My thirty something son in law, who has had all his jabs and is normally as fit as a fiddle, doing running, snowboarding, cycling etc., has caught Covid. He is wiped out at the moment and is either in bed, or on the sofa, depending on the time of day/night. Hacking cough, temperature, sore throat and total fatigue, together with brain fog and headaches. Take care folks. The jabs may help but it is still a proper ba*****!
I flew out from the UK at Bristol Airport earlier today. No one was wearing a mask until they boarded the plane. In Spain they had police on duty to make sure you kept it on.
If the Brits can't be bothered with just the common sense precautions, what do you expect.
Can't argue with that.
Sorry to hear, hope he's feeling much better in a few days' time.
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Well credit where it is due, you have come up with a GIF that is original and not a copy of someone else's. Possibly your IQ has notched up a point but well done anyway.Bye
Having someone with your demonstrated intellect judge other people's IQ is exquisite.
'Against stupidity, the gods themselves struggle in vain' - Schiller.
In France at the moment- no masks whatsoever- so not just the Brits. No big deal anyway…. Live with it
I had it a month ago (56, I’m a runner and warm weather cyclist) and I have had worse hangovers, no more than a cold.
There does still seem to be some evil strains out there though.
Pitch
I just think if affects people in different ways and if you are unlucky in a bad way. I ended up being "relieved" I'd had it (the Xmas 2020 Kent variant) as for me I'd had worse colds and the unknown was gone. It did mess up that Xmas for the family though and my wife was wiped out Xmas day.
I'm surprised that so many people still don't realise this. My parents have just had it, Mum didn't bat an eyelid whilst Dad has been wiped out. A couple of very active and normally healthy colleagues have taken months to fully recover. The risk of death may be very low with the success of the vaccine rollout, but it's still something best avoided.
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Paul
Like you, I had it 4-5 weeks ago. Just a bad head cold, still worked from home through it. Must be the Norfolk strain!
However, I have to say I feel very tired now. Not sure if that is a hangover from COVID or my recent fishing trip which was pretty hard core. Others in the office who had it around the same time report similar tiredness.
Two of my staff who are early 20s really suffered from it....much worse than us middle aged cronies.
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We had it at christmas 2020, the missus coped admirably, more like a heavy cold for her and was over it in a few days. It (literally) nearly killed me and I was as fit as a butchers dog prior to that.
It gave me a new perspective on what the important things in life are and reaffirmed that good diet and exercise is one of the most important. Had I not been fit and healthy I wouldn't be here now.
I hope your son in law improves soon.
Jab or no jab bad or not bad it’s a lottery in my opinion how each person will be depending on the strain
100% agree.
I got it back in November, was double jabbed, it wasn't too bad like a bad cold and temperature for two days and was right as rain third day. Fourth day lost taste and smell and developed an annoying cough and both those lasted for well over 6 weeks which was no fun whatsoever.
The wife caught at same time as me and was almost identical in how it played out but my teenage daughter who was unvacinated at the time had mild symptoms for three days and was totally fine soon after that.
Currently people I know are suffering quite badly despite being triple jabbed, so as you say a complete lottery.
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Parents have it 89 and 83 , no issues whatsoever- Mum says they’ve had worse colds
On day 7 and now fine after 6 days of a bad cold and generally feeling crap.
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My 14 yr old unvaccinated daughter had it and didn’t have any symptoms whatsoever. She only took a test because one of her friends had it and messaged her.
My 74 yr old double vaccinated and boostered father has had it for two weeks and he needs help getting out of bed to go to the toilet. It has really hit him hard.
It’s a lottery.
Agree with the lottery comment.
I am just coming out of a dose - lasted 4 days and felt like a mild flu. I caught it from my wife and it lasted 8 days for her, with some different symptoms.
Pete
Viral illnesses can affect people very differently, we shouldn’t be surprised that Covid infections follow this pattern.
Being fully vaccinated makes overwhelming good sense, its no guarantee against becoming ill with Covid but it loads the odds heavily in favour of suffering only mild illness.
