I truly don’t think anyone cares anymore, we’re more then capable of living with it.
I wouldn’t necessarily rush out and start licking doorknobs but having had it a few weeks ago, it’s shit but I’m happy with my level of risk just getting on with it more or less like I did before.
What we need, and have needed from day one, is a strategy and guidance for people who can just bounce back from it in a week and people who can’t and are still trapped inside but this government only seems capable of binary, on off decisions.
Nobody cares. Monkeypox is the new thing now.
Lots of my friends have had it these past few weeks. Few days in bed, and now they’re all right as rain.
Move on with life. COVID is a nothing burger now.
Find a new news story, ffs.
Being post-pandemic and having cases rising seems a false dichotomy: *both* could be true. But, still: ‘Health Secretary Sajid Javid has dubbed the country “*properly* post-pandemic”’ (my emphasis).
COVID really was the biggest load of nonsense the world has ever seen.
Literally don’t care. Covid is done. The media are far too busy with trying to convince us je suis ukraine 😢
So, going back to counting no of infections again? Are people very ill after catching the virus?
COVID is a trial run for how we’ll deal with climate emergencies in the future.
Initial denial from everyone unaffected.
Followed by blind panic when the effects first impact individuals “who could have known this could happen?”.
Followed by apathetic downplaying of reality “it’s too late to do anything, and it’s really not that bad living like this from now on so get over it”.
I *THINK* we are going to be ok. But that’s the issue, we *THINK*.
Without the ongoing collection of stats, test and trace etc we have nothing really to compare it to. Is it “just” a few more people presenting at hospital with the new variant or is it the start of another large swell of infections out there in the public.
We just don’t know. And in the absence of anything to prove risk, im just carrying on as normal, which if it IS a new wave may end up contributing to the spread…..
But colleges went to a conference last week. Many people from the conf got C19 at the even or have presented with symptoms and infection since
the vaccine generally works and I understand the worst affected are often unvaccinated
The government must act now. Far too many people are selfish, engaging in freedom of association, buying non essential items from shops such as clothes and tampons and going on walks more than 5 miles from their home. We must close schools again, it is hard but if it saves one life it is worth doing.
Where are all the covid knights insulting anyone who dares speaks out against their flu god? This time last year the sub was full of them.
Pandemic means a global outbreak, so as long as it is a global issue we will not be post-pandemic by definition. Vaccination has helped us here, we now need to help other countries to reach a similar state to us.
The comments on this thread claiming “no one cares” etc. are embarrassing.
Wait until people have had it multiple times and their bodies are damaged beyond repair.
I encourage you all to do some reading on Long Covid and the systemic damage done by even a “mild” infection.
This is a mass disabling event.
I think that you can still be post pandemic yet have cases on the rise. Like, I don’t think of “post pandemic” as “virus all gone bye bye”. Post pandemic is literally this year onward. For sure cases are on the rise again, but thank god, most people have the vaccine and folks I know that got it, recovered in a week or so.
I got it in November 2020 and had a nightmare 6wks. I won’t bore you all with the full report again as I’ve told this story a couple times – but along with the worst chest infection I’ve ever had, I ended up with delirium, and forgot about 48hrs of my life, if that interests any of you.
What I’m trying to say is that it should never be as bad as it was back then. But the challenges are changing with time.
Just tested positive, never had it prior to today!
Oh yeah, ‘member Covid? I ‘member Covid.
‘Member being vaccinated? I ‘member, I got vaccinated 3 times – two regular ones and one booster jab. I ‘member.
‘Member lockdown? Oh yeah, I ‘member.
It is going to in any way overwhelm the health system?
If not it is not relevant anymore than swine flu before it.
Public health measures we took were disgusting, but necessary infringements on our lives. Short of healthcare collapse I do not support them anymore.
The nonsense of “oh why cant you just socially distance” ignores that being close to people and seeing their faces is a huge part of life. I am not willing to see 400 years from now children wearing masks on buses.
