CoVid-19 Thread.

[Raiyn]

I was notified of a possible exposure that happened Monday. I was masked, as usual, and it was a brief encounter. We're scheduling testing for later this week.

 

[Raiyn]

Tested yesterday, came back negative today on the ol' deep booger mine test.

 

[imnotcreative]

As of today we are back into a lockdown where only supermarkets and pharmacies are allowed to open. In effect until atleast January 14th..

 

[Digger]

I think we are all in for more lockdowns with the rapid spread of this latest variant.

It’s a brave new world.....not!

 

[Raiyn]

I think we are all in for more lockdowns with the rapid spread of this latest variant.

It’s a brave new world.....not!

I just put a new filter in my mask. Between that and the shots, I'm as good as I can be.

 

[Digger]

Mask mandate is back on and mandatory use of QR codes. Other states are following suit.

Spread is rampant and currently our niece and her bloke have been confirmed as having Covid, Delta I presume, as they are pretty crook. Holidays and Christmas will spread things beyond our ability to control I expect so what we are going to look like in another month is anyone’s guess.

I had my booster shot yesterday and my arm is sore...grin~ I don’t feel any other effects but then I’ve just got up. My other shots were Astra Zeneca but this one was Pfizer.

 

[Otto99]

I just learned my daughter-in-law has tested positive, and was in the house for Christmas, Hugginkiss and all that. I had my 89 year old mother here, who also hug and kissed, we stopped in Mayfield to see my longest term still in contact friend, so I’ve called them all. We are quarantining ourselves. Yay. Fornicate. And now I have a headache, but that could be road sickness and wine. Lettuce pray.

 

[Raiyn]

Bloody Hell.

 

[Digger]

I just learned my daughter-in-law has tested positive, and was in the house for Christmas, Hugginkiss and all that. I had my 89 year old mother here, who also hug and kissed, we stopped in Mayfield to see my longest term still in contact friend, so I’ve called them all. We are quarantining ourselves. Yay. Fornicate. And now I have a headache, but that could be road sickness and wine. Lettuce pray.

If I could I would, but best wishes are fully with you and yours!

OTOH our niece Amanada her bloke and 2 of her 3 kids have got this rotten bloody thing full on. All double vaxxed but crook as hell! So far Evie the 2 1/2 year old is OK.

 

[Raiyn]

Sheesh, this Omicron bugger is insidious.

The following is a JOKE.

I wanna start a conspiracy theory that it's transmitted by Mariah Carey's Christmas earworm. The tinfoil hat committee thought it was 5G, let's give 'em something more tangible.

End of JOKE.

 

[Digger]

It’s running rampant here in most states. Reports are saying (again) that Ormicron may make it up to 14 times harder for Delta to take hold after a few weeks. Of course it’s possible to get both strains, but in time Delta may be outcompeted. If thats the case then perhaps thats our way out of this awful mess?

 

[Otto99]

No symptoms here yet. Son said he’s not as fatigued today, but still congested, and DIL has a lingering cough, but otherwise is OK.

 

[Digger]

Our youngest son Chris has just tested positive for Covid. He was here about 5 days ago but we feel alright so he must have got it after he was here.

 

[Digger]

Chris’s wife Leanne now has it but no word yet of our granddaughters. On the positive side Chris was feeling a bit better yesterday so hoping this is Omicron and that being double vaxxed they will be all over it in a few days.

 

[Otto99]

Son and wife are on the mend, and the girls spiked a fever one Thursday, the other Friday, but they’re OK now with no other symptoms. I couldn’t help but wonder if it was a side effect to their first jab 2 days prior, but I don’t know how it works in kids.

 

[vomer]

Everyone here in the UK is catching 'a cold' which is indistinguishable from omicron symptoms, and may not return a positive test on an LFT. If you can actually get LFT's anywhere. And you can't now get a PCR test in England, Scotland and Wales have their own public health bodies and are providing PCR tests, don't know about Northern Ireland.

The science is suggesting that three quarters of people with a cold at the moment actually have omicron. And that the transmissability is such that everyone is going to be exposed to it. And, it will displace previous variants, and provides good immunity to them. Viral load is around ten times lower. So here in the UK cases will probably peak in 2-3 weeks, and we could be looking at and end to the pandemic very soon.

I'm on day 8 of 'the cold' and tested negative on the last LFT in my pack, three days in. But it certainly seems to be more than a cold, hence messed up sleep patterns and browsing the internet at 3.20am.

 

[Digger]

Everyone here in the UK is catching 'a cold' which is indistinguishable from omicron symptoms, and may not return a positive test on an LFT. If you can actually get LFT's anywhere. And you can't now get a PCR test in England, Scotland and Wales have their own public health bodies and are providing PCR tests, don't know about Northern Ireland.

The science is suggesting that three quarters of people with a cold at the moment actually have omicron. And that the transmissability is such that everyone is going to be exposed to it. And, it will displace previous variants, and provides good immunity to them. Viral load is around ten times lower. So here in the UK cases will probably peak in 2-3 weeks, and we could be looking at and end to the pandemic very soon.

I'm on day 8 of 'the cold' and tested negative on the last LFT in my pack, three days in. But it certainly seems to be more than a cold, hence messed up sleep patterns and browsing the internet at 3.20am.

It would certainly be good to see the back of it Paul. Hope it
asses you by soon. It’s running rampant here too ATM.

 

[Digger]

Currently Australia requires that people entering must be double vaxxed. We are approaching the tennis tournament, the Australian Open. Novak Djokovic refused to divulge his vaccination status but arrived here claiming an exemption. He is currently in immigration detention saying his exemption is because he has already had Covid.

There is an inevitable battle in the court but I doubt having had it once is a valid reason for exemption. However there may be discretion exercised, don’t know really.

Australians have had a very hard time with stringent restrictions over the last couple of years and if a high profile sportsman, a fantastically wealthy one, is seen to receive special consideration then it will cause trouble. At the very least I expect he will be booed off the court.

A Czech player was returned home under similar circumstances today.

 

[Raiyn]

Currently Australia requires that people entering must be double vaxxed. We are approaching the tennis tournament, the Australian Open. Novak Djokovic refused to divulge his vaccination status but arrived here claiming an exemption. He is currently in immigration detention saying his exemption is because he has already had Covid.

There is an inevitable battle in the court but I doubt having had it once is a valid reason for exemption. However there may be discretion exercised, don’t know really.

Australians have had a very hard time with stringent restrictions over the last couple of years and if a high profile sportsman, a fantastically wealthy one, is seen to receive special consideration then it will cause trouble. At the very least I expect he will be booed off the court.

A Czech player was returned home under similar circumstances today.

I've seen that come through my newsfeed over the last few days. I can't say I'm sympathetic to their "exemption".

 

[Digger]

There is evidence that covid can be caught more than once and so if unvaccinated then he represents an unnecessary risk. Besides it’s our law and that must be seen to apply to everyone.

If they allow him to play it will send the wrong message and support the anti vax movement here.

Interesting times hey?