I have been getting more buses to work been asked to a house party at Halloween and gigs can resume just wondering how you manage the risks of COVID with social life ever improving? Has anybody else here been more busy and dealt with the risk? Can’t hide away forever?
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Phil I work with the public, actually touching them.
Before getting the vaccine, we wore masks, recently if both are vaccinated we were not. We are heading back to masks quick here in the US.
I have to admit I do feel safer and I have a peace of mind I did not have before the vaccine.
Once I got honest with myself and stopped the chattering of excuses in my head, I realized what kept me from the vaccine was fear that was rooted in my HA.
How about you ?
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All about using common sense here. I don't think I would go near that house party. Too much of a risk. More places opened here too. Masks and social ditancing.
@Jennifer Phil's wife was very sick after her first dose of one of the vaccines. Not just for a few days. For a good while after it. He already had his fear of the vaccine before that. So I don't think that helped with his fear. Just made it worse.
I touched customers money a few days back twice which made me anxious. The government drilled in to us any close contact hugging money touching being close means you get COVID but that can’t be true. I see videos on Facebook of big weddings and they are all holding hands are they all getting COVID? I doubt it
They have been vaccinated though at the house party but the double jabbed can catch it I mean I can keep apart but maybe it spreads in the air I have no idea. I might try and meet them for ten pin bowling as that’s a COVID secure place but wait and see about house party
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There was a lot of guessing when the virus first hit. Various ways you could catch it. Most of which we know are not true now. People were spraying parcels when they arrived in the post. All that sort of stuff. Thinking the virus was stuck to the packing on the parcel. Not true. Same goes for money. The virus is not in the air. If it was everybody would be doomed.
And railway stations are free of COVID too I seen. I don’t really drink so I wouldn’t be hugging anybody due to alcohol but it’s always a risk. I have started getting buses due to the fire at my work so I travel to another shop and handle money these are two things I never did before I am not comfortable but it shows I have to return to normal some how. I am hoping the cases stay low as they are vaccinating 16-17 now so if cases remain low it makes things a little easier we had as low as 200 cases a day in Scotland in spring so my local area had as little as ten so you then weigh up the risk and the risk would seem much lower. I think masks are staying in Scotland as we still have 800-1000 cases but if it drops off things could change?
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If the numbers come right down things might begin to change even more. They are not looking for a slight change. That is no good really. They want a big change. I agree with Scotland keeping the masks for now. Playing it safe until they see how things are working out. Winter will be the main thing they would be worried about right now. As in will anything happen come this Winter? Normal flu season and all of that. So they might keep things tight until they see how things are shaping up.
What ?? Is Phil not able to respond for himself? Not really your business to tell me about his wife or answer for him.
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Well, that was rude.
I totally agree. Not cool to divulge someone's personal info and assume or suggest that a meaningful post... didn't help and made his fear worse.
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I don't see Phil having an issue with it, for one. Also, he was referring to his wife's getting sick when he said it didn't help with the fear he already had. Not your post.
I apologize, I read it wrong. Please forgive me
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No need for forgiveness. I thought you may have read it wrong. We all do it. Hard to communicate via text and no the other's intent.
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Maybe go back to page 1 and start reading the full thread. All I said was actually posted before in this thread or in another thread by Phil. How else would I know about it? If I am jumping into any thread I tend to read up on anything the person has said in the past. With Phil, we go back a long way with this issue. I am probably the one person who answers all his posts on the subject. So I know the full history. Much like I know the full history of a lot of our members on the forum. So if they make a new post, I am aware of any past issues they might have had that involved what they are posting about. Lot of members on the forum. I still manage to keep track of a lot of issues they all have. Save me having to ask to same questions over and over again. They like that I know them and their problems. Saves a good bit of time.
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Once the pandemic ends, sure. Before the pandemic ends, it might be that you will requite proof of vaccination to enter certain countries. The Spanish Flu, for a point of comparison, was at pandemic status for a couple of years.
Thanks so maybe we will be looking at 2024/2025 before free travel and pandemic May end? I don’t think much will change in 2022
Dude, I have no idea and my sense is that no one really knows. Spanish Flu had a very different trajectory than Covid, and I just used it because it was the last major global pandemic.
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Lat pandemic last close on 4 years. Case of don't hold your breath. Next year we will learn a lot. Know more about how things are shaping up. Be able to see what the virus is doing. Changing again and getting worse or staying as it is and not getting worse. Different countries will have different rules for anybody wanting to enter their country. Most will probably go down the vaccinated only route. Just to be safe. Rather than risk letting just anybody enter their country.
Like I am seeing lots of stories about healthy 40-50 year olds dying due to covid conspiracy theories or once healthy people who refused vaccine are dying of COVID do you think these stories are common or is it rare?
Forever or just till pandemic ends? Vaccinated people can still spread it.