I’m sorry you haven’t felt well. I’m full of admiration that you are brave enough to take part in these trials. How have you reacted? I’m assuming it’s not a live vaccine thus can’t actually give you covid? Will you continue despite the reaction? Sorry I’m curious and fascinated and worried in equal measures by the vaccine options out there.I've had the first injection on the Novavax Covid-19 vaccine trial and have reacted quite badly to it over the last 40 hours. I'm buying an antibody test just to be sure I didn't get the saline, even though my symptoms strongly support I didn't. I get the second injection 3 weeks after the first which early trials support will boost my t-cells. But it does mean, fingers crossed, I will be returning to teaching in the classroom very soon.
https://www.testingforall.org/product/covid-19-home-antibody-test/
Which company's antibody test did you use? You may have had antibodies that have now gone.I did the antibody test a couple of weeks ago. Sadly, I was negative. My son however, was positive. We can pinpoint when he had Covid 19 as it was before lockdown. He lost his sense of taste and smell and that was before it was a symptom. One evening he was sitting next to me eating a roast dinner and said he couldn’t taste a thing or smell his dinner. I thought he had a blocked nose but he didn’t.
Obviously, I didn’t catch it, don’t know how as he was sitting right next to me, living at home, using all the same taps, surfaces etc. I was washing his clothes, clearing his plates etc just normally as we all were before this became a thing.
I have the flu vaccine every year and never feel a thing. For the Novavax trial, the injection site ached and still feels bruised to touch, had a really bad headache, fever, muscle aches, fatigue, nausea for 40 hours and didn't respond to paracetamol or ibuprofen. I was in bed for half a day, and I followed sick day rules as my blood sugars stayed high during that time. The vaccine consists of a synthetic protein which has the same structure as key protein on the surface of the SARS-CoV-2, which is what we develop antibodies to. My symptoms look pretty standard, but some people don't react at all:I’m sorry you haven’t felt well. I’m full of admiration that you are brave enough to take part in these trials. How have you reacted? I’m assuming it’s not a live vaccine thus can’t actually give you covid? Will you continue despite the reaction? Sorry I’m curious and fascinated and worried in equal measures by the vaccine options out there.
Which company's antibody test did you use? You may have had antibodies that have now gone.
I did the antibody test a couple of weeks ago. Sadly, I was negative. My son however, was positive. We can pinpoint when he had Covid 19 as it was before lockdown. He lost his sense of taste and smell and that was before it was a symptom. One evening he was sitting next to me eating a roast dinner and said he couldn’t taste a thing or smell his dinner. I thought he had a blocked nose but he didn’t.
Obviously, I didn’t catch it, don’t know how as he was sitting right next to me, living at home, using all the same taps, surfaces etc. I was washing his clothes, clearing his plates etc just normally as we all were before this became a thing.
The National Education Union have called for schools etc to close during lockdown. This is as link to sign the petition if anyone is interested.
https://actionnetwork.org/forms/close-schools-and-colleges-now?source=direct_link&
Me tooThank you. I have signed.
Thanks - I just signed this and also posted it on a local online forum.The National Education Union have called for schools etc to close during lockdown. This is as link to sign the petition if anyone is interested.
https://actionnetwork.org/forms/close-schools-and-colleges-now?source=direct_link&
Hence the slogan "Mask up and shut up" has been suggested, but sadly not adopted. I think of it each time I am obliged to cross paths with someone bellowing into their phone.Covid infects the mouth
https://www.livescience.com/oral-infection-coronavirus-spread.html?utm_source=notification
The coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 can infect cells in the mouth, which may spur the virus's spread both in the body and to other people, according to a preliminary study.
The National Education Union have called for schools etc to close during lockdown. This is as link to sign the petition if anyone is interested.
https://actionnetwork.org/forms/close-schools-and-colleges-now?source=direct_link&
Explaining the policy today, the Prime Minister’s spokesman added: “The over 60s should take extra care because there is evidence they could be at greater risk of becoming seriously ill.
“The scientific advice is that people in the over 60 age group do have a higher risk of becoming more unwell with coronavirus, so they should take extra precaution.”
To add confusion however, official government guidance initially went further and said over-60s were actually part of the “clinically vulnerable” group, rather than just following the same rules as that group.
It said: “Clinically vulnerable people are those who are aged 60 or over (regardless of medical conditions)”.
The guidance originally said over-60s had officially joined the clinically vulnerable group
After several inquiries by the Mirror, the page was corrected last night to make clear that, while not all over-60s are clinically vulnerable, they are being asked to follow the same rules as the vulnerable anyway.
The new guidance says: “If you are clinically vulnerable, or over the age of 60, you should be especially careful to follow the rules and minimise your contacts with others.”
The update at 7.22pm was labelled as a “minor update to guidance” without any formal log of what had changed.https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/polit...mpaign=coronabriefing_newsletter&ccid=4509336
The clinically vulnerable group includes all over-70s, and anyone under 70 with one of a range of underlying health conditions.
These include asthma, COPD, emphysema, bronchitis, diabetes, Parkinson’s, MND, MS, cerebral palsy, or a BMI above 40.
Pregnant women and those with chronic heart, kidney or liver disease are also included.
The ‘clinically vulnerable’ group has not officially been extended to include all over-60s.
However, the over-60s are now asked to follow the same rules as the ‘clinically vulnerable’ - even though they aren’t in the group.
I have had a couple of dental appointments since my dentist re-opened. I was asked to come wearing a mask, which I thought rather odd, but I suppose it was to protect the receptionist. She turned out to be wearing a surgical mask, but it kept slipping down below her nose. Re-assuringly, my dentist was swathed like a spaceman in PPE. I felt quite safe.I have a dental appointment on Wednesday but you can't wear a mask for that one!!
Already signed it and glad some of you are signing too.The National Education Union have called for schools etc to close during lockdown. This is as link to sign the petition if anyone is interested.
https://actionnetwork.org/forms/close-schools-and-colleges-now?source=direct_link&
I just checked the Official Guidance, and "60" has been updated to "70"“Clinically vulnerable people are those who are aged 60 or over (regardless of medical conditions)”.
I just checked the Official Guidance, and "60" has been updated to "70"
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/new-national-restrictions-from-5-november#history
Signed,The National Education Union have called for schools etc to close during lockdown. This is as link to sign the petition if anyone is interested.
https://actionnetwork.org/forms/close-schools-and-colleges-now?source=direct_link&
Was your son's lose of taste and smell his only sympton, or did he feel unwell afterwards?
Asking, as I lost my sense of smell for about two days, didn't really think anything of it as didn't feel too bad but since then....
a bit meh.....
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