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Title: I want my money back
Post by: STEMO on 05 January 2022, 16:14:27
I paid circa £180 for lateral flow tests and PCR bookings for my lad and his gf to travel abroad. From 4am on Friday they've been scrapped. I demand a refund.
Title: Re: I want my money back
Post by: Varche on 05 January 2022, 16:32:06
Good luck!
Title: Re: I want my money back
Post by: Rangie on 05 January 2022, 16:57:34
It's only money, don't put your blood pressure up..😅
Title: Re: I want my money back
Post by: STEMO on 05 January 2022, 17:17:44
Really not bothered  ;D Just pleased to know they don't have to rely on a poxy piece of plastic to determine whether they fly or not.
Title: Re: I want my money back
Post by: Rangie on 05 January 2022, 17:35:39
Nobody seems to have a clue what direction the virus is going in so just carry on and hope for the best seems to be  the attitude at present.
Title: Re: I want my money back
Post by: TheBoy on 05 January 2022, 17:40:48
Nobody seems to have a clue what direction the virus is going in so just carry on and hope for the best seems to be  the attitude at present.
Which gives the wrong messaging, as people will just do as they please, devoid of using any common sense.
Title: Re: I want my money back
Post by: dave the builder on 05 January 2022, 17:41:01
People entering the UK should be made to do and pay for a PCR test .
so a sample of tests can be sequenced ,so the UK can keep an eye out for new variants .
Omicron might be much more transmissible but milder  ,a new variant may not be .

Title: Re: I want my money back
Post by: TheBoy on 05 January 2022, 17:43:57
People entering the UK should be made to do and pay for a PCR test .
so a sample of tests can be sequenced ,so the UK can keep an eye out for new variants .
Omicron might be much more transmissible but milder  ,a new variant may not be .
With cases as high as they are here, the next significant mutation is likely to come from England anyway. Again.
Title: Re: I want my money back
Post by: dave the builder on 05 January 2022, 17:45:11
Also , if they can't afford a couple of hundred quid for tests then WHY would we want them coming to the UK anyway  :D
Title: Re: I want my money back
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 05 January 2022, 17:46:13
I paid circa £180 for lateral flow tests and PCR bookings for my lad and his gf to travel abroad. From 4am on Friday they've been scrapped. I demand a refund.
Are they confirmed as not required on arrival?

Might be prudent to take the tests anyways ;)
Title: Re: I want my money back
Post by: Rangie on 05 January 2022, 17:46:36
Nobody seems to have a clue what direction the virus is going in so just carry on and hope for the best seems to be  the attitude at present.
Which gives the wrong messaging, as people will just do as they please, devoid of using any common sense.


I just give up with the government nonsense being spewed out at present, just rely on commonsense it's worked for me so far .
Title: Re: I want my money back
Post by: dave the builder on 05 January 2022, 17:48:54

With cases as high as they are here, the next significant mutation is likely to come from England anyway. Again.
Quite possibly
BUT ...
we do sequence a percentage of PCRs to monitor for new variants
as did S.Africa to find Omicron
not many countries have the technology to bother
Title: Re: I want my money back
Post by: STEMO on 05 January 2022, 17:58:13
Also , if they can't afford a couple of hundred quid for tests then WHY would we want them coming to the UK anyway  :D
Nothing to do with affording it, just not required any more.
Title: Re: I want my money back
Post by: STEMO on 05 January 2022, 17:58:59
I paid circa £180 for lateral flow tests and PCR bookings for my lad and his gf to travel abroad. From 4am on Friday they've been scrapped. I demand a refund.
Are they confirmed as not required on arrival?

Might be prudent to take the tests anyways ;)
I don't know what that means. All the info is on the bbc
Title: Re: I want my money back
Post by: dave the builder on 05 January 2022, 18:00:41
Also , if they can't afford a couple of hundred quid for tests then WHY would we want them coming to the UK anyway  :D
Nothing to do with affording it, just not required any more.
But as my first post it "should be required" to protect the UK's interests   ;)
Title: Re: I want my money back
Post by: STEMO on 05 January 2022, 18:03:44
Also , if they can't afford a couple of hundred quid for tests then WHY would we want them coming to the UK anyway  :D
Nothing to do with affording it, just not required any more.
But as my first post it "should be required" to protect the UK's interests   ;)
It was, now it isn't. The people who set these rules have decided that it's a bit stupid to ask people travelling from a country with way less cases than us to take a test.

