There was a similar super spreader event with the same sect of that religion at the beginning of the year in America. The rabbi was the main culprit too.
You can take a horse to water and all that
Will never forget flying back from Israel with a packed flight of hasidics. Smoking in the toilets, bin bags full of their own food, refusing to sit next to a woman but they didn’t reserve their own seat. Nightmare.
Amazing, my flights to and from Israel were amazing for similar reasons. Was very impressive how many sandwiches the one family next to me could make. I got chatting to them too and they said themselves, and most of the people they knew on the flight had never been on planes before. Very hectic flight but entertaining!
Got ANOTHER covid test today. Hope I can stay lucky.
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Fingers crossed spanky!! Very sad to hear my grandad has it. He was diagnosed without a test but from the hospital. He’s got dementia and the works prettty bad to my mam and family are super worried. Been an awful year.
oh man that’s gnarly. Hope it all goes well bud
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All the best Blinky. There’s not a lot you can really do.
Wife’s gran has dementia, which has kicked in fully since lockdown, so she can’t have the family around and getting care seems really hard just now.
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Best wishes for you Blinky
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Love to you Blinky.
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Oh man, that’s shit blinks! There are plenty of aged that are coming out fine though. I customers mum got it a couple of months ago, she’ 83 (I think) and she went into hospital after a fall, she has dementia too, contracted covid, fought it, came out and is at home back to normal.
Good luck spanky.
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Fingers crossed for all forumers and their families 
This second wave definitely seems to be biting harder. And you’ve got Boris coming out with soundbites like this about the Xmas five day plaguefest idea: “Tis the season to be jolly but 'tis also the season to be jolly careful." Fucking 
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Yes - I’ll echo this. 
My Nan died during the first lockdown and it became obvious that she’d been hiding for us just how bad my grandad’s dementia had gotten - getting up in the middle of the night and emptying the drawers in the kitchen, and all that. She’d also been carer for my aunt who had a serious brain injury when she was young, but she’s not too bad, just childlike in her mentality and unco-ordinated physically, but she’s reasonably capable. Because my Nan shutout any attempt for outside help (even from us to some extent) it’s been a right old pain in the bollocks to sort. Eventually got my grandad into a special care home by St John’s ambulance which caters specially for folk with dementia.
He’s also since passed away, but we’re no closer to sorting social services getting in to assess my aunt.
@Blinky if you need a chat about the situation mate give me a PM - if not all the best.
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My nan too has dementia. Doesn’t know what fucking day it is. Thinks I am my dad and calls me his name. Tells me I’ve grown whenever I see her. Thinks my son is me as a child and is my mum’s kid. It’s fucking awful. as horrible as it sounds and I can’t make it sound any nicer, but she would be better off dying in her sleep. She has 0 quality of life
Fully expected both parents to get it, because they hammered the booze so much, and it feels horrible to say but I’m glad they both died before it could kick in. Only child with no other family and I don’t live very near so fuck knows how bad that would have been. Bit selfish but does anybody want their relatives living for ever with a shit quality of live, being scared and confused the entire time? Nope.
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I lost my grandmother aged 97 on November the 11th and attended her funeral yesterday.
Dementia had taken its hold for a few months leading up to this.
Seems she waited until what would have been my grandfathers 100th birthday to go.
She also shared the same birthday as my eldest son.
She fought off a bout of pneumonia just a couple of weeks before.
Sorry to hear you guys going through it too.
Difficult time for sure and a feeling of helplessness but really not much that can be done.
Edit: sorry if slightly off the thread topic.
97 is a serious innings at least, tough times
Yeah, seriously is.
Mate you’re doing it all wrong, why aren’t you burying your head in the sand and organising your Xmas party like everyone else?
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My dad asked me today if he can come to our house as we’ve all had Covid now.
Does anyone know if that’s safe? I dunno if our having had it means we can’t pass it on or not. I have a troubled relationship with him so him asking to do that is a bit of a milestone.
Anybody know?
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