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Coronavirus.
- Thread starter Tilly
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proactive
Enjoying a drop of red.
So our beloved education secretary gives us....
Sweet FA.
Primary schools back on Monday because when kids get the virus they don't pass it on to their parents, some of whome may be vulnerable or any elderly or infirm person in their support bubble.
Secondary schools a delaying tactic so as not to lose face. Then either a further delay (one would hope, given the current circumstances), or an 'over the top chaps' scenario resulting in yet more deaths.
And before people bleat about disadvantaging kids, then think on about how disadvantaged they will be and how damaging it will be to the rest of their lives if they know they have brought home the virus, resulting in the death of one of their relatives, or resulting in the death of a breadwinner, plunging them into poverty.
Sweet FA.
Primary schools back on Monday because when kids get the virus they don't pass it on to their parents, some of whome may be vulnerable or any elderly or infirm person in their support bubble.
Secondary schools a delaying tactic so as not to lose face. Then either a further delay (one would hope, given the current circumstances), or an 'over the top chaps' scenario resulting in yet more deaths.
And before people bleat about disadvantaging kids, then think on about how disadvantaged they will be and how damaging it will be to the rest of their lives if they know they have brought home the virus, resulting in the death of one of their relatives, or resulting in the death of a breadwinner, plunging them into poverty.
The Hawk
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staffordjas
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Where son lives they have got a lot lower infection rate than around here , but he has had it about a month ago along with a lots of workmates at the same time . Has now found out a few more people at work have tested positive over the christmas period. (Works with college students as well as uni students. The college/uni social distancing & not mixing classes and uni halls etc rules aren't quite being stuck to.....)
So he's messaged today to say he daren't come into our house when he brings my birthday presents next week, even though he's in our support bubble. He's driving up here, dropping the presents outside and driving all the way back again. He's worried sick he could pass it on to me and hubby, especially as I'm soon 65 and hubby vulnerable with heart failure. He doesn't want to kill us off.
So he's messaged today to say he daren't come into our house when he brings my birthday presents next week, even though he's in our support bubble. He's driving up here, dropping the presents outside and driving all the way back again. He's worried sick he could pass it on to me and hubby, especially as I'm soon 65 and hubby vulnerable with heart failure. He doesn't want to kill us off.
Lucy
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I was discussing support bubbles today. That's now the risk, a lot involve high risk households mixing with low risk ones and it really doesn't work.
littleme
250,000th poster!
Tilly
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20 million
50,000 x 365 plus exponential factor
Pinch of salt
Squirt of Lime
Call it half of all adults
If it's cash
staffordjas
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Son had another call from the Blood Donor place today , asking him to donate his Plasma for Covid antibodies. Said he would, but they have got to refer back to the experts to check out if ok because he took Amoxycillin and Naproxen during the first lockdown for a tooth abcess. Booked into Wolverhampton if he can give it, and been told it's a bit more intense procedure than donating blood apparently taking 40 minutes to an hour .
He's happy that he can hopefully do his bit to save a life or maybe several lives .
He's happy that he can hopefully do his bit to save a life or maybe several lives .
Tilly
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proactive
Enjoying a drop of red.
Considerably more than an arm-full then.
Tilly
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staffordjas
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OOOH...just googled it and says to avoid heavy exercise after it...better tell him not to do his boxing training or weight lifting , that he's into,later on his day off then.
https://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/covid-19-research/plasma-donors/what-happens-when-you-donate-plasma/
Hope they leave him some antibodies left to avoid him getting affected by it again.
He was pretty rough for the fortnight with it, but at least got through it ok.Suppose they will test for traces of penicillin in his blood beforehand as well , incase they give it to a recipitent allergic to it.
My parents were saved many a time after operations in the past by people giving gallons of blood. My dad was a rare blood group and gave it regularly in his fitter days, then got repaid by donors later in his life. Just a pity I can no longer donate with my medication these days.
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staffordjas
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Just booked another test for people without symptoms. Different from last one though, got to sit in car after it and get results after 30 mins.
Tilly
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Not much use really though is it?
Cue
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That’ll be the lateral flow test I assume then
I wonder what the viability in shipping one to every person in the UK would be. The states managed to order 150 million of the things, why can’t we order 60-odd million and test the majority of the country all at once?
Carole
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OOOH...just googled it and says to avoid heavy exercise after it...
https://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/covid-19-research/plasma-donors/what-happens-when-you-donate-plasma/
Hope they leave him some antibodies left to avoid him getting affected by it again.
My son had coronavirus in November, and he gave plasma before Christmas. He was fine after donating.
A the centre they told him that they were desperate for it, not enough people donating apparently. So good for your son for doing it, I imagine that quite a few just ignore the call.
staffordjas
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Right......has anyone else booked or attended the lateral flow test centres?
Got a confirmation email with a barcode , saying to print out the attached registration form and bring to appointment. BUT ALSO to register it online before I attend. And message in bold saying 'Important:Make sure you 'register online before your test or you will not get your results'
I can't find anywhere to register it ??? Only site I can find takes me to loads of questions of what sort of establishment I'm in , and how many students/staff/visitors I'm registering... (clicking on the link on the actual email just takes me to a google page of testing in care homes etc)
Beginning to think is it worth bothering , as I'm feeling well and not been or going anywhere anyway
Got a confirmation email with a barcode , saying to print out the attached registration form and bring to appointment. BUT ALSO to register it online before I attend. And message in bold saying 'Important:Make sure you 'register online before your test or you will not get your results'
I can't find anywhere to register it ??? Only site I can find takes me to loads of questions of what sort of establishment I'm in , and how many students/staff/visitors I'm registering... (clicking on the link on the actual email just takes me to a google page of testing in care homes etc)
Beginning to think is it worth bothering , as I'm feeling well and not been or going anywhere anyway
staffordjas
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Well done to your son @Carole . Just hoping son can do it now (and he took his penicillin long enough ago to not affect it ).
(Strangely , when he rang about donating blood in the first lockdown the person answering the phone at the time said they had enough donors and didn't want any more at that time. Would have thought they would have been crying out for it)
FooFighter
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Right......has anyone else booked or attended the lateral flow test centres?
Got a confirmation email with a barcode , saying to print out the attached registration form and bring to appointment. BUT ALSO to register it online before I attend. And message in bold saying 'Important:Make sure you 'register online before your test or you will not get your results'
I can't find anywhere to register it ??? Only site I can find takes me to loads of questions of what sort of establishment I'm in , and how many students/staff/visitors I'm registering... (clicking on the link on the actual email just takes me to a google page of testing in care homes etc)
Beginning to think is it worth bothering , as I'm feeling well and not been or going anywhere anyway
I'm a LFT team leader.
If you've had your email confirmation then you are booked in - Kingston Centre?
Just bring the print out and your mobile phone.
If you cannot print it out, details can be manually added to on-site form
The barcode is attached at the testing centre.
Barcode on form and one on LFT device to marry you up through the process.
You don't need to stay in your car, you can go home and self isolate until you receive your result - 30 to 40 minutes.
Hopefully I won't be calling you after 20 mins........