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It is obviously going to change with the Omicron effect.

Hopefully that will drop.
 
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MusicDating

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Ian1779 said:
Using absolute values without context is meaningless - populations size and proportion fully vaccinated should be considered.
For context - in SA where this variant supposedly originated they have only 26% fully vaccinated from a population of 60m we have 70% of a 68m population.
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And the last variant originated here...
 
Moff

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Nothing in life is certain, but a PCR test is as certain as you'll get.
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The fly in the ointment is if you have had Covid you can’t have a PCR test again for 90 days as it can give unreliable results, thus you have to rely on LFT’s which aren’t entirely accurate.

I had Covid and had a positive, negative then positive lateral flow test during that period.

if you’ve had Delta, I presume there’s nothing to stop you getting Omicron and without a definitive PCR people could easily become spreaders.
 
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You can get a PCR as soon as you can get to a test centre, so within about half an hour.

Then you will usually get the result before you wake up the next morning.

It's a very fast and efficient process.
 
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PVA said:
You can get a PCR as soon as you can get to a test centre, so within about half an hour.

Then you will usually get the result before you wake up the next morning.

It's a very fast and efficient process.
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Bit fucked if you can’t drive
 
Nick

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PVA said:
You can get a PCR as soon as you can get to a test centre, so within about half an hour.

Then you will usually get the result before you wake up the next morning.

It's a very fast and efficient process.
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Yeah so depending on first bogey time.

For context. Last time the school rang because my daughter didn't feel well, picked her up just after lunchtime and went for PCR.

Results arrived the next morning. Granted. She was still isolating so didn't go to school because it didn't come through in time.

That was before the omicron symptoms so she was more ill, but yeah still an afternoon off work and then maybe a morning.

You can't do that because of a runny nose. Especially if you don't get sick pay or are self employed.
 
baldy

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It’s the sheer amount of testing & trying to look for the variant in people that’s made this all a big clusterfuck - I‘ve not got any of the symptoms so I’m not testing myself…simple
I might have cancer or a heart disease but I’m not showing any of the symptoms for those so I sure as fuck aren’t testing for what is,effectively,a cold & a sniffle
Get a grip
 
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baldy said:
It’s the sheer amount of testing & trying to look for the variant in people that’s made this all a big clusterfuck - I‘ve not got any of the symptoms so I’m not testing myself…simple
I might have cancer or a heart disease but I’m not showing any of the symptoms for those so I sure as fuck aren’t testing for what is,effectively,a cold & a sniffle
Get a grip
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If I could test several times a week for cancer or heart disease with a simple non intrusive test even if I didn't have symptoms then I absolutely would.

I think anyone would.
 
baldy

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PVA said:
If I could test several times a week for cancer or heart disease with a simple non intrusive test even if I didn't have symptoms then I absolutely would.

I think anyone would.
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So the good old winter colds of the past just HAS to be a variant of covid now does it?
 
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Kieranp96

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Well i am covid +, probably delta as where i am only a few omicron cases
, double vaccinated and been wearing mask in shops where needee, bit covid been going through misses family so reckon i got it from there on sundau or Tuesday before they tested +.
 
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Kieranp96 said:
Well i am covid +, probably delta as where i am only a few omicron cases
, double vaccinated and been wearing mask in shops where needee, bit covid been going through misses family so reckon i got it from there on sundau or Tuesday before they tested +.
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Hope you don't kill a granny over Christmas.

In all seriousness, hopefully will just be a sniffle.
 
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Posted this on the football thread by accident.

However.

If you death lovers on this thread can handle some good news... Screenshot_20211218-191434_Twitter.jpg
 

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clint van damme

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State of this lot.
Im sure there's a very good reason why the MET are handling this with Kids gloves compared to the Sarah Everard vigil.

 
Earlsdon_Skyblue1

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Full lockdown just announced here, from 5am tomorrow. All shops and hospitality to close and my match has been cancelled tomorrow afternoon too. Think it could be a rough few weeks coming up.

Wish me luck lads.
 
clint van damme

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Earlsdon_Skyblue1 said:
Full lockdown just announced here, from 5am tomorrow. All shops and hospitality to close and my match has been cancelled tomorrow afternoon too. Think it could be a rough few weeks coming up.

Wish me luck lads.
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Fucks sake. Putting to one side Wwhether or not it's the right thing to do it a really difficult thing to go through, especially having been through a couple already.

All you can do is tough it out. Good luck.
 
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Kieranp96

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Nick said:
Hope you don't kill a granny over Christmas.

In all seriousness, hopefully will just be a sniffle.
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Will do my isolation, no granny here to kill 🤣, and more than a sniffle already, fatigued to the max i have alresdy had covid twice before and im double vaccinated im unlucky.
 
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