Seasonal colds/flu

[Steve Bullman]

23 minutes ago, 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!

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

[Steve Bullman]

1 minute ago, openspaceman said:

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

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]

2 minutes ago, Steve Bullman said:

did take one a couple days ago out of curiosity

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]

16 minutes ago, AHPP said:

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

£2 at Tesco 

[Dan Maynard]

12 hours ago, Steve Bullman said:

Gone and lost my sense of smell now 🤦🏻

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

[Dan Maynard]

11 hours ago, Steve Bullman said:

£2 at Tesco 

Or Amazon if you can't be bothered going out 

[Whoppa Choppa]

17 hours ago, 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. 

 

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]

1 hour ago, Whoppa Choppa said:

 

Nothing to do with "covid".

 

Everything to do with VI Antibody Dependent Enhancement.

 

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.