Steve8778
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Yes that's not good I agree, those who work in jobs in care should be entitled to covid related sick pay. You'd think the hike in national insurance could pay for that but I doubt it from this lot.
Just a reminder people- it hasn't gone away
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Steve8778
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Okay
JM14
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Not just care, millions are without proper sick pay if they need it. A very generous £96 SSP likely won’t pay for the gas and electric in a few months
Steve8778
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Most people who get covid get next to no symptoms, it will be the minority, its not ideal but that's how it is.
Redwurzel
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A key question is - is going up because we don't wear masks, don't sanitise, going out more, vaccines wearing off etc or because its more contagious.
Infections are shooting up, but not so much on Teesside which has only 25% of the infections as the Isle of Arran (as a percentage figure). Weird.
Hospital cases at 16,000 is worrying as they tend to be serious.
I would hope the new vaccination programme will reduce the fatal cases.
Infections are shooting up, but not so much on Teesside which has only 25% of the infections as the Isle of Arran (as a percentage figure). Weird.
Hospital cases at 16,000 is worrying as they tend to be serious.
I would hope the new vaccination programme will reduce the fatal cases.
Am I wrong or are 16000 in hospital who have tested positive , not 16000 forced into hospital with COVID.
If cases in the general population are up surely this is the same for hospitals where everyone is tested symptoms or not.
I watch the ICU\ventilator numbers which give a better indication.
I got it (for a second time) last week. Stiff neck. Annoying cough and a bit sniffly ... with sneezes (the sneezing is most likely the reason this latest variant is so transmissable). Very mild symptoms indeed. During last week I had it, my wife had it, wife's grandmother(90 yr old) had it, daughters had it and all 5 grandkids. Thankfully, none of us had anything more than mild cold symptoms. I am testing negative now but still have an irritating cough.
FabioPorkpie
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Where I work, more people have been off with it in the past 6 weeks than at any point during the pandemic. One colleague, early 50s, triple vaxxed, non smoker, non drinker, fit and healthy, got it for the second time and had to get paramedics out. He was off work for 4 weeks, and still isn’t right now he’s back. My cousins kid, 6 yrs old, needed an ambulance because he became unresponsive. Few days later and he was in A & E because his legs ‘stopped working’. Thankfully he’s fine now but all those folk saying it just doesn’t affect kids….
On the other hand, 2 x 90 yr old family members had it and were completely asymptomatic so
One thing is for certain though, just because the government want to pretend it’s gone away doesn’t mean it actually has.
On the other hand, 2 x 90 yr old family members had it and were completely asymptomatic so
One thing is for certain though, just because the government want to pretend it’s gone away doesn’t mean it actually has.
Sergio
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what a ridiculous comparison
Sergio
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Reduce them all, natural selection!!...but seriously 3 years ago the most vunerable people where still vunerable to all sorts of things yet i bet they didnt hide away or wear masks to shops did they? And if they did (which i doubt) nothings changed!
The_Lizards_Jumpers
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Two years to the day of lockdown, and I've been struck down with it. Think my 9 month old daughter has it too, but my wife seems to have escaped unscathed so far.
There goes a weekend at the theatre, and a trip to Tom Kerridge's Hand & Flowers next week - worst time to get it, but hey first world problems, as others have pointed out some people have it far worse.
There goes a weekend at the theatre, and a trip to Tom Kerridge's Hand & Flowers next week - worst time to get it, but hey first world problems, as others have pointed out some people have it far worse.
Zoophonic
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That’s a bummer. Must be rife in Herts as my wife has got it and I’m sure to follow.
Unlike you one of our few weekends we planned nothing. Just hoping I can get to Peterborough. As for missing the Hand and Flowers that pub comes to St Albans in September for Kerridge’s Pub in the Park. Plus the Kaiser Chiefs if you like that sort of stuff.
The_Lizards_Jumpers
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To be honest I'm not THAT fussed about missing it, I'm no lover of Kerridge and his food, but Mrs Jumpers and her brother and his wife wanted to go and so hence we were going....
Laughing
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Pub in the park is terrific. A really cheap way to try food you usually wouldn't eat. Also we can get a direct train so I can have a beer.
Zoophonic
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Me too. Over priced food in a pub is the way I look at it but appreciate others love that kind of thing. . Marlow is nice but will be heaving this weekend with the weather as it is.
Zoophonic
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You presumably walk to Harlington from Toddington or do you cab it?
Chris_Boro
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It's almost as if people think the NHS is coping swimmingly with the influx of Covid patients every few months.
Absolutely no thought to the knock on effects to waiting lists, NHS staff, doctors, nurses and those who require their care. The NHS is underfunded, understaffed and on its knees.
The "Just get on with it" and "it can't go on like this forever" crowd, don't give a **** about the above.
Absolutely no thought to the knock on effects to waiting lists, NHS staff, doctors, nurses and those who require their care. The NHS is underfunded, understaffed and on its knees.
The "Just get on with it" and "it can't go on like this forever" crowd, don't give a **** about the above.
Laughing
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Cab, its only 3 miles but along narrow roads. I noticed this year the popup restaurant are charging individually for dishes. The last time we went they were all charging a flat fee for any dish. A tenner as I recall.
Zoophonic
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It’s not for me. You have to pay £55 a ticket and then £6 per tasting dish on top. Hoping the St Albans Beer Festival is on though a couple of weeks later. It’s superb.