Anyone else's family completely OTT about Covid at the minute?

[Toddlerteaplease]

We all get on very well. But they are all being completely hysterical about the risk of covid and social distancing. None are risk. Met my parents in their garden and felt like a leper, completely OTT. My sister is refusing to even walk through my house to get to the garden.
I've been working all the way through. In a job where social distancing is impossible. And my friends are all fairly chilled about it. If their attitude the norm?

I agree somewhat OP. I have also been working throughout in an office in the Health sector. We are sensible, all trained in infection control and our staff have been visiting over 10000 clients daily.

I have noticed that many who have been stuck at home for the past 3 months are almost frightened of the outside world and have an turned the virus into an imaginary bogeyman waiting to jump on them as soon as they leave the house.

There's sensible and there's OTT. The bin bag and your own mug is the latter.

We have a consultant friend. He completely strips off at the garage before coming in, they are full on distancing etc. We went for a distanced walk with them.

Most of my close friends are all distancing. We met up recently and all took own coffee
I thought that was fairly normal tbh!

I have noticed that many who have been stuck at home for the past 3 months are almost frightened of the outside world and have an turned the virus into an imaginary bogeyman waiting to jump on them as soon as they leave the house.

Absolutely agree. I think I find it frustrating as they are low risk, but consider them selves high risk. When I've been working with children who really are very high risk.

I do think there is quite a difference between people who have been going out to work all along and people who have been working from home or staying in for months. I work in a hospital in a non-clinical role and have been going in throughout. I am a nurse by background so have good hygiene practices. I know this is an awful illness for some people but it isn't for the vast majority of people who contract it. I am happy to maintain social distancing. the only people we have seen socially are others who have worked throughout. Other people seem too scared to meet up! I have another job where everyone has been working from home.vthe discussions about returning to work are quite remarkable...lots of abject fear

each to their own, not OTT i dont think

I wouldn't be too comfortable seeing a nurse if I'm honest, each to their own to stay safe!

Some people are totally OTT.

I think we should all completely panic a bit more if I'm honest, no one is scared enough 🙄

I presume these OTT people are the weird ones who washed down their shopping and left amazon deliveries in the garage for 72hrs? Do they still do that?

@lifestooshort123 did people really do that?

What is the point of living if you can't "live" Jesus these people are going to be neurotic for the rest of their living days.

There has to be middle ground. I’m shielding due to a serious heart condition and haven’t been out in the past three months.

But I’ve never washed down the shopping either.

As much as there is such a thing as being too OTT, there is also being too chilled. It’s important not to be complacent just because the levels have dropped. People refusing to social distance now and who seem to think that it’s all past need to be aware that things could go the wrong way rather quickly and then it is those people who are at greatest risk of catching COVID.

FWIW I don’t believe there is going to be this huge second wave as some are almost gleefully predicting on here, but neither do I think that we should just assume the virus has gone and it’s back to life as normal either. There’s a way to go before that.

@Toddlerteaplease my sister is out working. Lives with my mum. My mum has went shopping with her brother. But im not allowed near them because my children are super spreaders. I feel your pain. Mentally draining.

I’m not neurotic, consumed by fear or not living my life just because I’m following government guidelines
I think it would be helpful to respect how other people feel at this juncture. After all it’s not the people adhering to social distancing who could potentially affect other people is it?

I'm following the guidelines but find the whole thing utterly bizarre. Of course I understand that this virus is different, but I can't help but remember a time when I used to be able to to go asda without catching whichever cold and sickness bug was doing the rounds at that particular time.

I've had my grandparents in my garden twice to come and see my newborn. I cleaned the garden chairs before they came and made sure I had washed their tea cups well in very hot water. But other than that it was quite normal.

Definitely agree that those working throughout (including in govt, I might add) don't really understand what it's been like for people.

Some people have really lost it though. Took my 11 year old and a couple of friends on educational country walk the other day and an elderly man stood at his front door screaming “there’s a pandemic stay away”. We must have been 20 metres away I could barely see him! I grew up in the village my parents still there and we live 15 mins drive away so I am hardly a random visitor anyway. The girls were quite scared he was very aggressive. I get people are frightened but it shouldn’t be taken out on innocent strangers and how the hell is he ever going to reintegrate into society being like that now?

@MsTSwift Batshit crazy. I'd have told him to fuck off, I'm starting to lose my cool with the dementors.

Ask that question to the bereaved families of the 60,000 dead people from Covid.

@MsTSwift urgh, was that in Cumbria by any chance? I live there and I had to stop reading the local Facebook groups because of these sorts of comments about "strangers visiting". I find it very embarrassing for our community tbh.

[quote Toddlerteaplease]@mouldygrapes it was more, that I was concerned at my mums level of anxiety about having me in their garden. I'm a nurse. Since social distancing at work is absolutely impossible I think myself and my colleagues have a much more relaxed attitude to it. ( though we are all obeying the rules, outside of work) [/quote]
You're a nurse, unable to SD at work and you wonder why your (over 50 I assume) Mum is nervous?

Jesus.

@Sostenueto 60k out of 66 MILLION

GET A FUCKING GRIP

I've had 4 family members die thank you and they don't want me sat here moaning about it.

And how much higher that number would have been without lockdown and social distancing.

@MsTSwift That’s awful, totally OTT, and must have been frightening for your daughter. I wonder if he would have shouted at you if you were male?
It’s just so depressing to be made to feel like a leper. I was shouted at one day in the pharmacy when I was stood more than 2 metres behind the first customer and the assistant told me to get out! I shrugged it off at the time but it always pops back into my head when I dare to visit the pharmacy again.

Everyone is at risk of catching the virus. There are plenty of younger people with no underlying health conditions that have died. It's an unpleasant illness that most people want to avoid. It can leave long lasting health problems.
Your family isn't being OTT they are just wanting to avoid risking their safety. A risk of premature death is a pretty scary thing even if it's a small one - everyone's idea of the amount of risk they are willing to take varies.

Somerset. I explained he wasn’t well and maybe had dementia. Felt sorry for his adult kids !

@incrediblysadtoo nervous about having her own daughter in a controlled outdoor environment at a social distance, presumably with clean hands. No symptoms.

Yes, I think it's a little over the top.

[quote BlusteryShowers]@incrediblysadtoo nervous about having her own daughter in a controlled outdoor environment at a social distance, presumably with clean hands. No symptoms.

Yes, I think it's a little over the top. [/quote]
You can spread it without symptoms.

You sound very lacking in understanding, sorry. We have all had it hammered into us not to take stupid risks to protect the services YOU work for, now you’re complaining when people want to be reasonably careful?