Seasonal colds/flu

[Steve Bullman]

  On 11/12/2023 at 21:16, eggsarascal said:

I’d worry, not. Nearly 2 months of coughing, runny nose and two blood tests on, still nowt showing, although the doctors surgery called this morning asking me to make an appointment to see the quack, back in tomorrow morning!

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Yeah not worried, in fact today is probably the best i've felt in a long while.

[Steve Bullman]

  On 11/12/2023 at 21:38, openspaceman said:

 I don't suppose you have any of those funny test kits left.

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Nope, did take one a couple days ago out of curiosity. Might get one when i go to tescos tomorrow, although nothing really changes!

[openspaceman]

  On 11/12/2023 at 21:40, Steve Bullman said:

did take one a couple days ago out of curiosity

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Won't be that then, although it was predicted to increase at Xmas and I know a couple of people hat have it.

 

 

[AHPP]

What's the craic with covid tests atm? Are they still the "free" NHS ones or are there others commercially available?

[Steve Bullman]

  On 11/12/2023 at 21:51, AHPP said:

What's the craic with covid tests atm? Are they still the "free" NHS ones or are there others commercially available?

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£2 at Tesco 

[Dan Maynard]

  On 11/12/2023 at 20:54, Steve Bullman said:

Gone and lost my sense of smell now 🤦🏻

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Took the plunge today, realised I must be getting better as I could smell myself after a week without a shower.

[Dan Maynard]

  On 11/12/2023 at 22:08, Steve Bullman said:

£2 at Tesco 

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Or Amazon if you can't be bothered going out 

[Whoppa Choppa]

  On 11/12/2023 at 18:04, Mark J said:

Everyone seems to have a cough. It looks like repeated infections of COVID whether symptomatic or asymptomatic weaken your immune system, which might explain the fact that normal colds/coughs aren't clearing up as quickly as normal. There's a 1 in 20 chance that if you get COVID you will go on to develop long COVID. 

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Nothing to do with "covid".

 

Everything to do with VI Antibody Dependent Enhancement.

[Stubby]

Not got a cough , never had covid . declined any booster jab this year .

[Haironyourchest]

  On 12/12/2023 at 11:29, Whoppa Choppa said:

 

Nothing to do with "covid".

 

Everything to do with VI Antibody Dependent Enhancement.

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Yup. A few marginal voices warned about this at the start  (Though the fallout thus far isn't remotely as bad as they predicted). I've stopped counting the incidents of vaxxed up aquaintences telling me they got Covid again, for the fourth and fifth time. I'm worried for them though, it's not normal. I haven't had so much as a bad cold since 2019, just the usual couple of days of winter sneezes and stuff.