Re: It's official, Covid is here
Originally Posted by
Dextrous63
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Can't remember Bruce. Have you been vaccinated?
Yes, I have had two shots of the AstraZenica 12 weeks apart the second dose was over two weeks ago so I am supposed to be as well protected as I will ever be. That doesn't mean I can't catch Covid but the symptoms will be less severe (as I understand it).
There are charities and organisations that will do my shopping for me but I live a few hundred metres from a shopping mall and there are others more in need of their help than me.
I am reasonably fit for my age, a bad back is really my only (known) ailment.
The thing that really affects me in this lockdown is the isolation - two of my kids live in the ACT and they would have to go into a fortnight's isolation if they visited me, my youngest son is in Sydney and under the same lockdown restrictions as me so he can't visit either.
The clubs and pubs are shut and restaurants are take away only so it is not as if there is anywhere to go now.
Locally my friends are all in the same boat so unless we run into each other when exercising or shopping I rarely see anybody I know. However I do spend a ridiculous amount of time each day on my phone chatting to kids or friends or just checking up on people I know.
This latest outbreak has really driven home how serious this thing is, before that I think we had become a bit blasé about it.
Stay safe