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

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Am I....????

We’ll just have to see, won’t we.

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

This!
I always thought I was a hypochondriac as well. Apparently not.

I wonder how many people will be "not worried" in a months time.

Loads of people I would imagine. Why are you trying to force your doom and gloom down our necks? The other threads are probably more your thing, the ones we stay out of.

I absolutely wouldn't be worried if I didn't have a child with underlying health problems.
No-one can seem able to reassure me on this.

Interesting woodchuck99 why would you want to see people "worried" in a few months time?

I shall not be worried other than inconvenienced by things shutting down. There is very little I can do about it, just as there is very little I can do about having Asthma and chronic fatigue.

I have too many other life stresses ironically impacted by my illness to panic.

I wish all this concern suddenly for the immuno compromised and disabled among us was there all the time. Then many of us would be in a much better position to cope with situations like this. Unfortunately we are not, and those most well are selfishly stocking up to the detriment of those most vulnerable.

The whole thing is ridiculous.

Interesting woodchuck99 why would you want to see people "worried" in a few months time?

Because then I would have more confidence that they would be more careful not to pass this on.

I wish all this concern suddenly for the immuno compromised and disabled among us was there all the time.

As someone who is immunocompromised and disabled, so do I.

Exactly. Most of us have enough worries in our lives without taking on the rest of the world panic.
I personally am scared that if my youngest child gets it he won't survive it due to the underlying health problems he has in relation to his disability.
Then I remind myself that this is the child who fought and survived swine flu as a six week old baby back in 2010.
It took six weeks of life support in an induced coma, and we came so very close to losing him.
I have to keep thinking positively on this one.

It would appear on here that anything other than being cheerily dismissive of anyone saying anything negative is frowned up. Where have we seen that before on MN?
Good luck everyone. As always, me being wrong and everything being a damp squib is a great result for all of us.

The chances are it will just go as quickly as it came.

I'm slightly worried because I have bad asthma and almost died from swine flu. Also DD was extremely premature and her immune system isn't great, I have parents in their late 70s with underlying xonditions and grandparents in their 90s. If it wasn't for those things I wouldn't be worried.

I never want to be standing over my baby's life support bed watching him fight swine flu again.
He still has respiratory problems due to his DS.

I am concerned but life goes on. My mother is quite religious and was quite happy to go on holiday to Italy. Her view is that death is always with us, illness has decimated us for thousands of years, it's more that app the medical advances and healthcare provision that has made us think we had not only beaten widespread infectious diseases , but that we were entitled to protection from them. All good points, but I still wish she would wash her bloody hands, ever!!

You know exactly why @bellinisurge. Of all the myriad of threads full of people getting obsessed with this as if it were the end of the world, this is one of just two where people are trying to look after their mental health and keep it in some semblance of proportion. I think it’s positively unkind for posters to come on to them to berate those taking refuge for not being worried.

I think elderly people and older people with underlying conditions like myself have very good reason to be worried. Also anyone whose business depends on tourists including those linked to airports. Those two things include a fair amount of people.

I feel more frustrated that the helpline for CV and education can't reassure me about my child having underlying health issues.
I wanted to ask about taking my child out of school to avoid the chances of him getting it and ending up back on life support. No idea where I stand on this.
It's just for standard questions, what ever that may be.

I think it’s positively unkind for posters to come on to them to berate those taking refuge for not being worried.

Why would people who are not worried need sympathy or a refuge for not being worried.

@Alsohuman You came on the coronavirus thread to berate us all for being worried and said nothing about your mental health. Instead you had a fatalistic attitude towards whether you or your DP died.

Young healthy people with healthy loved ones, who do not have tourist businesses do not need to be worried about this virus. But I am like @AnxietyQueen101 in wishing there was advice for those of us who are at real risk. Instead I was just told to talk to a specialist for advice. Totally unrealistic that I can just ring the hospital and ask to speak to a specialist.
I am still going about my business as normal, but I have no idea of that is wise or if I am being foolhardy.

You came on the coronavirus thread to berate us all for being worried and said nothing about your mental health. Instead you had a fatalistic attitude towards whether you or your DP died

I said that on this thread. Which is supposed to be about not worrying. My mental health is excellent and I want to keep it that way, hence not wanting to read about how worried other people are or being given a hard time because I’m not wringing my hands.

I do find your attitude towards me very strange @alloutoffucks. It’s almost as if you want me to worry as much as you clearly are to validate how you feel. Your apparent inability to understand that other people might be different and that’s OK is very strange.

As @woodchuck99 said, why would you need a refuge? You can just live your life without concerns and without having a go at people who have them.

Is it so difficult to understand wanting just one thread on the whole of MN where people aren’t catastrophising about corona virus? It’s not like the worriers haven’t got 150 other threads to post on.

So why not go on all the other threads that are nothing to do with the virus? There are lots of them. Instead you keep commenting on threads about the virus under the coronavirus topic board.

No, it's not difficult to understand. Just as everyone is allowed on every thread and the conversation goes where it will within MNHQ guidelines.
Thing is, it seems like anything other than " it's fiiiiine " is catastrophising in the view of a few.
The op talks about everyone but them being "shit scared". I'm not shit scared. I'm just concerned. There is a difference and posters failure to see this is a bit childish.

Because I want to check in with other people who aren’t worried either @alloutoffucks. Not be continually hassled by someone who insists on trying to tell me how I ought to feel.

Fine alsohuman. Carry on making inflammatory thread titles, and going on threads to berate others for being worried. Then act all naive and innocent when called out for it.

Is it so difficult to understand wanting just one thread on the whole of MN where people aren’t catastrophising about corona virus? It’s not like the worriers haven’t got 150 other threads to post on.

If you want a thread that isn't about coronavirus try not reading threads that are on the coronavirus topic board. There are plenty which don't mention it. Why do you need to find a thread about coronavirus where posters are not worried about it. If you are truly not worried why you need to read about it at all.