The "I`ve got it" thread...

[ollie989898]

It also was at odds with how Scotland, NI, Wales? were calculating it.

I haven't looked at the figures in that detail but the UK was counting people who had died and been confirmed with covid not died because of covid. As I said months ago, I believe the figures being touted by many countries are unreliable and cannot be compared.

 

[Muck Spreader]

How odd, happening at a higher level than us shop floor bods then!!
The patients still have lab tests through out their stay.
The samples still come in as positive/possible Covid in "High Risk" bags.
That means they have to go through special processing, opened in a fume cabinet by named individuals, and even get left in the centrifuge for a timed 10 minutes in case anything has leaked and become air borne.
Learn something every day.

They are probably never retested for Covid once they have had the first positive test, unless there was a query over the first test.

 

[JCMaloney]

They are probably never retested for Covid once they have had the first positive test, unless there was a query over the first test.

Definitely are re-tested at ours. From the website.... "

"Some patients who are having planned surgery will be tested before they come to hospital, while patients admitted in an emergency will be tested once they are in the hospital. If you have to stay more than a week in hospital, you may be tested more than once. "

I`m pretty sure that would be standard across Trusts, can never be 100% !
Although how that goes with the deaths & 28 days I would have to ask.

 

[Werzle]

I have not read that immunity wanes after 3 months. I have read that where they later tested the antibody levels of those who had previously high levels of them in their blood, the levels found were much much lower than expected, indicating that these antibodies only 'lasted' about 90 days. Meanwhile, there are people who have had the virus, had the symptoms and recovered and when tested they did not have any antibodies in their blood. Their T cells instead sorted the virus out.

It is theorised that people who have already been exposed to other corona-viruses (there are at least 7 types that affect humans, I think 5 of them give flu like symptoms only) may have immunity provided by their T cells which confer resistance to Covid-19. A Swedish study used blood donors and found that people who hadn't even had covid somehow had resistance to it.

Hong kong reporting its first case of reinfection in a healthy 30 yr old man with a slightly different strain of covid

 

[Highland Mule]

Hong kong reporting its first case of reinfection in a healthy 30 yr old man with a slightly different strain of covid

mild symptoms first time around, no symptoms second time. It’s not a major concern for me on that basis.

 

[czechmate]

mild symptoms first time around, no symptoms second time. It’s not a major concern for me on that basis.

If your 30

 

[Highland Mule]

If your 30

Sorry - I meant the reinfection case, not the actual Covid thing. I'm (significantly) older than that, overweight and asthmatic - I'm vulnerable and acting with caution.

 

[Hindsight]

If your 30

Yes, I though Highland Mules comment told me more about his age than anything else! The stats show me that as a 60 year old who thinks of myself as reasonably healthy apart from dodgy arthritic knees there is a risk from catching CV19 I can do without!!

 

[Highland Mule]

Yes, I though Highland Mules comment told me more about his age than anything else! The stats show me that as a 60 year old who thinks of myself as reasonably healthy apart from dodgy arthritic knees there is a risk from catching CV19 I can do without!!

See above.

 

[Hindsight]

Sorry - I meant the reinfection case, not the actual Covid thing. I'm older than that, overweight and asthmatic - I'm vulnerable and acting with caution.

Ah, my apologies then HM for my post 1028. You are as vulnerable as us all. I can now see why you are generally expressing caution in the approach to CV19 in your posts.

Sorry. Best wishes.

 

[Hindsight]

See above.

Sorry, yes just seen above and my post of apology cross in the ether. Cheers.

 

[Muck Spreader]

Hong kong reporting its first case of reinfection in a healthy 30 yr old man with a slightly different strain of covid

Did he not catch it the second time on holiday in Spain, thus accounting for the different strain?

 

[JCMaloney]

Meanwhile.... up the road..... our Nottingham friends are tracking through retained samples from earlier in the year (pre-outbreak).
"Analysis of samples by the University of Nottingham showed a 75-year-old woman, from Nottinghamshire, tested positive on 21 February.She is also understood to be first in the UK to die after contracting Covid-19.
The report also found a traveller who had returned from South Korea, who tested positive on the 28 February, had most likely caught the virus in Nottingham rather than in Korea, as had been assumed."

Coronavirus: Nottinghamshire woman, 75, 'first positive test within UK'

The woman is also believed by scientists to be the first in the UK to die after contracting Covid-19.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[JCMaloney]

Been some more data issues.... .
9299 people in Leicestershire have tested positive - up from 9261 (increase of 19 reported Friday (9280) and 19 reported Saturday).
5689 (increase of 10 Friday (5681) and 8 Saturday) are within the Leicester City Council area.
3610 (increase of 9 Friday (3599) and 11 Saturday) cases were reported in the County.

Deceased stands at 440 locally.

 

[JCMaloney]

Interesting news.........................

After 3 successful Plasma donations I got a letter today saying donation 4 failed the "sufficient number of antibody test". The test NHSBT use is different to the high volume antibody tests we use at work for the staff so is more accurate, my score was below 3.0 so still some resilience but not enough.
Doesn`t mean they have all gone, but the level of antibodies wouldn`t be beneficial to a Covid patient.
So the plasma has gone off to some other lucky soul.

 

[primmiemoo]

Does that mean your body is off high alert, and now stores just a "memory" of how to make antibodies for when they might be needed again, then?

 

[RushesToo]

Interesting news.........................

After 3 successful Plasma donations I got a letter today saying donation 4 failed the "sufficient number of antibody test". The test NHSBT use is different to the high volume antibody tests we use at work for the staff so is more accurate, my score was below 3.0 so still some resilience but not enough.
Doesn`t mean they have all gone, but the level of antibodies wouldn`t be beneficial to a Covid patient.
So the plasma has gone off to some other lucky soul.

Watch out they don't try and give you a new "challenge" to up the response by depriving you of PPE.
Thank you again for all the lived experiences.

 

[JCMaloney]

Does that mean your body is off high alert, and now stores just a "memory" of how to make antibodies for when they might be needed again, then?

Dunno, I`ll ask someone cleverer over the next few days!

 

[JCMaloney]

According to clever lass who knows stuff antibodies to routine corona viruses wane over 12-52 weeks post infection. She reckons I had it mild (I disagreed!!) and my initial antibody response was high, hence the good plasma donations and the antibody level has now stabilised.
Even the clever folk are uncertain about immunity either short or long term, she referred me to this research.

Immune responses and immunity to SARS-CoV-2

Immune responses and correlates of protective immunity against SARS-CoV-2 and duration of protective immunity

www.ecdc.europa.eu

 

[JCMaloney]

Yayyy!!! Top 3 for outcomes.....

City hospitals in top 3 trusts for coronavirus patient outcomes

National NHS bosses want local medics to share their tips with other hospitals

www.leicestermercury.co.uk