I've always been ready to follow sensible rules but, personally, I think omicron is no more than a wet fart.
Title: Re: I want my money back
Post by: dave the builder on 05 January 2022, 18:14:07
Also , if they can't afford a couple of hundred quid for tests then WHY would we want them coming to the UK anyway  :D
Nothing to do with affording it, just not required any more.
But as my first post it "should be required" to protect the UK's interests   ;)
It was, now it isn't. The people who set these rules have decided that it's a bit stupid to ask people travelling from a country with way less cases than us to take a test.

I've always been ready to follow sensible rules but, personally, I think omicron is no more than a wet fart.

omicron MIGHT be no more than a wet fart, who knows ? no one long term  ::)

but if the highly transmissible Omicron mutates with something more deadly ,which is possible  :-X
then the UK will be keeping an eye out for it by running DNA sequencing of variants from other countries by keeping the inbound PCR system in place ,which they haven't  >:(  because the government has no planning skills .as proven ,time and time again during the pandemic .



Title: Re: I want my money back
Post by: Rangie on 05 January 2022, 18:19:07
I simply cannot understand why the UK government is dealing with the situation so stupidly, the evidence is clear that we are heading for a severe crisis but they seem intent of just carrying on regardless, it's like watching a horror film unfold in front of your eyes.
Title: Re: I want my money back
Post by: dave the builder on 05 January 2022, 18:23:25
I simply cannot understand why the UK government is dealing with the situation so stupidly, the evidence is clear that we are heading for a severe crisis but they seem intent of just carrying on regardless, it's like watching a horror film unfold in front of your eyes.
Yep

but the current idiots in charge have already lined their pockets with PPE contract money etc and don't give a ****  ::)
Title: Re: I want my money back
Post by: STEMO on 05 January 2022, 18:23:59
Also , if they can't afford a couple of hundred quid for tests then WHY would we want them coming to the UK anyway  :D
Nothing to do with affording it, just not required any more.
But as my first post it "should be required" to protect the UK's interests   ;)
It was, now it isn't. The people who set these rules have decided that it's a bit stupid to ask people travelling from a country with way less cases than us to take a test.

I've always been ready to follow sensible rules but, personally, I think omicron is no more than a wet fart.

omicron MIGHT be no more than a wet fart, who knows ? no one long term  ::)

but if the highly transmissible Omicron mutates with something more deadly ,which is possible  :-X
then the UK will be keeping an eye out for it by running DNA sequencing of variants from other countries by keeping the inbound PCR system in place ,which they haven't  >:(  because the government has no planning skills .as proven ,time and time again during the pandemic .
Arrivees have to take a lateral flow test within two days of arriving, if that is positive they have to do a PCR. That would pick up any ninja mutants.
Title: Re: I want my money back
Post by: dave the builder on 05 January 2022, 18:30:23
you can fake a LFT ,and even done correctly it's not definitive
As you know from experience with your good lady wife 
Title: Re: I want my money back
Post by: STEMO on 05 January 2022, 18:34:38
you can fake a LFT ,and even done correctly it's not definitive
As you know from experience with your good lady wife
😂😂😂😂😂 Whatever. Luckily, you don't make the rules.

Should we stay indoors in case Martians invade?
Title: Re: I want my money back
Post by: dave the builder on 05 January 2022, 18:41:18
you can fake a LFT ,and even done correctly it's not definitive
As you know from experience with your good lady wife
😂😂😂😂😂 Whatever. Luckily, you don't make the rules.

Should we stay indoors in case Martians invade?
;D
plenty of illegal aliens about already  ::)

you have to decide for yourself what is your best way of keeping safe  ;)

you've managed well so far for 100 years or so Uncle stemo  :y
Title: Re: I want my money back
Post by: Rangie on 05 January 2022, 18:43:35
you can fake a LFT ,and even done correctly it's not definitive
As you know from experience with your good lady wife
😂😂😂😂😂 Whatever. Luckily, you don't make the rules.

Should we stay indoors in case Martians invade?
;D
plenty of illegal aliens about already  ::)

you have to decide for yourself what is your best way of keeping safe  ;)

you've managed well so far for 100 years or so Uncle stemo  :y



It's all gone down the pan today though, he's confessed to buying a Renault..😟
Title: Re: I want my money back
Post by: STEMO on 05 January 2022, 18:44:54
you can fake a LFT ,and even done correctly it's not definitive
As you know from experience with your good lady wife
😂😂😂😂😂 Whatever. Luckily, you don't make the rules.

