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My fit and healthy 21 year-old Son, who some of you have met, is quite unwell with covid.
He lives with his mum and had a very sore throat a couple of weeks ago which they assumed was tonsilitis.
After a negative lateral flow test the doctor, after a phone call appointment, prescribed a large dose of penicillin.
This had no effect and his throat has become worse and worse, along with puffy eyes and an occasional temperature.
After feeling really unwell during last week he was sent a covid test which came back positive.
Over the weekend he felt terrible and today the emergency doctor came out to him.
He reckons he may well have had covid at the start and that his sore throat etc is now a version of long covid.
We're waiting to hear from the emergency department at the John Radcliffe Hospital to find out which drugs would be best to give him.

Very worrying to be honest.

Fit, 21 and poleaxed by this ****er!
Crikey sorry to hear that Rangercol, hope the lad gets better soon with no ill effects !!
 
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My fit and healthy 21 year-old Son, who some of you have met, is quite unwell with covid.
He lives with his mum and had a very sore throat a couple of weeks ago which they assumed was tonsilitis.
After a negative lateral flow test the doctor, after a phone call appointment, prescribed a large dose of penicillin.
This had no effect and his throat has become worse and worse, along with puffy eyes and an occasional temperature.
After feeling really unwell during last week he was sent a covid test which came back positive.
Over the weekend he felt terrible and today the emergency doctor came out to him.
He reckons he may well have had covid at the start and that his sore throat etc is now a version of long covid.
We're waiting to hear from the emergency department at the John Radcliffe Hospital to find out which drugs would be best to give him.

Very worrying to be honest.

Fit, 21 and poleaxed by this ****er!
Sorry to hear this Col. I hope your son has a speedy recovery. :emoticon-0148-yes:
 
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My fit and healthy 21 year-old Son, who some of you have met, is quite unwell with covid.
He lives with his mum and had a very sore throat a couple of weeks ago which they assumed was tonsilitis.
After a negative lateral flow test the doctor, after a phone call appointment, prescribed a large dose of penicillin.
This had no effect and his throat has become worse and worse, along with puffy eyes and an occasional temperature.
After feeling really unwell during last week he was sent a covid test which came back positive.
Over the weekend he felt terrible and today the emergency doctor came out to him.
He reckons he may well have had covid at the start and that his sore throat etc is now a version of long covid.
We're waiting to hear from the emergency department at the John Radcliffe Hospital to find out which drugs would be best to give him.

Very worrying to be honest.

Fit, 21 and poleaxed by this ****er!
Hope your lad recovers quickly and fully Col. Just had a 22 year old in my team confirm positive, she's also very poorly.
 
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My fit and healthy 21 year-old Son, who some of you have met, is quite unwell with covid.
He lives with his mum and had a very sore throat a couple of weeks ago which they assumed was tonsilitis.
After a negative lateral flow test the doctor, after a phone call appointment, prescribed a large dose of penicillin.
This had no effect and his throat has become worse and worse, along with puffy eyes and an occasional temperature.
After feeling really unwell during last week he was sent a covid test which came back positive.
Over the weekend he felt terrible and today the emergency doctor came out to him.
He reckons he may well have had covid at the start and that his sore throat etc is now a version of long covid.
We're waiting to hear from the emergency department at the John Radcliffe Hospital to find out which drugs would be best to give him.

Very worrying to be honest.

Fit, 21 and poleaxed by this ****er!
Christ sorry to hear that Col, let’s hope he fully recovers soon, regards
 
My fit and healthy 21 year-old Son, who some of you have met, is quite unwell with covid.
He lives with his mum and had a very sore throat a couple of weeks ago which they assumed was tonsilitis.
After a negative lateral flow test the doctor, after a phone call appointment, prescribed a large dose of penicillin.
This had no effect and his throat has become worse and worse, along with puffy eyes and an occasional temperature.
After feeling really unwell during last week he was sent a covid test which came back positive.
Over the weekend he felt terrible and today the emergency doctor came out to him.
He reckons he may well have had covid at the start and that his sore throat etc is now a version of long covid.
We're waiting to hear from the emergency department at the John Radcliffe Hospital to find out which drugs would be best to give him.

Very worrying to be honest.

Fit, 21 and poleaxed by this ****er!

I hope he recovers soon, Col.

I can count on one hand the amount of people ive seen wearing masks up here and im not joking. I dony give a **** if the usual suspects think im Tory bashing but i can only bash the people in power who have made this ridiculous decision to lift all restrictions in one go. What a complete and utter ****wit this PM is! The sooner he is gone and replaced in his party, the better for all the UK.

A poll at the weekend asked who would be to blame if restrictions had to be re-introduced - 42% said the government and another 42% said the public. They'll be satisfied with that.
 
Just been to Tesco (I was gonna say Waitrose just for Stan) and about 50/50 wearing masks.
I always wear mine just out of courtesy and as I’ve been told my camo snood makes me look ‘thuggish’ I’m more than happy to oblige.
My mood wasn’t helped by the smarmy little **** who looked at me sneeringly (so it seemed to me) and said ‘ You don’t need to wear a mask now mate’…..I was rather impressed with my quick witted reply of ‘ I don’t need to put my hand over my mouth when I cough but I’m ****ing polite’…..dunno if he was as impressed to be fair.