It's long been recognised that one's reaction to the virus is something of a lottery. Most people are ok but some poor sods aren't and will actually die from it. The great British public know this but still chose to swan around like maskless entitled morons even back when the bodies were piling up and a vaccine was a pipe dream. The stakes literally couldn't be higher but people still decided that they would rather endanger the lives of their fellow citizens than follow the very basic and reasonable safety guidelines. This is the most depressing thing about the whole affair for me. The great British public are mostly selfish idiots.
Me mid 50's, wife mid 40's, child 10 all had it late January, all unvaxxed. Child had scratchy throat, wife tired for a day, me feeling like a mild hangover with a bit of torso myalgia.
My brother and his partner are both 75 and triple jabbed. She regularly attends hospital for her cancer treatment and has to test beforehand. A couple of weeks ago she tested positive so my brother tested too. He was also positive. Neither had any symptoms whatsoever. He is not the healthiest of specimens so, as has been said, people vary widely in their response and it is difficult to predict how a given individual will be affected.
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Triple jabbed and I caught it a few weeks back. A proper flue feeling but nothing more than that. I had planned to tear down the inside of holiday home - just in that week. Well, that was not a success. Now, 3 weeks later, I'm still not back on track: quickly tired. But not as bad as last week and the week before; I'm making progress. On the good side: sleeping goes well, very well.
I’ve had every jab going and had come to the conclusion it’s a case of if not when. Sure enough I came down with Covid about 6 weeks ago, having previously tried to kid myself I’d already had it/was immune etc. I’m fit and healthy, but spent pretty much 10 days in bed, I was positive for 16 days and 6 weeks later I still don’t feel quite over it. My wife who is 5 years older than me was virtually unaffected, and my youngest son who has Downs and a heart condition thankfully was ok. The way your body responds to this seems almost random - it’s nothing to be smug or relaxed about. That being said, I don’t always wear a mask now - having be previously been firmly been in the mask wearing camp. You can’t spend the next 20 years masked you can you? I will say I live in a rural area - if I lived in London and was using the tube etc, I’d definitely be wearing a mask!
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For what reason would you wear one if you were on the tube?
I ask because I’ve picked up many customers who have told me they will continue to wear a mask even after the requirement has been dropped because they don’t want to catch covid. Yet they are wearing the surgical type or cloth type. Neither of which will help stop them catching covid.
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I used the tube for 20 years daily, always crowded full of people and I often had head colds. Got so sick of the tube I started commuting to n a motorbike and the colds stopped virtually overnight. I now live well outside of London and don’t intend to use the tube ever again tbh - but if I do it would seem sensible to wear a mask imho - as much to avoid being sneezed and breathed on by people full of colds as opposed to Covid. I now live in a rural area and rarely wear a mask - but anything to avoid catching an airborne illness when you’re crammed like sardines into a metal box full of 100 strangers seems to make sense to me?
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“Originally Posted by jaytip View Post
For what reason would you wear one if you were on the tube?
I ask because I’ve picked up many customers who have told me they will continue to wear a mask even after the requirement has been dropped because they don’t want to catch covid. Yet they are wearing the surgical type or cloth type. Neither of which will help stop them catching covid.”
…although using an FFP2 or FFP3 reduces risks of acquisition by the wearer by probably at least 60%. Why wouldn’t you wear one of those?
Might be worth doing a bit more risk assessment of those options: what’s the risk of suffering serious respiratory illness or death per tube journey compared to the risks of serious illness or death per motorcycle commute?
Over to you on that one…
Update. He's tested negative today but is very fatigued and feels like c***! It has certainly knocked the stuffing out of him. Take care all.
My 11yr old lad tested positive Wed night, snotty and full of cold. Be interesting to see if the rest of us get it. 9yr old daughter had it in Nov, the rest of us swerved it. Then wife and i both tested positive new years eve/day, too close together to have caught it from each other, so assume we both got it at the same time. As we hadn't been anywhere together since before Xmas, we blamed it on our son bringing it home from school and being asymptomatic, but maybe not as he has it now
Lying in bed writing this with 2nd dose of CV, first infection was last Oct. It hasn't been quite as bad as the first time but still headaches and totally exhausted. I really hope this is the last time, i'm done with CV now, totally fed up now..Been out last week and its amazing how many people think this is over...its not - keep hand washing and wearing a mask, it cuts down cases.
