"Back to normal by Christmas"

[groom]

My Lamborghini is left hand drive, guess I will just have to take the Ferrari. 

Out of interest flightradar24 tells me there are approx 1000 airplanes in the west European skies at this moment, carrying holidaymakers to and fro.

Must be a few silent spreaders in that lot,  maybe by October a flu jab might be the least of our worries.

Mike

I see now though that after telling people they could go on holiday to certain countries and not quarantine for 14 days on return, the government have done yet another U turn and said that those returning from Spain will have to!  It starts from tonight, so those returning will get a shock!

[dowdstree]

An EasyJet flight from Alicante was due to arrive at Edinburgh Airport at 23.45. It is now expected to land at 00.35. The deadline was midnight so the passengers will now have to quarantine for 14 days.

I hope the holiday makers enjoy their extra holiday at home !!

Why am I so unsympathetic

Dorrie

[Finley 1]

My neighbours
(bless them in their early 70's)
have a time share somewhere out there in Spain..

Last Christmas they decided to drive over ... they normally fly over for Xmas... they went off about November....

NOT BACK YET

Goodness knows when they will be -- costing them a fortune in rented accom and their house this end... is a bloomin mess. the son is supposed to be taking care.. but due to lockdown cannot get here.

oh dear

xin

[BushInn1746]

A friend of mine was told by the hospital that he should get an urgent bloodtest. He has been unable to arrange this either through his GP or at the hospital. Is this becoming widespread?

Once my Blood Test Form arrived from the GP telephone appointment, we still got a Test appointment slot in two days, just the same as pre-Covid times. So no difference during Covid.

Plus our hospital was busy taking local Covid cases and also from the County of Leicestershire.

Mark

[youngtug]

Two points:
1) I always go early, that way I get a cleaner sharper needle.

Fair while since you had a jab I take it .

[Greensleeves]

The first people in this area to isolate in the early days of the pandemic were the GPs; the second was the vicar.  I've not seen hide nor hair of any of them since.

The surgery has - from last week - instituted a 'locked door' policy which means that you go to the surgery and shout through the letterbox (I assume) and your prescription is pushed out at you.  I envisage that their vaccination procedure will involve people going and poking a sanitised arm through a hole in the wall to get their shots.

[louisa maud]

Three priests at my church had certain people to ring each week to see how we were.

My local church streamed services on Zoom, I had a lot of problems with it, the sound would often go but I managed, everyone who was able to log in could see others, except I couldn't be seen, that suited me, my comp doesn't have a camera, last week on Sunday we resumed to near normal at 11am instead of 09.45, puts me out no end for a Sunday lunch but it won't be for long, very well organised and spaced out

Why did Drs have to isolate?, my husband had to go to a Drs quite a way from here to be diagnosed with pneumonia in April, can't get past the front door of my own surgery or his, there are a lot of people who will suffer because GP's almost closed their doors, why ?

Louisa Maud

[KGarrad]

I order my repeat prescriptions online, via a PC app (Patient Access).
The prescription then gets sent to a pharmacy of my choice.
So, I don't have to visit GP.
I get my blood test results online, too.

Also, IMHO, the majority of GP visits do not HAVE to be in person?
If I need to talk to my GP, he/she phones me back.
Even my hospital consultant phones me - no need to visit.

[Redroger]

Two points:
1) I always go early, that way I get a cleaner sharper needle.

Fair while since you had a jab I take it .

last October flu jab. Warped sense of humour that's all!