What happened to Covid?

Shandypants

Shandypants

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Watching today, I can't help but recall the queen striking a lonely and heartbreaking figure at her husbands funeral compared to today's events.
A gathering of the most important world dignitaries all packed in like sardines without a mask in sight.
Surely this is the most striking example that Covid isn't very dangerous?
As a side note the crowd cheering and clapping King Charles on his way to his mother's funeral doesn't seem appropriate.
 
Shandypants said:
Watching today, I can't help but recall the queen striking a lonely and heartbreaking figure at her husbands funeral compared to today's events.
A gathering of the most important world dignitaries all packed in like sardines without a mask in sight.
Surely this is the most striking example that Covid isn't very dangerous?
As a side note the crowd cheering and clapping King Charles on his way to his mother's funeral doesn't seem appropriate.
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Well it hasn’t gone away. I’ve got it!
 
Shandypants said:
Watching today, I can't help but recall the queen striking a lonely and heartbreaking figure at her husbands funeral compared to today's events.
A gathering of the most important world dignitaries all packed in like sardines without a mask in sight.
Surely this is the most striking example that Covid isn't very dangerous?
As a side note the crowd cheering and clapping King Charles on his way to his mother's funeral doesn't seem appropriate.
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As a side note the crowd cheering and clapping King Charles on his way to his mother's funeral doesn't seem appropriate.
I thought that too, some people seem to wet themselves at the thought of seeing a person drive past. Yes I know he’s the King & figure head of our country.
 
Sooty59 said:
As a side note the crowd cheering and clapping King Charles on his way to his mother's funeral doesn't seem appropriate.
I thought that too, some people seem to wet themselves at the thought of seeing a person drive past. Yes I know he’s the King & figure head of our country.
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I can sort of understand a respectful ripple of applause, but some were literally whooping.
 
Sooty59 said:
As a side note the crowd cheering and clapping King Charles on his way to his mother's funeral doesn't seem appropriate.
I thought that too, some people seem to wet themselves at the thought of seeing a person drive past. Yes I know he’s the King & figure head of our country.
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The entire last week has been voyeuristic. Look at all those people queuing to see a coffin. Bizarre. The only surprise is the lack of selfies (then again the only time I flicked on to the coverage today there was a sea of thousands nearly every member of the public was holding a camera of some sort up).

Anyway, back to Covid and the conspiracies. As you were...
 
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OneStepBeyond said:
The entire last week has been voyeuristic. Look at all those people queuing to see a coffin. Bizarre. The only surprise is the lack of selfies (then again the only time I flicked on to the coverage today there was a sea of thousands nearly every member of the public was holding a camera of some sort up.

Anyway, back to Covid and the conspiracies. As you were...
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I'm not saying it's a conspiracy and covid is still being passed around, but it can't be remotely dangerous when you've got the world's political elite sat together like sardines. It just doesn't add up anymore.
 
Tangman74 said:
Maybe it’s a cold
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Two positive LFTS would suggest not.

Not as virulent or as nasty as it was in the early days of the pandemic but there was one day when it was more flu like and pretty debilitating. Took us ages to get up, showered and dressed only for us to promptly lie down again and fall asleep.

After a week I think we’re coming out of it now and hopefully no lasting after effects.
 
Mexboroseasider said:
Two positive LFTS would suggest not.

Not as virulent or as nasty as it was in the early days of the pandemic but there was one day when it was more flu like and pretty debilitating. Took us ages to get up, showered and dressed only for us to promptly lie down again and fall asleep.

After a week I think we’re coming out of it now and hopefully no lasting after effects.
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So basically like the flu then?
 
OneStepBeyond said:
The entire last week has been voyeuristic. Look at all those people queuing to see a coffin. Bizarre. The only surprise is the lack of selfies (then again the only time I flicked on to the coverage today there was a sea of thousands nearly every member of the public was holding a camera of some sort up.

Anyway, back to Covid and the conspiracies. As you were...
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https://twitter.com/x/status/1571830337218678784

Absolutely mental some people.
 
