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Post by jadnoop on Mar 16, 2020 21:24:13 GMT
Hopefully that does happen, but I suppose the difficulty is that -given the range in type & severity of symptoms- not everyone will be able to be certain that they did have it (and then recover). Presumably eventually they will roll out tests more widely, but until that happens there's always the risk that people think they have recovered (and become immune) but actually they just had something else. ...and I suppose further mutation (or if it turns out people can be re-infected further down the line) would be another spanner in the works. You are not immune to it once you've already had it, that is a fallacy. www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2020/03/15/can-you-get-infected-by-coronavirus-twice-how-does-covid-19-immunity-work/#f3dac2c5c0f8Ah, I thought that the cases of reinfection in China were down to differences in how the viral load reduced in different parts of the body and how that would be measured in testing, but that's disappointing... Well, presumably that puts the herd immunity idea into a new light. |
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Post by intoanewlife on Mar 16, 2020 21:27:19 GMT
Ah, I thought that the cases of reinfection in China were down to differences in how the viral load reduced in different parts of the body and how that would be measured in testing, but that's disappointing... Well, presumably that puts the herd immunity idea into a new light. I would imagine that is why todays announcement was a bit more in line with the rest of the world. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2020 8:19:41 GMT
I need to find some motivation and discipline quick. So many distractions at home. I'm somewhat similar and use the things that distract me as an incentive/reward. For most hours, I go hard at work for around 50 minutes and then get up and do others things for 10. Or I do a much longer work block when required, say two hours, and then break off for up to 30. |
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Post by Jan on Mar 17, 2020 10:13:38 GMT
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Post by lynette on Mar 17, 2020 10:27:45 GMT
Bored already 😂
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Post by jaqs on Mar 17, 2020 11:04:20 GMT
I finished my last contract just over a week ago so am accidentally self isolating. Not a good time to be looking for work so I’m just enjoying the break and feeling thankful I’ve savings.
I’m worried about my dad, not because he’s sick but because he lives alone and usually has a very full social life, which will be stopping abruptly.
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Post by nick on Mar 17, 2020 17:32:27 GMT
My wife and son both have underlying conditions (both been in hospital in the past with pneumonia after mild illnesses). So we started last Thursday.
The garden is beginning to look very nice and I’ve got a pile of old TV to watch. I’m relegated to the spare room so can watch things my wife wouldn’t normally enjoy like 1960s tv plays. And plenty of theatre to watch when the mood takes me.
Today was the first day where the novelty has begun to wear off. 12 weeks will be torture.
Eventually we shall resort to driving to the middle of nowhere for a change of scene.
We’re lucky cos I’ve got a pension and the local supermarkets seem to be delivering in a timely manner. Mind you we will see what’s missing when Sainsbury deliver tomorrow.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2020 18:16:55 GMT
Well that’s the front door locked and me in social distancing mode for the foreseeable. No reason to leave home for at least three weeks (which is when rations will end, though I have a top up delivery coming next week), so let’s see how that all works out.
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Post by kimbahorel on Mar 20, 2020 11:25:31 GMT
I work in a non food retail (in a well known station). Well yesterday my work said that they were going to close all the shops at 4pm. Then decided to stay open because they looked at how much the shops were making and my shop were still in profit. So I went from not having to go out to work! Saying that I fear more that when and if my shop does close it will push it in to administration.
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