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I truly don’t think anyone cares anymore, we’re more then capable of living with it.
I wouldn’t necessarily rush out and start licking doorknobs but having had it a few weeks ago, it’s shit but I’m happy with my level of risk just getting on with it more or less like I did before.
What we need, and have needed from day one, is a strategy and guidance for people who can just bounce back from it in a week and people who can’t and are still trapped inside but this government only seems capable of binary, on off decisions.
Nobody cares. Monkeypox is the new thing now.
Lots of my friends have had it these past few weeks. Few days in bed, and now they’re all right as rain.
Move on with life. COVID is a nothing burger now.
Find a new news story, ffs.
Being post-pandemic and having cases rising seems a false dichotomy: *both* could be true. But, still: ‘Health Secretary Sajid Javid has dubbed the country “*properly* post-pandemic”’ (my emphasis).
COVID really was the biggest load of nonsense the world has ever seen.
Literally don’t care. Covid is done. The media are far too busy with trying to convince us je suis ukraine 😢
So, going back to counting no of infections again? Are people very ill after catching the virus?
COVID is a trial run for how we’ll deal with climate emergencies in the future.
Initial denial from everyone unaffected.
Followed by blind panic when the effects first impact individuals “who could have known this could happen?”.
Followed by apathetic downplaying of reality “it’s too late to do anything, and it’s really not that bad living like this from now on so get over it”.
I *THINK* we are going to be ok. But that’s the issue, we *THINK*.
Without the ongoing collection of stats, test and trace etc we have nothing really to compare it to. Is it “just” a few more people presenting at hospital with the new variant or is it the start of another large swell of infections out there in the public.
We just don’t know. And in the absence of anything to prove risk, im just carrying on as normal, which if it IS a new wave may end up contributing to the spread…..
But colleges went to a conference last week. Many people from the conf got C19 at the even or have presented with symptoms and infection since
the vaccine generally works and I understand the worst affected are often unvaccinated
The government must act now. Far too many people are selfish, engaging in freedom of association, buying non essential items from shops such as clothes and tampons and going on walks more than 5 miles from their home. We must close schools again, it is hard but if it saves one life it is worth doing.
Where are all the covid knights insulting anyone who dares speaks out against their flu god? This time last year the sub was full of them.
Pandemic means a global outbreak, so as long as it is a global issue we will not be post-pandemic by definition. Vaccination has helped us here, we now need to help other countries to reach a similar state to us.
The comments on this thread claiming “no one cares” etc. are embarrassing.
Wait until people have had it multiple times and their bodies are damaged beyond repair.
I encourage you all to do some reading on Long Covid and the systemic damage done by even a “mild” infection.
This is a mass disabling event.
I think that you can still be post pandemic yet have cases on the rise. Like, I don’t think of “post pandemic” as “virus all gone bye bye”. Post pandemic is literally this year onward. For sure cases are on the rise again, but thank god, most people have the vaccine and folks I know that got it, recovered in a week or so.
I got it in November 2020 and had a nightmare 6wks. I won’t bore you all with the full report again as I’ve told this story a couple times – but along with the worst chest infection I’ve ever had, I ended up with delirium, and forgot about 48hrs of my life, if that interests any of you.
What I’m trying to say is that it should never be as bad as it was back then. But the challenges are changing with time.
Just tested positive, never had it prior to today!
Oh yeah, ‘member Covid? I ‘member Covid.
‘Member being vaccinated? I ‘member, I got vaccinated 3 times – two regular ones and one booster jab. I ‘member.
‘Member lockdown? Oh yeah, I ‘member.
It is going to in any way overwhelm the health system?
If not it is not relevant anymore than swine flu before it.
Public health measures we took were disgusting, but necessary infringements on our lives. Short of healthcare collapse I do not support them anymore.
The nonsense of “oh why cant you just socially distance” ignores that being close to people and seeing their faces is a huge part of life. I am not willing to see 400 years from now children wearing masks on buses.