Corona Virus

That's a few fur coats or willy warmers, keep away from the chinese takeaways for a while.

gotta stop these late night tipples

 

We all know that drinking and driving is a dangerous combination. But drinking and posting....that presents a whole new realm of danger, Don!

 

In the early 1980s protesters released mink from a farm near Slapton leys in south devon . Great deed you might say but it wiped out the water vole population, fish and the wild fowl in the nature reserve lake behind the beach. The mink were all trapped or shot.

 

How do you titillate an ocelot? You oscillate it's tit alot.

 

I've already got a willy warmer, thank you, and it's better than mink.

 

You recognized the quote of course. From the late and great Ed McBain's 87th precinct crime novel Ice:

 

I just read this article this morning which contains some encouraging news related to masks lessening viral load to the mask wearer which may reduce severity of symptoms or produce asymptomatic infection.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/27/...te=1&user_id=b596856af0a48bf37fcdb73cd764cd88

Here is the research paper on which the above article is based.

https://ucsf.app.box.com/s/blvolkp5z0mydzd82rjks4wyleagt036

 

Had a Covid 19 antibody test yesterday while at the dentist.
Confirmed that I had definitely have had Covid 19.
Also confirmed that I have a longer term immunity rather than short term, although don't know how long that is as such though. Just more than the four and a half months since I had the Covid I guess....

 

Did you know or was it a surprise mate ?

 

No, I was fairly sure I had it back in the middle of March, this just confirmed it and also that I still had immunity from it, which was good to hear.

 

Sounds like you have been very lucky mate. I reckon you are in a great place.... makes you wonder how many others have had it and don’t know about it..

 

Is it standard then to have an antibody test if visiting the dentist? Would be interested to know if that is the case because myself and wife believe we had symptoms back in March.

 

I don't think it's standard as such, depends on individual dentists I think.
Originally was told that I would get a test just to see if I actually had CV19 before they do any work, but when I went in, they weren't actually doing that test but did say they could do an antibody test if I wanted it although not required for the work.
Not sure why they changed their mind but wasn't going to say no...

 

Sorry, but, with "gay abandon", I am posting some more (possible) figures, this time concerning what another contributor referred to as "collateral fucking damage".

Lockdown 'caused up to 21,000 extra deaths - many due to reduced access to healthcare', shocking study claims
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...0-extra-deaths-reduced-access-healthcare.html

I know, it's the Daily Mail. The same story is behind the Telegraph's paywall.


And, re my previous post about doing more to protect the vulnerable

UK Parliament Public Accounts Committee
https://committees.parliament.uk/co...egligent-approach-to-social-care-in-pandemic/

...the “appalling error” committed when 25,000 patients were discharged from hospitals into care homes without ensuring all were first tested for COVID-19 – even after there was clear evidence of asymptomatic transmission of the virus.

 

@garethr ... you can call me by name you know, we’re all mates here.

 

Well we cannot turn back the clock, what has happened has happened. It is unfortunate but you cannot change it. Get over it and move on mate .. just saying

 

It needs to inform our future, that’s the key thing

 

Yep agree with that. We have to learn from the experience

 

mate... as in cellmate... not marrying the correct size piston ring to the bore!

 

I was too lazy to look!