Politics Coronavirus

[Scouse]

UK scientists take ‘promising’ step towards single Covid and cold vaccine

Francis Crick Institute in London says area of spike protein of Sars-CoV-2 could form basis of jab against variants and common cold

www.theguardian.com

Cool

 

[Yoni]

Finally home after that horror story of a holiday. Thank fuck for the vaccinations as it was a most unpleasant experience

 

[Raven]

Yeah, sure, why not.

Langya: New virus infects 35 people in eastern China

The patients are thought to have caught the virus from animals such as shrews, and not from humans.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Trem]

Yeah, sure, why not.

Langya: New virus infects 35 people in eastern China

The patients are thought to have caught the virus from animals such as shrews, and not from humans.

www.bbc.co.uk

It's what the UK needs right now.

 

[Ormorof]

Yeah, sure, why not.

Langya: New virus infects 35 people in eastern China

The patients are thought to have caught the virus from animals such as shrews, and not from humans.

www.bbc.co.uk

Taming of the Shrew is a bit more hardcore in China it seems

 

[Wij]

Taming of the Shrew is a bit more hardcore in China it seems

 

[Wij]

Didier Raoult papers earn expressions of concern as criminal investigation gets underway

Didier Raoult A leading microbiology society has issued expressions of concern for four six papers from a group in France led by the controversial scientist Didier Raoult, whose lab is under invest…

retractionwatch.com

 

[Embattle]

Had my Moderna booster today.

 

[Tom]

Me yesterday. Feel pretty rough today, skin tingling, headache, tiredness.

 

[Wij]

We’ve all been feeling like shite for days. Not sure if it’s a new Rona variant. It felt very different when I had it last week.

(Continues dying…)

 

[dysfunction]

We’ve all been feeling like shite for days. Not sure if it’s a new Rona variant. It felt very different when I had it last week.

(Continues dying…)

I had that also. Covid test was negative but doesn't mean it wasn't

 

[Raven]

My entire family has it atm, mum, stepdad, sister, brother-in-law, 2 nieces.

Supposed to be doing a beef wellington for 8 on Saturday, bought the fillet today. You do not freeze fillet, so I will be mostly eating fillet steak for the next 3 days. Gutted...

 

[Embattle]

There seems to be some nasty colds around which is natural.

 

[Raven]

There seems to be some nasty colds around which is natural.

I had a really bad one last week, it was weird. Was fine in the morning, was home by lunchtime, lasted 2 days and felt better as quickly as it came on.

 

[Raven]

Felt a bit rough since yesterday, took a test this morning, clear, left it on the side, just went to throw it away, positive.

Managed to avoid it all this time. Just feels like a bad cold, more throaty than anything.

Supposed to be chairing the biggest meeting of my career tomorrow... kicking off our new ERP project, that I am project managing. Will have to be via teams.

 

[caLLous]

Exactly the same for me. Felt a bit under the weather over the weekend and tested positive this morning. All I have is a bit of a scratchy throat and a very very mild sort of woozy, head cold feeling. I'm more annoyed that I've got it than anything.

The test I used does explicitly say that you shouldn't read the result after 15 minutes.

 

[Raven]

Yeah, we have so many kits stuffed within kits that I had no idea of the instructions.

 

[Raven]

Slept most of yesterday, feel fine today. Still positive though. Get those jabs!

 

[Marc]

Most recent time I had it, took me 13 days to test negative.

 

[Scouse]

Just out of interest - why are you bothering testing now?

If you feel like shit you feel like shit. Stay in, don't work etc. But covid is now a disease that we just get on with, no?

 

[Raven]

Just out of interest - why are you bothering testing now?

If you feel like shit you feel like shit. Stay in, don't work etc. But covid is now a disease that we just get on with, no?

Because I want to get back in the office...

 

[old.Osy]

Can confirm, kids picked up a stomach bug and a cold from school / kindergarden.

Thankfully, my immune system skipped the stomach bug. I'm on my 6th day of manflu though

 

[Scouse]

Because I want to get back in the office...

Fair enough. I don't have that pressure.

I'd always not bother going in if I had a cold/something else just in case I passed it on. Would give myself a couple of clear days before going back in. Unless we intend to keep testing kits for covid on hand forever, we all need to get back to the former, no.

Not saying you're doing the wrong thing (you're obviously not). Just wondering aloud when are we going to stop bothering...

 

[Ormorof]

Honestly i dont even know how to get an official test done anymore, all the testing centers around here are gone

Makes you wonder how much higher in reality the infection rate is vs what is represented in the stats

 

[Scouse]

Honestly i dont even know how to get an official test done anymore, all the testing centers around here are gone

Makes you wonder how much higher in reality the infection rate is vs what is represented in the stats

The point of the vaccination programme was that once it was complete (boosters aside) we don't have to think about it any more.

I get people are being extra cautious (and it's laudable that they don't want to spread covid) - but nowadays it's kind of like 'treat it like any other cold'...

 

[Ormorof]

I just hope we dont go back to the "im just going to power through it" days when people show up sick at the office and infect everyone else

Power through it at home asshats, or better yet be sick when you are sick

 

[Raven]

Fair enough. I don't have that pressure.

I'd always not bother going in if I had a cold/something else just in case I passed it on. Would give myself a couple of clear days before going back in. Unless we intend to keep testing kits for covid on hand forever, we all need to get back to the former, no.

Not saying you're doing the wrong thing (you're obviously not). Just wondering aloud when are we going to stop bothering...

If there was a flu test, and had flu, I would take it, I would then know I won't be giving the lurgy to everyone else.

 

[Scouse]

100%. You'd hope people'd have learned their lessons by now.

In fact, I was hoping that we'd move to a "I've got a cold, so if I do have to go to the shops, I'll wear a mask to protect other people" type culture - like they've got in Japan.

 

[Scouse]

If there was a flu test, and had flu, I would take it, I would then know I won't be giving the lurgy to everyone else.

Fair enough.

I, personally, wouldn't - regular exposure to our pathogenic environment is the mechanism that keeps us all at a reasonable level of immunity. But it's a personal choice IMO. And I'm all about that

 

[dysfunction]

Ive still got 5 Covid tests left. I took one the other week as I was feeling rough. Just out of interest more than anything else. I was negative but worked form home for a week instead of going into the office.
You recover quicker too I think if you dont go anywhere and rest at home.