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The coronavirus pandemic may have limited our travel, but it hasn’t stopped us dreaming about how we might holiday in 2021. One answer is the staycation, with camping seeing a resurgence last summer and looking set to be just as popular this year. Sales of motorhomes, caravans and campervans shot up last year and show little sign of letting up in 2021 and even if people don’t want to buy their own, there are plenty of opportunities to rent, with Cool Camping joining the ranks by launching their own range of campervans to hire. Long before coronavirus, my husband and I decided to invest in a VW campervan. With two dogs to take with us, the flexibility of his shifts as a firefighter and my ability to work anywhere with a mobile signal, it seemed the perfect way for us to holiday. In the past five years we’ve embraced ‘van life’, escaping for breaks from our home in Warwickshire to everywhere from Wales to Cornwall, the Lake District, Scotland, Norfolk and more. We’ve toured Europe, made our way through the Pyrenees, camped next to lakes in France and Switzerland, road-tripped to Tuscany and spent New Year’s Eve in a car park on the shore of Loch Lomond. At times it’s idyllic. Hitting the open road without any kind of plan, pitching up in beautiful places without a soul around, and starting a day in one place then ending it in a completely different one, taking everything with you as you go. After years of experience we’ve got everything we need in our little tin can ready to get going at a moment’s notice, as well as tried-and-tested routines that mean we can set up or pack everything away in a matter of 15 minutes or so.
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For some people, recovering from an initial COVID-19 infection is just the beginning of their health crisis. A year after the first cases of the virus were detected in Wuhan, China, it has become clear that many struggle with Post-COVID Syndrome as a result of an infection for months on end. Some researchers—including Dr. Natalie Lambert—have made it their mission to study the disease and the long haulers who suffer from it, including the many symptoms associated with it, how long they tend to last, and even the severity of their initial infection. Here are some patient testimonials about a few key long hauler symptoms. Read on—and to ensure your health and the health of others, don't miss these Sure Signs You've Already Had Coronavirus. 1 You Might Have Symptoms That Keep Changing From her initial infection to the long-term symptoms she experienced for months on end as a long hauler, nurse Shauna Rankin experienced many manifestations of the virus. One of the most notable was a group of several symptoms long hauler experts refer to as "changing symptoms." In Rankin's case, she would experience six weeks of heart palpitations. Then, her blood oxygen levels would tank, and her heart would race. Next up would be brain fog, "that made everything disjointed, like when she had a concussion in high school," she told East Idaho News. According to Dr. Natalie Lambert's Long Hauler Survey, out of the many symptoms experienced, this was one of the most common and long-lasting. 2 You Might Have Tachycardia A month after being diagnosed with COVID, Travis Smith started experiencing tachycardia, a racing, pounding heartbeat. "My heart was going crazy. The only way I've been able to describe that night was, it felt like my heart was trying to tear through my rib cage," he revealed to East Idaho News, adding that he experienced it "multiple times a day and throughout the week." It got so bad, he was forced to visit a cardiologist. 3 You Might Have Brain Fog Natasha Wingerter, 36, experienced a slew of long hauler symptoms. One of the most debilitating? Brain fog. "I would go and teach for four hours on Fridays, and then the whole weekend I would be stuck in bed because it just killed me, physically and mentally and everything," she told East Idaho News. "It would take me like three hours to write an email … just because, like, it wouldn't make sense in my head." It was so bad, she was unable to work on her Ph.D. for six months. "You want to say the word ball, and you're searching for the actual word 'ball.' You can think of it in your head, the word you're trying to say. You can see it, but you can't make the connection of what the word is. You'll say, like, 'Earth.' … I keep on messing up saying, like, spoon instead of cup, still today," she described it. "It was like dealing with someone who was really hammered. You would use a similar but very different word," her partner added. "And I still do that," Wingerter said. "It's like I have a ping-pong ball in my head." 4 You Might Have Shortness of Breath or Difficulty Breathing Shortness of breath is one of the most common symptoms of COVID-19. However, months after their initial diagnosis, some people are still struggling to breathe. Dan George, 43, described his experience as a long hauler with Big Sky. "My symptoms steadily got worse. The main symptoms were fatigue and low blood oxygen level," George, who was first diagnosed with COVID in October when he was admitted to the hospital with a 105 degreee temperature, explained. He was released after 10 days, then spent more than seven weeks on oxygen while recovering at home. "I've always been pretty active: an athlete and coach, do a lot of hunting out West. To have to be toting around an oxygen line, that was a little limiting," George said. Several months later, he still struggles to breathe. "When I breathe deeply, I still have a heaviness in my upper chest and I still get fatigued with strenuous activity. It's getting better every day but it is going to take time." 5 You Might Lose Your Hair or Teeth Kim Oakes contracted COVID-19 in the spring and spent several weeks in the hospital sedated and intubated. However, her health struggle wasn't over when she returned home. "My teeth went bad, and I had to have 17 teeth pulled all at once," she told Big Sky. "I had to get dentures because my teeth were gone. My hair started falling out rapidly. I don't really have a whole lot left." 6 You Will Most Likely Experience Fatigue Extreme exhaustion is one of the most common symptoms reported by long haulers. 