Should we stay indoors in case Martians invade?
;D
plenty of illegal aliens about already  ::)

you have to decide for yourself what is your best way of keeping safe  ;)

you've managed well so far for 100 years or so Uncle stemo  :y



It's all gone down the pan today though, he's confessed to buying a Renault..😟
That went ages ago, made a few bob on the trade in too  :y
Title: Re: I want my money back
Post by: STEMO on 05 January 2022, 18:46:08
But.......I am considering another one. Renault, not captur  :)
Title: Re: I want my money back
Post by: Rangie on 05 January 2022, 18:47:42
Oh my apologies Steve, I thought you had just purchased one still time to change your mind now though.
Title: Re: I want my money back
Post by: TheBoy on 05 January 2022, 19:01:28
Nobody seems to have a clue what direction the virus is going in so just carry on and hope for the best seems to be  the attitude at present.
Which gives the wrong messaging, as people will just do as they please, devoid of using any common sense.


I just give up with the government nonsense being spewed out at present, just rely on commonsense it's worked for me so far .
Trouble is, all the retards near you lack common sense.
Title: Re: I want my money back
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 05 January 2022, 19:05:55
I paid circa £180 for lateral flow tests and PCR bookings for my lad and his gf to travel abroad. From 4am on Friday they've been scrapped. I demand a refund.
Are they confirmed as not required on arrival?

Might be prudent to take the tests anyways ;)
I don't know what that means. All the info is on the bbc
If you're talking their Pre and Day 2 return tests then you should be entitled to a full refund.

If you're talking the departure tests to leave the UK, then it would be unfortunate to be refused entry if you had cancelled them simply because the UK didn't require testing before they left only to find the destination still expected it.

Oh, and there should be a jab for anyone taking BBC news at face value :-X
Title: Re: I want my money back
Post by: TheBoy on 05 January 2022, 19:11:41
I simply cannot understand why the UK government is dealing with the situation so stupidly, the evidence is clear that we are heading for a severe crisis but they seem intent of just carrying on regardless, it's like watching a horror film unfold in front of your eyes.
I'll be honest, I don't want another lockdown, and all the associated problems that brings.

But I do feel we need some additional restrictions - eg, table service only in pubs, limit indoor gatherings to a number of households, masks everywhere indoors other than own home - but because Boris the Baffoon has lost his party, he daren't remove his thumb from his arse.  Which will probably end in another full lockdown.


I know somebody who went to an even of about 40 people shortly before Christmas, 30 are now positive, and 6 are in hospital.

(Despite them all having PCRs, as far as I know, none of them have been informed of variant)
Title: Re: I want my money back
Post by: STEMO on 05 January 2022, 19:21:53
I paid circa £180 for lateral flow tests and PCR bookings for my lad and his gf to travel abroad. From 4am on Friday they've been scrapped. I demand a refund.
Are they confirmed as not required on arrival?

Might be prudent to take the tests anyways ;)
I don't know what that means. All the info is on the bbc
If you're talking their Pre and Day 2 return tests then you should be entitled to a full refund.

If you're talking the departure tests to leave the UK, then it would be unfortunate to be refused entry if you had cancelled them simply because the UK didn't require testing before they left only to find the destination still expected it.

Oh, and there should be a jab for anyone taking BBC news at face value :-X
BBC news is fine, and departure tests are requested by the country your travelling to, nothing to do with the UK government.
Thought you'd know this being an airline pilot  :y
Title: Re: I want my money back
Post by: BazaJT on 05 January 2022, 19:25:00
Meanwhile over in French France Macron seems to have upset one or two people with his speech/ideas on dealing with the situation there.
Title: Re: I want my money back
Post by: STEMO on 05 January 2022, 19:25:56
Meanwhile over in French France Macron seems to have upset one or two people with his speech/ideas on dealing with the situation there.
Yes, he's gonna 'piss off' people who are unvaccinated.  ;D
Title: Re: I want my money back
Post by: Rangie on 05 January 2022, 19:27:25
I simply cannot understand why the UK government is dealing with the situation so stupidly, the evidence is clear that we are heading for a severe crisis but they seem intent of just carrying on regardless, it's like watching a horror film unfold in front of your eyes.
I'll be honest, I don't want another lockdown, and all the associated problems that brings.

But I do feel we need some additional restrictions - eg, table service only in pubs, limit indoor gatherings to a number of households, masks everywhere indoors other than own home - but because Boris the Baffoon has lost his party, he daren't remove his thumb from his arse.  Which will probably end in another full lockdown.