Adams Kebab said:
So basically like the flu then?
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I don’t think there’s any argument that Covid is less virulent now than it was. But I know at least one person (early 60s with no underlying health conditions) who died of Covid so don’t buy the rewriting of history that some people are attempting.
 
Mexboroseasider said:
I don’t think there’s any argument that Covid is less virulent now than it was. But I know at least one person (early 60s with no underlying health conditions) who died of Covid so don’t buy the rewriting of history that some people are attempting.
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No rewriting on my part, same opinion throughout.

Sorry to hear about the person you know, but in the grand scheme of things, cancelling and delaying GP and NHS appointments, meaning things like prostrate cancer deaths tripled during the pandemic and there is a now a huge backlog whilst shutting down the economy for a virus with a recovery rate of 99% for most age groups probably wasn’t the best idea was it,

You’re two LFT’s told you that you had Covid though and you’re fine in a week. The most overhyped and marketed virus in history…
 
Adams Kebab said:
No rewriting on my part, same opinion throughout.

Sorry to hear about the person you know, but in the grand scheme of things, cancelling and delaying GP and NHS appointments, meaning things like prostrate cancer deaths tripled during the pandemic and there is a now a huge backlog whilst shutting down the economy for a virus with a recovery rate of 99% for most age groups probably wasn’t the best idea was it,

You’re two LFT’s told you that you had Covid though and you’re fine in a week. The most overhyped and marketed virus in history…
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I’m not sure about “the most overhyped virus…in history”. It’s pretty clear a lot of people died of it when it was more virulent than it is now. I don’t think that should be downplayed.

As for the “prostate cancer deaths” tripling and the “huge backlog” I do wonder whether there’s any exaggeration or “overhyping” in those claims.

Speaking from personal experience, I had a bit of a scare earlier this year. A GP appointment, an MRI and a biopsy on my prostate followed in short order as did the all clear. I certainly would have preferred not to have been under a cloud for several weeks but frankly I can’t complain too much about the treatment I received from the NHS.

By the way - prostate biopsy. Now there’s a medical procedure I’d happily recommend for someone I don’t like very much.
 
It's still around.

As is flu, pneumonia, diabetes, and on and on and on ......

Anyone remember the Nightingale Hospitals? Anyone have any data on how many patients they treated in them .... or the costs?
 
Adams Kebab said:
No rewriting on my part, same opinion throughout.

Sorry to hear about the person you know, but in the grand scheme of things, cancelling and delaying GP and NHS appointments, meaning things like prostrate cancer deaths tripled during the pandemic and there is a now a huge backlog whilst shutting down the economy for a virus with a recovery rate of 99% for most age groups probably wasn’t the best idea was it,

You’re two LFT’s told you that you had Covid though and you’re fine in a week. The most overhyped and marketed virus in history…
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Not forgetting the scandalous decision to close schools and nurseries causing massive problems with children now and further down the line.

Then some idiot came up with the policy of jabbing them bonkers.
 
Mexboroseasider said:
I’m not sure about “the most overhyped virus…in history”. It’s pretty clear a lot of people died of it when it was more virulent than it is now. I don’t think that should be downplayed.

As for the “prostate cancer deaths” tripling and the “huge backlog” I do wonder whether there’s any exaggeration or “overhyping” in those claims.
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Yes it must be that then 🙃
 
Lala said:
It’s definitely still around. The main difference we see now is the impact of the vaccinations causing far less severe or serious symptoms.
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Well ”said” LaLa.
The reality is just like flu it will to continue to be around but we do believe the vaccinations for both of these are well worth having so we will book our fourth Covid ( received the email over the weekend) today and have the flu one in due course when notified by our surgery.
Mrs Bleach and I caught it in mid July and it took us 11 days to test negative again and it was at the time when the temperatures hit the 90s ( still work in Fahrenheit and always will) over a few days so it was certainly not very pleasant but we just got on with things as best we could and accepted that catching was always a possibility but that the vaccines had prepared us to deal with it which we feel they did.
 
Mexboroseasider said:
I don’t think there’s any argument that Covid is less virulent now than it was. But I know at least one person (early 60s with no underlying health conditions) who died of Covid so don’t buy the rewriting of history that some people are
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Mexboroseasider said:
Two positive LFTS would suggest not.

