I believe (based on a stat I saw somewhere) that masks can protect you by about 17%, which is better than nowt! A good fit is important, which is why I double mask with a KN95; cotton layer on top. But I also have 3M FFP2, which fit very well indeed. By way of example, not a recommendation of this seller:
But meaningless again since it's short of data. i.e. whether previously infected by Covid-19. As Professor Spiegelhalter says, that is as effective as vaccination, so one can be unvaccinated but have the low death risk factor of the vaccinated. Possibly even less risk, since it isn't yet known how long this infection protection lasts, it may not fade in the way the vaccines do.
That's interesting, I may try to book one...
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That's only after being contacted. All the over 80s I know have been invited with appointments.
I think you may be able to bypass the GP and simply book online, although I've always waited.
In my experience, a couple of weeks after my second jab was due, I got impatient, started to book online and was accepted by the system. The only reason why I didn't follow through with the online booking process, was because I worried about my booking being accepted by the system online, but being turned away on the day - which would be fine, if it happened outside in the open air at the clipboard ticking stage. You'll never know till you try Flecc. Your GP sounds useless, mine got in touch a little late.
Had high blood pressure most of life but never near 165..(first figure?) that's crazy high.. I think at highest it was 110/170.??(at time they treated over 100 but think that threshold has been lowered)
Holy moly - you need to get down to 120 or less ASAP! Any way you can! (IMHO {non-professional})
Yes, I'm lucky to be alive: Extreme stress, Redbulls and vodka, salt, sugar, coffee, excessive meat, cigars, cigarettes, 4 hours of sleep a night, working to much for too long and too hard, but making bank. Was a fatter lardarse,
I,m getting my systolic dystolics mixed around.. Mine is 140 ish/90...
That high reading was taken at hospital, about an hour after a very large delicious meal at home, and a strong coffee with three sugars (it's a big cup!) from the hospital cafe. I'm obsessed with getting a lower reading, without having to resort to medication - my Doctor tried really hard to convince me to take statins, but I said I'd lose weight and get fitter instead. I'm still healthy enough to remain on that journey, for now... My particular ebike is crap for fitness, but slow jogging and intermittent fasting have served my body well.
I just took the meds... But not statins..Doing fine... Even with irregular heart rate.. (AF)
I had my Pfizer booster jab earlier this week. Unlike the AZ, the Pfizer gave a much stronger reaction. A small lump at the injection site and a sore arm for 4 days. Substitute the sore arm for lungs, it's not difficult to imagine what effect a real covid infection has on a pensioner. The professor may be right on statistics if he talks about schoolchildren but leaving to nature is not a realistic proposition for pensioners.
Ask at your review whether lower blood pressure, gained through diet and exercise changes, would help reduce your AF?
As a non-professional - I think that walking long distances (at a manageable fast pace) would be better, but less exciting. Another question for your review?
Sorry this is a paywall'd item - but the frst I found reporting what I thought and suggested is the case:
He's not saying that. His data is all long before the kids were being jabbed, most of it from long before any of the younger groups were.
That happened last time too, but it wasn't true then either, since my contact attempt was still blocked. I had to chase via the surgery each time.
