Have you thought/realised?

[Chrisinchip]

Another really important thing to remember is that the less people who catch it, the less chance the virus has to mutate. The hands, face and space thing will be 'normal' for a very long time to come I think... we need to get the case numbers down very very low and keep them there. It really is all down to us as individuals

Sadly, keeping everyone motivated to carry on with these prevention controls will be doubly hard when the impact of the virus on people we know becomes much reduced.

 

[izwozral]

You're right there!
Decent folk still around though.

What I find most worrying and creepy is the way a lot more people now completely avoid eye contact with each other, or show willing to take part in conversational exchange when you're out and about.
No lame jokes please, I know I can talk for England which might have something to do with it - but that only applies to people who know me!!!

I put this sort of wariness and withdrawal down to the fear and general awfulness of the way we're having to live just now.

However, when you make a little effort, it's amazing how many people are also relieved to have a passing chat and get an echo of what would once have been 'normal'.

The virus has really changed the way we interact with each other just now.

Having not bathed or changed underwear since the start of the first lockdown, I find that people are more than happy not to converse with me. It's either that or it's me growling at them if they get too close.
Treat everyone as a leper and live is my new motto, there'll be time enough for deep tongue gymnastics when and if we beat this virus.

Marie, I wouldn't dream of cracking ANY jokes about your motormouth, or inexhaustible lung capacity or even your mile a minute discourse on just about any subject in the world, no matter how insignificant.
It would be rude of me to do so, nor would I allude to the lightening speed of your lips or speed train of the delivery issuing forth from your mouth, nor the fact that I have witnessed your tongue actually catching fire.

Is it true you are banned from public libraries?


No Marie, there will be no lame jokes coming from me.

 

[mariesnowgoose]

Having not bathed or changed underwear since the start of the first lockdown, I find that people are more than happy not to converse with me. It's either that or it's me growling at them if they get too close.
Treat everyone as a leper and live is my new motto, there'll be time enough for deep tongue gymnastics when and if we beat this virus.

Marie, I wouldn't dream of cracking ANY jokes about your motormouth, or inexhaustible lung capacity or even your mile a minute discourse on just about any subject in the world, no matter how insignificant.
It would be rude of me to do so, nor would I allude to the lightening speed of your lips or speed train of the delivery issuing forth from your mouth, nor the fact that I have witnessed your tongue actually catching fire.

Is it true you are banned from public libraries?


No Marie, there will be no lame jokes coming from me.

What can I say?
Unfortunately you know me too well!

Oops! Forgot...

 

[argoose]

Your right as today I was wiring up my new 10 k/watt electric shower to a live terminal without switching off the power, I felt like a ww2 bomb disposal officer.

Make no mistake, I would have crept up behind you and shouted bang

 

[argoose]

Why would you not turn it off ????

Where is the fun in that

 

[Minisorella]

Sadly, keeping everyone motivated to carry on with these prevention controls will be doubly hard when the impact of the virus on people we know becomes much reduced.

You're right, it will be really tough to stay motivated. All the more reason in my mind not to properly release lockdown until the case numbers are really, really low. Last thing we want is yet another lockdown and enough infections to give the virus the opportunity to come up with a more vicious mutation that the vaccine can't deal with at the moment. I've got everything crossed

 

[Minisorella]

Had my first jab last night, yay! Apart from a very slight warmth and mild ache in my arm, I feel absolutely fine. Got my letter on Saturday and I agonized about whether to wait to hear from my GP to get it done in a surgery hub but in the end I booked a slot at a bigger centre at Crawley Hospital. Amazingly well organised and friendly with a bit of a celebratory atmosphere from all the happy and relieved arm owners I'm glad I went there because spacing was no issue and there was no hanging around... just brilliant! I wasn't expecting to feel such a sense of relief and peace. Now go forth youngsters and get your arms out

 

[FULL TIMER]

Nobody knows the long term effects on those that have had CV-19, I didn't know how it had (possibly) effected me until I had blood tests unrelated to CV-19, I think there will be a whole load of people finding out they are diabetic, or have heart disease in future years.

nobody knows the long term effects of the vaccines either who knows what those that have it have got to look forward to in the distant future,

 

[FULL TIMER]

It ought to be made clear to them that If they don't have the vaccine when offered they shouldn't be allowed a bed in intensive care if theres someone there who has tried to help them selves by having the Vaccine that needs it

That my friend is a slippery slope

 

[FULL TIMER]

For all the people who dont want the jab, i bet they had their Flu jab which is only about 60% effective.

I won't be having the covid one and have never or will ever have a flu jab, think the last jab I had was the TB one.

 

[colinm]

Going back to the OP, cv-19 isn't going away, the vaccine seems very unlikely to eradicate it. The call now from the scientific community to government is " What is an acceptable number of deaths per year?". It then remains up to .gov how much effort they will put in to persuading those at risk to have the vaccine.