Wonder if the strain in Spain spreads mainly on the train
― jaymc, Wednesday, 26 June 2024 17:29 (three months ago) link
ok damn
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 26 June 2024 17:32 (three months ago) link
lol
― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Wednesday, 26 June 2024 17:32 (three months ago) link
roffles
― Fizzles, Wednesday, 26 June 2024 17:32 (three months ago) link
My fair covid
― octobeard, Wednesday, 26 June 2024 17:48 (three months ago) link
ROFLs all the way to Hereford, Hartford and Hampshire
― guillotine vogue (suzy), Wednesday, 26 June 2024 17:57 (three months ago) link
I could have hacked all night
― henry s, Wednesday, 26 June 2024 17:58 (three months ago) link
I think he's got it
*checks COVID test*
By jove he's got it
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 26 June 2024 17:59 (three months ago) link
(sympathies to all affected. was just reading about a friend from Cali whose entire U.K. summer vacay was wrecked by COVID, spent most of it in isolation. preparing for my own U.K. vacay in a month, fingers crossed)
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 26 June 2024 18:00 (three months ago) link
there doesn’t seem to be a *lot* of it about here. maybe one or two people per month in my wider work/professional community. i think you’re good. obv hoping you have a great holiday here!
― Fizzles, Wednesday, 26 June 2024 18:03 (three months ago) link
fwiw the isolation guidelines (for all respiratory illnesses) in the US are now "do what you like as long as you haven't had a fever for 24 hours"
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Wednesday, 26 June 2024 18:06 (three months ago) link
Where are ya going, Tipsy?
― kinder, Wednesday, 26 June 2024 18:25 (three months ago) link
I think it might be less about the virus being particularly strong in certain countries and more that long flights are an easy way to catch bugs in general. I got a pretty bad flu from my flight to Japan (not covid).
― Daniel_Rf, Wednesday, 26 June 2024 18:31 (three months ago) link
that’s got to be right. anecdotally tho i’m getting three or four reports of covid a month from spain over the last two months from a smaller network. might just be some sort of information skew. certainly not statistically robust!
― Fizzles, Wednesday, 26 June 2024 18:51 (three months ago) link
Devon and Cornwall — which I understand is typically quite quiet during the summer ...
(I have read somewhat hopeful sounding accounts that the domestic tourist trade is down just a bit there this summer, because of competition from cheap continental destinations)
The second time I caught COVID was on a plane, thinking I'll go ahead and mask up on the flight over just to give us a better chance.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 26 June 2024 18:59 (three months ago) link
It seems the current strain is less catchy?Which of the three dominant / rising strains do you mean?
― bae (sic), Wednesday, 26 June 2024 19:26 (three months ago) link
xp hope you get decent sun. it's nice but muggy right now. I'll be down in Cornwall again late August, was there a month ago and totally lucked out with the weather.
― kinder, Wednesday, 26 June 2024 20:15 (three months ago) link
Thx! Honestly coming from the baking heat we’re having here, cloudy and even a bit rainy would be fine.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 26 June 2024 20:45 (three months ago) link
also visiting Devon from the US this summer and also hoping for cold and damp tbqh.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Wednesday, 26 June 2024 20:49 (three months ago) link
It’s been pretty warm in East Devon this week so the chances of cold + damp are enhanced. No covid reports from my Devon-based colleagues.
― Tim, Wednesday, 26 June 2024 21:43 (three months ago) link
btw Tim thanks for that pub rec (at Ide), worked out beautifully!
― kinder, Wednesday, 26 June 2024 23:01 (three months ago) link
In Ireland now and covid has hit several of my travel companions. Two of them were down for the count for a bit. Apparently I've remained clear of it. But I've been strategic in my indoor socializing. Lots of outdoor drinking and have avoided crowded pubs for the most part. Though there was that one night in Dingle...
The amount of coughing I hear when out and about is somewhat alarming.
― omar little, Wednesday, 26 June 2024 23:42 (three months ago) link
I've had a couple of colleagues complain about being "knocked out" by brief coughing spells and runny noses and when I suggest it might be COVID they look at me as if I'd asked them to join a synth pop band -- and these were some of the most COVID-conscious people in my office two years ago. It's as if a mindwipe has happened.
― the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 26 June 2024 23:50 (three months ago) link
I'm no paragon -- I go out all the time and only mask when on planes and when I feel crowded or unsafe indoors -- but at least I know what the risk is.
― the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 26 June 2024 23:51 (three months ago) link
Yeah some people I know aren't even testing anymore when they get sick. Which is super weird to me, because if I can know what I'm sick with, I would like to!
