Post-covid world

Does bubble wrap provide immunity?

 

On a non loaded question basis, can I just ask why people who were feeling unwell tested themselves for Covid?

 

I would if I had associated symptoms.

If I had flu I wouldn't go out. I wouldn't be able to as I've had flu and know it knocks you for six as I couldn't get off the floor. But if I could walk I wouldn't go out as I wouldn't want to pass the virus on to someone it could kill.

If I had a cold I would go out. I'd be healthy enough to do so and believe I wouldn't be seriously risking the health of others. I'd take precautions with general hygiene but I would go out.

I've had Covid, twice. My second bout my symptoms were very mild, I was healthy enough for it to barely affect me. But I know it could seriously affect others. So I didn't go out. And if I had similar symptoms again I'd check if it was Covid. If it was, I'd stay in doors. If it was just a mild cold from a different virus strain I'd carry on with my life.

 

My partner was supposed to be going to London with work but felt unwell so tested herself just incase as she didn't want to unwittingly spread it to anyone. I tested myself after hers came back positive, I would probably just have assumed I had a cold starting if she hadn't tested herself as, at the moment, it doesn't feel any different to one.

 

Unfortunately true.

 

Yeahhh, Barnsley Live; and it looks like MJ's CWOT hsve re-formed.

 

Thanks. Did you pay for the tests, or have surplus free ones left over?

 

I think that's a good attitude. I guess this is the challenge of paying for tests now. If I was knocked out with flu symptoms I'd avoid contact anyway so wouldn't need to pay for a test. But not sure I'd buy one if I had a cold which, having a 9 year old daughter is a regular occurance, or would be currently masked by hay-fever. I would have previously tested in case but now don't have tests.

I presume this will lead people who know they are in contact with vulnerable people to buy and test regularly, whilst those who aren't to not. Which I appreciate isn't an ideal situation.

 

Leftover free ones

 

I felt like I had a really bad cold - In June? Didn’t seem normal, my wife works in health care her mum and dad were coming up today, we were supposed to be going to visit my daughter this weekend - why give all these people I love and care for this sh1tty disease by sticking my head in the sand?

 

Did you buy the tests, or leftover ones?

 

I have left over ones.

 

Thanks, again none if this is loaded, just wondering. I don't have any left and was trying to gauge under what circumstances someone would buy to test. I certainly would if I had a vulnerable family member I was visiting

 

Exactly .......would you test for cold , we never did before

 

If I didn’t have spare I think I would have got the mrs to buy a batch, they’re pretty cheap, a few quid.

 

I don't have children so I'm not exposed to cold viruses as often as those in families and I'm lucky in that I didn't suffer from colds very regularly even when I lived with a teacher who seemed to always have a virus. In the last 2 and a half years I've had Covid twice and one cold. I've therefore got a number of tests left from when they were free. I might not be able to answer the same as I did when these run out (or more likely expire).

 

So another moral quandary. You're going on holiday. No requirement to test by the airline or destination. You have no symptoms or say a cold. If you have Covid there's no recourse to compensation or refund for not going. Do you take a test? And if you do and it's positive do you not go?

 

It’s not really a moral quandary.

Anyone with morality will take one course, those without the other.

 

You could apply that to every single scenario when you leave the house and potentially come into contact with other people though - where do you draw the line?