Walking football - and covid
Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2021 5:15 pm
I've read the "caught covid on t'Turf" thread - and it's now locked.
I want to share a little of my experience/observations.
I've been playing walking football for the past 7/8 weeks. It's run by "Age UK" and everyone is over 55. (OK, yes, that's my demographic now).
So far as I can recall, the walking footballers haven't been asked whether we've been double jabbed. My guess is that most have.
One of the walking footballers was at Euro 2020 final at Wembley. He was double jabbed sometime before going to Wembley. He caught covid-19 at the final. He was pretty rough for a couple of weeks. He was back playing walking football 11-August, though reported he was still a little "groggy" and "brain fogged" at times.
Another of the walking footballers attended a social at his golf club on 6-August. Again, he'd been double jabbed a couple of months earlier. He caught covid-19 at the golf social. He reported he'd been ill for a week, like a "bad summer flu" is how he described it. He was back playing walking football yesterday.
Both these guys have said they are glad they'd had the vaccine. Both feel that it made their illness a lot less severe and a lot easier to recover from than if they hadn't been vaccinated.
If Chester Perry's post re Premier League and covid-19 passports is implemented we will all need to show that we've been vaccinated before attending a game. I understand Chelsea (and maybe one or two other PL clubs) have already brought in that rule for their home games.
Take care, everyone.
I want to share a little of my experience/observations.
I've been playing walking football for the past 7/8 weeks. It's run by "Age UK" and everyone is over 55. (OK, yes, that's my demographic now).
So far as I can recall, the walking footballers haven't been asked whether we've been double jabbed. My guess is that most have.
One of the walking footballers was at Euro 2020 final at Wembley. He was double jabbed sometime before going to Wembley. He caught covid-19 at the final. He was pretty rough for a couple of weeks. He was back playing walking football 11-August, though reported he was still a little "groggy" and "brain fogged" at times.
Another of the walking footballers attended a social at his golf club on 6-August. Again, he'd been double jabbed a couple of months earlier. He caught covid-19 at the golf social. He reported he'd been ill for a week, like a "bad summer flu" is how he described it. He was back playing walking football yesterday.
Both these guys have said they are glad they'd had the vaccine. Both feel that it made their illness a lot less severe and a lot easier to recover from than if they hadn't been vaccinated.
If Chester Perry's post re Premier League and covid-19 passports is implemented we will all need to show that we've been vaccinated before attending a game. I understand Chelsea (and maybe one or two other PL clubs) have already brought in that rule for their home games.
Take care, everyone.