Covid-19

[Stubby]

Was talking to a Polish guy I know . He is chef and works in a local private hospital . He is/was very fit and looks it also . He caught covid from his girlfriend ( she got a notification on the covid app on her phone )  he went down with it 3 days later .  This was a month or so ago and he still feels he has no energy . Whilst he had it he seemed to waver up and down . One day he would feel really shit , the next day he thought he was over the worst only to feel shit again a day later .  He is no longer infectious ( according to NHS guidlines ) but still suffering with sudden loss of energy . This I presume is " long covid " ? 

On 05/05/2020 at 13:37, tree-fancier123 said:

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain has overtaken Italy to report the highest official death toll from coronavirus in Europe with more than 32,000 deaths, figures released on Tuesday showed.

 

[rapalaman]

Good mate of mine, 57, has been in hospital just coming up to 3 weeks now. Still on oxygen, luckily off the drip now.

always fit and healthy, non smoker, not overweight or a big drinker. His kids in 20s had it, bounced back, his missus had it bad but just like flu and now recovered. 
he walked up the corridor 20m with physiotherapist and said it knocked him out for rest of the day, 25 minutes to clean his teeth and have a shave.

just praying he gets over it and home again.

self employed like many of us so could be a long time with no income/sick pay.

[Khriss]

Nicotine is anti bacterial and anti viral to a point, is why bee keepers use it in their smokers,  would not recommend taking up smoking tho. K

[Khriss]

I know this works cos spent a year fuel wood chipping huge barn sized volumes (  i was smoking heavily at that point unfiltered rollups) young guy with me was coughing like fvvk most days from the spores off the woodchip, i had no bother  😕  the nicotine would kill the fungal infection, is also why plant nurseys cuttings bench will not let smokers do cuttings without surgical gloves on.  K

[Peasgood]

1 hour ago, Khriss said:

plant nurseys cuttings bench will not let smokers do cuttings without surgical gloves on.

I quit some years ago but as a smoker I grafted plenty of trees without gloves, usually 100% successfully.

My Grandpa always said it would give virus to tomatoes if you were a smoker, that wasn't true either.

[Mesterh]

1 hour ago, Scottish Cleaning Service said:

Aye that's why they don't discuss it now in case folk take up smoking. 

They certainly won't promote it if it does have some positive effects!

 

My Mrs was involved with this kind of research years ago.

Teens 'smoke to have small babies'

WWW.GOOGLE.COM

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Pregnant teenagers are deliberately smoking in the hope of having smaller...

 

 

[Khriss]

14 minutes ago, Peasgood said:

I quit some years ago but as a smoker I grafted plenty of trees without gloves, usually 100% successfully.

My Grandpa always said it would give virus to tomatoes if you were a smoker, that wasn't true either.

No. Nursey cuttings like flowers n stuff, tree grafting much bigger orgamism. More resilient than little cutting. K

[woodwizzard]

 

 

Just out of interest, would anyone know about the pandemic if it hadn't been on the telly etc? If it had been around for a few months before starring on tv, did any of you notice? I didn't and I don't know anyone who did and to be honest I still wouldn't be aware of it. Around here everyone is well and kind of going about life as normal as they can. Should be dropping like flies by now, perhaps just lucky? Just wondering like. 

[Stubby]

30 minutes ago, woodwizzard said:

 

 

Just out of interest, would anyone know about the pandemic if it hadn't been on the telly etc? If it had been around for a few months before starring on tv, did any of you notice? I didn't and I don't know anyone who did and to be honest I still wouldn't be aware of it. Around here everyone is well and kind of going about life as normal as they can. Should be dropping like flies by now, perhaps just lucky? Just wondering like. 

Says he from the dark side of the moon 😁

[Mark Bolam]

1 hour ago, woodwizzard said:

 

 

Just out of interest, would anyone know about the pandemic if it hadn't been on the telly etc? If it had been around for a few months before starring on tv, did any of you notice? I didn't and I don't know anyone who did and to be honest I still wouldn't be aware of it. Around here everyone is well and kind of going about life as normal as they can. Should be dropping like flies by now, perhaps just lucky? Just wondering like. 

I wish I could say the same, I really do.