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[Taz2]

Still seeing lone people driving around in their cars wearing masks.  I will never, ever understand that one.

I do this because it saves the faff of taking it off and putting it back on if I'm visiting a few different shops etc. I always get my earrings caught up 

It didn't sound like a bad cold when you had it PF. Think you were in bed for a few days?. I certainly don't feel like it's a cold. Day 10 now and still positive and feeling very exhausted still.

[getting_old]

Because PF it's easier if 1 is getting in and out to keep a mask on, lessens the need to touch each time.  They may be care workers between Clients.  Or like me, going into shop after shop after .......

The twice I've not worn mine I've felt very vulnerable  .  I try to match masks with coloured socks  .  Many Health Authorities are reintroducing the necessity and a few across England have declared states of emergency to a bed shortage  . 12 hour wait at some A&E Depts.

Most of them are too old to be careworkers. 

i haven’t heard anything about state of emergency due to covid. It’s only like a bad cold.we all got it.

I'll tell that to the guy whose wife went into hospital last week with it, and died from it a few days later.

[Marchlove]

Unfortunately colds, flu, viruses, can all inflict worse outcomes on the old and more vulnerable among us.
Covid is no different.
In the past society understood this and almost without awareness we took preventative measures to lessen the impact.
At the same time, the young were able to mix freely and build up natural immunity to infections and viruses.
This is key, and I’m more than willing for the younger generations continue as we always have done. x

[CLKD]

I've not caught C-19.  I don't mix much and when I do, it's on with the matching socks and mask 

It's the same virus as the common cold but potent i.e. Millions have died due to it because immune systems weren't ready.  Any1 who walks around with seasonal 'flu doesn't have flu!

[ATB]

Unless you’re testing weekly, which would be a huge waste of resources, you won’t know if you’ve had it for sure unless you got symptoms, most people are asymptomatic. Marchlove, you are of course right with regards to how society has accepted that viruses will affect the elderly or sick much worse and that is something about life we must and have accepted until recently. The difference with covid is the way it spreads like a cold but is as potent as other flu strains. It’s the speed of spread that caught us out. I’ve had much worse flu experiences, even when in my twenties, than the two times I’ve had covid. More could be done by helping people stay healthy in the first place, preventative healthcare is not a top priority for any government and it ought to be. My husband was overweight when the covid pandemic started and it was the wake-up call he needed. He joined our child and I with our exercise routines and is now really fit and is a very healthy weight and his bloodwork, cholesterol etc is excellent. More people should of taken the opportunity of lockdown to focus on their health. Taking a jab and wearing a mask are easy things to do, but being a healthy weight is way more important IMO.

[Pennyfarthing]

Because PF it's easier if 1 is getting in and out to keep a mask on, lessens the need to touch each time.  They may be care workers between Clients.  Or like me, going into shop after shop after .......

The twice I've not worn mine I've felt very vulnerable  .  I try to match masks with coloured socks  .  Many Health Authorities are reintroducing the necessity and a few across England have declared states of emergency to a bed shortage  . 12 hour wait at some A&E Depts.

Most of them are too old to be careworkers. 

i haven’t heard anything about state of emergency due to covid. It’s only like a bad cold.we all got it.

I'll tell that to the guy whose wife went into hospital last week with it, and died from it a few days later.

My daughter’s partner’s Dad died last month following his covid injection.  People are dying from all sorts of things sadly all the time.

[jaypo]

If we were to dwell on the number of deaths year in year out,we would be a very depressed nation,yes,death is very VERY sad but fact is,over half a million people die in this country every year,Covid is just one more thing we have to dodge

[CLKD]

Did he die as a direct result or due to underlying conditions?

Dodge - great phrase.  Dodging people isn't difficult  .  Dodging Germs is harder 

[littleminnie]

I’ve noticed more people wearing masks in the last week or so

[getting_old]

Because PF it's easier if 1 is getting in and out to keep a mask on, lessens the need to touch each time.  They may be care workers between Clients.  Or like me, going into shop after shop after .......

