Covid-19 Megathread

[Tommy!]

1 hour ago, Carbomb said:

 

 

Edited July 7, 2021 by Tommy!

[SuperBacon]

Important news.

My two* tested negative which is a massive relief. 

Edit: *kids, not Teletubbies. 

Edited July 8, 2021 by SuperBacon
Eh oh

[CAREBEAR LUVVA]

Those aren't real vaccines. I'll be keeping well clear of that set of Teletubby bastards from now on.

[SaitoRyo]

Absolutely chuffed that they've scrapped quarantining for double-jabbed Brits visiting Amber List countries. 

Looks like I'll get to see my folks for the first time in eighteen months and they can finally meet their grandson. Genuinely a bit emotional about the prospect now. 

[Jazzy G]

12 hours ago, SuperBacon said:

Important news.

My two* tested negative which is a massive relief. 

Edit: *kids, not Teletubbies. 

There's a reply thread which is an interesting dive into the mind of somebody. 

[Your Fight Site]

Got a notification that I need to self-isolate for 10 days, immediately after planning seeing my mum this weekend.

“Sorry, no can do any more. Need to self-isolate.”
“Yeah, whatever…”

[Carbomb]

Spent most of the day from early morning to about an hour ago being battered by the vaccine, bloody hate that flu feeling. Recovered now, though.

[Keith Houchen]

You'd have fine from the get go if you had a Big Mac and not a noncewich.

[Carbomb]

13 minutes ago, Keith Houchen said:

You'd have fine from the get go if you had a Big Mac and not a noncewich.

The knowledge I'd had a noncewich and not a turdburger is what saw me through.

[David]

46 minutes ago, Your Fight Site said:

Got a notification that I need to self-isolate for 10 days, immediately after planning seeing my mum this weekend.

“Sorry, no can do any more. Need to self-isolate.”
“Yeah, whatever…”

Has your mum been double-vaccinated?

[Keith Houchen]

12 minutes ago, David said:

Has your mum been double-vaccinated?

She’s been double somethinged HAHAHAHAHAHA LADS!!!!

[stewdogg]

1 hour ago, Your Fight Site said:

Got a notification that I need to self-isolate for 10 days, immediately after planning seeing my mum this weekend.

“Sorry, no can do any more. Need to self-isolate.”
“Yeah, whatever…”

That’s unlucky to get the full 10 days. I, along with some others from my team, got a 5 day one yesterday which is from the pub I went to after work last week. Bollocks 

[Your Fight Site]

1 hour ago, David said:

Has your mum been double-vaccinated?

Yes. As I have I. As has my grandmother who was going to be there this weekend. Still not worth the risk, though.

[Sonny Mustang]

Ugh, hoped the lifting of 10 day quarantine rules for double jabbed returns from Amber countries might mean I could come and see the fam, but alas it’s only for those who got it through the NHS. 

Which don’t get me wrong- I totally understand for logistics purposes. Just sad. 
Even Christmas looks like a stretch right now and I miss my ma ?

[JNLister]

Perhaps worth noting that if you get the alert from the app, the 10 day self-isolation is only advisory and not legally. That's because the app is anonymized, so nobody knows it's you getting it. If you're contacted directly by Track and Trace staff (or you test positive), the self-isolation period is legally binding.

So if you get pinged by the app, it's a matter of conscience but you could decide to just take a daily lateral flow test rather than self-isolate.

(Also, it appears the sensitivity on the app is going to be turned down so you have to spend a longer time/be closer to the person who tests positive before you get an alert. Apparently the government crunched the numbers and realised that so many people would be self-isolating that transport and healthcare would fall apart through staff absence.)

Edited July 8, 2021 by JNLister