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

[Afibtomyboy]

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??!

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

...you know covid can give you quite a nasty case of pneumonia?

Personally I'm not worried for myself either, but I am cautious as I wouldn't want to pass it on to anyone else.

Not concerned for myself but the particular nature of the virus is such that I could carry it and pass it on without knowing so I’m happy to abide with whatever measures are deemed necessary.

I’m with you OP

I wasn't in the slightest bit worried until I got it. Be very careful Op.

Tootsey11 I hope you've made a full recovery

I’m worried because I’m very overweight so I’m careful but living life as much as possible and trying not to think about it. What’s a bit shameful is initially I started to lose weight back in spring because I was scared back then but haven’t achieved much in these few months

Anything could happen to anyone, just because one isn’t sick with anxiety about them 24 hours a day it doesn’t mean they aren’t being careful!

@Notimeforaname thankyou for your kindness, but no still not and having troublesome symptoms everyday.

To all those that 'dont care', it might just be you who finds their health destroyed for months.

It’s not about not caring, it’s about not living in terror when other viruses are available

Some of it is called 'empathy'. I know, for some people it's a strange concept. But some people do feel 'empathy' for fellow human beings.

Some people feel very uncomfortable, and maybe even anxious, about the prospect of other people being ill, and are very concerned about vulnerable people dying before their time. Part of being in a society is that we are supposed to look after the most vulnerable people of our 'groups'. And at the moment, those are the most at risk, the already ill, the elderly. It's a very uncomfortable thought, and some people feel anxious about 'others' being ill.

I think it's easy to say 'I'm healthy, I'm not nervous, I'll be ok'. It's a bit harder to say 'I really understand that some people might be vulnerable and I feel for them, and respect them, and will do what I can to help them, even if that means making some sacrifices.'

To all those that 'dont care', it might just be you who finds their health destroyed for months.

That's me every time I get a cold, and yes I know Covid isn't a cold, but every time I get a simple cold it hits me hard and takes me 3-4 months before I can walk up stairs without pausing for a rest, so I can't say that I'm looking forward to getting Covid but I'm not going to sit fretting about it either when it's still just one of many possible things that could happen to me or my loved ones.

I've had a lot of family members die suddenly and at very young and relatively young ages of various causes but I don't see what's to be gained in me panicking over the possibility of the same happening to me. I had another relative develop a completely unexpected health condition out of the blue which required me to become their carer for some years, it's since resolved but worrying about it wouldn't prevent it.

I've suffered from severe often debilitating anxiety for years so I can understand people's fears, especially when the constant reports and updates fuels them, but it's perfectly possible to take it seriously, take precautions and not constantly dwell upon it. And perhaps also to think that it isn't the only issue that matters. Just because some people like the OP are not constantly in a state of panic over it,doesn't mean that they aren't taking any precautions.

Everyone is vulnerable to everything 🤯 no one is immune to cancer etc. No one can know how Covid would affect them, it could kill me despite no underlying health issues but I’m not going to make myself sick worrying about it. It also doesn’t mean you don’t care about those more vulnerable

I follow all the guidelines and always have, I was hysterical with anxiety back in March if I’d sustained that level I would have probably killed myself by now the fear was that strong so I’m glad I’m not in that place anymore but find the assumptions being made on this thread ridiculous, live in horror and fear or your out licking the vulnerable

I had flu in my 20s and was ill for about a year with low immune system. I kept getting tonsillitis. It wasn't great but I didn't spend the next 10 years fearful.
If I get Covid I get it. Like anything else. I am not at all scared.

I'm not in a constant state of panic, living in terror or having THE FEAR...
but I am worried about catching Covid - because I'm over 50, I'm a bit overweight, I have asthma...I have a friend who is really suffering months after getting covid, it is not something I want to get, or dh...but more to the point we don't want ds to get it, he is medically vulnerable.

I do some of the things that are posited on here as signs of complete mania...I wipe down shopping and post, we haven't been to restaurants, pubs or cafes, hell I even have a hospital bag packed and a hospital passport written for ds, who we were shielding for 5 months.

But Im not walking around wailing and freaking out, I'm not terrifying my children, who despite shielding for 5 months, have a healthy attitude to school, Covid, potential lockdowns.
I am pretty sane really, and to me being worried about Covid is a rational response to a worrying situation!

I don’t think those things constitute a mania if you have vulnerabilities , I was having panic attacks on a regular basis and would get terrified if I came across another human being on our once a day walks.

* I think it's easy to say 'I'm healthy, I'm not nervous, I'll be ok'. It's a bit harder to say 'I really understand that some people might be vulnerable and I feel for them, and respect them, and will do what I can to help them, even if that means making some sacrifices.'*

Did you actually read my post?
You do realise that it’s possible to have both stances?!

I don’t think people are reading the OP or comments on the thread before frothing over.

I'm more worried about the Covid way of life than I am about personally catching it.

I'm worried that I would be responsible for passing it to someone who would be affected physically or financially by it.

Well you clearly dont have both stances OP as you are mocking people with 'the fear'.
I wouldnt say thats a particularly empathetic stance tbh.

Your allowed to be not scared, but it doesnt make you any better than people who are

Like another PP I wasn’t worried about it until I caught it, but that was back before lockdown. It was a pretty scary illness and I was very worried that my kids would get it from me. They ended up with bad colds but no covid symptoms. I’m not worried about me catching it now that I’ve had it, and I think my kids got it but we’re asymptomatic. The worst part of the illness was struggle for oxygen, like a fish out of water. I’m still suffering from exhaustion 6 months on.

OK OP. While I don't agree with the latest lockdown and its effect on the economy, let's say 40 million people in the UK feel like you. No fear of Covid. They go about their daily life in that spirit and break a few rules. They might travel abroad and not quarantine, have a house party, refuse to wear a mask, sing in the pub, chant football songs on a train, send a child to school knowing they have Covid.

How fast will it spread to the rest of the population?

Will you pass it onto an asthmatic today? A diabetic tomorrow? Why not share it with an over 70 year old who is otherwise fit this weekend? You already infected someone who is immuno compromised due to cancer treatment this morning. Does that make you happy? Is your life worth more than theirs?
These threads question why we are doing this.
We. don't. Have. A. Vaccine.
Our government hasn't handled this well. You wanting to live a normal life doesn't change the risk to the vulnerable.

Being compliant doesn't equal being fearful.
If some people are still fearful, they should be helped, not mocked.

And not being fearful doesn’t equal non compliant

@IdkickJilliansass

And not being fearful doesn’t equal non compliant

Exactly! I have followed all the rules. I admit, it's more because I tend to just see people one mum and baby at a time, or just my PILs, but I am not having house parties, or going on holidays and not quarantining, I wear a mask. I dont even go to the pub. I just go about my normal day. Just because i dont have fear of covid doesnt mean i dont understand that others would be extremely effected by it. It's not one extreme or another.