I’ve only gone and caught it

My positive LFT

Two years on from the start of the coronavirus pandemic during which I’ve (mostly) applied caution, followed the rules and guidance, been vaccinated (4 times now as I’m apparently in a vulnerable priority group due to my arthritis drug which is an immunosuppressant) I’ve finally succumbed.

I started coughing on Sunday and thought no more about it. On Monday evening I started feeling rough, had a temperature and shivers. On Tuesday I did a lateral flow which was negative, but still felt pretty meh, enough to knock playing golf on the head and forgoing a trip to CCS to watch City play Derby - although we won, it was an awful match, so probably no bad thing missing it).

Today feeling a bit better, and with a skittles match scheduled tonight, so to be on the safe side I did another LFT and what do you know? Positive instantly! Cue getting out of my wife and daughter’s way sharpish. Booked a PCR straight away at CCS and within 30 mins had been, and completed the test on the off chance my LFT was a false positive. We’ll see.

To be honest it’s just like a heavy cold, although to be fair those 4 jabs have probably kept the symptoms down to a reasonable level. 

I've no idea where I picked it up from - could have been skittles last week (Wednesday), or St Fagans Museum (Friday) when with a group of family - none of whom were symptomatic. Unlikely to have bee anywhere else though, as haven't really been anywhere else. Golf on Saturday, but was never that close to anyone.

A reminder then, that whilst things are getting back to “normal”, and whilst coronavirus has melted from the headlines due to what’s going on elsewhere in the world at the moment, it hasn’t gone away.

Stay safe out there folks.

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Boosted - get the vaccine!

I've just been to the local mass vaccination centre (literally two minutes up the road) to get my Covid-19 booster.

All very seamless, and hard to believe this time last year with vaccinations not even ready, that within 12 months I'd not only have been vaccinated once, but three times. It's been an astonishing success and roll out, and I'm very happy and grateful to have been vaccinated so quickly.

I simply cannot understand the anti-vax mentality, but I suppose it's their choice, albeit a bad one. Vaccines are there to improve health outcomes. Yes, there are risks, but frankly you take more risks crossing the road, or smoking, or drinking to excess or taking unprescribed drugs for kicks.

I'm now about to book my flu vaccine.....

#getvaccinated