Covid-19

[Not in Crawley]

I turned up on the wrong day for my booked appointment, didn't matter. 

Also, as long as its been 3 months since your last jab, you'll get a booster. Loads of places now doing anyone over 18. 

It's important to get the booster as it's seemingly really effective.

[Horwich]

Why are we not being compared to Italy anymore 🤷🏻‍♀️

[Duck Egg]

Went for my pre booked booster on Friday but like others on here I've had a cold and persistent cough for a fortnight.  Several lateral flows have come up negative. They turned me away and told me to come back when I'm better. Presumably it's less effective if you've already some cold strain?

[stevieb]

1 minute ago, Duck Egg said:

Went for my pre booked booster on Friday but like others on here I've had a cold and persistent cough for a fortnight.  Several lateral flows have come up negative. They turned me away and told me to come back when I'm better. Presumably it's less effective if you've already some cold strain?

Shouldn't you have done a pcr? 

[Duck Egg]

Just now, stevieb said:

Shouldn't you have done a pcr? 

I dunno. We've only got LFs in the house

[stevieb]

32 minutes ago, Duck Egg said:

I dunno. We've only got LFs in the house

It's mad cunts like you that are prolonging this but the unjabbed get the blame! 🤣 

[Duck Egg]

7 minutes ago, stevieb said:

It's mad cunts like you that are prolonging this but the unjabbed get the blame! 🤣 

Hey! I just do as I'm told.  2 jabs, regular tests, mask wearer, then get turned away for mi booster.  I'll go back next week.

[Not in Crawley]

36 minutes ago, Duck Egg said:

Hey! I just do as I'm told.  2 jabs, regular tests, mask wearer, then get turned away for mi booster.  I'll go back next week.

I had a bit of a cough, didn't turn me away, just asked if I'd had covid in the last month. Not to me knowledge, and away I went.

Doing a LFT everyday at the moment as we're still out and about.

Walked into a pub yesterday with the kids for a drink and a bite to eat, went straight out again. Waaaaaay too busy for my liking at this moment, don't want to ruin Xmas and not get to see family again.

[Spider]

We’re all going to get this latest version.

Its just a matter of time.

With any luck, it’ll have gone through everyone by Feb

[Not in Crawley]

Working at home and no going out for the  next two weeks for me, self imposed isolation to get through to the festive season. Probably won't work.

[Guest]

58 minutes ago, Not in Crawley said:

I had a bit of a cough, didn't turn me away, just asked if I'd had covid in the last month. Not to me knowledge, and away I went.

Doing a LFT everyday at the moment as we're still out and about.

Walked into a pub yesterday with the kids for a drink and a bite to eat, went straight out again. Waaaaaay too busy for my liking at this moment, don't want to ruin Xmas and not get to see family again.

Sounds like that London’s riddled with Omicron 

[Tonge moor green jacket]

17 hours ago, jayjayoghani said:

Encouraging 

 

Fingers crossed. Possible the younger population may have something to do with it, guess we'll find out in the coming days and weeks.

[Not in Crawley]

Feel like shit again, headaches, aches, knackered, like I'm about to get a really shit cold.

Maybe I am.

[Tonge moor green jacket]

6 hours ago, Duck Egg said:

I dunno. We've only got LFs in the house

I'm not sure how it works exactly: would repeatedly negative results have meant you wouldn't have been given a pcr test, or would your symptoms qualify you for one?

[Spider]

It’s weird as fuck this

For a couple of hours I feel like I’m about to die, then for a couple of hours feel completely normal and repeat.

 

[gonzo]

Am I going to be able to fly on 22nd? 

[Guest]

21 minutes ago, gonzo said:

Am I going to be able to fly on 22nd? 

Too early to tell

[Spider]

36 minutes ago, gonzo said:

Am I going to be able to fly on 22nd? 

Moving to level 4 and Boris back on the telly later

I wouldn’t honestly be that confident.

Id let vaxxed people live as normal.

[Escobarp]

No new restrictions. But I suspect a threat of some and this is the precursor to them coming in the next week. 

[Mounts Kipper]

6 minutes ago, Spider said:

Moving to level 4 and Boris back on the telly later

I wouldn’t honestly be that confident.

Id let vaxxed people live as normal.

Not sure what the rationale would be for not allowing folk to fly. 

[Tonge moor green jacket]

1 minute ago, Escobarp said:

No new restrictions. But I suspect a threat of some and this is the precursor to them coming in the next week. 

You lot not been locked into your houses yet?

I did wonder if they might have shut schools a week early. Probably not too much done in the last week before Christmas anyway, and some have finished already. Just bolt on a few days elsewhere. 

 

[Spider]

1 minute ago, Mounts Kipper said:

Not sure what the rationale would be for not allowing folk to fly. 

A variant that is completely exploding.

A variant that looks like it beats vaccines.

Other countries may not want us.

Im not an expert on viruses, so like everyone else am stuck with what Boris and co. decide.

[Mounts Kipper]

3 minutes ago, Spider said:

A variant that is completely exploding.

A variant that looks like it beats vaccines.

Other countries may not want us.

Im not an expert on viruses, so like everyone else am stuck with what Boris and co. decide.

That why we have to take a pre departure test and PCR on return and isolate until a negative test is recorded. 

[bolton_blondie]

1 hour ago, Spider said:

It’s weird as fuck this

For a couple of hours I feel like I’m about to die, then for a couple of hours feel completely normal and repeat.

 

Have a lemsip and stop moaning man 

[Tonge moor green jacket]

2 minutes ago, Mounts Kipper said:

That why we have to take a pre departure test and PCR on return and isolate until a negative test is recorded. 

What other countries decide to do is up to them though. If they say no, then that's that.

Thankfully, it doesn't appear to beat our vaccines, just that they're less effective against it. Even then the booster is working well.

Reckon we'll be out of these restrictions in the not too distant future.