Exactly the same scenario as us - daughter first last year and we dodged it. Then the boy caught it four weeks ago. This time it ripped through us and 24 hours after he tested positive we were all laid up. Good luck.
My wife and kids had it a few months back, felt fine. I got it a few weeks after they had it after a trip to London and again was fine. Everyone at work has had it at different times since Christmas and all fine. It is amazing how it affects people so differently.
I haven't had it and as an asthma sufferer with various other allergies, I don't want it as I have no idea what it would do to me. Asthma attacks, for me are rare but terrifying. Any kind of airborne irritant has me wheezing and a severe attack (when my inhalers stop working) scare the dooh dahs out of me and all around me by my extreme reaction. How those medical staff have coped, watching folks fighting for their lives, day in and day out leaves me full of admiration for them. I passed a chap, as I walked into the supermarket the other day and he looked at my mask, shook his head and said "F***ing nonce!" and walked on shaking his head. It takes all sorts to make a world! Stay safe (in your own chosen way) everyone.
I’m amazed that I managed to dodge it for so long being a taxi driver but it’s finally caught up with me.
Feels like a really bad head cold.
Been knocked for six since Saturday, never known anything like it. Mild flu / cold? You lucky sods. I have a complete lack of concentration beyond 30mins, coughing all the time and then add the sneezing & aching.
Am so glad it is not a daft time at work, as I’m unable to use any form of brain power for long, before I’m all foggy & tired.
Walking upstairs to get something exhausts me. SPO2 is fine, but checking it regularly as I genuinely feel worse than I ever have before.
The app pinged me earlier to suggest I was in contact with someone with covid yesterday, after me telling them if my positive test Sunday. Nobody came to the house yesterday, so clearly a flawed system!
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I had Covid last September, I posted a bit about it in another thread on here about my experience, but in short it has massively affected my physical and mental health. I have just come back from a Long Covid Recovery Course run by The Firefighters Charity where many other previously fit and healthy Fire Service personnel around the U.K. were trying to regain a modicum of fitness to get back to work, some have been suffering two years. It’s a very real; albeit very small risk, but it is certainly not something to be taken lightly. I guess at least this latest Omicron strain and further variant have mostly been milder, let’s hope it keeps weakening. It wasn’t so much the Covid that got me but the Long Covid health implications. Keep safe and well all
I’ve been knocked for six for the last 5 days, the coughing and sneezing has just died away now, but my back muscles still feel the pain.
I still have zero energy, and fatigue quickly. Tried to do a few hours work clearing emails and struggled to focus due to brain fog.
Just tested positive again this morning, so that is tonight’s curry out of the window. Hoping I can be negative tomorrow & go out for dinner, if not then my only 2 plans for the weekend are written off.
I’m fed up, tired and just wanted to go out for the curry I’ve looked forward to all week.
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If I was feeling that tired, with brain fog, the last thing I would want to do would be to go out for a meal, regardless of a test result. You can also get false negative results, especially if you have very recently been ill with it. It is not like flipping a switch, crap one day and then fine then next, with life back to normal. I suggest you need a lot longer to recover, and not put others at risk.
Perhaps you don’t get enjoyment if looking forward to something and then enjoying that moment.
Congratulations on possibly the most condescending post in this thread.
Have a pat on the back from me. Bravo.
Not exactly. The lateral flow tests are fairly good at telling you when you are contagious. The fact that a PCR would still tell you you are positive doesn’t mean you’d be a danger for others.
'Against stupidity, the gods themselves struggle in vain' - Schiller.
Legally you can go out for dinner regardless I think…morally, well…
Indeed, given there is no need to even test & just count to 5 days, there is going to be lots of people just going out untested.
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