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#1885252
Clusterf**k!
Why are we mandating PCR tests again for travellers? Government guidance is that, once you have had covid ("Proved" by a PCR), you should not have another PCR test for 90 days because it may identify residual matter in your system as a "case". So we don't know how many "positive" tests are actually positive? Maybe these people are asymptomatic recoverers?
And now [devilsadvocate] we have another version of the ghastly bug, that seems to be very mild indeed, should we not "let it rip" and get some herd immunity going? [/devilsadvocate]
This has all the signs of another government screwup, with people being told at the last minute that their carefully laid plans (and spending) for the festive season are cancelled. Way to encourage spending and reopening of the economy, guys!
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#1885255
News is that the Scottish cases haven't travelled.


@Flyingfemme I'd not heard that, I guess that having had Covid in September, Mrs E and I are about to take part in an experiment when we do a PCR at MCR on Wednesday. :roll:


Edit: I'll be at 88 days M'Lud :doh:
Anyone who has previously received a positive COVID-19 PCR test result should not be re-tested within 90 days of that test, unless they develop any new symptoms of COVID-19.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publicati ... -infection
#1885264
Flyingfemme wrote:And now [devilsadvocate] we have another version of the ghastly bug, that seems to be very mild indeed, should we not "let it rip" and get some herd immunity going? [/devilsadvocate]


Quite possibly, but doing that before checking it out a bit first is premature.

I think the government is doing the right thing this time. A few weeks of extra precautions while they check it out is not really that big a deal.

To be honest, though, bearing in mind the number of cases turning up worldwide, it is probably already too late to rein it in if it is as transmissible as it appears.
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By skydriller
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#1885269
Keveng wrote:SA: It's true what they say, no good deed goes unpunished. The next time we won't tell you guys about the next mutations or variants we find.

World: Sorry can't hear you, too busy dealing with the outbreak that you caused. How about we talk about this later?


I seem to remember a similar reaction to "delta" wrt the UK... :roll:
#1885277
eltonioni wrote: I'd not heard that, I guess that having had Covid in September, Mrs E and I are about to take part in an experiment when we do a PCR at MCR on Wednesday. :roll:

My MiL is in a residential home, which requires all visitors to do a LFT before visiting inmates. They told DH that they do not require any sort of test for 90 days after a positive PCR. Result!
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By Flyin'Dutch'
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#1885321
Many of my patients are surprised when I suggest we do a C19 test (no not there!) when they have D&V; C19 is a disease which commonly presents with diarrhoea and vomiting, a lot is made of the respiratory symptoms but in my (personal too) experience it is commonly more a gastritis and diarrhoea condition.
#1885322
Reaction seems a bit over the top considering the reports on the new variant (especially as it’s clearly already here), however it could be the covid we want. I just wish that rather than spreading fear porn, they’d actually say something like

“so far it appears to be a weaker variant, it may bypass the existing vaccines however it’s a virus we could live with and return to normal. We are taking precautions for a couple of weeks to assess the situation which is why we recommend masks and shielding for the vulnerable, just in case it is worse than we thought.”

Relaxes those convinced we are heading towards a new world order
Relaxes those convinced that opening a window will let a murderous covid in

Although positive news doesn’t sell papers does it?
#1885345
Just heard: a relative today went for a routine prenatal scan at the outpatient O&G clinic of a large, prestigious, teaching hospital; double-jabbed already and after having done a LFT test with negative result, of course. In the clinic there was still up on the noticeboard an official NHS poster from last January (ie, before UK had started vaccinating systematically) telling pregnant women that they should not be vaccinated (which was presumably reasonable advice given the state of knowledge then). Relative (a GP, which is why she had been vaccinated early for her age group) suggested to the admin staff that perhaps it might be an idea to take the poster down, as the advice had changed a while ago .. :?
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#1885357
@Flyin'Dutch' - tis woz just more than a year ago I begotten our little friend C19.

Being suitably paranoid, and having already been in near isolation for nearly 4 weeks due to 2 of the kids becoming high risk, I was extremely vigilant.

My first symptoms were mild to moderately upset stomach. Lasted around 2 days. That passed, then I had a very slight itchy throat, hardly worth wasting a Strepsil on, again 2 days.Then the sinusitis. Runny nose and headache. I then got tested, positive.

No cough (I’m asthmatic), no fever - had been testing all of the family at leat twice per day. No other “Covid” symptoms whatsoever- but I distinctly remember the upset stomach as the initiation point of my malady.
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#1885358
Tip for travellers, Randox will do a PCR at the arrival airport and get the result to you the following day for £55.

If only it weren't Randox, but in this mad world I can't decide if that's money for old rope for them, or a bargain get-out-jail-card for me.
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#1885361
kanga wrote:Just heard: a relative today went for a routine prenatal scan at the outpatient O&G clinic of a large, prestigious, teaching hospital; double-jabbed already and after having done a LFT test with negative result, of course. In the clinic there was still up on the noticeboard an official NHS poster from last January (ie, before UK had started vaccinating systematically) telling pregnant women that they should not be vaccinated (which was presumably reasonable advice given the state of knowledge then). Relative (a GP, which is why she had been vaccinated early for her age group) suggested to the admin staff that perhaps it might be an idea to take the poster down, as the advice had changed a while ago .. :?



The best place to hide information is to put it on the notice board.
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