Almost three years since Covid 19.

[Eric the Half a Bee]

Re: Almost three years since Covid 19.

So is the cold so is the flu. So what it's just another illness which will always be there

I think it's a bit more of a problem than the common cold.

[TWGL1]

Re: Almost three years since Covid 19.

[QUOTE=Eric the Half a Bee;5397665]Nope, I said with certainty that I had COVID due to me testing positive for it.[/QUOTE

Thank god you took the test then just to be sure , as imagine if you didn’t.

[UNDERHILL1927]

Re: Almost three years since Covid 19.

It seems longer to me, and it's taken its toll, but it looks like we've come through the other side thank God!

Not thanking him, he planned the whole thing.

[Eric the Half a Bee]

Re: Almost three years since Covid 19.

[QUOTE=TWGL1;5397671]

Nope, I said with certainty that I had COVID due to me testing positive for it.[/QUOTE

Thank god you took the test then just to be sure , as imagine if you didn’t.

Indeed. I didn't leave the house until I tested positive. Thankfully that was only 5 days later and 4 were spent in bed.

[AfricanBluebird]

Re: Almost three years since Covid 19.

I was stuck in Uganda for over two years with quite a lot of restrictions - including for large periods of being unable to drive as the govt didn't want people taking COVID to parts of the country where they couldn't cope due to limited health systems.

Early in the pandemic and before the vaccine, I did lose quite a few colleagues and friends - hospitals in Uganda were overrun and COVID killed a great many people. They had some health issues before COVID hit them - RIP Stella Ogwong, James Kaboggoza and Frank Masiko.

Some batshit crazy evangelical churches adopted the conspiracy theory that Bill Gates was using the vaccine to control
everyone and denied COVID existed, all the while people were dropping dead. Some of those 'pastors' are no longer with us (still too many though), but conspiracy theories remain - bizarrely David Icke is popular in Uganda.

Personally, I was very lucky as everyday I would walk (6k) to meet my daughter and we would head to a sports club which I was/am a member and, although officially closed, had a skeleton staff to maintain the place and they allowed me in. I would work from there, use the small gym, play tennis and swim with my daughter. I would buy food for the staff there. Restaurants were closed for sit down meals but you could order a delivery and 'boda boda' drivers (motorbike taxis) would deliver food. That time spent with my daughter (who was 12 and 13 at the time) was really precious.

I suppose everyone has their own COVID lockdown story and I hope people share them. It was a strange strange time.

[Des Parrot]

Re: Almost three years since Covid 19.

We’ve got more people off work with Covid right now than at any previous time (since it started)

[UNDERHILL1927]

Re: Almost three years since Covid 19.

I was stuck in Uganda for over two years with quite a lot of restrictions - including for large periods of being unable to drive as the govt didn't want people taking COVID to parts of the country where they couldn't cope due to limited health systems.

Early in the pandemic and before the vaccine, I did lose quite a few colleagues and friends - hospitals in Uganda were overrun and COVID killed a great many people. They had some health issues before COVID hit them - RIP Stella Ogwong, James Kaboggoza and Frank Masiko.

Some batshit crazy evangelical churches adopted the conspiracy theory that Bill Gates was using the vaccine to control
everyone and denied COVID existed, all the while people were dropping dead. Some of those 'pastors' are no longer with us (still too many though), but conspiracy theories remain - bizarrely David Icke is popular in Uganda.

Personally, I was very lucky as everyday I would walk (6k) to meet my daughter and we would head to a sports club which I was/am a member and, although officially closed, had a skeleton staff to maintain the place and they allowed me in. I would work from there, use the small gym, play tennis and swim with my daughter. I would buy food for the staff there. Restaurants were closed for sit down meals but you could order a delivery and 'boda boda' drivers (motorbike taxis) would deliver food. That time spent with my daughter (who was 12 and 13 at the time) was really precious.

I suppose everyone has their own COVID lockdown story and I hope people share them. It was a strange strange time.

Thanks for sharing your unique experience. It certainly was a strange time. I don’t think people are anywhere near being over it emotionally, in fact I think PTSD is rife. We underestimate the negative impact of Covid on people’s mental health at our peril.

[North Cardiff Blue]

Re: Almost three years since Covid 19.

Depends what your pespective is really, as coming out of it

Many will have;
Lost loved ones
Lost family
Lost friends
Lost relationships
Lost Jobs
Lost health
Lost their businesses
Lost their homes
Lost their confidence
been close to death
been dehumanized
suffered breakdowns

IMHO, it will be a very long time before some begin to recover.

