The Prepping Thread - A Newer Beginning ;)

maryb

I suspect we’ll be queuing down the street for hours if we’re still social distancing when flu jabs are due especially if they do give it to more people which there was some speculation they might do.  It was mayhem at our surgery last year and they won’t be able to have so many in the vulnerable demographic all milling around inside.  And what’s the betting we have a wet autumn just to make for a truly joyous occasion?  Might arrange to get it done at our pharmacy which is always pretty quiet

Thriftygifty

Well round 2 of immunisations, the seaside town was really busy compared to 4 weeks ago, complete different demographic out, majority over 70 and not much social distancing, the benches at the bus stop where people were crammed onto the benches. I wore the face mask that we bought for the first time, I feel like it was a failed attempt as couldn't cope with it, I was hot and sweaty as we were running late and because of this is stuck to my face and I felt as if I was being suffocated, I think cotton may be the way forward for me not shiny synthetic fibre. Add tomatoes to failed garden the first large tomato has a brown bottom, the courgettes are mouldy at the end, however we do have 2 mini pumpkins! 😀. 

Si_Clist

elaine241 said:

I am definitely going to stock up on more bread flour ...

A wise move, considering that some millers have already put up their prices, to say nothing of droughts in Europe, Vladimir cutting back exports of Russian wheat and all the rest of it ...

ivyleaf

Re flu jabs, the assistant at our local Lloyds mentioned they expected to have jabs available in September.

Elaine Please take things as gently as possible while you're recovering, to hopefully avoid the chronic fatigue which seems to be affecting quite a lot of people after Covid.  I know it's difficult though, as living on a farm there are obviously  a lot of things you have to do.

Greenglockenspiel

We definitely need to make sure we are getting our flu jabs going off this article in the Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/07/double-pandemic-covid-flu/614152/ (American but I imagine holds true here as well).
Worth making sure you are stocked up on flu meds as well. I added paracetamol and ibuprofen to my Sainsburys order today. 70p each! I’m sure they used to be about 20p 🤔

VJsmum

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2005.12446.pdf

This is an interesting short paper - it seems, paradoxically, that wearing a mask makes people more  likely to distance from you.

greenbee

ivyleaf said:

Re flu jabs, the assistant at our local Lloyds mentioned they expected to have jabs available in September.

Elaine Please take things as gently as possible while you're recovering, to hopefully avoid the chronic fatigue which seems to be affecting quite a lot of people after Covid.  I know it's difficult though, as living on a farm there are obviously  a lot of things you have to do.

As a ‘long hauler’ on week 20 and (hopefully!) just coming out of a 2 week relapse I second this. I pushed myself through the early stages and fought the afternoon fatigue (it can hit really suddenly) as I was working and 3pm is when my US meetings start. Now it’s an achievement if I manage to have a shower. Today has been tough as I stripped my bed this morning so have remade it in stages. It’s nice to have clean sheets though, as I’ve been spending a lot of time in bed! And as I’m out of sick leave, energy is reserved for work.

MingVase

That does sound like ME greenbee. I hope that lifts off you soon, it's a very draggy way to live.

ivyleaf

That's interesting about the mask/social distancing thing, vjs.
I don't wear one myself (yet) but when we're at the shops and someone else is wearing one, I find that I assume they are either particularly vulnerable or particularly anxious, so I do make sure I give them plenty of space. 

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

All over by Christmas, apparently, according to BJ.
How wonderful to hear those words. So reassuring.