My sister and brother in law also have it this is a hard time for my family

Trying to cure it with whiskey when alcohol lowers your immune system and makes you prone to longer/worse symptoms probably also doesn't help much ... ... :whistle:

You need to rest. It's the best way to get better.

Covid cases have continued to rise in the UK, with an estimated one in every 20 people infected, figures from the Office for National Statistic suggest.

All age groups are affected, including the 75s and over, who are due a spring booster jab to top up protection.

Hospital cases are also rising, but vaccines are still helping to stop many severe cases, say experts.

An easily spread sub-variant of Omicron, called BA.2, is now causing most cases.

Recent easing of restrictions and waning immunity from the vaccines could be factors behind the rise too.

The ONS infection survey, which tests thousands of people randomly in households across the UK, estimates that 3.3 million people would have tested positive in the week ending 12 March - up from 2.6 million the previous week.

Scotland has seen infection levels rise for seven weeks in a row. They have now reached a new record high, with 376,300 people estimated to have had Covid last week, or one in 14.

Infection rates across the nations were:

England: 4.9%, up from 3.8% last week - approximately one in 25 people
Wales: 4.1%, up from 3.2% last week - approximately one in 25 people
Northern Ireland: 7.1% , down from 7.8% last week - approximately one in 14 people
Scotland: 7.15% up from 5.7% last week - approximately one in 14 people

It comes as the UK continues to lift previous Covid restrictions. As of Friday, people arriving in the UK will no longer need to take a Covid test, even if they haven't been vaccinated.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-60792087

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Thats why LT and lewis have now caught it

From those stats, you are nearly twice as likely to get covid if you live in scotland compared to england

Do you think those of us that have had Omicron can get the BA2 sub variant ?


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Friday 18/3/22

126 Have Died
90,349 Have caught Covid-19


Patients in hospital
Latest available
14,671

Patients in
ventilation beds
Latest available
292

163,511 Total UK Covid-19 Deaths

https://twitter.com/UKCovid19Stats/s...51381018144771

https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/

Also is Omicron also known as BA.1 ?


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it's a mutation of the main omicron strain, so its very unlikely you would be infected from it having caught it already

Thanks


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Whisky

no e in Scotch :nono:

and the water of life is about to soothe my sore pipes

It has been a funny week, not sure that the fact iv not had anything in 2 years has not clouded my judgment. Iv been what i would say as fairly ill but i have not stopped my daily routine. My throat is knives, my nose has been on fire, chest full of cold (as in coughing like an old smoker at times) but have never felt the need to go to bed or adjust my day and i put that down to the vaccine?

so in summary looking at symptoms:

The five most common symptoms of Omicron are:

Runny nose (tick)
Headache (nope)
Fatigue (nope)
Sneezing (yep first 2 days)
Sore throat (yep the worst thing, but as a kid i was always succespitble to this as i could not take antibiotics)

so was this Stealth Omicron (BA.2)?

Well either of them strip your mucosal membranes and make you more susceptible to throat and upper respiratory infections, and excessive alcohol consumption whilst suffering from respiratory infections increases your risk of pneumonia... but I've done my public service announcement so it's your call from here! :smug:

Is there not any alcohol in the linctus syrup medicines?

Well the most effective ( soothing) ingredient in the best cough meds is Glycerin ..


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I hope you're not drinking glasses of cough syrup Alf!

more infections today in the UK than at any time on the whole pandemic

nearly 3,000,000 people

You've been a brave little soldier LT.

BA T I think.

I have soldiered on for Tibb

in this Cheltenham week

providing daily winners

not that i get any thnaks

:hmph:

:joker:

Thats a cold not covid

And maybe your solution if you’re worried is to do a covid test :idc:

keep up

I did that last week

Monday 21/3/22

169 Have Died
226,524 Have caught Covid-19

Patients in hospital
Latest available
14,948

Patients in
ventilation beds
Latest available
287




163,679 Total UK Covid-19 Deaths




https://twitter.com/UKCovid19Stats/s...38797732769800


https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/

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