i'n calling BS on  that

Lost jobs, lost income, debilitating symptoms that render even the most mundane tasks near-impossible, and huge barriers to accessing treatment: these are the repeated stories of UK doctors living with Long Covid, in response to a major survey from the BMA.

Key findings include:

    Doctors reported a wide range of symptoms, including fatigue, headaches, muscular pain, nerve damage, joint pain, ongoing respiratory problems and many more.
    Around 60% of doctors told the BMA that post-acute Covid ill health has impacted on their ability to carry out day-to-day activities on a regular basis;
    Almost one in five respondents (18%) reported that they were now unable to work due to their post-acute Covid ill-health;
    Less than one in three (31%) doctors said they were working full-time, compared to more than half (57%) before the onset of their illness;
    Nearly half (48%) said they have experienced some form of loss of earnings as a result of post-acute Covid;
    54% of respondents acquired Covid-19 during the first wave of the pandemic in 2020, and 77% of these believed that they contracted Covid -19 in the workplace;
    A small minority of doctors had access to respiratory protective equipment (RPE) around the time that they contracted Covid-19, with only 11% having access to an FFP2 respirator and 16% an FFP3 respirator;
    More than 65% of doctors responding said their post-acute Covid symptoms had not been investigated thoroughly and effectively by an NHS long Covid clinic or centre. And almost half of doctors reported not even being referred to an NHS long Covid clinic at all.

I noticed my 93 year old aunt was coughing a bit and sneezing occasionally on the weekend so I did a RAT for her on Sunday afternoon (2 actually, half an hour apart) and she's tested positive for Covid.

After avoiding it for so long some irresponsible f*head has given it to her. I've tested myself on Sunday, Monday and this morning and so far I've tested negative.

I'm pretty sure I know where she caught it and I intend to have a little 'chat' with them next time we go up there because she was maskless for about 2 hours when she was there last Wednesday and no one else masks of course even though there's LOTS of elderly people around (it wasn't the transition care place she came home from Friday before last by the way).

Got my aunt started on a 5 day course of antivirals (Molnupiravir) yesterday after getting the script from her GP and picking it up from the chemist.

She seems OK so far apart from the occasional cough, I'll test her again tomorrow. No doubt our 5 Covid vaccinations also help.

Hi Greg.

I hope your mother is OK at RPH again. As I said in an earlier post I went with my aunt to RPH a couple of weeks back for a follow up appointment after her surgery on June 21st.

Apart from us the only other mask I saw was a 'baggy blue' worn under the chin by one staff member.

Just got back from Morley Galleria where I collected another big bag full of RATs that the WA Government spent half a billion dollars on and they now have to give them away before they expire (these ones are good until March).

One thing I noticed - I saw more people wearing masks in the half hour I was at the Galleria than I've seen in a whole week at Belmont Forum.

I may have to move house or just drive over and shop there all the time.

WA's free Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) distribution program has concluded.

Depending on stock, free RATs may still be available from Electorate Offices of Members of Parliament. Please call ahead to ask about the availability of free RATs before visiting.

There is no longer a requirement for the Western Australian community to register positive RAT results with the WA Department of Health, in line with other States and Territories. The RAT Register will cease recording results by the end of September 2023.