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AIBU?

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To feel no more worried about getting COVID-19 than anything else?

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Afibtomyboy · 25/09/2020 13:10

Just that

I’m not vulnerable. I’m fit and healthy.

It would be a serious challenge if I was very ill because I’m a single parent with no support structure. But that applies to any serious illness.

I’m no more worried about catching Covid 19 than anything else. And seeing as I am not particular worried about contracting anything in particular, it means I’m not worried about contracting Covid. It really doesn’t bother me.

In fact, with Covid one would get a great deal more support than, say, if I got pneumonia.

I’m one else completely lacking the FEAR??!

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letsmaketea · 25/09/2020 13:12

Same here, actually. Not in the least bit worried for myself but I am worried for elderly relatives and loved ones.

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Afibtomyboy · 25/09/2020 13:13

Yes to be clear that is about worry to myself

Please no ice start taking about their 93 year old vulnerable nana

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Echobelly · 25/09/2020 13:15

I think the majority of people outside vulnerable groups aren't afraid of getting it and understand it's not likely to make them very ill.

Some are understandably concerned about passing it on to people, especially if have a job that brings them in to contact with lots of people, or vulnerable people, or they have a vulnerable relative they have to support or in their household.

I'm not very worried about getting it as I don't fit any of the above categories and I think most like me are the same. Obviously, I am being careful regardless as it's not my chance to take, as Chris Whitty expressed the other week.

TheKeatingFive · 25/09/2020 13:17

Yeah i agree. In fairness, I’m very low risk for serous illness. But then many people are and they seem a lot more worried than me.

I would be concerned about passing it on to my parents in their 70s though. Or MIL.

RIPworkingmums · 25/09/2020 13:18

I’m the same. I often pull my mask under my chin and a friend of mine was horrified saying I am now inhaling any germs that were on my face. I honestly do not care what I’m inhaling from my chin, I’m only wearing the mask because I have to. Of course I don’t want to spread to vulnerable people etc etc but as for me? I’ve had enough and don’t care!

meow1989 · 25/09/2020 13:20

Im asthmatic and had a rough time (3 a and e trips and countless anyibiotics and steroids) for the first time last year. I was careful at first then gradually less so, started worrying if I should be more worried iyswim.

Unfortunately, I have what is clearly a cold picked up from ds (and a negative covid test) currently and its knocked me out this week, back on steroids and antibiotics, feeling rough. I hate it as I'm not one to lean into illness, I like to be outside running after ds not convalescing. This is the thing with underlying conditions - people with them aren't all frail all the time, you might otherwise think they're fit an healthy and (relatively) young.

Its made me concerned again as if a cold does this, what would covid do? I have a 2 year old and I don't want to be too ill to watch him or need to be in hospital.

Sophoa · 25/09/2020 13:21

I am not at all worried. I barely give it a thought.

ChaChaCha2012 · 25/09/2020 13:21

Six months in and you still don't get it? You getting covid is not the concern, the concern is you passing it to a vulnerable person.

pineapplepalmtree · 25/09/2020 13:24

ive had it and have no underlying conditions etc and it was still really awful. I certainly wouldn't ever want it again and would suggest a level of fear of getting terribly ill isnt a bad thing. just because you are unlikely to die doesnt mean it won't be the worst you have ever felt.

RegularHumanBartender · 25/09/2020 13:24

I'm the same, I don't give a second thought, no more than I do about getting flu, or sepsis, or being knocked down by a bus.

I don't know anybody who is worried about catching it to be honest, friends, family, colleagues, clients, all of varying ages with various ailments and what have you!

Bernardstolemywatch · 25/09/2020 13:25

I agree. I’m 31 weeks pregnant, working in a customer facing role where I can’t distance. I’m not worried.
I do everything I should, masks, hand washing etc.

Spied · 25/09/2020 13:25

I'm extremely worried.
40s light smoker. No other 'issues' but I'm very fearful.
I wish I had your state of mind regarding this.

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Afibtomyboy · 25/09/2020 13:26

@ChaChaCha2012

Six months in and you still don't get it? You getting covid is not the concern, the concern is you passing it to a vulnerable person.

Oh for goodness sakes. Best just ignored

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AllAboutHallowsEve · 25/09/2020 13:26

It's entirely up to you how you feel about catching Covid. However, plenty of fit and healthy people have had it and been seriously ill (including a friend of mine) or died from it. You may not be worried about your own health - but if you do get it, I hope you'll do your best not to spread it to anyone else.

