adrianc
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Post by adrianc on Jan 18, 2021 10:41:25 GMT
I wonder to what extent elite athletes who have had Covid will recover? Several top cyclists have caught it, including Alex Dowsett, who was planning to attempt the World Hour Record (riding as far as possible in one hour on a track). Andy Murray has it, as have top footballers (which makes all the hugging & kissing on the pitch even more incomprehensible).
No different to any other group of young, fit people... A handful will die, some will have long Covid, many will be just fine - and how many have been asymptomatic and not even realised? At least one would-have-been-2020-Olympian has not had it easy. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rowing/54702500
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Post by mrk on Jan 18, 2021 11:07:53 GMT
I wonder to what extent elite athletes who have had Covid will recover? Several top cyclists have caught it, including Alex Dowsett, who was planning to attempt the World Hour Record (riding as far as possible in one hour on a track). Andy Murray has it, as have top footballers (which makes all the hugging & kissing on the pitch even more incomprehensible).
I don't think any of those ended up in hospital though?
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Post by mrk on Jan 18, 2021 11:14:49 GMT
4 if someone gets it mildly at home you should see 100% recovery almost by definition. 5 if someone gets it asymptotically then by definition they will be pretty much be 100% even whilst they have it. Not necessarily. There are some cases of long covid who initially had it mild or even asymptomatic.
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Post by mrk on Jan 18, 2021 13:00:16 GMT
I wonder to what extent elite athletes who have had Covid will recover? Several top cyclists have caught it, including Alex Dowsett, who was planning to attempt the World Hour Record (riding as far as possible in one hour on a track). Andy Murray has it, as have top footballers (which makes all the hugging & kissing on the pitch even more incomprehensible).
I don't think any of those ended up in hospital though? There are actually a few athletes that have been struggling to recover: for example tennis player Dimitrov, footballers Saint-Maximin and Lascelles.
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Post by benaj on Jan 18, 2021 13:46:16 GMT
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Post by michaelc on Jan 18, 2021 14:50:15 GMT
I must admit I'm getting fed up with the anti anti-vax propaganda. I'm definitely going to have my vaccine as soon as possible and would hope others do too. However, lunchtime is when I normally have a quick read of the bbc website and the propaganda has been relentless. They are clearly scared of the anti-vax community growing but the way to tackle it is not to show endless stories of people enjoying their vaccine or new places to have it in. Today it is Willam "proud" of Queen and Phillip for having the jab which I suppose is bordering on news for Royal lovers but more suitable for the Sun. Yesterday they had a piece about folk receiving their jab in a church somewhere - both worthy of the front page. Don't be scared to report what is happening in Norway... Hmmm how interesting. A few hours after posting this I received first ever invitation to provide feedback to the BBC. I'm sure its a coincidence
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Post by agent69 on Jan 18, 2021 15:18:27 GMT
It's a tough old world (apparently) if you are one of the 90 odd people in quarantine in Melbourne prior to the Australian open tennis.
Meanwhile, Australian tennis player Bernard Tomic and his girlfriend Vanessa Sierra have come under fire after she made a video complaining about the hotel food and that she could not get someone to wash her hair. “This is the worst part of quarantine: I don’t wash my own hair. I've never washed my own hair. It's just not something I do. I normally have hairdressers do it twice a week for me. This is the situation that we're dealing with,” she says.
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Post by bracknellboy on Jan 18, 2021 15:19:27 GMT
It's a tough old world (apparently) if you are one of the 90 odd people in quarantine in Melbourne prior to the Australian open tennis.
Meanwhile, Australian tennis player Bernard Tomic and his girlfriend Vanessa Sierra have come under fire after she made a video complaining about the hotel food and that she could not get someone to wash her hair. “This is the worst part of quarantine: I don’t wash my own hair. I've never washed my own hair. It's just not something I do. I normally have hairdressers do it twice a week for me. This is the situation that we're dealing with,” she says.
what a load of old balls....
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Post by adrianc on Jan 18, 2021 15:26:07 GMT
It's a tough old world (apparently) if you are one of the 90 odd people in quarantine in Melbourne prior to the Australian open tennis.
Meanwhile, Australian tennis player Bernard Tomic and his girlfriend Vanessa Sierra have come under fire after she made a video complaining about the hotel food and that she could not get someone to wash her hair. “This is the worst part of quarantine: I don’t wash my own hair. I've never washed my own hair. It's just not something I do. I normally have hairdressers do it twice a week for me. This is the situation that we're dealing with,” she says.
Boo. Hoo.
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Post by Badly Drawn Stickman on Jan 18, 2021 15:27:02 GMT
It's a tough old world (apparently) if you are one of the 90 odd people in quarantine in Melbourne prior to the Australian open tennis.
Meanwhile, Australian tennis player Bernard Tomic and his girlfriend Vanessa Sierra have come under fire after she made a video complaining about the hotel food and that she could not get someone to wash her hair. “This is the worst part of quarantine: I don’t wash my own hair. I've never washed my own hair. It's just not something I do. I normally have hairdressers do it twice a week for me. This is the situation that we're dealing with,” she says.
what a load of old balls.... A considerable volley of abuse, could be considered a back handed compliment to the process. Its a fine line sometimes.
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Post by Steerpike on Jan 18, 2021 15:32:52 GMT
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Post by jonno on Jan 18, 2021 15:33:46 GMT
what a load of old balls.... A considerable volley of abuse, could be considered a back handed compliment to the process. Its a fine line sometimes. Might not be all her fault especially if she's always had a shampoo and set. She certainly sounds highly strung. I've always thought that hairdressing malarky was a bit of a racket.
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Post by bracknellboy on Jan 18, 2021 16:02:12 GMT
Personally I've never ruled out that this originated from a lab, potentially through experimentation with combining viruses, or simply through a bio security failure. There was an article in the Sunday Times many many months ago which I found very interesting and at least lent credibility as to why this should be considered as a candidate original source.
It would perhaps help if that linked paper also at least acknowledged that the US itself has in the past had a number of close calls on the bio security front.
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Post by bracknellboy on Jan 18, 2021 16:03:00 GMT
A considerable volley of abuse, could be considered a back handed compliment to the process. Its a fine line sometimes. Might not be all her fault especially if she's always had a shampoo and set. She certainly sounds highly strung. I've always thought that hairdressing malarky was a bit of a racket. You cannot be serious !
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Post by ozboy on Jan 18, 2021 16:24:33 GMT
It's a tough old world (apparently) if you are one of the 90 odd people in quarantine in Melbourne prior to the Australian open tennis.
Meanwhile, Australian tennis player Bernard Tomic and his girlfriend Vanessa Sierra have come under fire after she made a video complaining about the hotel food and that she could not get someone to wash her hair. “This is the worst part of quarantine: I don’t wash my own hair. I've never washed my own hair. It's just not something I do. I normally have hairdressers do it twice a week for me. This is the situation that we're dealing with,” she says.
As I amble through life towards the exit, and grow increasingly curmudgeonly, there are more & more people I'd just like to strangle. And if I can't strangle them, then they should at least be charged for breathing air.
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