Covid - news and views
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Hope you only wear the surgical mask once and if you have the cloth mask wash it regular, like after each wearing. I don’t wear a mask, I do wash my hands regular as I always did before covid. Plus I always keep my distance from people when possible.
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And some others can pick up the cancellation so not too much money may be lost by the club?
As this relates to Devon and Cornwall, which are seeing a huge rise in infections, I would hope there wouldn't be others to pick up cancellations there. I'm sure those living there wouldn't be impressed.
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I like to cherry pick my germs😁Happy as Larry mucking out horses, grubbing around gardening, living in close proximity to my dogs. Unsanitary humans make me 🤢 though.
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High rise in cases on the I.o.W too !! !! 
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Unfortunately-taking prescription drugs & remedies for everything is pushing viruses & diseases to become evermore resistant & resilient. I choose to use anything in my arsenal I can to help keep my demise at bay. If it works use it👍🏻
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This weekend's crop of pop festivals will doubtless be "superspreader" events just in time for the return to school. Enter Private Fraser, stage left.
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Yes, seems Devon & Cornwall now have some sort of special status, a bit like ‘plague of the week award’ following similar ‘superspreader’ event here. Cornwall now has the highest infection rate in England - visit and you’ll see why. Increasing hospitalisation means Plymouth hospital is struggling and Cornwall is about to create new Covid ward. Maybe Private Fraser was right? If vaccination is the answer, most of us have less than 3 or 4 months to get a booster if the science is to be believed.
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Thought I would post this video from Dr John Campbell reporting some changes in how we look at COVID. Some Scientists now think there will be no herd immunity and we will all be exposed to it. Obviously the vaccines will provide us with some protection, particularly from severe illness but they won't stop us getting it or passing it on. We could see changes to how figures are reported and also a change in mass testing. These reports come from individual scientists but as he points out we have not yet had a reaction from SAGE.
David
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It has been said before by many of the experts, we will have to live with variations of covid ,into the far future and it will before long i suspect, see the return of a legal requirement to wear masks in any premises , including club facility blocks ,to keep others safer
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Done the weekly shop today at the supermarket. It was interesting and perhaps a little disconcerting to see that almost exclusively, whilst we were in the store, the people that we saw not wearing a mask all appeared to be in the under 40 age group. And that included some of the staff. I know there is no requirement to wear one but the shop keep broadcasting a message thanking people for wearing them.
I'm sure some of the younger generation still think they are invincible. My niece's ex husband is a fit, naval officer, in his early 40's and double jabbed. He got Covid and has been extremely ill with it to the point of almost being taken into hospital. It is thought, but not proven, that he probably picked it up in the 'club house' at the caravan site at which they were staying. Ironically, his 11 year old son was on holiday with his mum a couple of weeks before and he also got Covid. Again, almost certainly from the club house on the caravan site that they were staying at (at a completely different part of the country to his dad).
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I found similar, JM20, in that we encountered around a dozen people in our local supermarket in the under 40 age group who weren't wearing masks. Sad to say that, without exception, they were obviously holiday visitors😕.
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The easing of the restrictions last month went to far ,by removing the mandatory requirement of face masks inside premises where strangers were mixing,
And it was taken as a excuse not to ware them and many now "think its all over?" It is so removed from that ,
Hence the now it seems, continued albeit slower than in the past, rise in cases and covid related deaths
I agree , the lack of face coverings is generation wide
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If you don't mind me asking is there a particular reason why you don't wear one?
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You are certainly not alone there. I have damaged two pairs of glasses in the last two years trying to take a mask on and off! I also get very hot and uncomfortable wearing one. However I am persuaded that despite the inconvenience it gives me and others a greater level of protection from the virus so whilst it persists at the level it currently is I will continue to wear a mask in enclosed situations.
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You'll probably like Covid a whole lot less.
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When we first were required to wear face masks I had real problems , when wearing hearing aids and glasses they normally are not compatible
There are now many types and styles , my daughter come up with a mod on some washable ones she was making during a lockdown, that i now wear that do not interfere with my glasses or aids ,when removing the mask
There can not now, with all the models and styles for their to be any valid excuse to not use them if required
At the height of the lockdown our grand daughter who works at Tesco between uni attendances said when there was a real crackdown by add security at their store ,the cases of "I'm exempt ?" as an excuse dropped dramatically and many were those who previously used "I'm exempt" to not wear one
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I find it pretty selfish to not wear a mask because ‘I don’t like the things’! Who does? Personally I get a bit panicky wearing mine, feeling as if I can’t breathe but I would always wear it in an indoor situation for my protection, but more importantly for the protection of others around me. If I feel uncomfortable wearing mine, I can only appreciate the feelings of medical professionals who have to wear them for a whole shift!!
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Another reason for there being less other normal infections can also be put down to the much higher sanitisation of touchable surfaces since covid struck
, even then still there are those who "now wash your hands". Is not applicable to them
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I've noticed a few places that have signs saying "please use the sanitiser provided". The problem being that there is no sanitiser in the container. It is also notable that some shops stopped providing sanitiser many months ago, our local Tesco for one. Other places such as NT properties seem to have containers of sanitiser in many places where surface touching is more likely, - if not always used by some visitors. In Aldi a couple of days ago I was sanitising the handle of my trolley when at least three people entered the shop with no attempt at trolley or hand sanitising. Dare I say it, they all appeared to be in the 20 to 40 age group. Not picking on that age group, just stating a fact as I saw it at that particular time.
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I have been informed that the majority of hand sanitisor applicators who some think are empty may well be full, but being alcohol .based the alcohol may well have evaporated making the gel to thick to pass though the nozzles, and it does not take long to happen
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