It seems to me that two tests are needed. If you have antibodies you will have resistance. If you are also negative for active virus , then you should be safe to go back to work. If I had it three weeks ago, possibly caught off Mum after she returned from Tenerife with a sore throat and a cough, then I should have antibodies, and should be negative by now. In that case I would be willing to go back to work. If I am negative for both, then I will continue self isolating. If they don't test, it is all speculation. Surely we need to get everyone who has had a mild case of it back to work as soon as possible?
I'm not moving any goalposts. I'm just trying to contextualise
I'm sorry I can't let that pass & nothing personal Jason but..contextualise? .. is that a word?
Much llike;...Woke, virtue-signalling, infuencer, gaslighting, race-baiting..
These are just random, meaningless words.
And don't get started on 8"going forward" & "reaching out"..... try "in the future" & "asking". They're real words.
Apologies for going way off topic & I accept I'm a bit of a Luddite but the way the English language has been abused over the last few years is criminal. IMHO.
Check the Oxford dictionary. It's been an acceptable term for decades. I do apologise the word didn't appear in Murry's original version 🙄
I'm not exactly sure what your point, but seems to be at best trivial. If you want a synonym:paltry, meagre or even nonsensical
continue the tradition of broadcasting an April Fools’ Day Joke despite some naysayers saying that April Fools’ Day should be banned this year.
What could you actually make up that would sound more ridiculous than this year has been already? If you woke up from a 10 year coma and someone tried to explain the world right now to you would you take them seriously?
"At least we're recovered from that credit crunch thing right?"
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
I remember the first time I was interviewed for radio ... totally unintelligible ... than goodness it was a recording and they gave me a second stab at it. Thing is, the second time I knew what questions she was going to ask so I was better prepared. You live and learn... hopefully. 😉
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I had to do a piece for the BBC morning news once, recorded the afternoon before. They wanted me to speak for 75 seconds, give or take 5 seconds. That was a challenge for someone not used to studio recording though I have done numerous live ‘vox pop’ type interviews.
I also featured on the consumer programme Fake Britain, talking about a dodgy but very expensive torch I had bought. That was quite good fun as there was no pressure and the film crew were at the house for two or three hours edited down to five minutes of TV time. I think the crew were waiting for it to get a little darker to show the torch in action but it didn’t really matter, said the cameraman, “we’ll adjust the settings to make it look darker”
”Can you adjust them to make him look 20 years younger, slimmer and more attractive?” asked my wife.
”I might be good,” he said, “but I don’t work miracles.”
Just caught up again @Dovefromabove I would say you have almost certainly had the virus. I have seen mentioned 2 or 3 times recently by different medics that a sudden loss of taste and or smell is almost diagnostic, & along with the other symptoms you have listed I would say QED. Nor a certainty of course but highly likely.
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When, pray, did concerning mean worrying? "Of concern" means worrying. "Concerning" is a preposition which means about or in connection with.
I know language evolves and new words are added but I don't see the need for lazy use of the wrong word when perfectly good ones exist.
I'm not exactly sure what your point, but seems to be at best trivial. If you want a synonym:paltry, meagre or even nonsensical
And I'd never use the term 'ghastly Americanism' ... very old hat don'tcha know, straight out of the 1930s
After all, one can write a summary, or simply summarise ........... anyone got a problem with that?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I also featured on the consumer programme Fake Britain, talking about a dodgy but very expensive torch I had bought. That was quite good fun as there was no pressure and the film crew were at the house for two or three hours edited down to five minutes of TV time. I think the crew were waiting for it to get a little darker to show the torch in action but it didn’t really matter, said the cameraman, “we’ll adjust the settings to make it look darker”
”Can you adjust them to make him look 20 years younger, slimmer and more attractive?” asked my wife.
”I might be good,” he said, “but I don’t work miracles.”