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

[Thefaceofboe]

Am I....????

I am not worried and I would let the illness takes its course without any restrictions. I don't mind getting it and I genuinely don't care about others.

(I lack empathy towards adults but children seems to do ok so l don't need to worry)

I'm truly not interested and won't be reading. It's an expectation. One I'm sure will bear out because you need the reassurance that others are panicking.

I'm truly not interested and won't be reading. It's an expectation. One I'm sure will bear out because you need the reassurance that others are panicking.

Legitimate concern is not the same thing as panicking.

Scary that you don't have any empathy and don't care if people die.

Scary that you don't have any empathy and don't care if people die.

I don't think that anyone is saying it's no big deal if people die. It's the opposite surely? People are saying that it's no more devastating to lose someone to corona virus than to lose them to something else.

Sorry, I've just realised that someone a few posts back actually did say that they don't care. I had missed that post and thought the comment was for the one after it. Sorry.

OK, I don't really have any words for that...

*I am not worried and I would let the illness takes its course without any restrictions. I don't mind getting it and I genuinely don't care about others.

(I lack empathy towards adults but children seems to do ok so l don't need to worry)*

Charming. But children will be affected if their parents succumb to the illness, won't they? Some parents of young children have underlying health problems. I have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and had pneumonia last year after a bad bout of flu; I catch everything going.

My DDs (10 and 7) are adopted, how do you suppose they would cope if I were to get very ill with COVID-19, or die? Hopefully not likely, but they're already coping with me going down with every virus going round. They were taken from their birth mum at birth and then taken away from their foster carers at one year old.

I don't have empathy towards other adults. If someone says their dad died yesterday it's same if they would have said it's five o'clock. No emotion. I can manage to fake some sort of empathy/sympathy so I don't seem so odd. But generally speaking people think that I am cold.

You sound quite cold @undead

Maybe they think you're just immature Undead

I wouldn't say immature because I do make an effort to fake empathetic/sympathetic if I recognise that kind of situation. But if I am taken off guard you will get a reaction, yes reaction!

I think in some senses I have it easier.
I am not psychopath, the lack of empathy is because of childhood trauma.

I am more worried about the reaction than the virus itself. This forum is the only place I see panic. I'm a teacher and apart from enforced handwashing it's business as usual.

I genuinely don't care about others

Sorry, but that has really made me .

At least your honest (with yourself and others) unlike so many who profess to care SO much about others, yet act in ways completely contrary to that.

I am not psychopath, the lack of empathy is because of childhood trauma

You don't have to explain yourself - not everyone has the capacity for empathy, eg some with autism. Honesty is an admirable quality too.

Scary that you don't have any empathy and don't care if people die

Common feature in autism and personality disorders.

@undead

I think in some senses I have it easier.
I am not psychopath, the lack of empathy is because of childhood trauma.

I went through childhood SA as a child, as did my DSis. So I do get what you're saying, I myself struggle to allow others to get close to me, including my DH, though not my DDs. Also, I see the lack of empathy you describe in my DD1, who is adopted as I said.

I understand what you mean, and I apologise , I was too harsh earlier.

I felt like the only person who isn't worried. I haven't stocked up on anything. I think ita crazy, but maybe i am for not worring, especially with a new born?

If you read this full thread you will see you aren’t the only one not worrying. Far from it actually @Mumtoanimals

I don’t know anyone that’s worrying

I understand what you mean, and I apologise , I was too harsh earlier.

Me too.

Not scared shitless. Don’t know one person who is. How many people are at that point?

Mildly concerned is the highest state of ‘scared’ I’ve experienced. Not going to judge anyone for being scared though. More irritating are the ‘too cool for school’ blaring about how not scared they are. If you’re not stop fucking posting about it

Im not worried about it, other than hand washing etc its out of my control. I am a bit concerned schools might close, DD is doing GCSEs this summer so it will badly impact her , particularly as she's just got her act together after a rebellious cant be arsed period! I think there's a lot of hype, I heard on the news that 4 out of 5 people who contract it only experience cold like symptoms.
Doesn't seem worse than flu, in fact I've had flu and experienced symptoms a lot worse than the common cold. But both are bad news if you are frail, elderly or have underlying health problems.

I lack empathy towards adults but children seems to do ok so l don't need to worry

What about if those children lose parents and family members.

If you let the disease run it’s course then it is going to affect children because it will affect family members.
What about those children who have underlying health issues or do you lack empathy towards them because they are not perfectly healthy so are some how not worthy in your eyes

It is staggering arrogance for people to claim they are more likely to be run over by a bus than contract Covid-19. Have you listened to the opinion of a single expert? Do you know a lot about epidemiology? Have you seen the infection rates and mortality rates in China/Iran/Italy? Perhaps because life in the west has never before served us such a curve ball that you simply cannot imagine the reality of the situation? Or is it just denial?

Soooooo......