Good post Heathblue, it certainly took its toll and is something we will remember for the rest of our lives.

When I look at that list I feel very lucky, as I came through it pretty much unscathed other than the loss of liberty during the lockdowns and the long-lasting financial effects on the World economies.

[WJ99mobile]

Re: Almost three years since Covid 19.

I've been very fortunate in the sense that it hasn't impacted me in the slightest.

My life is marginally better in the sense WFH is common practice and would have never have happened otherwise.

[Kind of Blue]

Re: Almost three years since Covid 19.

Mercifully I didn’t lose anyone close to me and apart from catching the virus early doors and getting pretty sick, although thankfully not hospitalised, I had a “good pandemic” to borrow/alter a phrase.

I was able to work throughout without missing a beat, save ill health. Since then working arrangements have become more flexible and favourable.

I find I often look back fondly on the first period of lockdown (even the subsequent ones). Which sounds strange to say but I do, there was something about the change of pace of life that I enjoyed appreciating that it wouldn’t be forever. I got to exercise more, spend more time with my partner and my hobbies that weren’t affected by restrictions.

Yes, not seeing loved ones as regularly was difficult at times but it wasn’t anywhere near as difficult as I thought it would be for me personally. I would say I managed to still lead as full a life as possible given the obvious. But I appreciate I was very fortunate and perhaps have a temperament that helped cope with less socialising.

It was a surreal and often scary time but from my own personal position there were positives, if I can call them that.

[life on mars]

Re: Almost three years since Covid 19.

I carried on working and socialising as I feel like a lot of others building natural immunity was the right thing to do , one virologist said getting and surviving Covid was a better than a one spike Covid vaccine ?

I think we can all see the health effects of lockdown is now impacting on the lack of immunity .

Its interesting that the average death form Covid is still between 81 /83 as is normal life expectancy .

I know of a few people who sadly past in each case it was with Covid and the relatives feel that Covid highjacked known weakness in their systems that would have lead to serious illness and possible death bloody Covid sadly accelerated their death ..

Nasty one all thanks to a bloody laboratory mistake to be fair they were investigating something they knew this type of Virus would one day appear and its my belief and that of others is why we got a vaccine so quickly , as the wonderful Prof Sarah Gilbert said in an interview believe it or not scientist like us dream of events like this to

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-55043551 this is worth a read as she has added so much to life .
isn't this one due for a transfer to the the alternative board .

[North Cardiff Blue]

Re: Almost three years since Covid 19.

I carried on working and socialising as I feel like a lot of others building natural immunity was the right thing to do , one virologist said getting and surviving Covid was a better than a one spike Covid vaccine ?

I think we can all see the health effects of lockdown is now impacting on the lack of immunity .

Its interesting that the average death form Covid is still between 81 /83 as is normal life expectancy .

I know of a few people who sadly past in each case it was with Covid and the relatives feel that Covid highjacked known weakness in their systems that would have lead to serious illness and possible death bloody Covid sadly accelerated their death ..

Nasty one all thanks to a bloody laboratory mistake to be fair they were investigating something they knew this type of Virus would one day appear and its my belief and that of others is why we got a vaccine so quickly , as the wonderful Prof Sarah Gilbert said in an interview believe it or not scientist like us dream of events like this to

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-55043551 this is worth a read as she has added so much to life .
isn't this one due for a transfer to the the alternative board .

Personally, I think it's good to leave the odd post like this for a week or so as long as they don't get political, so far there is not much argument, and it's been interesting people's thoughts on what happened, and how it affected them.

With the game approaching I would expect us to start talking about the game, and for this to drop down naturally.

[Tito Fuente]

Re: Almost three years since Covid 19.

I carried on working and socialising as I feel like a lot of others building natural immunity was the right thing to do .

I wonder if you mentioned on here your fragrant disregard for the law during the lockdowns.

I'm guessing that you didn't but I could be wrong.

[TWGL1]

Re: Almost three years since Covid 19.

I wonder if you mentioned on here your fragrant disregard for the law during the lockdowns.

I'm guessing that you didn't but I could be wrong.

I bet you don’t break any laws do you apart from internet cyber bullying of course

[dembethewarrior]

Re: Almost three years since Covid 19.

Not heard anyone I know mention it for a while….my mother caught in in llandough hospital over xmas, she didn’t even know she had it but tested positive…..she is 89. No doubt Drakeford is still banging on about variants mind?

Lad I work with tested for it not much more than a month ago, his missus works in care with the elderly so still won't be around him if he has it as she won't take it to work knowingly.. apparently. He was positive Friday negative Saturday.

See people in masks still as well, but rare.