[LeatherTrumpet]

Is Boris right on the 19th?

[thesheriff443]

No plenty have still had colds

[LeatherTrumpet]

Originally Posted by thesheriff443

No plenty have still had colds

plenty who?

[Liam-]

Partly, also the fact we’ve been locked up like guinea pigs for a year obviously helped

[bitontheslide]

Its a combination. Good ventilation, social distancing and masks. I think these are good practices to follow pandemic or not. I think masks are a very smart move on things like the tubes, trains, buses and planes

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Liam-

Partly, also the fact we’ve been locked up like guinea pigs for a year obviously helped

…yeah when we haven’t come into contact with, it’s more difficult to contract from distant ranges…

[thesheriff443]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

plenty who?

Friends and family

[LaLaLand]

I had a stonker of a cold about a month ago out of the blue, everyone here had it. Was rotten for about a week.

There’s also sickness bugs going around again now.

[LeatherTrumpet]

Originally Posted by LaLaLand

There’s also sickness bugs going around again now.

where?

[LaLaLand]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

where?

Schools and workplaces here. No end have had it in the past few weeks. Spewing their guts up for a few days.

[LeatherTrumpet]

Originally Posted by LaLaLand

Schools and workplaces here. No end have had it in the past few weeks. Spewing their guts up for a few days.

do you have any evidence?

[LaLaLand]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

do you have any evidence?

Relatives have had it one by one (who live together), one brought it home from the school she works at.

Friends of mine have had it who work in offices.

My best friend currently has it, as does her fella.

Facebook every day for the past few weeks different friends saying they have it.

[Mokka]

Hand washing and sanitation.
People using proper disinfectants at tills between customers, at research on tables and chairs.

But mostly 50% of the population that didn't wash hands do now.

[LeatherTrumpet]

Originally Posted by LaLaLand

Relatives have had it one by one (who live together), one brought it home from the school she works at.

Friends of mine have had it who work in offices.

My best friend currently has it, as does her fella.

Facebook every day for the past few weeks different friends saying they have it.

yeas that is anecdotal and is pretty meaningless

[Niamh.]

I haven't had a cold in a year and a half/2 years

[parmnion]

Bring back the bee population and it will all be ok again.

[michael21]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

Its a combination. Good ventilation, social distancing and masks. I think these are good practices to follow pandemic or not. I think masks are a very smart move on things like the tubes, trains, buses and planes

And banks

[Barry.]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

Is Boris right on the 19th?

I still had a cold or flu

[DouglasS]

This is the first summer I’ve had a cold in five years, infact I’ve had two

[GoldHeart]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

Is Boris right on the 19th?

When has Boris ever been right

[Zizu]

I’ve never had the Flu and never had a flu injection either ..

Now it appears we’re gonna ‘encouraged’ to get the flu vaccine when we get the third ‘booster’ jab in the Autumn


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[Toy Soldier]

3 of the 4 of us here had a horrendous cold 3 or 4 weeks back. Either that or Delta Covid - but me and the wife are both double-vaxxed . It was, most likely, a non-covid bug.

Although to be frr, the eldest brought it home from school, where they're all maskless and snogging each other so masks are really sort of irrelevant in this scenario.

[Toy Soldier]

Originally Posted by Zizu

I’ve never had the Flu and never had a flu injection either ..

Now it appears we’re gonna ‘encouraged’ to get the flu vaccine when we get the third ‘booster’ jab in the Autumn


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Latest seems to be that only over-50's will be getting boosters though.

[Glenn.]

I had a head cold a few weeks ago but nothing since before Christmas 2019.

Masks obviously do help and people are more sanitised now.

[bitontheslide]

you dont have to have a flu vaccination, but if you are going for a covid booster, it makes sense to have it. Ive had flu a couple of times and it's grim, I don't want it again if i can help it. However, when they formulate it, it is based on what they think will be the dominant flu strain, you may catch another strain

Nothing in this life is certain, but I think it's always sensible to hedge your bets on what protects your health the most

Point of note: There is nothing to stop you catching covid and flu at the same time, and while a vaccine may protect you from the worst effects of covid, we have no idea what a covid/flu combination could do to you if you were to get it