How come if Covid is finished I've got it now

Exactly, not in my nature not to help someone out, my feet didn't agree though. I'm obvs too soft..

Same in another thing as well. I'm also a hypnotherapist and trained for a couple of reasons. One was my fascination in the untapped potential of the human mind and being able to help people, the other was I can do this part time and earn a few extra quid in the process. It wasn't one of those wowcher courses, I trained over the course of a year or so with practical and theory so it wasn't cheap.

Anyway I've helped quite a few people now ranging from smoking to fears/phobias etc but never had the heart to charge them. I'm just more interested in the positive impact on their life and helping them out.

Last person I helped needed an MRI scan on their head, went to the hospital and ran out of the room due to the claustrophobia. I did an hour session and a few days after they went and had the MRI scan perfectly calm. Very proud of that one because of the consequences should they not have managed to have it done. Power of the mind!

 

You're right there are loads of things that could be done to improve public health in general. I'd love a really stringent government campaign on basic awareness of disease transmission and general cleanliness.
Even in the height of covid you'd see blokes wandering out of public toilets without a thought of washing their hands. Dirty b*****rds. Every loo should have a swing door so that you can kick it open rather than having to use the door handles the scruffy gits have infected.

 

Its only a minority in your mind, same as the other week when you said things were 'back to normal'
Although people don't wear them outside I'd say its at least 60:40 wearing them inside in places I visit.

 

SNAP and your back in the room

 

I always grab a paper towel to open the door and then scrunch that and put it in a bin. If the bin is right by the door I can chuck it in and be out of the door before it shuts.

 

Until the government make it illegal to discipline people for being ill and staying away from work (a Tory government will never do this) then people will go into work while ill and continue to spread infectious diseases because the alternative is to lose your job. I've been positive for 12 days now and have got several symptoms and I'm not going in to work but subtle pressure is being put on me to return to work with comments like it's not a legal requirement to self isolate anymore etc, even though I could be sent to work in a hospital environment including locations such as cancer wards.

 

Things pretty are back to normal. A third of people no longer isolate with covid....

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...le-self-isolating-Freedom-Day-data-shows.html

I barely see a mask these days in shops or on public transport. Very low numbers probably 1 in 5 if that. I have no problem with what anyone chooses to do, just those who think others should do as they do.

 

I think part of the idea is just to treat everyone the same. But life isn't life like that is it, context is king.

 

Those things are against the law. It's not against the law to not wear a mask. If someone chooses to wear one or not the other side shouldn't have a go at them for thinking differently to themselves.

 

You see, there's a slight problem here.

My view of your action is neither here nor there to be honest. And you're right, not wearing a mask in an enclosed space, not washing your hands and touching every surface you want to touch, not giving people distance is all perfectly legal to do. Even knowingly having covid and doing those things doesn't enter into breaking a law.

However....

All of those things could kill a person. Even someone young. Someone who looks perfectly able and fit. You could take their life.

The only ability they have to try and not get covid which could serious alter their life or take it from them is to remove themselves from society. The very thing that people who ran the civil liberties and mental health arguments for 2 years seemingly didn't want.

Though maybe they just didn't want that for themselves.

 

Not really sure what your angle is here? Regarding your headline question, are you angry that you thought it had finished and went to France and caught it? Or are you angry at other people for thinking it had finished? I don't think anyone is suggesting it's finished, it's a virus, it will linger around for years. I don't blame you for going on holiday by the way, but it feels a bit harsh to have your two weeks in the sun, catch covid, and then come back and start criticizing people for not wearing masks. Most people will use common sense, like with any cold or flu. If they are ill they will likely avoid contact with others, and if it is anything like the flu i had a few years ago they will stay in bed/on the sofa - I don't think genuinely ill people are just swanning around without a mask and laughing at the vulnerable? If they are really ill they wouldn't have the strength, and they wouldn't want to be out anyway, except to get some fresh air away from others.

 

Just a quick aside. You don't have to be really ill to have the virus or have the ability to unwittingly pass it on to someone else. From very limited first hand experience, I've seen enough people coughing their guts up and not wearing a mask.

 

I think if you've covid and you can isolate you should. Some others won't be able to afford to especially with the way bills are going. If you can work from home you should. If someone works in a warehouse and can't get sick pay they are going to go in to get paid and shouldn't be had a go at for it.

 

I agree, on the personal level that if you know you have covid then the right thing to do is to isolate. My missus tested positive for the 2nd time a couple of weeks ago, I never tested positive but I also isolated until she tested negative for 2 days straight. Obviously for the most covid is asymptomatic so most people won't even know they are passing it on. Plus once tests are not free, hardly anyone will test so it is back to that point of if you feel unwell, stay away from other folk. I've always done that anyway.

Just throwing this out there as a scenario, but if we don't get back to mass normality as we have done, the impact on the economy and public purse would end up in a place where we see mass redundancies and firms going out of business. So the problem wouldn't be helping the poorly paid, it would be how do we pay benefits to all the unemployed as the numbers go through the roof with a semi closed economy. You're pointing the fingers at the government for the all back to normal policy but I suspect if another party were in government now we'd see the same strategy once they are made accountable for the economy and public purse.