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If anything positive has come out of this past 18 months or so, at least now people don't drag themselves into offices/other enclosed work spaces full of a cold/cough etc. Pre covid, it was annoying and didn't impress anyone, now I think they would be told to bug**er off home and to take their germs with them!
With some hybrid ways of working, minor ailments such as a cold should be much easier to deal with now if one can continue working at home, with no risk to passing it on to their work colleagues. |
Normal coughs and colds are a fact of life, and pretty necessary to some extent to keep natural immunity to such things current. It will be interesting to see whether the covid experience warps in to a kind of illogical Howard Hughes style virus/germ phobia going forward.
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Originally Posted by KARFA
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Normal coughs and colds are a fact of life, and pretty necessary to some extent to keep natural immunity to such things current. It will be interesting to see whether the covid experience warps in to a kind of illogical Howard Hughes style virus/germ phobia going forward.
Besides, I live in the woods, and probably walk into the house all sorts of things on my boots/shoes that would make some people reach for their smelling salts in shock. But I digress.... |
Daily data:
Cases 34,950 (30,301 last Saturday) Deaths 133 (121) Patients admitted 817 (757 on the 28th) People vaccinated up to and including 8 October 2021: First dose: 49,132,678 Second dose: 45,135,589 The rolling seven day daily average for cases is now up 5.2% on the previous week and the same measure for deaths is down 1.2%. The rolling 7 day daily average for deaths is 109.6 today. |
Originally Posted by ringingup
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How are people approaching working in an office? I haven't been in one since March 2020, but since I'm starting a new job soon, I'll have/want to show my face at some point in the new office. I have to admit I'm not thrilled, as I'm still quite reluctant to spend time in indoor public spaces, unmasked. Reason why I've yet to eat in a restaurant indoors. That said, I went to the theatre a few weeks ago, but we had a box just for ourselves and kept our ffp2 masks on the whole time.
I'll have to start doing some of those things or I'll be left behind when it comes to important social and work interactions. I'm quite lucky that the risk of death or hospitalisation is very, very low based on my circumstances (early 40s, AZ vaccinated, no medical conditions). Nonetheless, the "be careful" voice is still quite loud for me, especially given the high incidence of cases in the UK and the generally more relaxed approach. I'm curious as where other flyertalkers are on the wide spectrum of approaches and attitude to risk. :) |
Originally Posted by HGOLI
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If anything positive has come out of this past 18 months or so, at least now people don't drag themselves into offices/other enclosed work spaces full of a cold/cough etc.
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i am almost assuredly going full time remote even though i live near barbican and my office is at kings cross. not for any fears, i just found in lockdown my productivity and optimal conditions to be super effective are wfh full time. even my manager is saying things like "you are going to apply for full time remote, yes??" like he wants me to lol.
but since i do not currently expect to move away from london i will still probably head in a few times per month...i just do not like the 2-3 days in per week thing that the company is expecting because the brits here are so....rule follow-y. in the US, my team will be very flexible regarding 2-3 days per week but here in the UK some higher ups will be too fixated on it being exactly 2-3 days. |
Daily data:
Cases 34,574 (30,439 last Sunday) Deaths 38 (43) People vaccinated up to and including 9 October 2021: First dose: 49,158,835 Second dose: 45,168,344 The rolling seven day daily average for cases is now up 7.8% on the previous week and the same measure for deaths is flat at 0.0%. The rolling 7 day daily average for deaths is 108.9 today. |
Have been working steadily for months to persuade a skeptical colleague to get vaccinated. He says (after months of respectful, gentle discussion) that he will consider the single-jab Janssen vaccine but no others. I was delighted to hear it, so I told him I would try to find out how he could do this. Is there any word on when or how someone could receive the Janssen vaccine in London?
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Originally Posted by ExpatExp
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Have been working steadily for months to persuade a skeptical colleague to get vaccinated. He says (after months of respectful, gentle discussion) that he will consider the single-jab Janssen vaccine but no others. I was delighted to hear it, so I told him I would try to find out how he could do this. Is there any word on when or how someone could receive the Janssen vaccine in London?
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Originally Posted by bluemoon68
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It’s not available at the moment. Choice for first jabs is Pfizer or Moderna.
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Originally Posted by ExpatExp
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Yes, that's my understanding also, which is why I was asking if anyone might have an inkling when and how it might be possible to get the Janssen vaccine in London?
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Originally Posted by corporate-wage-slave
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It's simply not in the NHS supply chain and the NHS has a legal monopoly on vaccine supply. We're not even sending it the few dozen people in British Antartica (they are getting AZ, which is slightly odd since keeping Pfizer cold is usually the logistical problem....) or the Pitcairns. My advice is perhaps get them on Pfizer, the side effects are usually pretty low and it would give probably similar protection to J&J. Doesn't help with the paperwork but presumably they don't do much travelling.
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Originally Posted by ExpatExp
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Ok thank you for that. I think I am confused because the NHS says that the Janssen vaccine will be "available later this year". But perhaps that is not what is expected to happen. Sadly a double jab is a non-starter for this colleague (getting him to the point of considering a single jab has been an epic journey), so I may have to tell him to wait and see if anything develops with Janssen.
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Excellent! Thank you corporate-wage-slave .
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