The upside of this here pandemic

I’ve been working from home today. My sniffles got worse as yesterday progressed and I ended my Sunday with a slight cough. Work being work, and my employers being as they are, they want me to stay away for 48 hours, and to get a test if things don’t change. The fact that there are clear differences between Covid and a cold, and the fact that I am sneezing and sniffing rather than coughing, and the fact that my temperature was only slightly raised, and only briefly, isn’t considered. I’m not going to complain, I could quite happily see out the 3 months of my notice sitting at home in the kitchen, but it does show you how little understanding of this virus thing there still is nearly a year after it was first identified. 
In other (but related) news – Ted and Beryl have dates for their vaccine jabs!! Ted apparently reacted to the call by saying “I’m not being a pissing guinea pig for the younger folk” and Beryl told him “Shut up, you twat, and do as you’re told.”
God, it’ll be good to know they’re protected. And it’s really exciting to think we might be allowed to go and see them again soon!

RC 14-12-20