Latest awful lurgey

[PositronicRay]

6 days in ans I'm up and about, but low energy levels and short of breath.

[HustleRussell]

r3g said:

Rh14n said:

They're only doing over 65s in Wales.

Speak to your GP. They'll give you one if you ask them as they get paid to do them.

I expect GPs get paid for all the work they do.

[Encore Dj]

This is what the U.S. Government’s CDC is now saying….

“BA.2.86 [the new variant] may be more capable of causing infection in people who have previously had COVID-19 or who have received COVID-19 vaccines.

https://www.cdc.gov/respiratory-viruses/whats-new/...

[Riley Blue]

Encore Dj said:

This is what the U.S. Government’s CDC is now saying….

“BA.2.86 [the new variant] may be more capable of causing infection in people who have previously had COVID-19 or who have received COVID-19 vaccines.

https://www.cdc.gov/respiratory-viruses/whats-new/...

This is the most recent update I can find from UK.gov:

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/covid-19-varian...

In other news, my O/H was diagnosed with Long Covid this morning

[Ashfordian]

Encore Dj said:

This is what the U.S. Government’s CDC is now saying….

“BA.2.86 [the new variant] may be more capable of causing infection in people who have previously had COVID-19 or who have received COVID-19 vaccines.

https://www.cdc.gov/respiratory-viruses/whats-new/...

Statement of the bleeding obvious. They could have just said that the virus has mutated which is what it has been doing and will keep doing. And why Covid is now an endemic virus that will keeping re-infecting people under it new mutations every few years until the end of time.

The best mitigation against Covid, and most other viruses, is to lose weight if you are overweight, and look after your health with diet and exercise.

[skedaddle]

Ashfordian said:

Statement of the bleeding obvious. They could have just said that the virus has mutated which is what it has been doing and will keep doing. And why Covid is now an endemic virus that will keeping re-infecting people under it new mutations every few years until the end of time.

The best mitigation against Covid, and most other viruses, is to lose weight if you are overweight, and look after your health with diet and exercise.

So what are the vulnerable meant to do or the ~10% who go on to get long Covid no matter how fit they are.

We need to clean the air that we breathe and put an end to the pandemic and all the suffering that it is bringing. Our ancestors cleaned their water to end a cholera pandemic - why can't we in this day and age do the same for the air we breathe?

Edited by skedaddle on Friday 8th September 21:25

[steveo3002]

mrs went to prague for a few days , week later shes got covid , a week after that im hacking away and have a head ache but cba to test ...guess she picked it up through the airport /plane

[KAgantua]

skedaddle said:

Ashfordian said:

Statement of the bleeding obvious. They could have just said that the virus has mutated which is what it has been doing and will keep doing. And why Covid is now an endemic virus that will keeping re-infecting people under it new mutations every few years until the end of time.

The best mitigation against Covid, and most other viruses, is to lose weight if you are overweight, and look after your health with diet and exercise.

So what are the vulnerable meant to do or the ~10% who go on to get long Covid no matter how fit they are.

We need to clean the air that we breathe and put an end to the pandemic and all the suffering that it is bringing. Our ancestors cleaned their water to end a cholera pandemic - why can't we in this day and age do the same for the air we breathe?

Edited by skedaddle on Friday 8th September 21:25

Hi Donald, best of luck with the next election!!

[so called]

Week 2 now for my wife and myself.
My terrible headache has subsided thankfully.
Cold sweats/hot flushes are still here.
Dizziness, nausea and lack of energy wont go away.
Still have chesty cough, diarrhea, lost sense of smell and weird sense of taste ???

Cup of tea this morning tastes dreadful ???

[Upinflames]

Encore Dj said:

This is what the U.S. Government’s CDC is now saying….

“BA.2.86 [the new variant] may be more capable of causing infection in people who have previously had COVID-19 or who have received COVID-19 vaccines.

https://www.cdc.gov/respiratory-viruses/whats-new/...

Our lot saying the same, page 23:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/governmen...