I know somebody who went to an even of about 40 people shortly before Christmas, 30 are now positive, and 6 are in hospital.

(Despite them all having PCRs, as far as I know, none of them have been informed of variant)
.


Entirely my sentiments TB , but I think it is up to the individuals with commonsense to just " look after number one" and your loved ones of course, a complete lockdown now would serve no purpose.
Title: Re: I want my money back
Post by: dave the builder on 05 January 2022, 19:36:36
Lockdowns no longer work because the only people who would stay in are the ones that follow the rules and keep safe anyway .

the idiots who don't follow the rules will continue to spread the virus  :(

there's no cure for stupid and the selfish are to self absorbed to look at any bigger picture .

"the end of the world is nigh"  :P
Title: Re: I want my money back
Post by: Migv6 le Frog Fan on 05 January 2022, 20:01:02
Lockdowns no longer work because the only people who would stay in are the ones that follow the rules and keep safe anyway .

the idiots who don't follow the rules will continue to spread the virus  :(

there's no cure for stupid and the selfish are to self absorbed to look at any bigger picture .

"the end of the world is nigh"  :P

There is. Ask TB if you dont believe me.  :D
Title: Re: I want my money back
Post by: dave the builder on 05 January 2022, 20:04:02
Lockdowns no longer work because the only people who would stay in are the ones that follow the rules and keep safe anyway .

the idiots who don't follow the rules will continue to spread the virus  :(

there's no cure for stupid and the selfish are to self absorbed to look at any bigger picture .

"the end of the world is nigh"  :P

There is. Ask TB if you dont believe me.  :D

he's too selfish messing with his TV boxes to implement the much needed cull    ;D
Title: Re: I want my money back
Post by: STEMO on 05 January 2022, 20:04:14
This masks in supermarkets malarkey. The Asda I shop in, most of the customers wear masks but almost none of the staff  ???
Title: Re: I want my money back
Post by: dave the builder on 05 January 2022, 20:06:43
This masks in supermarkets malarkey. The Asda I shop in, most of the customers wear masks but almost none of the staff  ???
You can't ask people why they are NOT wearing a mask ,it's against the law

victimisation apparently  ???
Title: Re: I want my money back
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 05 January 2022, 21:00:39
Day 6 LFT positive.

Headaches seem to have passed, likewise temperature and sinuses have been un numbed, however it seems to have shifted down to my chest and my voice has gone.

See what tomorrow brings, but thus far, nothing worth getting all hyped up about.
Title: Re: I want my money back
Post by: Rangie on 05 January 2022, 21:05:26
This masks in supermarkets malarkey. The Asda I shop in, most of the customers wear masks but almost none of the staff  ???
You can't ask people why they are NOT wearing a mask ,it's against the law

victimisation apparently  ???
.

I would like to know why some wear them over their adams apple avoiding their nose & mouth completely , they walk amongst as as the saying goes.
Title: Re: I want my money back
Post by: LC0112G on 05 January 2022, 21:08:34
I've got 6 paid for C19Testing LFT kits here. Paid £22 each for them, intended for a few upcoming trips. Any takers  ;) ;)

People who are saying you should have to pay for PCR tests are misunderstanding the meaning of the word endemic. It means the virus is already everywhere in society, and it is too late to contain it. You will catch it, sooner or later, just as you will catch colds and flu's. Some people will die - its unavoidable. We are foolish to believe we can defy Darwinism for very long.

And as was shown with omechron, by the time the tests have been done, and any sequencing results become statistically relevant, mutations have already spread throughout the population. The idea that you will be able to detect a variant, and take measures to keep it out of the UK is just plain wrong.
Title: Re: I want my money back
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 05 January 2022, 21:23:19
Which begs the question as to why we aren't carrying on like it's still 2019...
Title: Re: I want my money back
Post by: LC0112G on 05 January 2022, 21:37:36
Which begs the question as to why we aren't carrying on like it's still 2019...

The only thing that really matters is ICU bed occupancy, and excess death rates. I understand why the govt were cautious with omicron given that it reared up just before Christmas, but ICU's aren't anywhere near as full in the UK as they were last March/April, so backing off on the caution now seems sensible to me.

