michaeljf Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 Hello John, .....Ooh, That isn't a good omen! Regards, Michael. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 Bollocks….. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escadrille Ecosse Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 Hmmm. Quite. Hope you feel OK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 How do you feel, Nick? When the prevalence of Covid is low, as many as half of positives may be false. What do we know about lateral flow tests and mass testing in schools? | The BMJ Test again tomorrow. Bests John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 Oh, I’m sick alright. Temp of 38.4 this afternoon, stonking headache and feeling thoroughly beaten about. Came on real quick. Felt ok this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerguzzi Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 Hello Nick People think it has gone away? Spain was strange there were people putting masks when they came out of buildings and empty streets! Or man and wife in shop one with one without? (seperate rooms/houses?) We relied on vaccinations and VINO plus Tapas (seems to have worked) But them we were not in brits areas! Roger ps hope you are over it soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 Get well soon Nick. My wife got it again some weeks ago. Works in a Kindergarden. Now we booked Wales for 2 weeks in August. Seems that there are very low figures. Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpbarrett Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 oh thats rotten luck. Is it the second time for you? Hope its not too bad and doesnt last too long. Its still around and the numbers are rising quickly. mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 Sorry to hear that, Nick, but I have no doubt you are fully vaccinated, so this is most likely to be no worse than a long cold. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(21)00460-6/fulltext See conclusion at end of discussion. Best wishes! John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 Fairly rough night, but feel like it’s peaked, and it’s not even 24 hours since obvious onset. Don’t think much will get done today though. Question is, will SM get it next? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 Something you don’t see every day….. yes…. It is a small bat, pipistrelle I assume, in our toilet. Presumably came in through the window and crashed….. No idea how long the poor wee bugger was in there but, surprisingly it’s alive, and after a bit of a blow over with a hairdryer has been put in a cloth lined box in the airing cupboard to warm up….. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 Seems to be in better condition than expected. Has escaped the box and was found sleeping peacefully hanging upside down from the edge of a towel. Now looks considerably fluffier than when first met! The irony of playing host to a bat while also acting as a host for Covid has not escaped me….. the universe has a bizarre sense of humour! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT6MK3 Posted June 24, 2022 Author Share Posted June 24, 2022 Well that sucks Nick. Better living through chemistry, keep the fluids up, and enjoy the couch… Hope it’s as short as it’s been sharp. Bat/Covid, irony indeed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escadrille Ecosse Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 59 minutes ago, GT6MK3 said: Well that sucks Nick. Hopefully not if it's a pipistrelle Well rescued though and glad to see it is recovering nicely in the airing cupboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamish Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 Hope you both recover fully. good deed indeed saving the bat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 14 hours ago, Martin said: Works in a Kindergarden. That's the Covid frontline right there 5 hours ago, Hamish said: good deed indeed saving the bat. Well, hopefully. The time approaches when I have negotiate it with as to whether it would like to rejoin the wild..... seems real comfortable in the airing cupboard right now (though by reckoning it should be wanting to get to work on the bug hunting). Don't really want it flapping about the house Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 So, went and woke it up. Offered it a drink, which appeared to be accepted. Then offered it the opportunity to leave, For which very little enthusiasm was shown, so we then offered it pate (in the absence of the recommended cat food), at which point it launched into the air (probably the garlic!) and did a few laps of the bathroom before finding the open window. Hopefully it’ll survive. Must be pretty tough to have survived the initial dunking - must have been in there a while. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escadrille Ecosse Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 Garlic Tough wee beastie it would seem though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 15 minutes ago, Escadrille Ecosse said: Garlic Yeah….. didn’t think that one through! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 Conduct above and beyond, Nick, in the Covid circumstances! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 8 minutes ago, JohnD said: in the Covid circumstances! Hopefully I've not given it Covid...... I'm ok-ish now. Even found the energy to mow the grass earlier (ride-on!) though I had to have a nap after...... Bit throaty and snotty now, but no loss of taste, unlike the first time when I had no respiratory symptoms at all but lost taste for several days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpbarrett Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 17 hours ago, GT6MK3 said: Well that sucks Nick. Better living through chemistry, keep the fluids up, and enjoy the couch… Re the couch there is always the live feed from Goodwood... Goodwood - LIVE: 2022 Goodwood Festival of Speed live stream mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 Its probably Omicron, Nick, that is causing many re-infections. Good news is that it's less bad and has a lesser chance of Long Covid (I know, I'm a Job's Comforter!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 1 hour ago, mpbarrett said: Re the couch there is always the live feed from Goodwood... Goodwood - LIVE: 2022 Goodwood Festival of Speed live stream mike Thanks Mike. Gravity is really strong today it seems….. and it appears my body has been to a rave (or maybe Glasto) without me during the night and come home in poor condition….. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 10 hours ago, Nick Jones said: Hopefully I've not given it Covid...... It might be the other way around.... "The UK has been rabies-free since the beginning of the 20th century, except for a rabies-like virus in a small number of wild bats. The risk of human infection from bats is thought to be low. People who regularly handle bats are most at risk. There's only been 1 recorded case of someone catching rabies from a bat in the UK." Rabies - NHS (www.nhs.uk) I know, I'm such a comforter! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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