Not as virulent or as nasty as it was in the early days of the pandemic but there was one day when it was more flu like and pretty debilitating. Took us ages to get up, showered and dressed only for us to promptly lie down again and fall asleep.

After a week I think we’re coming out of it now and hopefully no lasting after effects.
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I think the vaccinations had something to do with its potency.
 
Is nobody taking a more philosophical view over Covid than they did in the past? Or those that have had a brush with it (nearly everyone), is it still down to Covidiots, healthcare workers not being fully PPE'd up or other people generally not doing what they could?

It remains hotly contested - amongst eminent epidemiologists, sociologists and politicians, as well as Joe Public - which country had the best approach and what would've been the optimal response. From this I've gleaned that all the aggro was for nothing. Too many competing harms, variables and vagaries to say definitively what should've been done.

Pretty sure most people now accept that the CCP / zero Covid approach is a disgusting anti-human ideology which has the potential to keep people under the thumb in perpetuity.
 
Lala said:
It’s definitely still around. The main difference we see now is the impact of the vaccinations causing far less severe or serious symptoms.
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Covid is still around for sure. Although the level of infections is the lowest it’s been for a long time.

Only a few months ago we had another wave. It didn’t get much attention in the news apart from us being told that 1 in 25 had it, then 1 in 20 the following week, then 1 in 17 and so on. That equated to many millions having it over a few week. To no significant end though. There wasn’t the horrendous associated link to hospitalisations and deaths that we saw with earlier variants.

Was this because of the vaccination? We’ll possibly the vaccination had some effect. But let’s remember for most, at that time, it was many many months since their last vaccination. We know the benefit of vaccinations wanes over time, and that time is a period of months. So we have the high infection rates but they were of little significance. The most vulnerable had received a more recent booster and that’s probably the way forward. We protect the weakest whilst everyone else has their immune system.

The reason everyone else can rely on their immune system is because covid mutated to something much weaker than it’s previous forms.

The WHO have just said the pandemic is almost over. Many people will have been infected once, or more than once, without even knowing they’ve had it. Our bodies won’t see covid as a new thing, and thereby struggle to fight it off. It’s not a new infection anymore. Immune systems have learned to cope with it. It’s much weaker. The most vulnerable can get their jabs. Covid is no longer a problem for society or the world. It’s a health consideration alongside all other health considerations.

If anyone wants a jab then that’s up to them and I respect that. But I don’t think they’re going to be on offer to anyone but the over 50s and the clinically vulnerable.

So in summary, the main difference now isn’t the effect of vaccinations. It’s widely accepted that covid is much much weaker so that’s the main difference in my opinion.
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Mexboroseasider said:
I’m not sure about “the most overhyped virus…in history”. It’s pretty clear a lot of people died of it when it was more virulent than it is now. I don’t think that should be downplayed.

As for the “prostate cancer deaths” tripling and the “huge backlog” I do wonder whether there’s any exaggeration or “overhyping” in those claims.
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Over 17,000 have died from it this year to date, and that's with a supposedly milder form of the virus, and high vaccine coverage, also we can't rule out the possibility of Delta/Alpha or another strain making a comeback.

On the subject of deaths due to delayed medical care, the obvious question that seems to get ignored by the anti-lockdown camp, is are the deaths due to "lockdown", or are they down to tens of thousands of people being in hospital with Covid, thus draining resources from elsewhere?
 
🙄 Every time Scara posts something from a ‘news’ source, my first thought is ‘what has this fool been filling his little head with now’

Now, I may be wrong, but it seems that ApexWorld News has some connection with this joker


As I said, I may be wrong and I can already hear the loony tune spewing forth, read the story, don’t question the source ….. narrative ….. media filth …. Wankfest that he seems to thrive on

You really are a clown, Scara, a gift that keeps on giving. How the fuck did you ever get to run your own business 🤔😳🤦‍♂️
 
Wizaard said:
Did anyone go and queue to get into Westminster Hall?
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No, but whilst watching it on the BBC feed a Vicar and his wife were paying their respects.