The public tolerated 10-20K flu deaths most winters up until this without locking the world down. I think we're just going to have to get used to a number (probably in the high 10's of K) of CV19 deaths per year from now on. The press will undoubtedly try to panic the public every autumn, like they did with SARS, MERS, EBOLA etc.
Title: Re: I want my money back
Post by: Lizzie Zoom on 05 January 2022, 21:48:15
Which begs the question as to why we aren't carrying on like it's still 2019...

The only thing that really matters is ICU bed occupancy, and excess death rates. I understand why the govt were cautious with omicron given that it reared up just before Christmas, but ICU's aren't anywhere near as full in the UK as they were last March/April, so backing off on the caution now seems sensible to me.

The public tolerated 10-20K flu deaths most winters up until this without locking the world down. I think we're just going to have to get used to a number (probably in the high 10's of K) of CV19 deaths per year from now on. The press will undoubtedly try to panic the public every autumn, like they did with SARS, MERS, EBOLA etc.

Absolutely correct :y :y
Title: Re: I want my money back
Post by: Varche on 05 January 2022, 22:56:54
Lockdowns no longer work because the only people who would stay in are the ones that follow the rules and keep safe anyway .

the idiots who don't follow the rules will continue to spread the virus  :(

there's no cure for stupid and the selfish are to self absorbed to look at any bigger picture .

"the end of the world is nigh"  :P

Chinese lockdowns seem to work but then they have a zero covid policy
Title: Re: I want my money back
Post by: dave the builder on 06 January 2022, 08:16:48

Chinese lockdowns seem to work but then they have a zero covid policy
they are a bit stricter on crime and punishment   ;D
Title: Re: I want my money back
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 06 January 2022, 18:27:19
Lockdowns no longer work because the only people who would stay in are the ones that follow the rules and keep safe anyway .

the idiots who don't follow the rules will continue to spread the virus  :(

there's no cure for stupid and the selfish are to self absorbed to look at any bigger picture .

"the end of the world is nigh"  :P

Chinese lockdowns seem to work but then they have a zero covid policy
The party line is great for mass cover ups, especially if you can simply disappear whole cities :-X
Title: Re: I want my money back
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 06 January 2022, 18:32:33
Lockdowns no longer work because the only people who would stay in are the ones that follow the rules and keep safe anyway .

the idiots who don't follow the rules will continue to spread the virus  :(

there's no cure for stupid and the selfish are to self absorbed to look at any bigger picture .

"the end of the world is nigh"  :P

Chinese lockdowns seem to work but then we can't believe a word they say, so who knows?  ???

Fixed that for you Varche!  :)
Title: Re: I want my money back
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 06 January 2022, 18:50:14
I think if we made a time machine and went back 200 years and asked the working population their view on the Chinese sniffle their response would be less fearful than we see today.

" Hey dirty pox-ridden peasants from 1821, there is a virus around that will kill 1% of the population over 80......and when that is done with you there is another virus called Omicron that may kill one person in every thousand"

I doubt they'd shit themselves. :)......especially as average life expectancy was probably about forty.

I know three people who have had Omicron. No more than a mild cold. I'm surprised I haven't caught it, or maybe I have I but didn't notice.

I'm sure Dave the Builder agrees. ;) :D

Title: Re: I want my money back
Post by: Varche on 06 January 2022, 19:03:02
Just out of interest, how does that square with 1. Somthing million people in the uk with long covid? I.e. their body is not perfming correctly?  I seem to remember Lewis Hamilton ( top class athlete) had Covid and wasn’t right for a while after. Joe public aren’t “ athletes”. Do not underestimate the impact. But then you like to provoke controversy!
Title: Re: I want my money back
Post by: omegod on 06 January 2022, 20:25:13
I find it amusing that the need for PCR testing is being removed as 11/01, they think there are staffing problems now, well wait until every bugger can just report a positive LFT to get 10 days away from work with no questions asked nor do they have to prove they are infected via a confirmation PCR

Anyone got a bit of decorating needing doing or suchlike :) 

Sheer lunacy
Title: Re: I want my money back
Post by: STEMO on 06 January 2022, 20:33:30
First case of avian flu today. Those chickens are out to get you  ;D

Human case of bird flu detected in the UK https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-59896821
Title: Re: I want my money back
Post by: STEMO on 06 January 2022, 20:40:47
I find it amusing that the need for PCR testing is being removed as 11/01, they think there are staffing problems now, well wait until every bugger can just report a positive LFT to get 10 days away from work with no questions asked nor do they have to prove they are infected via a confirmation PCR

Anyone got a bit of decorating needing doing or suchlike :) 

Sheer lunacy
Alright, Jon. I see agent Benitez is doing a cracking job  :y
Title: Re: I want my money back
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 06 January 2022, 20:56:24
Just out of interest, how does that square with 1. Somthing million people in the uk with long covid? I.e. their body is not perfming correctly? I seem to remember Lewis Hamilton ( top class athlete) had Covid and wasn’t right for a while after. Joe public aren’t “ athletes”. Do not underestimate the impact. But then you like to provoke controversy!

