Coronavirus

[DeskJockey]

Hope she has a mild case and it clears quickly.

[Simon]

Finally able to book my booster. Got it at the local Hindu temple next Wednesday AM.

Namaste.

[ZedLeg]

My partner got their booster and flu jab yesterday. they're fuckin miserable today.

[Jobbo]

My partner got their booster and flu jab yesterday. they're fuckin miserable today.

Is your partner Sam Smith or Demi Lovato? Or are non-celebs choosing they/their as a pronoun now? Hope they feel better anyway.

[Ascender]

Got the booster a couple of days ago and feel fine but my arm still hurts like a motherbitch.

[Delphi]

My partner got their booster and flu jab yesterday. they're fuckin miserable today.

Is your partner Sam Smith or Demi Lovato? Or are non-celebs choosing they/their as a pronoun now? Hope they feel better anyway.

I work with several people who identify as non-binary and use they/their.

Sam's just got over her bout of Covid. Laid her out for a couple of days but she's back working now. Her isolation period ends at midnight tonight.

[Broccers]

My partner got their booster and flu jab yesterday. they're fuckin miserable today.

Is your partner Sam Smith or Demi Lovato? Or are non-celebs choosing they/their as a pronoun now? Hope they feel better anyway.

You do know Zed was a man

Got in the nec today using a screenshot of an nhs app as didnt know it was required to get in. Total joke.

[duncs500]

@Explosive Newt Question that I've been mulling over in my head. Being the case that immunity to the likes of covid fades over time. If you have good immunity to an illness and you get exposed to it without getting sick, does that help extend your immunity.

Eg. If I've had my jabs, I dunno, a year and a half ago and have not left the house since, then I get exposed to standard covid I may well get sick. Compared to the same scenario, but I've frequently been exposed to it and not got sick over the same time period. Would my equal exposure at that same milestone therefore be less likely to result in illness or the same?

Seems logical that immunity would be better, but I don't know if it works like that.

[Swervin_Mervin]

Sorry to hear that. I hope your other half turns around soon! Are you testing -ve on lateral flow or PCR? I would consider doing a PCR if you have a strong suspicion you might have it, even if the lateral flow is negative.

Lateral flow for me. Yeah I did think about getting a PCR anyway - a colleague and his wife had it a couple of weeks ago and while she tested +ve on an LFT straight away, he tested -ve for 3 days before getting a +ve result.

I've seen this not infrequently. Lateral flows are a useful screening test if you're asymptomatic (as in, they help identify people likely to be infectious) but if your pre test probability is high I would take a negative result with a pinch of salt.

Yep - +ve pcr result came through this morning.

[McSwede]

I got pinged today. Went through the process and don't need to isolate

[mr_jon]

Boy now positive on flow test, still waiting on PCR's for both of them. Both aren't really ill at all. Missus and I not feeling 100% this evening so I think we're likely to have it.

[Rich B]

I got pinged today. Went through the process and don't need to isolate

blimey, I didn't know anyone used the app?!

[DeskJockey]

I'm still using the app. Seems sensible as we're still not through the pandemic.

[Simon]

I use the app to check in to places but have turned off the contract tracing side as it was using a fair bit of battery. If I got pinged it wouldn't be able to tell me if it was from Omicron (do need to isolate regardless of vax) or Delta (don't need to isolate as vaxxed) so it seems pretty pointless to leave it running.

[McSwede]

I got pinged today. Went through the process and don't need to isolate

blimey, I didn't know anyone used the app?!

I deleted it months ago. I got sent two texts yesterday.

[Broccers]

Have you all got the proof of vaccination app? I downloaded it yesterday and gave up with the faffing. A screenshot of someone elses will continue to get me in places. Saying this, if a mask is required inside I wont be going anyway, unless its essential.

[mik]

I’ve got my vaccine cert on my phone - but the Jockland system is different.

When I was travelling in Europeland the other week, everywhere wanted vaccine cert plus photo ID

[Swervin_Mervin]

I use the app to check in to places but have turned off the contract tracing side as it was using a fair bit of battery. If I got pinged it wouldn't be able to tell me if it was from Omicron (do need to isolate regardless of vax) or Delta (don't need to isolate as vaxxed) so it seems pretty pointless to leave it running.

There's nothing in the info you get following a +ve test about not having to isolate based on variant. Not all areas can test for the different variants anyway. AFAIK it's just a blanket 10 days isolation for anyone that tests positive.

[Simon]

I use the app to check in to places but have turned off the contract tracing side as it was using a fair bit of battery. If I got pinged it wouldn't be able to tell me if it was from Omicron (do need to isolate regardless of vax) or Delta (don't need to isolate as vaxxed) so it seems pretty pointless to leave it running.

There's nothing in the info you get following a +ve test about not having to isolate based on variant. Not all areas can test for the different variants anyway. AFAIK it's just a blanket 10 days isolation for anyone that tests positive.

Yes it's 10 days isolation for the people who test positive, but if you've been in contact with someone who tests positives you don't have to isolate if you are vaxxed, but still do if that person has Omicron (link)

[Swervin_Mervin]

I use the app to check in to places but have turned off the contract tracing side as it was using a fair bit of battery. If I got pinged it wouldn't be able to tell me if it was from Omicron (do need to isolate regardless of vax) or Delta (don't need to isolate as vaxxed) so it seems pretty pointless to leave it running.

There's nothing in the info you get following a +ve test about not having to isolate based on variant. Not all areas can test for the different variants anyway. AFAIK it's just a blanket 10 days isolation for anyone that tests positive.

Yes it's 10 days isolation for the people who test positive, but if you've been in contact with someone who tests positives you don't have to isolate if you are vaxxed, but still do if that person has Omicron (link)

Ahhh, got you. Which is, of course, a bit of a nonsense when only a few places are able to identify the Omicron variant (or at least that's what I was told)