[geeks]

Well, I guess it was bound to happen sooner or later, woke up this morning feeling a bit chesty, mild sweat, bit brain foggy went to blow my nose and had a coughing fit, internal voice went "uh-oh" did a test immediate red line, temperature of 38.5. Great! I was supposed to be away with work this weekend but I am now locked up in the living room feeling a bit st with aches and pains. Just hoping I didn't get a chance to spread it to MIL who lives with us, 85 so not an ideal age to pick it up!

[nammynake]

Been ill since last weekend, finally tested this morning after my wife tested positive for COVID and yep I’ve got it too. Symptoms were fatigue, lack of appetite/nausea, hot+cold sweats, mild headache, and most recently a runny nose. Very little coughing but chest feels tickly.

Meant to be cycling in Majorca next weekend - have delayed by two weeks to hopefully fully recover.

[Stan the Bat]

nammynake said:

Been ill since last weekend, finally tested this morning after my wife tested positive for COVID and yep I’ve got it too. Symptoms were fatigue, lack of appetite/nausea, hot+cold sweats, mild headache, and most recently a runny nose. Very little coughing but chest feels tickly.

Meant to be cycling in Majorca next weekend - have delayed by two weeks to hopefully fully recover.

Dont go cycling unless you are 100%

[geeks]

geeks said:

Well, I guess it was bound to happen sooner or later, woke up this morning feeling a bit chesty, mild sweat, bit brain foggy went to blow my nose and had a coughing fit, internal voice went "uh-oh" did a test immediate red line, temperature of 38.5. Great! I was supposed to be away with work this weekend but I am now locked up in the living room feeling a bit st with aches and pains. Just hoping I didn't get a chance to spread it to MIL who lives with us, 85 so not an ideal age to pick it up!

Been a fun weekend of nausea, sweats, headaches, runny nose, brain fog, full body aches (who knew the top of your feet could ache?) fortunately the cough part was over and done in the first 24hrs. Am through the worst of it but it was a rough weekend can’t remember the last time I felt that ill!

[honest_delboy]

I feel this could be it, goodbye cruel world, sniff. Thanks for all the fish.

All the above symptoms compounded by having one working lung so quite breathless which i suspect is contributing to my lethargy. This is worse than covid.

I was meant to be in the office today so i'm "that" guy .

[Takemeaway]

Tickle cough and bringing up phlegm.

Feel a bit rotten but could go to work if I had to (but I don’t so I’m not). I don’t think I’ve had a temperature but this ongoing tickle cough and general fatigue and lethargy make me think I may have just a *cold* although lack of taste and appetite suggest otherwise.

I tried to do a covid test that we had from last time round but it failed and don’t really see the point in trying again

[Slow.Patrol]

Takemeaway said:

I tried to do a covid test that we had from last time round but it failed and don’t really see the point in trying again

I was told that the old covid tests don't pick up the new variants.

[Pistom]

My experience of this autumn's lurgey is it's not too debilitating for me.

Some seem to have similar symptoms but are being hit by it harder and longer.

[James6112]

geeks said:

Been a fun weekend of nausea, sweats, headaches, runny nose, brain fog, full body aches (who knew the top of your feet could ache?) fortunately the cough part was over and done in the first 24hrs. Am through the worst of it but it was a rough weekend can’t remember the last time I felt that ill!

I had those symptoms with covid a couple of weeks ago. Thankfully felt fine by about day 4, same day as my wife came down with the same!
Had covid jabs this morning anyway, you can have it as long as you feel fine & negative (used to be 28 day wait)
Just been for a 10k run, onwards & upwards!

[bodhi]

I first picked up a tickly cough a couple of weeks ago after a works night out in Brum, nothing too annoying but the odd chills, feverishness, few aches and pains etc. Thought I was getting better last weekend, then on Monday it came back with a vengeance, and it's pretty much kicked my ass all week.

Properly chesty cough, no appetite to speak of, bit of a sniffle, zero energy, fevers and chillls etc, but the weirdest effect was what it did to my sleep. I'd fall asleep fine about 11-12, but would wake up every morning without fail at about 2 30am then not get back to sleep until about 6 no matter what I tried. Actually felt ok in the morning staring at the roof sessions, so wasn't due to any symptoms, just could not get back to sleep.

Ah well, am on the mend now, just had 18 holes of golf now being forced to watch TV all afternoon.