I had a similar cough a few years back. It lasted for three months. The new GP thought I had Asthma. The asthma nurse (a month later ) said I didn't and the computer said I had the lungs of a 40 year old. I settled for that. I actually think I had a mild case of whooping cough.(They call it the 90 days cough)Apparently the vaccinations I had as a child are probably wearing off now, giving some immunity but not enough. Same with BCG jab. I know several people in later life acquired TB despite being vaccinated as a child. I certainly cleared a very large area in Ikea when I started coughing.
I have resorted to pina colada. A bag of frozen pinapple chunks, a huge glug of Bacardi pre mixed left over from Xmas and some coconut milk. Whizz it up in the nutribullet. One of your five a day.
Also plain corn chips(cheap ones from Lidl) with melted cheese on are nice.
For what it’s worth, this is from our local GP’s website today:
As doctors, we suspect we have been seeing cases (of Coronavirus) in Bakewell and the surrounding areas since early this year.
Certainly, both I and my OH picked up a persistent cough with a brief fever in mid-December last year which only petered out last month. We called it “The Cough”. When I went to see the consultant at the hospital in Chesterfield in January this year she apologised for having a cough. We went on to compare notes and it sounded the same as ours. I said to her, jokingly, that she could look forward to having it for about another eight weeks.
I also had a nasty cough and fever in mid-December. I felt really rough for about 4 or 5 days, then the fever went and the cough got better gradually over a few more weeks. I'd been to London twice in two weeks so I guess it was a bug picked up on the train or underground, which happens most times I use them, but I really didn't think anything of it and certainly no isolation other than not going out while I felt c**p.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
Both my wife and myself had a cough and sore throat earlier in the year and we commented that we may have had the virus already. On the radio last week it was mentioned that the virus may have been about for quite some time but was dismissed because why wasn't there a noticeable increase in deaths. The question is how many people with underlying health problems die each week suffering from pneumonia?
Personally I think it's largely a profile raising ploy to make him look statesmanlike, in charge and positive whilst recovering and of necessity having a low media profile.
Nevertheless I still don't see how it's any more dangerous than anything else that is put though our letterbox ... and it may help some folk understand the gravity of the situation.
Now I really am leaving this aspect of the matter.
Aaaaaarrrgh. It's NOT more dangerous than any other thing you get through your letter box. It's the quantity Dove surely? If I send 1 bit of mail, the likelihood that it gets infected is small. If I send 2, the chances double. If I send 13 million....
It's nothing to do with Boris licking envelopes or posties wearing gloves or... that you're personally cautious. IF Boris is trying to get across to people to be cautious (to obviously people who AREN'T - or else there would be no need for the letter would there?) - don't you think it's bloody insane to then send a letter without telling your audience how to handle it?! So the exact people you want to address will just pick up the letter, put it on their food prep surfaces before opening it and then wipe the sleep out of their eyes while reading it....before wiping their kids mouth with their fingers......
Fidget, I’m amazed you’re not looking for the gin bottle.😁
Pansyface, I'm surprised you aren't too - or are you? How incredibly inconvenient of the freezer to break down now. I would have been in a total panic. I hope you are able to order one online, so important now that shopping is so limited.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
According to our local retired vicar who did my dads funeral, they all die of pneumonia in the local hospital. We had an argument with the coroner who wanted to put pneumonia on it. I had been with him for the last six hours, he had no trouble breathing until he actually stopped. His chest had been sounded an hour previously and been pronounced clear. Indeed the consultant claimed he would have him back on his feet soon. Easy catch all.
Mango colada is not bad either. (I have used up all the frozen pinapple, now moved on to mango) That must be my two fruits for the day.
You studied the life span of coronavirus on different surface types?
Don't different viruses exhibit different behaviours...? I thought at this point the life of the virus outside the body was largely unknown - from hours to days depending on the surface.
If the risk from letters is so small, then why does Mr Postie wear gloves? - let me try an answer there - it is to protect postie as he goes from potentially infected mailbox to the next and touches letters in between? So a virus on my mailbox - that maybe wasn't on the letter IS now as he's picked it up from mine and delivered it next door. And if by chance it was also on a parcel he delivered, it is also passed onto the letters he touches.
So I would say ANY 13 million letter mail out is a totally stupid thing to do at this point where we live in a largely electronic age and have other methods.
steveTu, I haven't been on this site for ages as some people don't seem to like me, but have been following this discussion and I'll tell you what I think about your post on this subject. I think you're suffering from paranoia and it might help to relax you if you make an appointment with a psychiatrist! There, I've got it off my chest and will sign off again now. Good luck to you all and stay safe!
You could do what I do if you're frightened of the postman, get a cloth soaked in thick washing up liquid, (not anti bac spray, that’s useless) and wipe the door bell, door knocker letter box or whatever else you got, he can’t pick anything up from your door, you can’t get anything from him, wherever he’s been it can’t live on soap, when he’s gone, do it again, what’s so difficult, for goodness sake!
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Think most of us will be alcoholics by the time this is over, me included.
There, I've got it off my chest and will sign off again now. Good luck to you all and stay safe!