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Just to give some folks a little update on my covid issues the last few days.

Got tested on Monday. Was suffering severe stomach pain which my GP thought was related to covid. The pain got so bad early a.m. last night that I rang an ambulance thinking I was having a heart attack. Went to the Mater Hospital A+E Department where they tested me a second time. All the time suspected covid cases, were kept in extreme isolation from other patients. I got a cat scan which revealed I have two huge gallstones which caused an infection and nausea. To remove them, I will have to have the gallbladder removed at some point in the future. I was in so much pain, I couldn't sleep, I couldn't eat. It was a very traumatic experience.

I am on lots of pain medication. Then I got the results of both covid tests and they both returned negative. So, glad to be back home in one piece. Having seeing the system the hospitals have in place at first hand, I must say, all the staff are fantastic. From the ambulance staff, the nurses, the doctors, the cleaning staff, the security staff, the dinner ladies. They deserve a huge pay rise when this is all over. Looking forward to a good rest the next few days.

Glad you're on the mend at least. Could you sneak us all some of that pain medication before the Luton and Wycombe games?
 
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Wonder how many times you can get a jag :emoticon-0167-beer::emoticon-0167-beer::emoticon-0167-beer::emoticon-0167-beer::emoticon-0167-beer:
I don’t think they will be taken up on the offer. The representatives of 11,400 high street pharmacies, which are used to doing vaccinations and could deliver up to 1m a week, have offered their services to the Department of Health. They have had no response. I am going to interpret this really generously by assuming that the vaccine task force planning is spot on and they are completely certain that they don’t need any non NHS capacity.

The government is releasing the 2 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine that were meant for the second jab for the very elderly and vulnerable for first jabs. I hope we get more from Pfizer in time for my Mum to get her second jab. Meanwhile 3.5 million doses of the AZ jab are awaiting checking by the MHRA, while another 15 million doses have been made but haven’t been put into vials yet, I’m not sure why they decided to make the vaccine in 3 different sites (2 in U.K. one in Holland) and then transport it to North Wales for putting in vials. But at least the stuff is out there. MHRA promising to streamline its batch checking. Again something I would have thought they have had months to prepare for.
 
Over 1,000 deaths and 62,000 new cases...

Yep and around our way the traffic around 8am and 5pm yesterday and today was as busy as any other non school day.
Last April, the roads were relatively deserted.
I presume that, round our way at least, businesses aren't using the furlough scheme this time, or people just don't give a **** and aren't going to conform any more.
 
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Yep and around our way the traffic around 8am and 5pm yesterday and today was as busy as any other non school day.
Last April, the roads were relatively deserted.
I presume that, round our way at least, businesses aren't using the furlough scheme this time, or people just don't give a **** and aren't going to conform any more.

Yes, seems to me the only change from Tier 4 is no school run traffic. I was surprised at the 'essential' shops that were open, many more than the 1st lockdown...
 
Over 1,000 deaths and 62,000 new cases...
It’s getting quite scary now. Only way is up as Christmas and New Year mixing are factored in over the next ten days.

Traffic seems busy again after a bit of a lull yesterday. Where are all these people going? I am lucky in that I can work 100% from home and do not have school age children, and as a result apart from a weekly trip to the supermarket I can count on the fingers of two hands the number of times I have driven since last March. Perhaps I didn’t get the ‘this doesn’t apply to you’ memo.
 
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It’s getting quite scary now. Only way is up as Christmas and New Year mixing are factored in over the next ten days.

Traffic seems busy again after a bit of a lull yesterday. Where are all these people going? I am lucky in that I can work 100% from home and do not have school age children, and as a result apart from a weekly trip to the supermarket I can count on the fingers of two hands the number of times I have driven since last March. Perhaps I didn’t get the ‘this doesn’t apply to you’ memo.

Where are people going? I’d happily go somewhere if there was anywhere to ****ing go.
 
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Where are people going? I’d happily go somewhere if there was anywhere to ****ing go.
Exactly. I feel like yelling ‘it’s ****ing closed’ as they drive past. Likewise I stroll with the dog between two parks at the bottom of Leamington’s main shopping street The Parade. Apart from the M&S food hall, a Tesco metro, Boots, Superdrug and two hardware shops, it’s closed. Yet it seems as busy with pedestrians as when we were in tier 3. But they are not queuing to get into the open shops, just hanging around. It’s genuinely weird, almost zombie like. Even if we can’t shop we are compelled to go to the shops. It’s like something from a JG Ballard short story.

Weird scenes inside the goldmine.
 
Exactly. I feel like yelling ‘it’s ****ing closed’ as they drive past. Likewise I stroll with the dog between two parks at the bottom of Leamington’s main shopping street The Parade. Apart from the M&S food hall, a Tesco metro, Boots, Superdrug and two hardware shops, it’s closed. Yet it seems as busy with pedestrians as when we were in tier 3. But they are not queuing to get into the open shops, just hanging around. It’s genuinely weird, almost zombie like. Even if we can’t shop we are compelled to go to the shops. It’s like something from a JG Ballard short story.

Weird scenes inside the goldmine.

It seems people aren't going to adhere to this lockdown, judging by the traffic around here.
 
****ing hell another bumper day for deaths.

No supplies of vaccines delivered to Birmingham, apparently, local MPs including the Tories, hopping mad.

Some branches of Boots and Superdrug to deliver jabs, so their offer has been taken up, doubtless this was part of the plan all along and they just forgot they had already been asked......

My mother in laws GP have said **** the man and given her the second jab 3 weeks after the first. Wish my mums surgery had done the same. GP neighbour says none of her colleagues are comfortable with this wait 3 months approach.
 
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