The twice I've not worn mine I've felt very vulnerable  .  I try to match masks with coloured socks  .  Many Health Authorities are reintroducing the necessity and a few across England have declared states of emergency to a bed shortage  . 12 hour wait at some A&E Depts.

Most of them are too old to be careworkers. 

i haven’t heard anything about state of emergency due to covid. It’s only like a bad cold.we all got it.

I'll tell that to the guy whose wife went into hospital last week with it, and died from it a few days later.

My daughter’s partner’s Dad died last month following his covid injection.  People are dying from all sorts of things sadly all the time.

I was merely pointing out that it's not only a bad cold for some people. I know a lot of people, all very healthy, who have been extremely ill with all of the different variants.

[getting_old]

Unless you’re testing weekly, which would be a huge waste of resources, you won’t know if you’ve had it for sure unless you got symptoms, most people are asymptomatic. Marchlove, you are of course right with regards to how society has accepted that viruses will affect the elderly or sick much worse and that is something about life we must and have accepted until recently. The difference with covid is the way it spreads like a cold but is as potent as other flu strains. It’s the speed of spread that caught us out. I’ve had much worse flu experiences, even when in my twenties, than the two times I’ve had covid. More could be done by helping people stay healthy in the first place, preventative healthcare is not a top priority for any government and it ought to be. My husband was overweight when the covid pandemic started and it was the wake-up call he needed. He joined our child and I with our exercise routines and is now really fit and is a very healthy weight and his bloodwork, cholesterol etc is excellent. More people should of taken the opportunity of lockdown to focus on their health. Taking a jab and wearing a mask are easy things to do, but being a healthy weight is way more important IMO.

So many healthy people have been really ill with it so being skinny doesn't mean you won't catch it, nor does it mean you won't be one of the people who are badly affected or affected long term.

[ATB]

It’s not a guarantee, obviously, it’s about risk and it’s very clearly affecting those who are overweight more, as does a lot of diseases like heart disease and diabetes etc 

[getting_old]

Still seeing lone people driving around in their cars wearing masks.  I will never, ever understand that one.

They're doing it because they know it confuses you 

[Pennyfarthing]

Because PF it's easier if 1 is getting in and out to keep a mask on, lessens the need to touch each time.  They may be care workers between Clients.  Or like me, going into shop after shop after .......

The twice I've not worn mine I've felt very vulnerable  .  I try to match masks with coloured socks  .  Many Health Authorities are reintroducing the necessity and a few across England have declared states of emergency to a bed shortage  . 12 hour wait at some A&E Depts.

Most of them are too old to be careworkers. 

i haven’t heard anything about state of emergency due to covid. It’s only like a bad cold.we all got it.

I'll tell that to the guy whose wife went into hospital last week with it, and died from it a few days later.

My daughter’s partner’s Dad died last month following his covid injection.  People are dying from all sorts of things sadly all the time.

I was merely pointing out that it's not only a bad cold for some people. I know a lot of people, all very healthy, who have been extremely ill with all of the different variants.

It’s like any illness or disease, it’s the luck of the draw. My Mum had bowel cancer twice, major surgery and lived for another 25 years until nearly 97.  My friend died at 51 from bowel cancer. 

I have many friends who have had breast cancer, had surgery and treatment and are still going strong many years later.  Others have sadly not had long at all.

[Taz2]

I'm just back from A&E due to having a rapid heart rate all day. Usually mine is 64 but it didn't drop below 115. All bloods and ECG ok. Still covid positive on day 11. Hospital doctor thinks it was covid making a hopefully last stand.

It's interesting re the weight thing. I'm not overweight and have had a not very nice experience with Covid but my partner is 4 stone overweight and recovered much faster testing negative on day 8. He is 65 though against my 68.

Taz x