The Lemon Fool

Mike4 wrote:

Lootman wrote:You are "just starting" to go into shops again?

Seriously?

The only place I see people wearing masks now is on crowded tube trains, and even then most do not.

I always imagine the occasional person wearing a mask has some ghastly disease and is wearing the mask as a courtesy to people nearby. So I steer well clear of them.

The other possibility is that the person wearing the mask is immunocompromised in some way (chemo, transplant, some other auto-immune condition etc). Your reaction is still valid in that case though, albeit for the mask-wearer's benefit rather than yours.

I confess that it is sufficiently rare to see people wearing a mask now that when I do see it my instinctive reaction (that does me no credit) is to think it slightly odd but then my reasoning kicks in a fraction of a second later and I remind myself that there are a number of good reasons for someone to really need to still wear a mask.

- Julian

P.S. Loved the meme about the plague.

Yesterday both of us received the Spring Booster vaccination for those over 75. I have a sore arm if I lift it above my shoulder. From past experience this should disappear in a couple of days. The vaccine was Spikevax XBB.1.5 - which I was told was the same as that used for the Autumn vaccination. (Previously called Moderna)
We also had mild Covid infections before Christmas (possible source? - workmen in and about the house for several weeks)
The vaccination centre is not particularly easy to get to (two bus journeys for a few miles ) - however we are still driving, so it is not a problem. I wonder how many oldies are put off by this journey.

I also had my booster (Spikevax) yesterday early morning. Initially little side effects but since last night very painful arm with headache and muscular pains. I do not remember having such a painful reaction previously - maybe memory loss given over 75.

T7

I’m not eligible for the booster (approaching 75, other health conditions but nothing dramatic) having checked with both the GP and the vaccination centre.

I’ve decided to have the vaccination privately - £65 - at a local pharmacy. Booked for Saturday.

Best wishes,

Steve

scotia wrote:Yesterday both of us received the Spring Booster vaccination for those over 75. I have a sore arm if I lift it above my shoulder. From past experience this should disappear in a couple of days. The vaccine was Spikevax XBB.1.5 - which I was told was the same as that used for the Autumn vaccination. (Previously called Moderna)
We also had mild Covid infections before Christmas (possible source? - workmen in and about the house for several weeks)
The vaccination centre is not particularly easy to get to (two bus journeys for a few miles ) - however we are still driving, so it is not a problem. I wonder how many oldies are put off by this journey.

Community Transport may be the solution for them. Ours is 6 miles away and the bus would involve a half mile walk from home. Closer near the centre. I shall drive, but for someone less mobile without their own transport, our Community Transport will do door to door at a small cost. (Disclosure - I'm a Trustee of our local Community Transport CIC).

TJH

tjh290633 wrote:

scotia wrote:Yesterday both of us received the Spring Booster vaccination for those over 75. I have a sore arm if I lift it above my shoulder. From past experience this should disappear in a couple of days. The vaccine was Spikevax XBB.1.5 - which I was told was the same as that used for the Autumn vaccination. (Previously called Moderna)
We also had mild Covid infections before Christmas (possible source? - workmen in and about the house for several weeks)
The vaccination centre is not particularly easy to get to (two bus journeys for a few miles ) - however we are still driving, so it is not a problem. I wonder how many oldies are put off by this journey.

Community Transport may be the solution for them. Ours is 6 miles away and the bus would involve a half mile walk from home. Closer near the centre. I shall drive, but for someone less mobile without their own transport, our Community Transport will do door to door at a small cost. (Disclosure - I'm a Trustee of our local Community Transport CIC).

TJH

Interesting - currently we are both driving, so we are not aware of such Community Transport Schemes. We should check this out for possible future needs. Although I fear such a scheme would not take me up a dirt road and through a ford to the fishing loch. But if I got there, we have a boat for accompanied wheelchair anglers

A first for everything! I’ve just tested positive for Covid. Seems pretty mild so far. I was (privately) vaccinated with the Novavax booster two weeks ago.
I’m hopeful that the vaccine booster will have primed the immune system to make short shrift of this.

Best wishes, Steve