If/when you get Coronavirus, do you think you'll survive it?

[Balmytissues]

Probably an odd question to ask, but I think my odds are slightly in my favour to survive it.
Just wondering whether a lot of you actually fear death from it or not?
I'm aware obviously that it seems somewhat indiscriminate in who it takes out in some exceptional cases.
I've survived something similar, but I hope I'm healthy enough to beat it. If it's my time to go, then so be, we choose not the day nor the hour...
What do you think your odds are?
For reference I'm 39 and a smoker

Than not survive.

I'm under 40 with a healthy BMI but I have asthma which has landed me in a and e 3 times since October and I've had 4 rounds of steroids in the same period of time. It's never been that bad before, I actually had years where I never needed an inhaler, preventer or reliever, rubbish timing really.

I would like to think k I'd be ok ultimately but worry I would need hospital treatment.

I'm pretty sure I've had it. If I did, I was lucky because it was very mild - I felt grotty and exhausted for four or five days but I've had worse colds.

I'm 34, ex-smoker, now very fit with a bmi of 20 but A- blood group.

May have already had it as had a cough that lasted about a week, if not well I'm in my early 30s, a bit overweight but not bowling ball shaped, generally healthy and never get ill. But who knows, there are people younger and healthier than me on ventilators

Very much doubt I'd die from it. Statistically I think less than 5% of people on their 40s die of it. As I have no health conditions and am not overweight, I have no reason to think I'd be in those 5%. People really don't seem to understand risk very well. Nobody who's pregnant thinks they're more likely than not to have a baby with a birth defect. Because indeed they have a 95% chance of having a healthy baby. Just the same as we on average all have a 95% chance of surviving coronavirus.

But individuals with particular conditions are on here too and are quite rightly arguing that for them the stats are not the same. It's terrifying to even read.

I think I’ve had it, very mild.
34, healthy weight, no health problems, non-smoker, white.

Don’t forget, being certain ethnicities can make a difference.

I’m an optimist so I say yes.

But then I’m also 43, extra smoker, mild asthma, fit and healthy in other ways so who knows 🤷🏻‍♀️

I’ve been in car accidents, a dodgy plane and strangled by a stranger though so I’m a bit “something is going to get you eventually” no point sat in fear until it does, may as well be having fun!

Pretty sure I've had it already and it wasn't particularly bad. I kept on working (from home, obviously) throughout and the worst part was the fatigue.

I'm 37, white, slim, in good general health but far from sporty and female.

My boss has confirmedly had it (tested), as has his entire family. None of them were particularly ill either. He's a 52-year-old slightly overweight smoker. His wife is in her mid-forties and their sons are both teens.

Your blood group does not change your survival rate. It just makes a (very slight) difference to how likely you are to actually get it in the first place. And it's only a study of about 2000 people.

I am terrified of getting it, I am asthmatic (mild but not in great control at the minute), bmi 34.5, 40, ex smoker (quit about 6 years ago but was an heavy smoker forn15 years). I dont think I would survive.

I am home all of the time but my husband is a keyworker and his workplace are awful allowing symptomatic people to work or those who should be isolating as they live with people who are symptomatic so I dont think I stand a chance I have young children and his work is the only place we will catch it from if anywhere. A supermarket (begins with A and ends with A) who must be breaking some laws (they have had people from the hospital coming in to shop and bursting onto tears as they can't do social distancing as they let too many people in) but you stand up to them they tear strips off you. Bastards.

I hope so, 63 and fairly fit with mild asthma. I’ve never had flu in my life and spent 40 years teaching infants so hopefully have a good immune system.
I would rather my adult children and young grandchildren survive though.

I'm blood group A and negative,also vape. Which does worry me abit.

Hoping my healthy diet and the fact I'm fairly slim helps.

I am female, early 40s, "normal" weight, good diet, never smoked, drink very little alcohol and no underlying conditions and have always been very fit so I would say my chances were as good as any. I am however spending long hours in work every day with lots of other people so perhaps my chances of being exposed and having a high viral load are greater than most, there may also be other, as yet undermined, aspects of our genetic makeup that render us susceptible or not.

undermined = undetermined!

I’ve known two people that have had it badly. One died. I’d have never thought either of them would get it badly, so now I wouldn’t like to guess.

Not sure. I am very overweight. Virtually every death I have read about in the press and local newspapers etc, the person was obese. I am 51 and have a very good immune system generally, I haven't had a bad cold for over ten years and never had flu in my life but I guess that doesn't necessarily mean I could fight this.

I hope I will survive it but healthy people can die from cytokine storm, an overreaction in the immune system. I’m mid 40s which is the only bad factor I had. Otherwise healthy BMI, very fit, non smoker and no underlying healthy issues.

No.

No. Mid sixties, overweight with heart issues.

I hope and pray I would. I'm 38, non smoker, rarely drink, not overweight and very fit. I think I'm blood group O if I remember correctly from mat notes. But what scares me is the randomness of it for some supposedly fit people. I was running triathlons a few weeks before I got pregnant the second time and yet I got gestational diabetes. I couldn't understand how it was possible. Sometimes it doesn't matter how fit you are your body can't cope with things. The odds are in all of our favours. We have to focus on that.

I think I might die if I get it. But I am an anxious person. The very scary thing is noone really knows. It seems to affect different people in different ways and noone can really say why.

I'm in the shielded group and my GP thinks I have it.

Statistics are of no comfort, but I'm ok.

We'll see.

I think I've had it. Would love to know, especially if it turns out to give immunity

Not confident I would make it.50s, overweight, 3 heart attacks caused by SCAD (heart in pretty good shape though which is a positive)rather than heart disease. My most recent SCAD has been a knock out one though and has taken me much longer to recover from. I'm tired and somedays breathless and worn out after going upstairs to the loo. Recovery from heart attacks after SCAD are a very different process as blood pressure and heart rate have to be kept fairly low and consistent. No sudden increases etc to allow tear in artery to heal and also not encourage another. Although still at early stages of knowledge of SCADs.
I'm also menopausal and this has been hard hitting. My mental health has been in the toilet due to hormones and the acceptance of SCAD diagnosis... I've been improving recently due to a number of factors though but haven't tackled being a moderate smoker I just couldn't add another thing to worry over to the list. My DH has been fabulous in it all and is doing everything he can to keep me protected. Just like everyone else _ we are learning more as the days pass. My kids - all grown up except one teenager at home, have also been great. Keeping my spirits up with zoom and whats app videos etc. My daughter finding me bingeable boxsets to watch that we will both like etc Saw my grandchild take her first steps on video! Zooming with my girlfriends and what's app group with all our friends. So we are trying hard to be positive. I'll do what I can to avoid it - even if it takes 18 months- but I'm determined not to force my family into isolation once restrictions lift. Will need to keep learning as information becomes available the safest way to do it but I will do my best and hopefully I'll manage to avoid it while my family can have a bit more normality. I'm incredibly blessed. While i have had a tough time health wise of late, before that really anxiety was my only big issue. In so many ways I've had the luck and happiness of 20 people's lives in my 50 years...and I'm just keeping my self as safe as I can in the hope of having another 50 years!