TempsPerdu · 25/09/2020 13:27

Not at all worried for myself or my immediate family. Slightly more worried for my parents and other elderly relatives, but none of them particularly want protecting and think many of the restrictions are excessive - at the moment they’re breaking more of the regulations than me!

The changes to my lifestyle (spending less in shops; dramatically reducing time in indoor settings like restaurants etc) are mainly due to the restrictions themselves rather than any fear of the virus.

Gancanny · 25/09/2020 13:28

I am worried about catching it but I have PTSD and find it triggering to be unwell, two of my DC are disabled so I can't be ill for their sake too.

I take sensible precautions to avoid it but I don't go overboard because I've worked too hard to slip back into old habits of negative thinking and obsessive behaviours. By sensible I mean wearing a mask, washing my hands when arriving/leaving anywhere, avoiding crowded places, minimising my social contacts, and not using public transport. I don't wash my shopping or quarantine my post because that's a bit OTT for me personally but I can understand why others do it. We're in local lockdown so aren't supposed to socialise with other households but I do let my DC play with the children across the road as they're in the same class at school so spend all day together anyway and I still see my mum because the benefits to us both outweigh the risks, we meet up once a week at either my house or hers.

Notimeforaname · 25/09/2020 13:29

Feel the same way op. I'm not denying it's out there, of course it is.
Maybe it's not as scary to me because
I don't know anybody who's had it. I do know of a person who died in a car crash. They did a test and found out the person had covid anyway before the accident. The cause of death was written as covid
There's a lot I'm very confused about so perhaps that's why I don't have the real fear(yet?)

AntiHop · 25/09/2020 13:31

@AllAboutHallowsEve

This.

You've made it clear op that you are not capable of thinking about the big picture.

RegularHumanBartender · 25/09/2020 13:32

You getting covid is not the concern, the concern is you passing it to a vulnerable person

Anyone could pass on a virus to a vulnerable person at any time. Why is this one special?

AntiHop · 25/09/2020 13:33

@Notimeforaname

Feel the same way op. I'm not denying it's out there, of course it is. Maybe it's not as scary to me because I don't know anybody who's had it. I do know of a person who died in a car crash. They did a test and found out the person had covid anyway before the accident. The cause of death was written as covid

There's a lot I'm very confused about so perhaps that's why I don't have the real fear(yet?)

Really? You know for a fact that this person had covid listed on their death certificate? Or is this a friend of a friend told me type story?

greenerwalk · 25/09/2020 13:33

"I think the majority of people outside vulnerable groups aren't afraid of getting it and understand it's not likely to make them very ill. "

I don't think that's true. I have relatives who are fit and healthy, in their 20s/30s and terrified of using public transport (not used it since March) and returning to work, still cleaning shopping, quarantining mail. None are in contact with anyone elderly, so it's just about them getting ill, not fear of passing it on. I feel bad for their dc who are missing out on fun and social contact.

I don't have any contact with anyone vulnerable, so I'm not worried about getting it, and I've been doing as much as I can to get things back to normal for my dd - back to soft play, museums, restaurants, travelling on public transport as soon as we've been allowed.

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Afibtomyboy · 25/09/2020 13:35

* You've made it clear op that you are not capable of thinking about the big picture.*

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Gancanny · 25/09/2020 13:35

I don't know anybody who's had it. I do know of a person who died in a car crash. They did a test and found out the person had covid anyway before the accident. The cause of death was written as covid

More than one cause of death can be recorded, the road accident will have been recorded also but they would need to consider if covid could have been a contributing factor. There was a case in the news a while ago where an elderly man crashed his car and the reason he crashed was due to covid-induced breathlessness.

DisgruntledGuineaPig · 25/09/2020 13:36

@ChaChaCha2012 - I think you are the one who doesn't get it - lots of perfectly healthy and non-vunerable people are scared. Theres threads on here of low risk people who are washing their shopping, and haven't gone to a restaurant/cafe/hairdressers/non-food shop yet, even though they want to, because they are terrified of covid.

In real life, people I know who have no health issues in their family and no vunerable/elderly relatives are still scared. They arent scared they will pass it on, they are scared for themselves/their dcs.

Its good to know that a lot of people like me aren't bothered at all. I'm keeping away from PILs (my parents live overseas) now schools are back. So I'm not scared of passing it on to vunerable loved ones.

AntiHop · 25/09/2020 13:39

Statistically, I know the chances of me dying of covid or becoming long term unwell from covid are very slim. So I'm not too scared for myself. I'm more scared of getting in a car (which avoid as much as possible).

But I take it seriously and keep to the rules, because we all have a duty to prevent the spread, so that the NHS does not become overwhelmed and to limit the number of deaths..

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