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Tuesday evening, the dry cough began. Negative test. Wednesday morning, headache, hacking cough, razor blade in the throat and temperature. Negative test. Thursday morning, felt like sh1t plus the above. Positive test. Yesterday, very tired but otherwise feeling much better. This morning, just like a cold. Negative test. Will continue to isolate for the next few days and test again tomorrow morning but is this more the normal scenario now due to the vaccine for people who are not in the vulnerable groups? Had the virus a couple of years back and had symptoms for a few weeks and was proper poorly. Are the testing kits not as adept at picking up the new strain? I haven’t had the 2nd booster yet and how long will it be before I can get one now I’ve had Covid again?
We have no village green, or a shop.
It's very, very quiet.
I can walk to the pub.
Isn't the point though that a new booster will be available for the over-50s in the autumn, so why not in the interim take advantage of last autumns' booster whilst it is still available so as to guard against all eventualities?
[Post edited 5 Feb 2023 9:48]
Well yes the booster now won’t do you any harm - but it probably won’t do you any good because you’ve already got strong self-made protection. The vaccine only gives a few weeks protection - so in my humble opinion it’s worth waiting until your natural immunity is dropping off. Depends on your risk By way of illustration I had my 4th Pfizer vaccine in mid October - and caught Covid second week of December. So I’m in much the same boat as you - and can have a 5th vaccine which probably won’t do much at the moment.
I'd say it's very insufficient advice tho tbh - doesn't even mention older people generally who despite being active, outdoorsy types are still likely to be vit-D insufficient due to age-related reduced capacity to make it through the skin.
Vit D is also notorious for being found in comparatively few foods naturally - oily fish as you say (which actually I can't eat due to a chronic gut disease), beef liver, eggs, mushrooms & fortified foods such as fruit juice, plant milks & spreads - so vegans might be another group wanting to consider getting tested.
Yes, I think vegans have issues with getting enough vitamins etc more generally.
But anyway thanks for prompting me to restart taking vitamin D supplements.
Well yes the booster now won’t do you any harm - but it probably won’t do you any good because you’ve already got strong self-made protection. The vaccine only gives a few weeks protection - so in my humble opinion it’s worth waiting until your natural immunity is dropping off. Depends on your risk By way of illustration I had my 4th Pfizer vaccine in mid October - and caught Covid second week of December. So I’m in much the same boat as you - and can have a 5th vaccine which probably won’t do much at the moment.
As he has 2.6 million subscribers, and assuming, say, 500,000 daily views, the following suggests his annual income could be between $45,000 and $720,000.
I'm not sure what connection his speculated earnings have with what he says.if earning a tidy sum is a reason to be suspicious of someone's motives regarding health advice, perhaps take a look at Pfizer and Moderna.
He started off by fully endorsing covid vaccines and held the position throughout the pandemic. It's only in the last 6 months or so that he's started to express his reservations about certain things, but has remained pro-vax (in general) throughout.
If you're implying he's in it for the money and his earnings dictate his views, he would have been much better off financially sticking with his pro rMNA vaccines/booster message rather than doing a sizeable u-turn recently.
FWIW I'm not a John Campbell fanboy but I have no problem with him - or any YouTuber - circling, underlining or even ticking words on a piece of paper and I don't feel him doing so is distracting or misleading in any way.
I'm not sure what connection his speculated earnings have with what he says.if earning a tidy sum is a reason to be suspicious of someone's motives regarding health advice, perhaps take a look at Pfizer and Moderna.
He started off by fully endorsing covid vaccines and held the position throughout the pandemic. It's only in the last 6 months or so that he's started to express his reservations about certain things, but has remained pro-vax (in general) throughout.
If you're implying he's in it for the money and his earnings dictate his views, he would have been much better off financially sticking with his pro rMNA vaccines/booster message rather than doing a sizeable u-turn recently.
FWIW I'm not a John Campbell fanboy but I have no problem with him - or any YouTuber - circling, underlining or even ticking words on a piece of paper and I don't feel him doing so is distracting or misleading in any way.
I suppose I just have my suspicions about someone who is basically a type of social influencer, particularly if money is involved.
I'm not saying he's in it for the money, but the money obviously helps, and maybe sticking to the same message on Twitter doesn't keep the punters on board.
Anyway, my views on him are based on the one and only time when I listened to him. I didn't agree with the conclusions he drew, and came to the conclusion he was not someone I could trust.
Instead, throughout the pandemic, I've tried to be informed by keeping a close eye on various scientists with expertise on the various issues, rather than relying on a middle-man who has no particular expertise.
I suppose I just have my suspicions about someone who is basically a type of social influencer, particularly if money is involved.
I'm not saying he's in it for the money, but the money obviously helps, and maybe sticking to the same message on Twitter doesn't keep the punters on board.