My body hasn't perfmed correctly for years!  ;D
Title: Re: I want my money back
Post by: dave the builder on 06 January 2022, 21:06:58
BLA BLA BLA......

 No more than a mild cold. I'm surprised I haven't caught it, or maybe I have I but didn't notice.

I'm sure Dave the Builder agrees. ;) :D
Report back when you've had Covid say 5 years ,so you know how it's effected you long term  ,if you are still alive  ;)

Just out of interest, how does that square with 1. Something million people in the uk with long covid? I.e. their body is not perfming correctly?  I seem to remember Lewis Hamilton ( top class athlete) had Covid and wasn’t right for a while after. Joe public aren’t “ athletes”. Do not underestimate the impact. But then you like to provoke controversy!

indeed ,
the long term impact on health is not known
people with long covid or other health issues like lung damage etc will be claiming benefits indefinitely 
Title: Re: I want my money back
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 06 January 2022, 21:30:28
Well, after 7 days, still testing positive.

Have two tests left, which is a moot point as Sunday is Day 10 and I will be free again provided my only symptoms are loss of taste/smell or a cough.

The most debilitating thing thus far, and only lasted a few days, was the headaches.

Long term time will tell, but it hasn't changed any of my thoughts on the subject.
Title: Re: I want my money back
Post by: dave the builder on 06 January 2022, 21:33:34


Long term time will tell, but it hasn't changed any of my thoughts on the subject.
How do you know ?
the covid may have turned your brain to mush  :P
Title: Re: I want my money back
Post by: STEMO on 06 January 2022, 21:36:41


Long term time will tell, but it hasn't changed any of my thoughts on the subject.
How do you know ?
the covid may have turned your brain to mush  :P
No, no. It would have had to turn it from mush.  ;D
Title: Re: I want my money back
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 06 January 2022, 21:41:03


Long term time will tell, but it hasn't changed any of my thoughts on the subject.
How do you know ?
the covid may have turned your brain to mush  :P
People said that about the vaccines...

My brain is functioning just fine thank you ;)
Title: Re: I want my money back
Post by: STEMO on 06 January 2022, 21:46:16


Long term time will tell, but it hasn't changed any of my thoughts on the subject.
How do you know ?
the covid may have turned your brain to mush  :P
People said that about the vaccines...

My brain is functioning just fine thank you ;)
Covid has cured you? Result  ;D
Title: Re: I want my money back
Post by: dave the builder on 06 January 2022, 21:51:28


Long term time will tell, but it hasn't changed any of my thoughts on the subject.
How do you know ?
the covid may have turned your brain to mush  :P
People said that about the vaccines...

My brain is functioning just fine thank you ;)
Covid has cured you? Result  ;D
MMM
thinking about it he hasn't posted any obscure Australian and American news links for a couple of days  :o
maybe the Covid that's taken over his brain only gets local news  :-\
Title: Re: I want my money back
Post by: STEMO on 06 January 2022, 21:53:20


Long term time will tell, but it hasn't changed any of my thoughts on the subject.
How do you know ?
the covid may have turned your brain to mush  :P
People said that about the vaccines...

My brain is functioning just fine thank you ;)
Covid has cured you? Result  ;D
MMM
thinking about it he hasn't posted any obscure Australian and American news links for a couple of days  :o
maybe the Covid that's taken over his brain only gets local news  :-\
Don't be silly, now he's 5G he can get channels from anywhere....and much faster.
Title: Re: I want my money back
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 07 January 2022, 11:23:35
Thousands of channels to watch and nothing on ;D

Joking aside, tested positive again today...

If I test negative tomorrow and again on Sunday, then I can go back to work on Sunday. If I still test positive tomorrow, then I can go to work on Monday regardless of how I test because ten days have passed.

Apparently you can test positive for months after. Which begs the question... Why bother testing subsequently?
Title: Re: I want my money back
Post by: STEMO on 07 January 2022, 11:41:04
Thousands of channels to watch and nothing on ;D

Joking aside, tested positive again today...

