Much more the Turkey approach.
I haven't seen any studies that have found large numbers of reinfection (doesn't mean they don't exist though) but if one of those positive tests wasn't a false one that is a little worrying. It may point to waning immunity after 6 months, especially in the case of mild infections.
I've been back in the UK 2 weeks and am about to enter a 6th new set of rules.Bizarre it's not been systematically rolled out in key cities since then.
Anecdotally, there’s loads of examples of reinfection. Every hospital doc I know has at least one colleague who’s had it twice. Those numbers will get higher and higher in the coming months. I’m just hoping that a more severe dose, second time round, is very rare.
Sounds like the mortality rate could be a lot higher with this one
You should be able to get back to Italy soon, hopefully. It's safer here now than in the UK.Another day another new policy
I'm waiting for Matt Hancock to throw his notepad on the floor and storm out, yelling feck it I give up you're all on your own.
Yes supposedly from today we can, with a negative test.
Very interesting, I had no idea it was so widespread.
You can never trust anecdotes and it’s possible that each “I know a guy” story is a very small number of cases becoming legendary in hospital small talk. It’s always been likely repeat infections would happen though. It’s been the case with common cold coronaviruses since forever.
There have been loads of different variants since the pandemic started. These recent ones have coincided with a period of explosive growth in case numbers. So the worry is that the virus has become more transmissible. But we have to bear in mind there might be other reasons for explosive growth this past month i.e. everyone losing their mind in the run up to Christmas, socialising and shopping like maniacs, just like they do every year.
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You'll need to do the 14 days in quarantine too, unfortunately. The website thelocal.it has all the info, as ever - have you got your residency documents with you, by the way?
That’s wild. I just had it in my mind things were all rosy down south and the Brits coming through the back door might create a bit of a problem. feck knows what happens now with that plus Christmas partying...
Looks like the Brits snuck through the back door a while ago...
Despite the doom and gloom I’m actually feeling optimistic/positive for the first time in ages. A hard lockdown for January and February (which are shite months anyway) should give us space and time to vaccinate the elderly and vulnerable. By early March we may be looking forward to a more relaxed summer.
Stay safe. What's the situation in your house?
Yeah, that’s where I’m at too. We’re in the shit but I’m perversely hopeful that this is the last really big lockdown. And, like you said, Jan/Feb are a pile of wank at the best of times.
Cheers mate. Wife and kids will be isolating with me [they aren't showing any symptoms thankfully] and I have family close by who can drop off essentials so should be alright, God willing.
It's more there should be checks in place. I don't like this idea of borders being closed everywhere. Only people who need to travel should. PCR tests before and on arrival with a institutional quarantine (paid for by the traveller, only exempt if you can't afford it but must travel). I don't understand why that is so difficult personally, seems to work in many other nations. Europe never really did that and their cases bouncing around shows that
I hope you get better very soon, and that your family members don't show any symptoms. x
People obsess a bit about closing borders but there has been a lot of pushback on the idea that it would be particularly effective once the virus is already present in the country. The below links off to a few different pieces.
Relating to how my own personal experience effects affects my ability to think rationally is hardly armchair psychiatry, echoed by the original poster who whom I was replying. Someone who actually suffers from mental health issues.
Thanks Penna, naturally it's the family I worry about but so far so good in that regard
Incubation period can be 10 days or longer, so this advice could prevent some people from mingling with their family while shedding virus. Basically this advice is better late than never!
If he goes to a test centre results are typically between 24-48 hours in my experience.
Cheers bud
The difference being that having some border control would at least provide some protection to foreign mutations of the virus which have been allowed to come freely into the country with zero warning. It is probably an expensive thing to setup and that's why we're not doing it because of how broke we are as a country thanks to fecking brexit. Alternatively the Government simply don't care and have the attitude of dealing with the next crisis when it arises rather than even pretending to defend us against it.
You don't need to isolate. If her kids dad tests positive you could consider it but even then probably not necessary.
