AIBU to not be worried shitless about coronavirus like the vast majority?

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Am I....????

I’m not worried either.

And I used to have a zombie pantry. Honestly. I had one stocked incase of zombies/alien attacks about ten years ago. Now I’ve only got two loo rolls in the house.

I don’t know who I am anymore but I’ve not given it a second thought.

Oh FFS. Another one.

There's a whole topic for this shit

I figured if I posted in the coronavirus topic I would get jumped on by those who are bulk buying and petitioning to get schools shut!

Nope. And you're not alone.

I'm more scared that as a society we seem significantly more neurotic than at the time of SARS, and that lack of balance seems to be representative of the way society is moving in general, particularly in such a short space of time.

I'm not saying catching Covid 19 isn't possible, but context has completely gone out of the window. And the media isn't helping.

YANBU, most people I know aren't worried and think its all a massive overreaction. Even people who work in the NHS! Its like Swine Flu and Ebola all over again, although to be fair I actually knew several people who had Swine Flu and they are all very much still alive. So it wasn't the end of days event that it was predicted at the time...

There's not a lot any of us can do about it anyway, other than take the sensible precautions of practicing good hygine. Which most people surely do anyway? I don't see what ransacking supermarket shelves of toilet roll and washing up liquid will do either?

Some of the posts on here have been bordering on the hysterical. Absolutely ridiculous. Get.A.Grip!

There's a whole topic for this shit
Agreed. I have it blocked for a reason.

I reckon there are now more threads like this than people with the actual virus.

There is a reason there’s a Coronavirus topic. It’s because people are sick of countless threads like this.

Some of the posts on here have been bordering on the hysterical. Absolutely ridiculous. Get.A.Grip!

So true. They seem to be all over mumsnet but I’m yet to meet anyone in real life who’s actually getting hysterical over it.

I'm very worried as we have so many family members in the most at risk group. We have 48 hr trolley waits in our local hospital and I've experienced the horror of sepsis with an elderly aunt.

Oh bore off, do you expect a standing ovation for not being worried?

Apparently there is indeed a Coronavirus Board in the Health Section. Goes to show how quickly viruses can spread (sic), it usually takes more than a few days to get a Board here.

do you expect a standing ovation for not being worried?

That would be great

No not worried but have thought about my nana. However I asked her today and she said shes not worried about the hoo ha either even though shes not in best of health and 84

I'm very worried as we have so many family members in the most at risk group. We have 48 hr trolley waits in our local hospital and I've experienced the horror of sepsis with an elderly aunt.

Do you get worried about seasonal flu or pneumonia or norvirus which are far more likely to kill this group?

I have not noticed anyone overreacting or having a panic in real life. I think it is correct for the government to plan for the worst in case it does happen as there is a chance it could be devastating. The rest of us should remain alert and carry on until told otherwise.

Supermarkets here are running out of toilet paper, hand gel, beans and pasta
Honestly the panic worries me more than the flu.

I'm not worried about the virus itself. I'm worried about the economic consequences if schools and workplaces need to be shut.

I work for a small business. I'm worried about my job, and how I will cope if school shuts and I have no childcare so can't get to work.

"So true. They seem to be all over mumsnet but I’m yet to meet anyone in real life who’s actually getting hysterical over it."

Yet here you are, putting it all over MN. Because you decided that the coronavirus topic is not where the hysteria should stay

@Waxonwaxoff0 blame the 30 thousand who have signed the petition to shut schools!

I'm not worried. No one else I know is worried either. I'm slightly more concerned for my older relatives, some who have other health issues, but it is what it is.

I’m not worried for myself, I just don’t want to be responsible for passing it to someone who already has a compromised immune system.

@Doggodogington which is fair enough. I would follow the right steps and self isolate if I thought I may have the virus but until then I’ll go about my life as normal.