If I test negative tomorrow and again on Sunday, then I can go back to work on Sunday. If I still test positive tomorrow, then I can go to work on Monday regardless of how I test because ten days have passed.

Apparently you can test positive for months after. Which begs the question... Why bother testing subsequently?
I understood you could test positive for quite a while with a PCR, but thought lateral flows were less sensitive  :-\
Title: Re: I want my money back
Post by: STEMO on 07 January 2022, 11:46:01
Something like this:

(https://i.ibb.co/DwKfgmr/E9665395-BC58-40-CC-B38-E-EFDCEB870-EAA.jpg) (https://ibb.co/7rytNBk)
Title: Re: I want my money back
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 07 January 2022, 11:54:45
It could be an anomaly from the booster two days before the positive PCR  :-\

No temperature today, so that's a win...
Title: Re: I want my money back
Post by: TheBoy on 07 January 2022, 12:03:32
Apparently you can test positive for months after. Which begs the question... Why bother testing subsequently?
As I understand it, LFT only show +ve when you are likely to be infectious (ie, high viral load in the areas you swab).  PCR is sensitive enough to pick up previous infections, which is why you previously couldn't take another PCR test within 90 days of a previous one.

Also, as I understand it, you still need a -ve LFT to stop isolating, even if your 10 days are up.


As to its seriousness, I posted before about someone I know who went to an event pre Christmas, and 75% of them subsequently tested +ve, which shows how transmissible it is, though who knows how many were infected before going. But more worryingly, 15% of all attendees are now in hospital cure to catching the virus.

1 in 7 chance of being hospitalised aren't bad odds.  But its certainly going to snarl up the NHS, and I seem to recall you grumbling no so long back about the hassles getting a minor injury looked at....

Just saying ;)
Title: Re: I want my money back
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 07 January 2022, 12:48:35
As long as you no longer have a fever, you can unisolate after Day 10. Fundamentally, every piece of information/advice contradicts the last/next.
I mean, know you are supposed to self isolate without a requiring a PCR following a positive LFT. Yet it is possible to test positive using a LFT after ten days isolating following a positive PCR...

The injury issue previously was that it was something the surgery used to deal with and were subsequently forced to attend A&E because Minor Injuries cba to deal with it.
Title: Re: I want my money back
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 07 January 2022, 13:13:12
I understand there is now a froggie variant of the lurgy doing the rounds. ::)



Title: Re: I want my money back
Post by: Varche on 07 January 2022, 13:51:51
Is it the Oh Macron variant?
Title: Re: I want my money back
Post by: dave the builder on 07 January 2022, 14:02:36
I understand there is now a froggie variant of the lurgy doing the rounds. ::)

People here think I worry too much about Covid  ::)

The French Variant will either surrender or set fire to itself
Title: Re: I want my money back
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 07 January 2022, 14:26:52
I understand there is now a froggie variant of the lurgy doing the rounds. ::)

Yes and apparently the Israelis have found Flu-rona!  :o   ::)   :)
Title: Re: I want my money back
Post by: dave the builder on 07 January 2022, 14:48:23
I understand there is now a froggie variant of the lurgy doing the rounds. ::)

Yes and apparently the Israelis have found Flu-rona!  :o   ::)   :)
Omicron (the lovechild of flu and covid ) has been about a while

it's been on the news

Quite impressive how well Covid has adapted and spread in just over 2 years

maybe people should have taken it more seriously  :(
Title: Re: I want my money back
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 07 January 2022, 15:12:30
I understand there is now a froggie variant of the lurgy doing the rounds. ::)

Yes and apparently the Israelis have found Flu-rona!  :o   ::)   :)
Omicron (the lovechild of flu and covid ) has been about a while

it's been on the news

Quite impressive how well Covid has adapted and spread in just over 2 years

maybe people should have taken it more seriously  :(

You'd better crawl back under your bed Dave, because the Flu-rona I was talking about in Israel is a new thing, not Omicon.  :)
Title: Re: I want my money back
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 07 January 2022, 15:15:41
I understand there is now a froggie variant of the lurgy doing the rounds. ::)

Yes and apparently the Israelis have found Flu-rona!  :o   ::)   :)
Omicron (the lovechild of flu and covid ) has been about a while

it's been on the news

Quite impressive how well Covid has adapted and spread in just over 2 years

maybe people should have taken it more seriously  :(

You'd better crawl back under your bed Dave, because the Flu-rona I was talking about in Israel is a new thing, not Omicon.  :)

