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Wack61

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Where does it end though , they hand out the flu vaccine in the winter for a reason, if there's another mass outbreak what then, we all hide in our houses, I doubt there's enough gas and spare capacity in the national grid to heat every house in the country 7 days a week for a month.

There's going to come a point where we're all going to be at greater risk because there's no money coming in and no furlough.
 

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Where does it end though , they hand out the flu vaccine in the winter for a reason, if there's another mass outbreak what then, we all hide in our houses, I doubt there's enough gas and spare capacity in the national grid to heat every house in the country 7 days a week for a month.

There's going to come a point where we're all going to be at greater risk because there's no money coming in and no furlough.
I’m not sure it’s going to end anytime soon.
Theres a suggestion that;
vaccine immunity will be limited at best.
many sufferers have severe secondary health issues as a result of the virus.
Repeated infections therefore will lead to those individuals being at greater risk.
The cycle continues.

Not a great outlook.
 

bigbob

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Best enjoy ourselves while we still can, then, eh.

Chin up!

Can’t see if your chin is up - f'ng lamp shade still in the way.

Seriously, a beer on Bournemouth beach will be the highlight of many peeps lives for the next 1-2 years. Winter will make us all face up to a greater familiarity with death. How the government titrates economy versus life will define the next year or so. Life led the CV19 #1 response whereas the economy will lead the CV19 #2 response as the medium term health cost of letting the economy tank again is immense. As for a vaccine, mid 2021 on if we are lucky.

Keep driving the Masers (and AMs for impostors) and enjoy the cheap fuel.
 
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To answer the OP, still not at all. So far, I’ve taken zero precautions and am enjoying life just the same as always. If I’ve had it, I don’t know and if I haven’t, tbh, I don’t care. If I do get it and it kills me people will laugh but again, I won’t care. This sh!t isn’t going to rule my life because, quite frankly, I couldn’t give a cr4p. Happy days.
 

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Can’t see if your chin is up - f'ng lamp shade still in the way.

Seriously, a beer on Bournemouth beach will be the highlight of many peeps lives for the next 1-2 years. Winter will make us all face up to a greater familiarity with death. How the government titrates economy versus life will define the next year or so. Life led the CV19 #1 response whereas the economy will lead the CV19 #2 response as the medium term health cost of letting the economy tank again is immense. As for a vaccine, mid 2021 on if we are lucky.

Keep driving the Masers (and AMs for impostors) and enjoy the cheap fuel.
If a vaccine that works is found in mid 21 it’s estimated it will take around 5 +years to vaccinate everyone.
 

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To answer the OP, still not at all. So far, I’ve taken zero precautions and am enjoying life just the same as always. If I’ve had it, I don’t know and if I haven’t, tbh, I don’t care. If I do get it and it kills me people will laugh but again, I won’t care. This sh!t isn’t going to rule my life because, quite frankly, I couldn’t give a cr4p. Happy days.
It may not rule your life but at the moment it will certainly be impacting upon your life.
 

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Not yet. Apparently I will be contacted to get an antibody test and if it is positive (to confirm my feeling that I've had Covid-19) then I will be asked to donate Plasma for it's treatment.

Apparently the antibodies in males over 40 are way higher than those of a female in her 20's for example.
Males carry more for some reason, which would also explain why 75% of deaths are men (male privilege eh?).
Its interesting you have been contacted, I thought they were doing health service followed by carers and recently announced delivery drivers / taxi drivers.
I would quite like a test so I would be able to donate to help treat others, other than that I am not sure knowing one way or another helps and could even make people more complacent.
As for accuracy of these test who knows, my daughter had two negative tests for Covid and a positive test for antibodies ! As it happens she is off to donate later today.
 

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To answer the OP, still not at all. So far, I’ve taken zero precautions and am enjoying life just the same as always. If I’ve had it, I don’t know and if I haven’t, tbh, I don’t care. If I do get it and it kills me people will laugh but again, I won’t care. This sh!t isn’t going to rule my life because, quite frankly, I couldn’t give a cr4p. Happy days.

But it already IS ruining your life, you just don't realise it. Yes, you can go out, drive your little car and even now have a beer in a pub.
There are so many sporting and theatrical and musical events you can't enjoy. TV and film is not producing much new material right now and zoom is the order of the day for most reporting. You cannot travel in a meaningful way to foreign countries because it is either forbidden or too stressful to do so. You personally may not be at risk but you know that you going about your everyday business is potentially going to ruin someone else's life. Going to shops will not be as enjoyable with everyone having to wear masks. The list goes on and on.
Life is not going to be "happy days" for anyone, no matter what for a long time. God knows how long!
 

