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To think that people should be panicking over a child sneezing

109 replies

GA2012 · 07/03/2020 14:06

In the supermarket this morning and DD randomly
Sneezed a couple times. She does have a mild snotty nose. No fever, no cough definitely just a runny nose. She also has a cat allergy. She visited my grans yesterday and every time she does she sneezes for a couple days afterwards. I believe she is allergic to them like her daddy.

The Sainsburys worker looked at me in disgust and asked if she should be in here.

I know people are concerned. I get the panic..

Aibu to think that people are just getting usual common colds, normal viruses, normal bugs that aren’t coronavirus and a child’s sneeze is nothing to worry about.

Kids are coughing and sneezing constantly anyway!

Aibu to take my kid to the supermarket without feeling guilty? She’s not poorly...

OP posts:
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GA2012 · 07/03/2020 16:20

Carries not carried. She always carries tissues around and takes a packet to school. She’s always been a sneezy child!

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WorraLiberty · 07/03/2020 16:25

sometimes it comes on suddenly and they don’t have a tissue to hand. She’s not poorly or anything.

Teach her to sneeze into the crook of her arm, if she can't get her tissue out quickly enough.

Freezingold · 07/03/2020 16:32

I do feel for shop workers to be honest. Some have posted here and said the amount of people coughing and not covering their mouths and then giving them money from their dirty hands etc.

It’s not a bad thing that we are more aware of hygiene. Although yes I understand many of us have sniffles and I get allergic sneezes out of nowhere too. However I do make sure that I sneeze into a tissue and bin it. Even though I know it’s my own allergic reaction. I just want to reassure other people really.

EnidBlyton · 07/03/2020 16:37

i dont always have a tissue to sneeze into!
i sneeze into my hand and wash my hands, generally.

tiredanddangerous · 07/03/2020 16:41

Yanbu at all. Although I did raise an eyebrow at my dds year 5 class being told to get a tissue when they’re going to sneeze. At least 70% of the class have got colds at the moment so most of every lesson is taken up with trips to the tissue box followed by the bin. Must be driving the teachers batshit.

Delicatelyscentedflavour · 07/03/2020 16:59

It is Just flu. A serious flu occurs every few years.

It has gone exponential and is impossible to avoid without extreme measures.

Anxious people will be anxious and there is nothing you can do about it.

The same anxious posters that were posting on brexit are now anxious and experts in this field too.

I am fed up hearing about it. By the end of this month, March, 5000 will be infected and 100 dead in the uk on current trends. It has not even started.

Most of us will be fine and the human population needs reducing to save the planet anyway.

NoMorePoliticsPlease · 07/03/2020 17:01

It is my understanding that the virus does not cause sneezing, just coughing. Also so far children do not seem to be catching it.

Toria70 · 07/03/2020 17:03

The reason that this virus is spreading so quickly is that most people are grim when it comes to personal hygiene. I walked out of Sainsburys last night after coming across a man with a streaming snotty cold who was blowing his nose, putting a tissue back into his pocket then touching all the produce. And coughing into the air.

When you're ill with something contagious, STAY AT BLOODY HOME. I'm t2 diabetic, and suffer really badly when I'm ill - a normal cold can take months to shake off as I had whooping cough when I was little.

WorraLiberty · 07/03/2020 17:04

i dont always have a tissue to sneeze into!
i sneeze into my hand and wash my hands, generally.

Yes but assuming you can't wash them immediately, sneezing into the crook of your arm is better, as you're not going to touch any surfaces with that.

It's what kitchen workers/waiting staff do.

DonkeyKong2019 · 07/03/2020 17:05

My son has a chest infection. Had to pop in to Sainsbury's with him yesterday. The looks were fabulous 😂

campion · 07/03/2020 17:06

Most of us will be fine and the human population needs reducing to save the planet anyway
Are you volunteering?

RoryGillmoresEvilTwin · 07/03/2020 17:07

I keep seeing people saying that sneezing isn't a symptom of covid-19 which it isn't but, I'm assuming that C-19 and a bog standard, sneezing/snorting cold aren't mutually exclusive...I would also assume that if your immune system is already compromised with the sniffles/cold, and you then come into contact with C-19 you would stand more chance of getting it.

I dunno, I could be wrong and I'm happy to be corrected but I think in this current climate, maybe we all need to be a bit more mindful of all bugs, no matter how bog standard or inevitable they are.

Saying all this, I have no idea how you would stop a toddler from sneezing! Perhaps use it as a teaching opportunity. It's never too early to learn to use a tissue/elbow!

PointlessAddict · 07/03/2020 17:10

I coughed in the supermarket yesterday (not all over someone and not even near someone) and a woman turned round and glared at me. Silly cow. I’ve been coughing for bloody months on and off, bloody winter

RoryGillmoresEvilTwin · 07/03/2020 17:10

Also, children are catching C-19. They're just not dying from it yet and even a mild case (in a child) can be passed on.

daisychain01 · 07/03/2020 19:58

Most of us will be fine and the human population needs reducing to save the planet anyway.

Absolutely, let's cull em down. So that'll be your husband / son /daughter / elderly parent (they're even more useful to reduce, those elderly ones, less burden on the NHS).

Nice.

DustyMaiden · 07/03/2020 20:01

Yabu to keep exposing her to cats if you think she is allergic to them.

Frankiecandle · 07/03/2020 20:04

Maybe people just don't give a toss where I live. Everything just seems normal, plenty of loo roll in the shops, people coughing and sneezing on public transport and no one seems bothered.

Frankiecandle · 07/03/2020 20:06

Having said that MNland is completely different to real life land.

Pjsandbaileys · 07/03/2020 20:16

Am a chronic asthmatic so early in morning I do have a cough (waiting for the tablets I take to kick in) I'm thinking I'm going to start using it to my advantage to keep people away from me 😂

Flaskfan · 07/03/2020 20:16

It's tree pollen season. Hits me worse than grass.

Siameasy · 07/03/2020 20:38

Ah so the policing of perceived viruses has commenced! I knew it would!
How long until someone calls the police for the offence of “apparently having Coronavirus in a public place?“
Yanbu my DD is often full of cold in the winter

Abouttimemum · 07/03/2020 20:43

‘I get the panic.’

I don’t. People are being ridiculous. Honestly.
You’re not being unreasonable to go about your daily life taking the usual precautions.

tangled2 · 07/03/2020 20:52

It's not flu 🙄

Tryingtothinktoday · 07/03/2020 21:04

Actually coronavirus can present very mildly as cold like symptoms alone, it may even be asymptomatic.

TabbyMumz · 07/03/2020 21:08

Interesting username GA2012 ...are you home or hetero?