if they had had any colds, coughs or flu-ey illnesses since the outbreak started. They said they had had one or two, as normal and usual.
So I asked if they had tested themselves for Covid. They said they hadn't.
I was really shocked. How did they know they weren't infecting others with Covid?
Even if they didn't want the vaccine, the very least they could have done was test to see if any infection was Covid, so that in the case of a positive test, they could isolate until testing negative.
How arrogant and selfish can people be?
By the way, I had Covid recently. I woke up feeling cold-ey, realised I had a dentist appointment that day, LFT very much positive so I cancelled the appointment and isolated for 7 days until testing negative.
Covid19 has not gone away.

Test kits weren't free in Australia, they did cost quite a lot so perhaps that's why people were reluctant to test.

Let's hope they stayed away from other people when they weren't well, which is likely as lockdowns were very strict in Australia..

Callistemon, they weren't that strict in Australia, at least not all of Australia. I've not long returned from visiting my son there. Some regions were lockdown free, as the regions were relatively remote. However, those in these remoter regions weren't allowed to visit those that were in lockdown, so it had pretty much the same effect.

MayBee70

It isn’t like the common cold and it isn’t like flu. Someone I follow on Facebook has just died of it. The problem is that any measures put in place to protect the old and vulnerable will be bad for the economy and the government can’t have that. I’d like to know what measures they have put in place in case of a resurgence. Bet, if they have done anything it won’t have cost as much as the Rwanda scheme.

I think government would be quite happy to have fewer old & vulnerable people needing pensions and disability benefits.

Of course, they may also get more who are long term sick with long covid but the plan will be to harass them as they usually do with long term sick people, probably including stopping their sick pay now & again to 'encourage' them into work.

Cynical, moi?

CatsCatsCats

Callistemon, they weren't that strict in Australia, at least not all of Australia. I've not long returned from visiting my son there. Some regions were lockdown free, as the regions were relatively remote. However, those in these remoter regions weren't allowed to visit those that were in lockdown, so it had pretty much the same effect.

Callistemon, they weren't that strict in Australia

Not what I was told. We've relatives in all states except WA and that was possibly even more strict, from what I was told. Parents not allowed to go to hospital with their babies there.

Well, we've both been told what we've been told, haven't we.

CatsCatsCats

Callistemon, they weren't that strict in Australia, at least not all of Australia. I've not long returned from visiting my son there. Some regions were lockdown free, as the regions were relatively remote. However, those in these remoter regions weren't allowed to visit those that were in lockdown, so it had pretty much the same effect.

Is this the Australia where people couldn’t leave the country and, from memory, people weren’t allowed to return to the country for a long time? Or is my memory at fault. Methinks your perception of a lot of events is somewhat different to mine. I got the feeling that Australia was pretty strict regarding covid rules but, hey, what do I know!

The vulnerable could choose to isolate themselves. The rest of us could get on with life as near to normal as possible.

The "I'm all right, Jack" approach.

That is what was happening as restrictions were lifted, leading to even more mental health problems for those who had to continue to 'choose to isolate themselves' while millions around them behaved as if covid never existed.

MayBee70

CatsCatsCats

Callistemon, they weren't that strict in Australia, at least not all of Australia. I've not long returned from visiting my son there. Some regions were lockdown free, as the regions were relatively remote. However, those in these remoter regions weren't allowed to visit those that were in lockdown, so it had pretty much the same effect.

Is this the Australia where people couldn’t leave the country and, from memory, people weren’t allowed to return to the country for a long time? Or is my memory at fault. Methinks your perception of a lot of events is somewhat different to mine. I got the feeling that Australia was pretty strict regarding covid rules but, hey, what do I know!

Amongst the very strictest lockdowns in the world, Maybee.

I only know from the experiences of relatives who live there, one a doctor. We came to the UK just before Covid arrived, but we had regular updates from family and friends.

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Oh dear, how could I have been so stupid to believe all that Covid nonsense?
Staying at home and isolating for two years was actually a waste of time! I think not!
I prefer to listen to my clinicians and read the scientific evidence, not a random poster on GN.

Well said Marydoll
I was so shocked wen I read the now deleted post I couldn’t think of a response but you said it for me.