To ask if you are still avoiding covid?

[Sleepyinnewyork]

I know it’s everywhere but are people still avoiding seeing friends / family if they know it’s definitely covid? Or is no one worried anymore?
I feel like I wouldn’t want to put myself in the line of fire knowingly as it’s made me bed bound twice - not seriously ill or anything but like a flu - but I don’t know if I’m over the top about it given that it’s now just everywhere in the community anyway.

Nope.

Haven't given it a moment's thought since we finally lifted the mask legislation.

It needs to go the way of the common cold, and that includes people just getting on with their day as normal.

I stay away from people that I'm aware have it and I'll stay home if I've got it.
That's as much as I do really.

I have a friend who is still terrified of it. She wears masks in public 100% time and even does full shifts at work in them (retail). Everything is sanitised to within an inch of it's life and it's only recently that she'll meet for coffee indoors.
I feel bad for her as it's obviously an anxiety issue.

My friend in her 40s is in critical condition in hospital at the moment due to covid. She has multiple health issues, as do I, so yes I’ll avoid anyone with covid type symptoms.

I haven’t used a covid test in about 2 years and I don’t consider it any different to a cold. Clinically vulnerable people could be at risk from any and every bug, not just covid, so it’s up to them to assess the risk to themselves. If I had a respiratory illness but felt well enough to go about life as normal then I would. If I felt too ill to work/go shopping/socialise etc then I wouldn’t. Doesn’t make any odds to me whether it’s Covid or not.

It's unlikely a cold would kill you. I couldn't believe how ill I was when I contracted it lady year, I was very ill for months, I could hardly walk across a room. One of my DD friends DH contracted it 4 years ago,young kids,he wasn't CV,he's been in a nursing home ever since, and has almost died several times.

I wouldn't intentionally hang out with someone with Covid, no, anymore than I would if I knew someone had flu or a stomach bug. I don't want to be ill! I've had two bouts of Covid that laid me up in bed with a high fever and nasty cough for a few days, and one that was literally just a cold. It's a lottery.

I know quite a lot of people with Covid at the moment/since schools went back, so people I know definitely are still testing. I wouldn't for a cold but would for a fever.

"Fret", or just avoid people who are ill because you are sick as shit at getting ill off other people? Not just covid, I'd avoid anyone who was ill with anything if I didn't need to put myself near them.

Hard to avoid sometimes as some people don't have symptoms or pass on before symptoms occur. My colleague has it and then half the team have ended up positive.

It's a virus. I would avoid any virus if I could, not just or specifically covid

I'm more worried about getting the jab I've been offered, as I've found out I have heart issues in thr last year or so and the jabs can affect the heart. But I'll probably have the jab.

Quite a lot of people are still vaccinated against it, so obviously they’d avoid carriers.

Depends what you class as avoiding covid.

I avoid people who have obvious coughs and colds, (I didn't before the pandemic) but not specifically because I'm worried that I'll catch covid. If a colleague has come into work like that I open the door and big window to get plenty of ventilation and try to discretely keep my distance. I'm more conscious of decent hand hygiene than I was before the pandemic, though I'd say I've just brought it up to a good standard rather than anything excessive. I have far less colds than I used to and that is A-OK with me, colds, I have decided are rotten buggers, and I'd much prefer not to catch them.

Of cause I'm avoiding it, where I can. I was classed as clinical exceptionally vulnerable, so I was cautious then, as I am now.

My family and friends have known for years that a chest infection can land me in hospital, so they are super careful around me.

What's a cold for them, quickly turns into a chest infection for me.

So we are all used to (before covid) avoidance I these situations.

I just go about life as usual, pre 2020.
I'm not hiding away from people, I'm just getting on with life.
If I knew someone had it though, of course I'd stay away as that's just common sense.
Just like I would if someone was ill in general/had a stomach bug or cold or whatever.

I currently have covid so I won’t visit my dm or my dmil.

I feel so so ill and it’s been. Early two weeks. I have been food shopping and I still have to go to work so can’t avoid everyone.

I try to avoid any contagious illnesses, in that I won’t knowingly mix with someone who I know has one.

If they had a mild cold I probably wouldn’t even notice, but yes if someone said they had an illness I knew would make some people feel very ill I’d avoid.

I read this as " are you still avoiding conflict ?"

And thought damn straight I am.

People knew before Covid to avoid me if they're ill so carrying on like that as usual
Booked my vaccine
Still get free tests

My workplace doesn't want people in who have covid so they can WFH or obviously off sick if too unwell. Same applies if you're full of a cold etc, work from home

I am avoiding it and test. I have vulnerable family members.

There are loads of nasty virus,s around at the moment I have had one for nearly two weeks although at the tail end now I did test as we had some from my sons special school, it was negative tbh ,I have felt far illler with whatever virus I had than when I actually tested positive with covid a couple of years ago ,if your ill avoid vulnerable people.

I'm amazed that the hospital took that approach. I had surgery in the middle of July and had to test for two days before my operation and on the morning, as well as scrubbing myself with antibacterial wash for three days. I was also questioned about whether any family member had tested positive for Covid in the last two weeks. The nurses on the admissions ward were all wearing masks. I know that COVID was particularly rife in London a couple of months ago, so I suppose things may have relaxed a bit now.
My husband caught COVID for the first time just after my surgery and in the 48 years I've known him, I've never seen him so unwell. I can only remember him being in bed because of illness for one day in all those years, but he was unable to get up for over a week with COVID, and was really ill for two weeks.

I would most definitely do my best to avoid catching it again, and I wear a mask if I'm anywhere that is very crowded or on public transport.

Well it's literAlly government policy that people catch it repeatedly so not actively avoiding it no. Often exposed at work where staff and pupils have COVID but attend anyway.

Would avoid older relatives for general visits but carry on regardless e.g. going on holiday flights etc. while COVID positive

It might be that eventually may come down with long COVID and obviously long term effects are still unknown but that is the world we live in.

It's different in Australia. We're still advised to self isolate for about a week if we get it. What annoys me is how much the RATs cost - $30 now! I caught it a month ago when I visited my mum at her nursing home. No symptoms for me, but I'm still positive. First time either of us had it, and Mum had a fever but is fine too (not bad for a 92 year old diabetic). You still see people wearing masks here, as I did while I was contagious. I don't think we're so blasé about it here.

I don't take any specific precautions against catching covid, and I live my life as I did pre-2020.

I have only had covid once (that I know of), in 2023, so after the testing and isolation rules were lifted. But I did the test because I felt more unwell than I ever had been before in my adult life. And aswell as the usual cold symptoms, I had some unusual /intense symptoms like burning skin, restless leg feelings throughout my whole body, 24/7 pouring with sweat, too weak to stand up for more than a few minutes, and insatiable hunger!. It was unlike any virus I had before and was more than the average cold!

I do not want to feel like that again so I do not want to be in an enclosed space with someone who has covid. I would be grateful if someone who thinks they might have it does a test and keeps away from me. If I had it again I would try not to pass it on. It was horrible.

But, no, I don't live in fear of Covid or make any adjustments to my life to avoid it.

i had it last month and stayed home.i was so ill i couldn’t go out even if i wanted to!