Don’t think I made a new friend :(
 
Just been to Tesco (I was gonna say Waitrose just for Stan) and about 50/50 wearing masks.
I always wear mine just out of courtesy and as I’ve been told my camo snood makes me look ‘thuggish’ I’m more than happy to oblige.
My mood wasn’t helped by the smarmy little **** who looked at me sneeringly (so it seemed to me) and said ‘ You don’t need to wear a mask now mate’…..I was rather impressed with my quick witted reply of ‘ I don’t need to put my hand over my mouth when I cough but I’m ****ing polite’…..dunno if he was as impressed to be fair.

Don’t think I made a new friend :(

I got a bus earlier and everyone seemed to be wearing masks. It's still mandatory on TFL of course, but I'm not sure how able they will be to enforce it.
 
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My fit and healthy 21 year-old Son, who some of you have met, is quite unwell with covid.
He lives with his mum and had a very sore throat a couple of weeks ago which they assumed was tonsilitis.
After a negative lateral flow test the doctor, after a phone call appointment, prescribed a large dose of penicillin.
This had no effect and his throat has become worse and worse, along with puffy eyes and an occasional temperature.
After feeling really unwell during last week he was sent a covid test which came back positive.
Over the weekend he felt terrible and today the emergency doctor came out to him.
He reckons he may well have had covid at the start and that his sore throat etc is now a version of long covid.
We're waiting to hear from the emergency department at the John Radcliffe Hospital to find out which drugs would be best to give him.

Very worrying to be honest.

Fit, 21 and poleaxed by this ****er!
Here's hoping he gets well again soon.
 
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I got a bus earlier and everyone seemed to be wearing masks. It's still mandatory on TFL of course, but I'm not sure how able they will be to enforce it.

The way I look at it is that it really isn’t asking much of me to wear a face covering in public….I’m not being asked to watch a whole series of ‘Mrs Browns Boys’ while having my balls fed through a meat grinder…it’s just a ****ing mask.
It doesn’t feel like I’m being subjugated or having my freedom taken away…it’s just a mask.
I come into contact with Corona most days at work so I’m more liable to get it, however unwittingly and pass it on to someone without knowing who could get seriously ill….surely it’s just the right thing to do….ain’t it ?
 
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My fit and healthy 21 year-old Son, who some of you have met, is quite unwell with covid.
He lives with his mum and had a very sore throat a couple of weeks ago which they assumed was tonsilitis.
After a negative lateral flow test the doctor, after a phone call appointment, prescribed a large dose of penicillin.
This had no effect and his throat has become worse and worse, along with puffy eyes and an occasional temperature.
After feeling really unwell during last week he was sent a covid test which came back positive.
Over the weekend he felt terrible and today the emergency doctor came out to him.
He reckons he may well have had covid at the start and that his sore throat etc is now a version of long covid.
We're waiting to hear from the emergency department at the John Radcliffe Hospital to find out which drugs would be best to give him.

Very worrying to be honest.

Fit, 21 and poleaxed by this ****er!
Col fingers crossed for you and your son. It is a b****r what ever age you get it.

Hope you dexamethasone and some other stuff to keep him off the ventilator. Thinking of you.

And for the rest of you...no it's not over yet
 
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Again I will say.. I hate the Tories ( you may have guessed)..but I am going to still gonna be wearing a mask.
1.. not because Boris told me to
2.. because I want to.
3. .. because it is sensible
4.. because I will safe guard other people.
5..if I safeguard other people, maybe they will protect me and mine.

Selfish maybe.

But if everyone is selfish in looking after their own, by accident we will look after each other.

Clever innit



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My fit and healthy 21 year-old Son, who some of you have met, is quite unwell with covid.
He lives with his mum and had a very sore throat a couple of weeks ago which they assumed was tonsilitis.
After a negative lateral flow test the doctor, after a phone call appointment, prescribed a large dose of penicillin.
This had no effect and his throat has become worse and worse, along with puffy eyes and an occasional temperature.
After feeling really unwell during last week he was sent a covid test which came back positive.
Over the weekend he felt terrible and today the emergency doctor came out to him.
He reckons he may well have had covid at the start and that his sore throat etc is now a version of long covid.
We're waiting to hear from the emergency department at the John Radcliffe Hospital to find out which drugs would be best to give him.

Very worrying to be honest.

Fit, 21 and poleaxed by this ****er!

Full of sympathy for him, it's a total ****er. Hope he comes out the other side ok.
 
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19th july- go to a nightclub, no mask, no social distancing.
September- only allowed if youve had 2 jabs.

WTF is this lot on? I want to get myself some!
 
My fit and healthy 21 year-old Son, who some of you have met, is quite unwell with covid.
He lives with his mum and had a very sore throat a couple of weeks ago which they assumed was tonsilitis.
After a negative lateral flow test the doctor, after a phone call appointment, prescribed a large dose of penicillin.
This had no effect and his throat has become worse and worse, along with puffy eyes and an occasional temperature.
After feeling really unwell during last week he was sent a covid test which came back positive.
Over the weekend he felt terrible and today the emergency doctor came out to him.
He reckons he may well have had covid at the start and that his sore throat etc is now a version of long covid.
We're waiting to hear from the emergency department at the John Radcliffe Hospital to find out which drugs would be best to give him.

Very worrying to be honest.

Fit, 21 and poleaxed by this ****er!

best of luck to your son col
 
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