To ignore my symptoms?

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I think I have a mild cold. Runny nose, headache, slight sore throat. Have been at work and done housework this morning, so hardly suffering badly.
But every so often I keep convincing myself I have the coronavirus. So earlier when reading about it I started coughing a bit. Last night I convinced myself I have a fever. I think it was just a bit hot in the living room.
So AIBU to ignore my symptoms and carry on as normal in the knowledge I am probably just being a bit hysterical?

I am at risk for getting the virus and being very ill. I do not meet any of the UK advice for self isolation - no, you are not at risk if getting it, just that if you do get it you are vulnerable

There are an increasing number of community transmission cases so there will be people in the UK who have mild or no symptoms and are infectious.

People over 50 or with preexisting health conditions might want to bear this in mind.

Good to see you’ve lowered this age from 69 to 59!

Typo

60 to 59!

60 to 50 - fat thumbs!!!

maybe this isn't the place to ask- I am a teacher and since yesterday I have a rattle-y chest and a cough. I've never really had chest infections or anything so don't have much of a point if reference. I'm not really achey apart from my neck and eyes (and throat from coughing). No temperature and I feel "fine in myself" .
Do I worry? Or is without a temperature nothing to concern myself with. Or could temperature follow?

Hi Ariadne it’s really great that the death rate for people under 50, especially children, looks very low.

The following information was taken from the 29 February analysis by Worldometer of the WHO-China joint mission which looked at all cases up until the point of analysis.

DEATH RATE all cases including lab confirmed, suspected and asymptomatic
80+ years old. 14.8%
70-79 years old. 8.0%
60-69 years old. 3.6%
50-59 years old 1.3%
40-49 years old. 0.4%
30-39 years old 0.2%
20-29 years old 0.2%
10-19 years old. 0.2%
0-9 years old no fatalities

My attempt to illustrate this data

So rounding and comparing Just to give a sense of the numbers no projection says everyone will get this, this is just a way to visualise percentages

0.2 is 2 in 1000 or 1 in 500 so, say a secondary school Y7-11 with an intake of 10 classes of 30 might have (1500 pupils) 3 deaths

1.3 is 13 in 1000 so Year 12 & 13 at a sixth form college of say 2,500 students might have an average of 2,500 parents in the over 50 age group. Among those 2,500 parents there might be 32 deaths, up to 32 students losing a parent.

Envisaging all of those young people having an average of 2 grandparents over 80. 2,500 Sixth form students with a total of 5,000 grandparents there might be 740 deaths of grandparents.

The very sad news of the recent death of a UK grandfather from Covid-19 included the heartbreaking information that the family cannot hold a funeral in the usual way.

For this reason I think people over 50 might want to think particularly carefully about what they can do to avoid infection.

What you don’t need to do
For now, the only people who need to stay away from school, work or university are people with confirmed Covid-19, people who have been in close contact with someone with a confirmed case of the virus and people who have been to a country or area with a high risk of the virus in the last 14 days.
from one of the links above, very useful information

Gov.uk site slightly disagrees with you EnidBlyton but possibly because information is changing more rapidly than usual.

1. Preventing spread of infection

There are general principles you can follow to help prevent the spread of respiratory viruses, including:

wash your hands often - with soap and water for at least 20 seconds. Use an alcohol-based hand sanitiser that contains at least 60% alcohol if soap and water are not available. This is particularly important after taking public transport
avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth with unwashed hands
avoid close contact with people who are sick
if you feel unwell, stay at home, do not attend work or school
cover your cough or sneeze with a tissue, then throw the tissue in a bin. See Catch it, Bin it, Kill it
clean and disinfect frequently touched objects and surfaces in the home and work environment
if you are worried about your symptoms, please call NHS 111. Do not go directly to your GP or other healthcare environment
see further information and the Public Health England Blog
There is currently no vaccine to prevent COVID-19 acute respiratory disease. The best way to prevent infection is to avoid being exposed to the virus.

i dont think it can hurt to stay home if you are feeling ill

Sorry, totally wrong thread!

Have reported it to get it removed