37-year-old Kelly Hickman explained to The Seattle Times that she suffered a mild initial infection, followed by a cycle of "crushing fatigue" and brain fog so impenetrable leaving her unable to read a book or follow the plot of a movie. She was so exhausted she could barely get out of bed and was forced to quit her job for several months—and she still isn't back to normal. "Is this chronic? Is this my life now?" she asked. "I don't know and the doctors don't know." 7 You Might Suffer Respiratory Changes Months after battling an infection, James Valdez still has an occasional cough and reveals that respiratory system is affected by extreme temperature changes, such as getting in and out of his truck in frigid climes. For example, his system will be "so sensitive and dry and burning, and a minute later, I'll be stuffy," Valdez told Overdrive. "It's like I have allergy season every day."RELATED: 7 Tips You Must Follow to Avoid COVID, Say Doctors 8 You Might Lose Your Sense of Smell or Taste David Wheat is just one of many people who lost his sense of smell or taste when he was infected with COVID. And, like many long haulers, they didn't fully return. He revealed to Overdrive that his sense of taste is about 75% back, but he's lost all sense of smell. "I literally had my face a foot in front of these brakes and I couldn't smell nothing," he said, revealing that it was smoking. 9 How to Avoid Becoming a Long Hauler—and What to Do if You Are One If you experience any of the symptoms you've just read about, contact a medical professional immediately. To avoid catching COVID and becoming a long hauler yourself, follow Dr. Anthony Fauci's fundamentals and help end this surge, no matter where you live—wear a face mask, social distance, avoid large crowds, don't go indoors with people you're not sheltering with (especially in bars), practice good hand hygiene, get vaccinated when it becomes available to you, and to protect your life and the lives of others, don't visit any of these 35 Places You're Most Likely to Catch COVID.
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Quarantine-on-arrival sounds simple enough, but what are the things they don’t tell you? Emma Cooke explains what to expect... 1. If you aren’t Covid positive, the transfer bus will probably fix that for you If you’re frustrated over the thought of being quarantined while Covid-free, don’t worry – here in the UK, the Cabinet is deliberating bussing arrivals to their quarantine hotel. Being stuck in close quarters with fellow travellers may well optimise your chances of catching the virus. Mariella Frostrup has already had experience of one of these joyful transports, after being unexpectedly put into quarantine in Jamaica last month: "Finally a fleet of yellow buses pulled up onto which we were herded. Once on board it seemed obvious that, on a bus crammed with passengers, hot and sweaty from hours on the ground, we were more in danger of catching Covid than we had been during any of our cautious preceding months."
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An international law firm has suggested that quarantine hotels could contravene our basic human rights, under the European Convention of Human Rights. The Government is considering tightening border measures, with one possibility being mandatory quarantine in hotels for all arrivals – including UK residents. Other countries, including Australia, Thailand and New Zealand, have already brought in similar measures to stop the spread of Covid-19. However, international law firm PGMBM has suggested that enforced quarantine constitutes a breach of our human rights. Article 5 of the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR) states that everyone has the right to liberty and security of the person, except in very specific circumstances. Such circumstances include “the lawful detention of persons for the prevention of the spreading of infectious diseases.” But law firm PGMBM argues that the suggested quarantine – which would be enforced regardless of whether the person is known to have Covid-19 or not, and therefore whether they are infectious – could potentially breach Article 5 of the ECHR. Tom Goodhead, Barrister and Managing Partner of PGMBM, said: “These proposals of a blanket imposition of hotel quarantine, at travellers’ own expense, raise fundamental questions about the denial of liberty of those subjected to it. “Article 5 of the ECHR specifically states that no one shall be unduly deprived of their liberty. Whilst there is a provision that may allow the denial of that liberty to prevent the spread of infectious disease, under these proposals inbound travellers would be detained even if they did not test positive for Covid-19. “Some European states have already grappled with the issue and decided that detention of people without confirmed infection may not be covered by the provisions of Article 5. “Cabinet ministers are now debating whether to funnel people off airplanes straight into enforced quarantine without evidence that those people are carrying any variant of Covid-19. There is certainly a very credible perspective that this could amount to illegal detention, thus contravening the ECHR.” The Government's Covid-O committee is due to meet today to discuss tightening border measures, as Boris Johnson comes under increasing pressure to prevent new variants of Covid-19 entering the UK. On Monday, the Prime Minister confirmed that the hotel plans were being "actively worked on", saying: "We need a solution that gives us the maximum possible protection against reinfection from abroad." Priti Patel, the Home Secretary, and the Health Secretary Matt Hancock are understood to be pushing for a mandatory quarantine in Government-approved accommodation for all arrivals. There is a chance, however, that the Government will opt to quarantine those coming in from ‘high-risk’ destinations with known outbreaks of new variants, such as South Africa and Brazil. The cost of 14 days in a quarantine hotel for an adult is £1,692 in Australia, £1,630 in New Zealand and £642 in Thailand – three countries that have introduced the measure so far. Paul Charles, CEO of the PC Agency, said: “Such a move would destroy confidence to book and would lead to a collapse in booking revenues for airlines, tour operators and many other travel specialists. As well as a collapse in visitor numbers spending money inbound. “Boris Johnson needs to give a timeline for when they will be removed and be upfront on the economic impact on the aviation and travel sector.”
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