How are we getting through it?

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.

(sound of a glass being filled in the background)

Presuming you can see it through the haze of cigar smoke....

[Steve J]

Glad to hear you had negative results Paul. Cases in South Glos rose by 199% in a week, so like you, we are still being ultra careful and not even going in friends houses, given our son is CEV. Cases still high in local schools compared to earlier this year, which is a concern given my wife's a TA. A friends son's school had 5% cases per week recently, which is pretty worrying. Lockdown 3.0 or some variant of on the horizon I think...

[toxicpixie]

I'm now two days past my booster; this time I haven't got that crushing exhaustion that followed the first.

I've had it the opposite way round - not-flu on the first two, absolutely shattered this time.

AZ initially but booster was Pfizer.

[toxicpixie]

Glad to hear you had negative results Paul. Cases in South Glos rose by 199% in a week, so like you, we are still being ultra careful and not even going in friends houses, given our son is CEV. Cases still high in local schools compared to earlier this year, which is a concern given my wife's a TA. A friends son's school had 5% cases per week recently, which is pretty worrying. Lockdown 3.0 or some variant of on the horizon I think...

Categorically stated otherwise by the Omnishambles earlier this week, so I expect mandatory mask wearing and a lock down next week for sure

[paulr]

New Zealand must be laughing at us...

More looking on in confusion

[Techno II]

Pembrokeshire is still going up and up...cases per 100,000 have, near as dammit, doubled in the last three weeks. (435 to 803)
The 'place' that's surprised me is Tewkebury.

A few days ago, it was the only 'blue' area on the map of mainland UK, which is why I noticed it.....(Blue being less than 100 cases per 100,000)....It's now over 1,000 cases per 100,000.

(That makes me think their figures were 'wrong' a short while ago, and they've just added a lot of 'lost' cases.)

Cheers - Phil 

[toxicpixie]

With the delay in symptoms & tests, it's quite plausible to spike like that. Did they have a big public event a couple weeks back...

[Techno II]

Can't answer that, Matey. 

I CAN  say, with a little bit of confidence.......that Pembrokeshire 'missed'  a good number of cases a few weeks ago.....then added them, which made us look like we suddenly 'jumped'.

Cheers - Phil. 

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

That happens every Monday. had booster, no noticable side effects today.

[jimduncanuk]

I woke up this morning after another poor nights sleep with an aching right shoulder.

2nd Jab maybe...booster jab....nope.....flu jab.... no nothing like that.

Painting the ceiling in the kitchen diner is the culprit.

I have arthritis.

All the traditional reasons for aches and pains are still with us. I barely notice the jab side effects.

So, I am getting through it.

[Techno II]

I woke up this morning
So, I am getting through it.

Good to hear, Jimbo.

All the very best - Phil.

[Heedless Horseman]

It's Life, Jim... but not as we want  to know it !
Good Man!  First Objective taken... so rest will be a Swan.......   

[Leon]

Sorry to hear that Barrie at TimeCast has been hit with Covid, hopefully he's back on his feet again soon.  It's becoming a case of 'when' and not 'if' with this virus it seems.

[FierceKitty]

Arthritis - do try fish oil capsules. They've helped me appreciably.

[jimduncanuk]

Arthritis - do try fish oil capsules. They've helped me appreciably.

I swear by Glucosamine and Chondroitin.

I don't know what they do but they seem to work fine.