I think they are up to 4 jabs now. ::)
Title: Re: I want my money back
Post by: STEMO on 07 January 2022, 15:30:35
One old boy in India has had eleven or twelve vaccinations  ;D
Title: Re: I want my money back
Post by: dave the builder on 07 January 2022, 15:33:07

 ..... the Flu-rona I was talking about in Israel is a new thing, not Omicon.  :)
I know BUT
It's just another Variant or mutation .
each new case of Covid leaves the Virus to replicate a billion times ,
when replicating the virus makes mistakes and new variants are made
the French Variant for example has about 40 mutations

Covid is way better at mutation and spreading than we (the human race) are at stopping it
Covid is a tiny life-form without a brain , and winning
so that proves how stupid humans are ,they dicked about with it in a lab in the first place  >:(
Title: Re: I want my money back
Post by: dave the builder on 07 January 2022, 15:40:37
One old boy in India has had eleven or twelve vaccinations  ;D

 :y

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Title: Re: I want my money back
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 07 January 2022, 15:49:28
One old boy in India has had eleven or twelve vaccinations  ;D

 :y

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For some reason I seem unable to count higher than 2. ::)



Title: Re: I want my money back
Post by: dave the builder on 07 January 2022, 16:00:55


For some reason I seem unable to count higher than 2. ::)
You could go to adult education classes and learn to count if you where fully vaccinated  ;D
Title: Re: I want my money back
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 07 January 2022, 16:05:22


For some reason I see :)m unable to count higher than 2. ::)
You could go to adult education classes and learn to count if you where fully vaccinated  ;D

No.....I'm happy to stick with a nice mental image of 2. :)

That is a nice ripe pair looking for their freedom. 8)
Title: Re: I want my money back
Post by: omegod on 07 January 2022, 19:10:26
One old boy in India has had eleven or twelve vaccinations  ;D

I know someone who was getting paid £350 to take peoples vaccinations with their NHS ID so they could travel, madman has had 18 jabs up to now  :o
Title: Re: I want my money back
Post by: ronnyd on 07 January 2022, 19:13:01
One old boy in India has had eleven or twelve vaccinations  ;D

 :y

(https://scontent-lhr8-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/p526x296/271348785_10159237202103101_4465195968043807354_n.jpg?_nc_cat=101&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=BuUaorF48mcAX8cbsCl&_nc_ht=scontent-lhr8-2.xx&oh=00_AT-KrQCjc9-rF5ttysiO9XVbw9EBIr6o08A_GNDRRg4g3A&oe=61DCC4EC)
That reminds me. i must get my new bike rack assembled. :-[
Title: Re: I want my money back
Post by: dave the builder on 07 January 2022, 19:25:18
One old boy in India has had eleven or twelve vaccinations  ;D

I know someone who was getting paid £350 to take peoples vaccinations with their NHS ID so they could travel, madman has had 18 jabs up to now  :o
Another example that shows how idiots bypass safety systems that where in place to protect people .
(not following correct procedures or deliberately bypassing them is PROBABLY how Covid 19 walked out the Wuhan lab 2 years ago)
so take away the 3 jabs he/she could have had officially , that's 15 x £350  = over 5 grand  :D

I'm sure such an upstanding citizen will declare that on the SA100  :D ;D :-X ::)
Title: Re: I want my money back
Post by: Rangie on 07 January 2022, 19:49:48
One old boy in India has had eleven or twelve vaccinations  ;D

 :y

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That reminds me. i must get my new bike rack assembled. :-[


Personally I think she'd look even better with a " pearl necklace" 😅
Title: Re: I want my money back
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 07 January 2022, 19:58:40
One old boy in India has had eleven or twelve vaccinations  ;D

 :y

(https://scontent-lhr8-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/p526x296/271348785_10159237202103101_4465195968043807354_n.jpg?_nc_cat=101&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=BuUaorF48mcAX8cbsCl&_nc_ht=scontent-lhr8-2.xx&oh=00_AT-KrQCjc9-rF5ttysiO9XVbw9EBIr6o08A_GNDRRg4g3A&oe=61DCC4EC)
That reminds me. i must get my new bike rack assembled. :-[


Personally I think she'd look even better with a " pearl necklace" 😅

That depends on who's pearl necklace she's wearing.  :P
Title: Re: I want my money back
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 08 January 2022, 13:10:04
Yep.....designed by God for a good tit wank. :y