The vicar was the Hospital Chaplain at North Yes and Hartlepool.

I recognised him because 5 years ago (might be a bit longer,) me and MrsTSSeasider 'competed' against them in a Strictly Come Dancing thing in aid of the NSPCC.

We collectively raised £10k and most of us had an absolute blast; they on the other hand were complaining relentlessly about the judging being bias against older people. Bloody hilarious.

Our Cha Cha got the highest score on the night of 39/40, a lot more to do with the judges being pissed by that point - including my old mate Iain Wright who was MP for Hartlepool at the time 👍

Edited to add: it was about the time that nutter went for a peak under the Royal Standard.
 
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Malced said:
I well remember you being in denial that covid had mutated to a milder variant. Now here you go again. The WHO have accepted it’s much milder yet you can’t bring yourself to accept what’s staring you in the face. Some folk seem to want to hang onto the pandemic as if letting go would be to somehow lose their ‘new normal’ identity of mask wearing, jabbing, living in fear, avoiding human contact, and frowning upon those irrational folk living life to the full.

So 17,000 have died from it or with it?

By the way, when viruses mutate the new strain becomes dominant. It takes over from the previous strains. It’s irrational to think these previous strains would return.
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Graph boy with his tired old playbook. Will be accusing you of wanting to let it rip next 😂
 
Just did a return flight from Germany where you had to use the fancy FF masks not the converted underpants masks.

The flight crew were very hot on enforcing it. Not of course in the terminal or the queues to get on board, but only on the plane.
Oh they did enforce it until they started selling food and drink when you could remove it as the virus has gone for a smoke break but would be returning once the food and drink service finished.

Weird, weird policy.
 
Chunkylad said:
Just did a return flight from Germany where you had to use the fancy FF masks not the converted underpants masks.

The flight crew were very hot on enforcing it. Not of course in the terminal or the queues to get on board, but only on the plane.
Oh they did enforce it until they started selling food and drink when you could remove it as the virus has gone for a smoke break but would be returning once the food and drink service finished.

Weird, weird policy.
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It is absolutely laughable isn’t it.

How anyone can still take it so seriously when the rules are as you described is beyond me. Anyone with an ounce of rational thought would call that out as the complete and utter nonsense that it is.

But nope, here we are, the same characters still quoting the same old death figures and warning of future strains.
 
The absolute measure of whether this is over or not can be seen in Costa coffee poulton.
Yes they’ve removed the large Perspex screens that were installed around the counter.

When the screens were in place and the staff and customers were all wearing masks, and with the noise of the coffee-making, it was impossible for the customers and staff to hear each other. So you’d regularly see them bending down and talking through the gap in the screen where the drinks are passed through.

Many a time I asked for a large skinny latte and ended up with a decaf flat white with soya milk. Damn that covid.
 
You could right a book on all the nonsense these last few years that have implemented from mask wearing,Covid passes, social distancing track and trace, shutting schools the list is endless and some of the shit continues.

Only last week spoke to a civil servant who would love to go back to the office but can't because they've thrown her desk away because of SD measures complete madness.
 
😂 I hated mask wearing. Mainly because it made my glasses steam up and I’d crash the supermarket trolley into a stack of beans.

Funny old time really. I used to get annoyed by the curtain twitchers complaining about people walking down the promenade. Then I’d get annoyed by the “It’s all ridiculous and interfering with my life” brigade. Then I’d get annoyed because people tutted at me when I wasn’t wearing a mask when I didn’t have to. And then I got annoyed when people didn’t wear a mask when they should have been.

And now I’ve caught Covid and still feel crap more than a week in. Thanks for asking.
 
Adams Kebab said:
It is absolutely laughable isn’t it.

How anyone can still take it so seriously when the rules are as you described is beyond me. Anyone with an ounce of rational thought would call that out as the complete and utter nonsense that it is.

But nope, here we are, the same characters still quoting the same old death figures and warning of future strains.
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Also there was one girl throwing up into a sick bag. No mask for her of course as COVID also avoids sicky smells.
Germany really is a bit confused with its policy
 
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