Are you changing your behaviour to try not to get coronavirus, or are you resigned to the fact you will probably get it?

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Genuine question.

I'm a member of front line NHS staff working in a community setting. I see approx 20 patients a day and they sit less than a metre from me.

I also have 2 kids in school, albeit a small one.

ExH works in ITU in a large city hospital and we share care of the kids.

I feel it's inevitable I will get it. Most likely from a patient at work, as so far we haven't seen a drop in number through the doors and I very much doubt we will.

I feel resigned to the fact that there's very little I can do to stop myself from catching it, so I'm focusing on prepping for when I/we do.

Is anyone else doing the same, or are most people trying to focus on not getting it?

I have changed some behaviours but still resigned to catch it. Mainly do not want to pass it to DM who has a lung condition. Usually DS goes two days a week but have permission to wfh and change hours so DH and I can tag team on those two days. I don’t know how long that will be allowed for and I think it will be really hard work (plus DM is gutted as she loves her two days). But needs must.

I'm resigned to getting it.

I've spent the last few months watching my sibling go through chemo and have been increasingly careful about passing anything on during this time anyway. Her treatment has given me a new perspective on mortality and the futility of people trying to save themselves when in reality we have no control over whether or not we will get ill.

I've stopped going to my community choir practice sessions and I'm thinking of cancelling two upcoming trips to the theatre, one on 28th March and one on the 30th. It doesn't feel like a good idea to be sitting close to people for hours at a time.

I'm strict about hand washing immediately on arrival in a building, such as at work, and immediately on arrival back home.

I disinfect my office every morning on arrival, using cleaning wipes. I clean the pc, keyboard, mouse, the desk phone, the door handles and light switches, my pen, the edges of the desk and the on/off switch on the pc. I job share and the office is not used exclusively by me.

I'm no longer visiting my elderly MIL.

I'm carrying on as normal. I will wash my hands umpteen times a day as per usual. If I get it, I get it.

Of course I’m changing my behaviour.

Trying very hard to reduce my interaction with others and only going out for school, work, basics shopping. Also staying away from people when I am out and washing hands, not touching face.

But I probably will get it. I have dc and they cannot be relied on to maintain good hygiene

I’m almost at the point of actually trying to get it. I think if I could get it in the next week and fully recover quickly (although I am 60 so not sure how likely that is), I would then be in a good position to support my family (2 elderly parents, DH with several complex health issues, DS with T1 diabetes) in the later stages of lockdown.
But washing my hands like mad ,avoiding crowds and disinfecting everything so a bit of a contradiction really !

A bit of both. Just back from a holiday to france - the situation didnt seem so bad when we went, then seemed panic stations on our return on Thurs. Anti bacing through the airport but everywhere crowded and seemed business as usual over there. Also went to a child's party today - didnt seem any point cancelling while they're still going to school.

However i am washing hands more frequently, and avoiding seeing dm who is 80 (dropped her shopping off today but didnt kiss/ hug her). Getting more worried the more i read...