AIBU to cancel interview due to COVID?

What an earth are you talking about? Please, provide me with some evidence of this as I’d love to see.

FWIW my 66yo dad has Parkinson’s.

What an earth are you talking about? Please, provide me with some evidence of this as I’d love to see.

FWIW my 66yo dad has Parkinson’s.

Wow, are you under-informed. The wave of early-onset Parkinson's alone that is going to emerge from this pandemic in the coming years should wipe the smug of your face in no time.

Runny nose and sniffles are the symptoms for the vast majority of people with Covid.

Yes, anyone still terrified of Covid is a bedwetter. Sorry that hurts your feelings but I’d suggest you don’t take everything you read on the internet so personally.

• Lockdowns were fudging awful and unnecessary
• Covid is not a serious illness for 99% of people.
• Most people are choosing to live their lives without fear of a virus we now know - despite people’s anecdotal evidence - causes a bad cold for most people.
• Masks don’t stop transmission and you’re a fool if you still wear one.
• You may think you weren’t caught up in the mass hysteria and propaganda of the early Covid days but it is clear you and others have been, otherwise you wouldn’t be so scared.
• It’s not easy to just ‘stay home’ if you have a cold. Some people will lose their jobs, some elderly people who need social contact to avoid going insane - the list goes on. You’re in a privileged position if you can just book yourself off work for a few days to recover in bed alone.

I am bored of repeating basic stats and commonly-held knowledge so I will see myself out of this thread.

Runny nose and sniffles are the symptoms for the vast majority of people with Covid.

Yes, anyone still terrified of Covid is a bedwetter. Sorry that hurts your feelings but I’d suggest you don’t take everything you read on the internet so personally.

• Lockdowns were fudging awful and unnecessary
• Covid is not a serious illness for 99% of people.
• Most people are choosing to live their lives without fear of a virus we now know - despite people’s anecdotal evidence - causes a bad cold for most people.
• Masks don’t stop transmission and you’re a fool if you still wear one.
• You may think you weren’t caught up in the mass hysteria and propaganda of the early Covid days but it is clear you and others have been, otherwise you wouldn’t be so scared.
• It’s not easy to just ‘stay home’ if you have a cold. Some people will lose their jobs, some elderly people who need social contact to avoid going insane - the list goes on. You’re in a privileged position if you can just book yourself off work for a few days to recover in bed alone.

I am bored of repeating basic stats and commonly-held knowledge so I will see myself out of this thread.

Runny nose and sniffles are the symptoms for the vast majority of people with Covid.

Yes, anyone still terrified of Covid is a bedwetter. Sorry that hurts your feelings but I’d suggest you don’t take everything you read on the internet so personally.

• Lockdowns were fudging awful and unnecessary
• Covid is not a serious illness for 99% of people.
• Most people are choosing to live their lives without fear of a virus we now know - despite people’s anecdotal evidence - causes a bad cold for most people.
• Masks don’t stop transmission and you’re a fool if you still wear one.
• You may think you weren’t caught up in the mass hysteria and propaganda of the early Covid days but it is clear you and others have been, otherwise you wouldn’t be so scared.
• It’s not easy to just ‘stay home’ if you have a cold. Some people will lose their jobs, some elderly people who need social contact to avoid going insane - the list goes on. You’re in a privileged position if you can just book yourself off work for a few days to recover in bed alone.

I am bored of repeating basic stats and commonly-held knowledge so I will see myself out of this thread.

I got a reply to my email and they have proposed another date for the interview.

I feel completely stressed out after this thread, though. Worried that they'll think I'm making it up.

Sigh.

Onwards and upwards!

You're minimising by speaking of sniffles and runny noses, doubling down on your "bed wetter" comment. Why is "sick" in inverted commas?

I got a reply to my email and they have proposed another date for the interview.

I feel completely stressed out after this thread, though. Worried that they'll think I'm making it up.

Sigh.

Onwards and upwards!

i often wonder in what circumstances people test

That kind of 'edgy' first answer is so frequent on MN. Really stressed me out.

Who the HELL is still testing for covid? Where do you even get the tests?? 😂

i often wonder in what circumstances people test

You're minimising by speaking of sniffles and runny noses, doubling down on your "bed wetter" comment. Why is "sick" in inverted commas?

It’s probably a good time to stop selling them to the public in pharmacies and only test in medical facilities if it really is clinically necessary, so that people who feel like a day off work don’t have that as an excuse.

Because we cannot always shut ourselves away from society at the smallest sign of a sniffle.

Kids have to go to school, they mix germs, they come home to parents, parents go out to work, viruses and bacteria spread. This is life. If YOU want to stay home and shut yourself away from ‘the germs’, go ahead. But you can’t seriously expect people who have to continue to earn money and go to school to stay at home because they have a runny nose.

Most people carry viruses - including Covid - and don’t show symptoms. So viruses spread even if ‘sick’ people stay home.

Who the HELL is still testing for covid? Where do you even get the tests?? 😂