To ask if you are still avoiding covid?

"Fret", or just avoid people who are ill because you are sick as shit at getting ill off other people? Not just covid, I'd avoid anyone who was ill with anything if I didn't need to put myself near them.

I wouldn't intentionally hang out with someone with Covid, no, anymore than I would if I knew someone had flu or a stomach bug. I don't want to be ill! I've had two bouts of Covid that laid me up in bed with a high fever and nasty cough for a few days, and one that was literally just a cold. It's a lottery.

I know quite a lot of people with Covid at the moment/since schools went back, so people I know definitely are still testing. I wouldn't for a cold but would for a fever.

It's unlikely a cold would kill you. I couldn't believe how ill I was when I contracted it lady year, I was very ill for months, I could hardly walk across a room. One of my DD friends DH contracted it 4 years ago,young kids,he wasn't CV,he's been in a nursing home ever since, and has almost died several times.

I haven’t used a covid test in about 2 years and I don’t consider it any different to a cold. Clinically vulnerable people could be at risk from any and every bug, not just covid, so it’s up to them to assess the risk to themselves. If I had a respiratory illness but felt well enough to go about life as normal then I would. If I felt too ill to work/go shopping/socialise etc then I wouldn’t. Doesn’t make any odds to me whether it’s Covid or not.

My friend in her 40s is in critical condition in hospital at the moment due to covid. She has multiple health issues, as do I, so yes I’ll avoid anyone with covid type symptoms.

I stay away from people that I'm aware have it and I'll stay home if I've got it.
That's as much as I do really.

I have a friend who is still terrified of it. She wears masks in public 100% time and even does full shifts at work in them (retail). Everything is sanitised to within an inch of it's life and it's only recently that she'll meet for coffee indoors.
I feel bad for her as it's obviously an anxiety issue.

Nope.

Haven't given it a moment's thought since we finally lifted the mask legislation.

It needs to go the way of the common cold, and that includes people just getting on with their day as normal.

MN is bizarre in that it has a little pocket of people that still fret about Covid almost 5 years on, and appear to test still.

In RL, most people have gladly consigned it to memory.

It doesn’t ever cross my mind anymore. I haven’t tested in a couple of years and it’s not something I think about.

No- I wouldn't be seeing family/friends if I knew I had covid! Same if I had a cold/flu, D&V or any other contagious illness!

Surely that is common sense, whether the other person is vulnerable or not, to not see people when ill???

I've had it five times now. Last two times not as severe but still knocked me out and thankfully I was on leave on both of the last two occasions so whilst I wasn't deathly, I would still have been completely unable to work for the best part of a week, had I not been on annual leave.

In my experience it's like bad flu, so if I have it, I naturally avoid people, because. Feel so awful. If you've never been affected badly, I guess it's hard to imagine it could be far worse for others though.

It does feel like it's everywhere at the moment. DH and I had it last month. 3 family members in different parts of the country are just getting over it. One of my adult dcs currently has it and has been told to stay at home this week. I know any virus can cause post-viral fatigue but I've heard some horror stories about long-Covid so we kept away from people.

I avoid all sick people, but no never test, it's just another virus to me , l had it twice was absolutely fine, only knew l was positive because l worked in a care home in lock down and we tested all the time.

If I had symptoms I would test.
If positive I would isolate myself.
If I knew or suspected someone had it I would steer clear.

Same as with noro virus or flu.

My dgs and dd partner are cv,so as a family we do test,if there are any likely symptoms. I was very ill for months last year when I got it for the first time, ended up under a lot of consultants. Got my 6th Vax this week. I don't stop going shopping or to the theatre or anything like that. I am scrupulous about hand hygiene, I have done barrier, reverse barrier and isolation nursing.

I am not giving it any thought. I am at the tail end of a nasty cold.... it could have been Covid... I don't know. I always get a cold this time of year anyway.

I don't really know anyone who tests for it anymore so I (and they) wouldn't have a clue if they had Covid.

Also, even if I did test, I have to go to work with it if I'm well enough.

I honestly think short of locking yourself in the house and never leaving it's impossible to avoid, so I just do my best to not go near anyone who looks like they have a cold. Not exactly foolproof of course.

Dad was on the respiratory ward a few months ago and a nurse had it - was walking around coughing and snorting insisting it was just a cold. Next day everyone on the ward was being covid tested because she was positive. If you can't trust a fucking nurse on the fucking respiratory ward not to spread it, who can you trust?

Would not spend time with someone who had it
Why would anyone willingly put themselves at risk IF they didnt have to

When I know a pupil has it, I make sure I wash my hands through the day and keep windows open. Might not get right down close to give feedback. Obviously I can't avoid it altogether but I'm grateful when parents inform us. I used to have a pretty brilliant sickness record but have been laid out with Covid three times since the pandemic, for over a week each time, feeling horrendous, so am keen not to repeat the experience.

Me neither. It doesn't even cross my mind and since the only place I ever see or hear covid mentioned these days is here, I don't think it's that high up on the priority list of anybody I know either.

Interesting. I had to take my mother to A&E and she tested positive for covid. All the staff around us immediately masked and gowned up, and she had to have a side room- wasn’t allowed near other patients.

Wow! I'm really surprised at that. Considering that hospitals wouldn't even let anyone that they suspected of having covid through their doors barely 3 years ago,that is a complete turn around!

I’m not testing and I’m not avoiding it. The vast majority of people no longer test, so I wouldn’t even know if anyone had it.

I and all family test if we have symptoms as my mother is 86. We also stay at home if we have it, my siblings have missed a close family wedding and special family outings when they had it. I wear a mask when travelling on a train or crowded bus, use hand sanitiser when touching public surfaces etc eg doors, trolleys. It isn't just a cold, one previously very healthy family member now has heart issues which the doctors have attributed to the effects of covid.