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 26 June 2024 23:55 (three months ago) link
A friend's baby just got the covid, and is pretty sick... I don't remember any children in the first wave, maybe it's mutated in a way that'll make kids more vulnerable
― Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 27 June 2024 00:38 (three months ago) link
I just had four flight between San Francisco>Copenhagen>Stockholm and I think I saw two people on the planes with masks on (clearly American) though a few masks in the airports.. but not that many
No one in Sweden appears to wear a mask anymore, anywhere
― Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 27 June 2024 00:43 (three months ago) link
I noticed in Dublin and Galway last summer -- not one mask worn by a local. Is it because most European countries had real lockdowns instead of our ersatz ones and the memory's raw?
― the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 27 June 2024 01:00 (three months ago) link
I honestly think thats the case in Aus. We were locked down so hard for so long with such strict masking laws, that when they lifted it all people went "oh thank FUCK".
I've seen it said that it'd be nice if what had come out of this, is a cultural shift where we're all like they are in SEA - everyone just wears a mask when they have a cold/flu. But nooooo.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Thursday, 27 June 2024 04:19 (three months ago) link
I live in Wisconsin. Nobody* masks in Wisconsin.
*Not nobody, but so few that I either figure they are currently sick or they care for someone at high risk.
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Thursday, 27 June 2024 04:21 (three months ago) link
― Fizzles, Thursday, 27 June 2024 06:54 (three months ago) link
No one in Sweden appears to wear a mask anymore
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 27 June 2024 07:08 (three months ago) link
It would be pretty sweet if they developed an at-home test that covered COVID, flu, etc all in one. per tipsy it’s very nice to know what you’ve got
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 27 June 2024 07:10 (three months ago) link
I think you need to cough on different cards or whatever but isn't this exactly what they developed at Pluslife?
― bae (sic), Thursday, 27 June 2024 08:07 (three months ago) link
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 26 June 2024 23:55 (yesterday) link
I don't bother anymore, because it's not going to change my behavior. If I'm sick, I stay home, stay away from others and sleep in the spare room so I don't get my wife sick.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 27 June 2024 15:33 (three months ago) link
I mean, there's a public health benefit is you test positive and report it online (I did once a couple months ago), but I think they're able to glean all the data they need via wastewater samples now
― Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 27 June 2024 17:02 (three months ago) link
Further updates, flying back from Ireland direct to L.A. and I have never heard that much coughing or sneezing on a plane. Kept my mask on, kept the air blowing down on me from above, sneaked in some bites of food at dinnertime, and I guess we'll see what happens.
My wife's boss and his boss, both them and their entire families are knocked out by it currently, and they picked it up from different sources. The former had to cancel his vacation, the latter are stuck in a hotel room on their vacation.
My companions who got knocked out by it were my father, brother, and his wife. I was worried for my dad because, well, he's battling brain cancer. This was his final journey over there. But he had just been vaccinated and therefore overcame it quickly. The others are still fighting off lingering symptoms, ten days later and back in the states.
― omar little, Wednesday, 3 July 2024 16:41 (three months ago) link
My dad likely picked it up on the flight over. He didn't mask up, he's a bit stubborn about it. I was really insistent that he do so, too. But at least he wore the mask flying back home.
― omar little, Wednesday, 3 July 2024 16:44 (three months ago) link
I finally got unlucky. :(
― This is how the spicy nonsense becomes loose. (doo dah), Wednesday, 3 July 2024 19:18 (three months ago) link
now almost everyone i know has covid
― ivy., Thursday, 4 July 2024 20:56 (three months ago) link
yeah I'm back to masking in grocery stores etc
― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Thursday, 4 July 2024 21:00 (three months ago) link
Unlucky here, on my American holiday :-((((
― guillotine vogue (suzy), Thursday, 4 July 2024 21:45 (three months ago) link
Ivy and sleeve where are you? Haven’t known any people getting it recently in the DC area.
― Dick Cavett Poo Party (Boring, Maryland), Thursday, 4 July 2024 23:57 (three months ago) link
nyc
― ivy., Friday, 5 July 2024 00:10 (three months ago) link
I was visiting DC earlier in the week!
― guillotine vogue (suzy), Friday, 5 July 2024 00:15 (three months ago) link
Oregon xxp
― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Friday, 5 July 2024 00:24 (three months ago) link
It finally got me
― if this site were a food it would have NO nutritional value!!!!!!! (Neanderthal), Saturday, 3 August 2024 23:58 (two months ago) link
Hope it's not too bad.
― il lavoro mi rovina la giornata (PBKR), Sunday, 4 August 2024 00:09 (two months ago) link
noooo
― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Sunday, 4 August 2024 00:30 (two months ago) link
Get through okay! Was looking for this thread a couple of weeks back, finally got me then too.
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 4 August 2024 00:40 (two months ago) link