Anyway, my views on him are based on the one and only time when I listened to him. I didn't agree with the conclusions he drew, and came to the conclusion he was not someone I could trust.
Instead, throughout the pandemic, I've tried to be informed by keeping a close eye on various scientists with expertise on the various issues, rather than relying on a middle-man who has no particular expertise.
[Post edited 5 Feb 2023 13:44]
Fair enough. Like I said, I'm no real fan of his either (largely due to his lack of expertise) but I welcome the fact that he currently appears to be a critical voice of government policy. Democracies are made of audible oppositions, not silenced ones.
Yes, I think vegans have issues with getting enough vitamins etc more generally.
But anyway thanks for prompting me to restart taking vitamin D supplements.
You may find unexpected benefits, as I did - my chronic tiredness dramatically & rapidly reduced. I've always used Nature's BestVitamin D3 1000iu, Super Strength 1-a-day (approved by my GP).
You may find unexpected benefits, as I did - my chronic tiredness dramatically & rapidly reduced. I've always used Nature's BestVitamin D3 1000iu, Super Strength 1-a-day (approved by my GP).
It sounds very much to me as if this is all straying into conspiracy theory territory.
This is David Aaronvitch of the Times take on it all.
"At the weekend a rock was thrown into the turbid waters of the Covid conspiracy community, and the resulting ripples reached me personally a day later. The campaign group Big Brother Watch (which cut its teeth opposing the spread of CCTV cameras in the noughties) published a “report” about how state agencies in the UK had monitored output on social media and elsewhere concerning the pandemic. One of these agencies was the Army’s 77th Brigade whose job is to see what foreign powers are up to in the field of disinformation so as to counter it.
Uproar followed, especially among those who read the report’s headlines but not the report itself. This showed no secret surveillance and no action to intimidate or silence critics of government policy. Essentially the agencies were guilty of nothing more than information-gathering so as to better counter the significant amount of disinformation being put out during the biggest public health crisis for a century – ie doing their job."
Late to the thread, but this was the same for my Mrs last autumn. Heard the same from friends who’ve had the current variant(s) too. Seems like symptoms are half way through before the tests show positive, and then only test positive for a couple of days. Much more condensed timeframe than with the early variants. I suggest it’s worth testing every day if anyone’s got vulnerable friend/family they’re worried about.
This is David Aaronvitch of the Times take on it all.
"At the weekend a rock was thrown into the turbid waters of the Covid conspiracy community, and the resulting ripples reached me personally a day later. The campaign group Big Brother Watch (which cut its teeth opposing the spread of CCTV cameras in the noughties) published a “report” about how state agencies in the UK had monitored output on social media and elsewhere concerning the pandemic. One of these agencies was the Army’s 77th Brigade whose job is to see what foreign powers are up to in the field of disinformation so as to counter it.
Uproar followed, especially among those who read the report’s headlines but not the report itself. This showed no secret surveillance and no action to intimidate or silence critics of government policy. Essentially the agencies were guilty of nothing more than information-gathering so as to better counter the significant amount of disinformation being put out during the biggest public health crisis for a century – ie doing their job."
The reason why the integrity of our politicians is the envy of the world at the moment is because of our Fourth Estate and upstanding journalists like Aaronovitch writing for the "world's newspaper of record" keeping our politicians and our parliament honest.
The reason why the integrity of our politicians is the envy of the world at the moment is because of our Fourth Estate and upstanding journalists like Aaronovitch writing for the "world's newspaper of record" keeping our politicians and our parliament honest.
You may well have a point, as I am no particular fan of Aaronovitch or the Times.
Looks like these days he also plies his wares on GB News.
According to the interview, he's had over half a billion views, which must be worth a fair bob or two.
[Post edited 5 Feb 2023 17:07]
After a cursory listen the GB interview seems entirely reasonable. The only shame is that he isn't on the BBC as that would remove the oxygen from the 'not the establishment ' angle. Sometimes it can appear that echo Chambers are only a problem if they are outside of the mainstream narrative.
"They break our legs and tell us to be grateful when they offer us crutches."
Late to the thread, but this was the same for my Mrs last autumn. Heard the same from friends who’ve had the current variant(s) too. Seems like symptoms are half way through before the tests show positive, and then only test positive for a couple of days. Much more condensed timeframe than with the early variants. I suggest it’s worth testing every day if anyone’s got vulnerable friend/family they’re worried about.
Hope you’re feeling better now.
Cheers. Absolutely fine now. Condensed timeframe is an excellent description.
We have no village green, or a shop.
It's very, very quiet.
I can walk to the pub.
Absolutely Carol. Mrs SSB is feeling grim today though negative atm so if she's still ill tomorrow might just pander to her every whim and accrue a few brownie points.
We have no village green, or a shop.
It's very, very quiet.
I can walk to the pub.
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