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To answer the OP, still not at all. So far, I’ve taken zero precautions and am enjoying life just the same as always. If I’ve had it, I don’t know and if I haven’t, tbh, I don’t care. If I do get it and it kills me people will laugh but again, I won’t care. This sh!t isn’t going to rule my life because, quite frankly, I couldn’t give a cr4p. Happy days.
That's one way of avoiding the speeding offence.
 

bigbob

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If a vaccine that works is found in mid 21 it’s estimated it will take around 5 +years to vaccinate everyone.

My view is that as they discover what makes a vaccine work they will also find out more about the triggers that make people get infected and - more importantly - get seriously ill. That then gives a sub set of society to vaccinate, much like the annual flu jabs. Very few people aged under 40 will meet the criteria to be vaccinated and given how young the world population is that will reduce the time to vaccinate materially.
 

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Its interesting you have been contacted, I thought they were doing health service followed by carers and recently announced delivery drivers / taxi drivers.
I would quite like a test so I would be able to donate to help treat others, other than that I am not sure knowing one way or another helps and could even make people more complacent.
As for accuracy of these test who knows, my daughter had two negative tests for Covid and a positive test for antibodies ! As it happens she is off to donate later today.

Sam, you can register here, you get an antibody test as when you donate.


They called me yesterday afternoon to book me in for a donation, however, as I still get after, effects of headaches, breathlessness and muscle aches (although this could be just me getting older) they have postponed it for 2 weeks.
 

GeoffCapes

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Where does it end though , they hand out the flu vaccine in the winter for a reason, if there's another mass outbreak what then, we all hide in our houses, I doubt there's enough gas and spare capacity in the national grid to heat every house in the country 7 days a week for a month.

There's going to come a point where we're all going to be at greater risk because there's no money coming in and no furlough.

Ironically for the first time in donkeys years there is!

With the shutdown at the end of March gas reserves are in a positive for the first time in something like 16 years!
 

BennyD

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But it already IS ruining your life, you just don't realise it. Yes, you can go out, drive your little car and even now have a beer in a pub.
There are so many sporting and theatrical and musical events you can't enjoy. TV and film is not producing much new material right now and zoom is the order of the day for most reporting. You cannot travel in a meaningful way to foreign countries because it is either forbidden or too stressful to do so. You personally may not be at risk but you know that you going about your everyday business is potentially going to ruin someone else's life. Going to shops will not be as enjoyable with everyone having to wear masks. The list goes on and on.
Life is not going to be "happy days" for anyone, no matter what for a long time. God knows how long!

Perhaps being more relaxed about it helps. I don’t go to the theatre or music concerts, I occasionally go to motor races but not doing so really doesn’t bother me. I can get on a ferry and go across to Europe whenever I want. I don’t fly so that, I assume, removes the travel stress you alluded to. I, like always, give those around me plenty of personal space so the chances of passing on something I haven’t got are minimal and therefore, unlikely to ‘ruin someone else’s life‘. I don’t report, or get reported on, so Zoom is something I do in my ‘little‘ car. Wearing masks in shops will be a pain but so what? My income is exactly the same as it was before, and so is my life at home. I’ve got plenty of projects to do so my life is pretty much as it was before. Perhaps I’m lucky, perhaps I’m more philosophical about the whole thing but to answer the OP, not at all. (For me) Happy days.
 
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If a vaccine that works is found in mid 21 it’s estimated it will take around 5 +years to vaccinate everyone.

https://www.independent.ie/lifestyl...t-to-be-gloomy-they-die-younger-25956222.html

"People who are overly pessimistic tend to have worse health long-term than their more positive peers, US researchers report."
— Reuters, Aug. 13, 2002

Report That Pessimists Die Sooner No Big Surprise to Pessimists

New York (SatireWire.com) — A study issued Tuesday claiming that pessimists have more long-term health problems than positive people just proves pessimists were right, say pessimists.

The research, conducted by the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., found that less positive people suffer significantly higher rates of illness, and advised physicians to encourage their patients to adopt a more positive outlook to improve and lengthen their lives. Pessimists across the country said they would try, though they seriously doubted it would work.

"OK, here's a positive thought," said Australia resident Wattie. "Why not save me the trouble I'm going to have later and just shoot me now?"

"No wait, save the bullet," he added. "I'm going out to a party with my so-called friends tonight. I'll bet I die of boredom."
 
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Scaf

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Sam, you can register here, you get an antibody test as when you donate.


They called me yesterday afternoon to book me in for a donation, however, as I still get after, effects of headaches, breathlessness and muscle aches (although this could be just me getting older) they have postponed it for 2 weeks.
Thanks - registered, let’s see if I get a test
 
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