Corona Virus: How Are We Doing?

[Dogtrousers]

Got my latest jab at lunchtime today. Pfizer.

If it wasn't for the fact that I felt the needle I'd question whether I'd had it. On all previous ones I've got a sore arm.

 

[Ajax Bay]

Thank you for adding value @shep
If you never cared, you can't now care less, iyswim.
Is that the royal 'we', as in "we all go around as normal and never think of wearing a mask"?
The ONS stats suggest that about 20% [Edit: 'say they'] are still wearing masks in 'close' situations. Remember they are wearing their masks 'for others': as masks of the simple design have limited effect on reducing the wearer's susceptibility. It doesn't matter if they don't realise this: those near them benefit (statistically, the more so as infection rates increase over the next month(s).
With regard to your hospital experience, the lack of mitigation measures against transmission in hospital was cited as one of the reasons for the nosocomial infection rate.

 

[vickster]

Got my latest jab at lunchtime today. Pfizer.

If it wasn't for the fact that I felt the needle I'd question whether I'd had it. On all previous ones I've got a sore arm.

Give it time

 

[Deleted User]

Thank you for adding value @shep
If you never cared, you can't now care less, iyswim.
Is that the royal 'we', as in "we all go around as normal and never think of wearing a mask"?
The ONS stats suggest that about 20% are still wearing masks in 'close' situations. Remember they are wearing their masks 'for others': as masks of the simple design have limited effect on reducing the wearer's susceptibility. It doesn't matter if they don't realise this: those near them benefit (statistically, the more so as infection rates increase over the next month(s).
With regard to your hospital experience, the lack of mitigation measures against transmission in hospital was cited as one of the reasons for the nosocomial infection rate.

Never one to argue with official stats but I can only speak as I find, when down the local no-one wears a mask, when travelling on the bus to town for the footy maybe 2 or 3, when in the pubs before the game there's none and at the ground (which admittedly only holds 30k) you may see a few but I can categorically state wherever I go nowhere near 20% of people are wearing masks.

I went to the 02 arena earlier in the year on the train and again throughout the weekend which included many tube journeys and the concert itself very few people wore them, I really would like to know where the 1 in 5 stat comes from.

 

[vickster]

I would agree on the 1/5, on packed London commuter trains/tubes only a handful will be wearing a mask based on my experience yesterday of going to the office. I do not myself wear a mask either (although I happily did when it was mandated).
I was at the GP today, a couple in the waiting room were, but neither myself nor the GP did. Seeing a knee surgeon privately recently, he was wearing one and asked if he would prefer me to. He said no, and that as a surgeon of many years he is so used to wearing one, he even forgets he has it on!

 

[Deleted User]

It's on the news at the moment.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-63088223

I recently visited my father in CCU and wore a mask, as were all of the staff even if they weren't with patients.

I'm sure in all cases where vulnerable people are masks will be worn, I would myself, but are you telling me you genuinely see 1in5 people wearing masks where you go?

If you are then it's not for me to tell you any different, just get any sporting events up from last week and you'll see where I'm coming from.

 

[C R]

Got my latest jab at lunchtime today. Pfizer.

If it wasn't for the fact that I felt the needle I'd question whether I'd had it. On all previous ones I've got a sore arm.

Same here, shot in the morning, arm still fine, fingers crossed.

 

[Deleted User]

I would agree on the 1/5, on packed London commuter trains/tubes only a handful will be wearing a mask based on my experience yesterday of going to the office. I do not myself wear a mask either (although I happily did when it was mandated).
I was at the GP today, a couple in the waiting room were, but neither myself nor the GP did. Seeing a knee surgeon privately recently, he was wearing one and asked if he would prefer me to. He said no, and that as a surgeon of many years he is so used to wearing one, he even forgets he has it on!

Coincidently that's why I was at hospital for a follow up on a partial knee replacement I had in July, no masks anywhere but obviously not high risk.

 

[vickster]

I'm sure in all cases where fulnerable people are masks will be worn, I would myself, but are you telling me you genuinely see 1in5 people wearing masks where you go?

If you are then it's not for me to tell you any different, just get any sporting events up from last week and you'll see where I'm coming from.

No as I've posted, but you said no staff were wearing

 

[Ajax Bay]

See my edit in Post #4577 ^ ^
https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...es/coronaviruscovid19latestinsights/lifestyle
and here's the text:
" . . . the proportion of people who had used a face covering when outside their home [was] 25% in September. Of those . . . over half (52%) reported using it always or often,. . . Around one in five (20%) adults who had travelled on public transport [recently] said they wore a face covering for part or all of their last journey."
Anecdatum: In the whole pub on Wednesday ('ride to the pub') only one person was wearing a mask: he was behind the bar.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

I genuinely think most people couldn't care less anymore, I never did to be fair, lets face it when was the last time anything was on the news for example?

It seems we all go around as normal and never think of wearing a mask, I recently went to the Hospital and no staff wore masks and very few patients.

It’s fell off of my radar too.

Recent visits to hospital have been varied. In corridors no masks. In wards, supposed to wear masks, started off wearing them but soon stopped as others hadn't bothered - I didn't particularly want to wear one.

In non-invasive (ie not open surgery) 'theatres' masks were on except not for me as I was having GA.

 

[vickster]

See my edit in Post #4577 ^ ^
https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...es/coronaviruscovid19latestinsights/lifestyle
and here's the text:
" . . . the proportion of people who had used a face covering when outside their home [was] 25% in September. Of those . . . over half (52%) reported using it always or often,. . . Around one in five (20%) adults who had travelled on public transport [recently] said they wore a face covering for part or all of their last journey.".

not sure where they found those people? Has the data been cut on a sub sample of the vulnerable or something.
As said I used a mask in CCU in September, but I don't routinely unless required

 

[Deleted User]

No as I've posted, but you said no staff were wearing

They weren't where I went?

 

[vickster]

They weren't where I went?

Maybe not in an outpatients department, still required on (some) wards.
I do anticipate staff will be wearing masks on the ward when I have my next knee op end October at private hospital

 

[Deleted User]

Maybe not in an outpatients department, still required on (some) wards.
I do anticipate staff will be wearing masks on the ward when I have my next knee op end October at private hospital

I'm sure they will.