swill453 wrote:Hallucigenia wrote:Apparently they've now run out since last night's announcement.
Available online again now.
Scott.
Not 15 minutes ago (2145) though.... and the same just now (2205)
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swill453 wrote:Hallucigenia wrote:Apparently they've now run out since last night's announcement.
Available online again now.
Scott.
Watis wrote:Tried a few times during the day today - and was able to place an order just now.
Watis
Dod101 wrote:Watis wrote:Tried a few times during the day today - and was able to place an order just now.
Watis
I can get mine simply by walking into one of the two chemists in my nearest shopping street and they hand them to me but I am a novice with them. No need for even a name never mind an email address.
I scarcely use them, and instead rely on wearing a mask conscientiously and keeping away from close contact with others if possible. It seems now though that we are expected to use them every time we go out, 'as a courtesy to others'. Is that common practice?
Dod
daveh wrote:Dod101 wrote:Watis wrote:Tried a few times during the day today - and was able to place an order just now.
Watis
I can get mine simply by walking into one of the two chemists in my nearest shopping street and they hand them to me but I am a novice with them. No need for even a name never mind an email address.
I scarcely use them, and instead rely on wearing a mask conscientiously and keeping away from close contact with others if possible. It seems now though that we are expected to use them every time we go out, 'as a courtesy to others'. Is that common practice?
Dod
I got mine from the local pub. Up to now I haven't bothered (doing LTFs ), but recently I was out with a friend who some time later tested positive. I'd done a lateral flow before meeting, and I've been doing lateral flows daily since (all negative). I think with cases getting so high I'll continue testing when I go back to work in January.
Mike4 wrote:To my surprise I find I now have to "register an account" and obtain an authorisation number to be allowed a pack of seven LFTs. This has been in force apparently since 1st October 2021.
In order to "register", I had to give them my email address. Fair enough, I reluctantly decided. But in order to "validate" my email address, their email demanded my mobile phone number, at which I drew the line. I'm not willing to divulge my real mobile number,
Anybody else find this an invasion of privacy too far, or am I being too reactionary? My suspicion is, they plan to nag me endlessly to upload the results of my LFT tests, which frankly I won't be doing.
Mike4 wrote:
Anybody else find this an invasion of privacy too far, or am I being too reactionary? My suspicion is, they plan to nag me endlessly to upload the results of my LFT tests, which frankly I won't be doing.
Dod101 wrote:I scarcely use them, and instead rely on wearing a mask conscientiously and keeping away from close contact with others if possible. It seems now though that we are expected to use them every time we go out, 'as a courtesy to others'. Is that common practice?
Hallucigenia wrote:Dod101 wrote:I scarcely use them, and instead rely on wearing a mask conscientiously and keeping away from close contact with others if possible. It seems now though that we are expected to use them every time we go out, 'as a courtesy to others'. Is that common practice?
Put it this way :
- It's becoming fairly clear that although omicron may be somewhat less "inherently" severe than previous variants, that's outweighed by a much greater number of infections
- As a result healthcare around the world is going to come under more pressure than usual, at what is usually its busiest time of year in the Northern Hemisphere. Many of the models seem to be pointing to the NHS having a January not far off last year, where many operations were being put off etc
- That would suggest that it's a good idea to try and flatten the curve, if only for self-interest in making sure that you get decent care if you get hit by a bus, or your daughter falls pregnant, or to ensure that granny's hip operation isn't postponed.
- Most of those in hospital are unvaccinated
- [2 jabs + booster] works incredibly well at keeping you out of hospital, 1 or 2 jabs on their own work rather less well
- A booster takes a week to kick in, it takes several months for a full course of jabs to do its stuff
- We could stop this thing and end all restrictions in a fortnight if every person in the world who was infected, came into contact with nobody for 2 weeks. But that's not going to happen.
- But spread will be directly reduced if every infected person reduces the number of contacts they have and/or
- we reduce the percentage of the infected population who are having "100%" of their normal contacts
- That last one can be achieved by testing and if positive, not socialising
So - it's too late to jab the unvaccinated, who will put most of the pressure on hospitals next month. But it's not too late for everyone who's 2-jabbed to get a booster. And testing negative before exposing yourself to other people in crowds or confined spaces is another way to reduce spread - if everybody did it we would quickly knock this thing on the head. In the real world not everyone will, but you can still do your bit.
Mike4 wrote:Any chance of précising that into a three word slogan, please Hal?
Dod101 wrote:Hallucigenia wrote:Dod101 wrote:I scarcely use them, and instead rely on wearing a mask conscientiously and keeping away from close contact with others if possible. It seems now though that we are expected to use them every time we go out, 'as a courtesy to others'. Is that common practice?
Put it this way :
- It's becoming fairly clear that although omicron may be somewhat less "inherently" severe than previous variants, that's outweighed by a much greater number of infections
- As a result healthcare around the world is going to come under more pressure than usual, at what is usually its busiest time of year in the Northern Hemisphere. Many of the models seem to be pointing to the NHS having a January not far off last year, where many operations were being put off etc
- That would suggest that it's a good idea to try and flatten the curve, if only for self-interest in making sure that you get decent care if you get hit by a bus, or your daughter falls pregnant, or to ensure that granny's hip operation isn't postponed.
- Most of those in hospital are unvaccinated
- [2 jabs + booster] works incredibly well at keeping you out of hospital, 1 or 2 jabs on their own work rather less well
- A booster takes a week to kick in, it takes several months for a full course of jabs to do its stuff
- We could stop this thing and end all restrictions in a fortnight if every person in the world who was infected, came into contact with nobody for 2 weeks. But that's not going to happen.
- But spread will be directly reduced if every infected person reduces the number of contacts they have and/or
- we reduce the percentage of the infected population who are having "100%" of their normal contacts
- That last one can be achieved by testing and if positive, not socialising
So - it's too late to jab the unvaccinated, who will put most of the pressure on hospitals next month. But it's not too late for everyone who's 2-jabbed to get a booster. And testing negative before exposing yourself to other people in crowds or confined spaces is another way to reduce spread - if everybody did it we would quickly knock this thing on the head. In the real world not everyone will, but you can still do your bit.
Yes I know all that but it is ironic is it not that precisely a year ago very few had any vaccinations and as far as I know testing was far from routine? Now with more than half of the population fully vaccinated we are asked to test before meeting others as well. I was not seeking your resume of the official line but asking if testing before meeting others is common practice? Mind you I think I heard Fergus Walsh on the news this evening saying that the booster begins to lose its effectiveness after about ten weeks. (I was only half listening)
Dod
Dod101 wrote:Yes I know all that but it is ironic is it not that precisely a year ago very few had any vaccinations and as far as I know testing was far from routine? Now with more than half of the population fully vaccinated we are asked to test before meeting others as well. I was not seeking your resume of the official line but asking if testing before meeting others is common practice? Mind you I think I heard Fergus Walsh on the news this evening saying that the booster begins to lose its effectiveness after about ten weeks. (I was only half listening)
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