Coronavirus

[Caomhaoin]

I got sent home from work today, I have had a bad dose since yesterday. I'll take it, the only pain in the hole now is the pain in the arm making it hard to sleep on my preferred side.

[Nixer]

I got sent home from work today, I have had a bad dose since yesterday. I'll take it, the only pain in the hole now is the pain in the arm making it hard to sleep on my preferred side.

The slow death has begun.

[Giggles]

https://mobile.twitter.com/search?q=%23ImDone&src=typeahead_click

Looks like a few people aren't happy with Borris and his world leader pals, partying it up on a beach during a pandemic!

[Kurt Cocaine]

I got sent home from work today, I have had a bad dose since yesterday. I'll take it, the only pain in the hole now is the pain in the arm making it hard to sleep on my preferred side.

Get well soon komrade... XXxX

[astfgyl]

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[livingabortion]

New Zealand did it right. Jacinda Ardern did a great job and other countries should have looked at how her government did things and used it as a blueprint. They locked down hard in the early days when others were still dragging their heels, there was no messing about.  Ireland made a bollocks of it in many ways, having said that I'm glad I'm not living in the U.S.


In the spirit of trying to pan for gold in a pile of shite, I like a lot of knock on effects to the pandemic.
It's great not hearing about some load of human detritus in a jungle or some load of wankers you'd leave inside a burning house to save a pig in of the many other myriads of "reality" shows. All those "talent" formatted show.
News sources flicking the bean with excitement to report on nobody's and wasting resources to talk about them. Social Distancing has done some good things.
The hugely reduced number of flights there has been a positive for the environment .
And of course with people being around each other less there is less change of transmitting all sorts of sicknesses.
I have managed to save a few bob as well.

[astfgyl]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/why-covid-19-may-now-feel-like-a-bad-cold-with-headache-runny-nose-among-most-reported-symptoms-1.6069831

What do we make of this, is it good or bad news? I can see both scenarios as valid depending on how I want to look at it. I did see one thing I simply can't agree with though but I'll stay out of that because I've been over it already. It's an interesting development if it holds true though.

And if anyone is interested, here's a bit of a read around testing from a letter published on the Journal of Infection website: https://www.journalofinfection.com/article/S0163-4453(21)00265-6/fulltext

Another possibility of good news here: https://journals.lww.com/americantherapeutics/abstract/9000/ivermectin_for_prevention_and_treatment_of.98040.aspx

[livingabortion]

Headache, sore throat, runny nose and fever are now the top four reported symptoms, all while the more-infectious delta variant, also known as B1617, is sweeping mainly through people under 40 in the U.K.


That sounds good for people under 40, but older people can really have a shit time of it.

[astfgyl]

I'm not getting back into this too much but the same can be said for the common cold in the elderly and infirm. From theconversation.com (first search result of "can you die from common cold").

The common cold is normally a mild illness that resolves without treatment in a few days. And because of its mild nature, most cases are self-diagnosed. However, infection with rhinovirus or one of the other viruses responsible for common cold symptoms can be serious in some people. Complications from a cold can cause serious illnesses and, yes, even death – particularly in people who have a weak immune system.

Ever wonder how many old folks you've killed with the common cold? Me neither. There's a vaccine for the at risk now so that's probably a moot point.

[livingabortion]

"Ever wonder how many old folks you've killed with the common cold?" I didn't kill any 


No seriously, I hope it is a moot point and this whole thing is coming to the end of running it's course.

[astfgyl]

I swear I didn't kill any either. I have alibis. Was only posting in here because it was something positive for a change, so fingers crossed..

[livingabortion]

Yeah man it would be great to get some positive news on it. I want to be able to party like it's 2019 again 

[astfgyl]

Partying like it's 2021

https://twitter.com/21WIRE/status/1406393405064814600

[astfgyl]

Editing this. Was pointing out Varadkar and his shit, but sure fuck it

[livingabortion]

Partying like it's 2021

https://twitter.com/21WIRE/status/1406393405064814600

Oh Jesus. That's just thick. Do they not think people would get the message from the myriad of other ways they're being told? They money spent doing the could be put to much better use.


Did you see that regards Pub?

https://www.rte.ie/news/2021/0620/1229297-alcohol-streets/