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

I don’t think that I would survive it. I have asthma, get bronchitis every winter and have a serious heart problem needing urgent surgery that has had to be delayed. I struggle to breathe with any exertion despite the fact that I am under 55, not overweight and up until recently was in the gym several times a week.

Yes, I am a fit and healthy 60 something. Don't plan on getting it though. The DH is a slightly worse risk as he has heart failure but it is not worth worrying about what might never happen. Our older son has had it and is now fine but I don't know many other people who have had it as yet.

I think I’d be in with a very good chance of survival. I am 43. Ideal weight and blood pressure. Ex-smoker (5 years), don’t drink much, have good lung capacity and I exercise for a living. Am A+ blood type though. Overall, I am not worried.

I'm 48 and am pretty healthy with no lung conditions.
That said, neither my blood pressure nor my blood sugar levels are perfect (both higher than they should be but not in the needing medical intervention range) so I might not be as healthy as I think. But I've never smoked, I am healthy in every other way and have the big advantage of being female, so yes, I think for me it will be like a bad dose of flu (which will be unpleasant enough, I fear, but once it's done it's done, I do believe once you've had it that's it, the reason you get lots of colds is because they are all different).

I hope so. I’m mid 30’s, female, white, healthy BMI but am asthmatic and blood group A. I’m utterly terrified I won’t survive though even though the odds are in my favour, the thought of leaving my two young children is just horrendous.

I caught it early. I wasn’t sure I had it as I had low fever for about two weeks and general fatigue but only a couple of days of high fever. Then DH got the first symptoms about 10 days after my first symptoms. He had high fever of over 39 for a week. Then one day he woke up with no fever but stabbing chest pains and unable to catch his breath. Paramedics said as he didn’t yet need help breathing, they can’t admit him. That lasted about a week and it was genuinely scary as fuck coming in to check he was still breathing. Bizarrely, he’s in a much better shape than me and has a much stronger immune system. The man gets ill maybe once every couple of years.

He’s now better but he still gets out of breath just walking too long. I suspect once he’s able to get properly checked out, there might be permanent damage they find on his lungs. That is quite concerning.

I've got asthma and I'm blood group a which are both apparently risk factors, but I still think I'd probably be OK. I've got no other risk factors and don't tend to suffer too badly with respiratory viruses. However I would rather catch it when there are plenty of spare beds in intensive care just in case, so I'm being careful about social distancing at the moment.

I'm fat, and I think I'm one of the less favourable blood groups - I'm very well aware in this new era that I'll be low on the queue for a ventilator if I got a bad case of it - as it stands I'm wondering now if I had a mild dose of it with a headache, sore throat and it just being slightly painful to breathe for a few days a while ago. I'm not planning on finding out - I've been out once in the last few weeks and that was for a medical appointment for DD2.

I hope I’d survive it (obviously!) I’m type o blood, 39 years, being female seems to help. I’m quite fat though. I just found out my bmi is 30. The NHS website says anyone with a BMI of 40 or over is at risk.
I’ve had whooping cough in the past, I don’t know if that causes any long term damage. I was a smoker, now a vaper. I take multivits and minerals.
Anaemic - don’t know if that makes any difference.
It’s impossible to tell as it all seems so random how your immune system responds

@AnyFucker that's exactly how I felt. Was just a waiting game. Wasn't expecting it to be this unpleasant but I'm still here for now .

I’m 50, healthy weight, fit, have never smoked - not drugs nor tobacco nor vaping , never had a chest infection, perfect blood pressure, cholesterol etc I hope that if I am unlucky enough to get it that I would survive. If not, if its my Time to go then que sera sera! No point stressing over something I have no control over .

I will make sure I enjoy Every second spending time with my children (All adult) and appreciating all that nature is currently offering and all that my body is currently able to do

I'm not sure.

I have plusses, I'm early 30s, have low viscal fat and 0 negative.

I'm slightly overweight and a smoker. I'm not very fit and get out of breath on walks. I've also done a fuck ton of drugs when young. I think I might die, but then logically I think well boris smokes and drinks more than me and has done more cocaine so if he survived I might too.

Its scary and I'm pathetically grateful I have a job that I can now WFH with.

Yes I am very low risk in every way so think I have a very good chance of it being nothing but a nasty virus or even milder if/when I get it.

I worry about older family members though.

The stats make disturbing reading. Males seem significantly more at risk but it seems most admittances are not the people who have been told to isolate. Maybe because it's working?

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I dont know, I’m v overweight so trying to change that now, in my mid 40s. The odds are still despite that still in my favour but judging by some previous posts on MN someone will be along to tell me it’s all my own fault, I won’t get a ventilator, and I’ll be certain to die.

I have to, I promised DD!

But really I’m not sure, I reckon it could go either way. I’m 48, a bit overweight (BMI 31 but was 39 a year ago), no underlying health issues that I am aware of but as a front line NHS worker I am more likely to be exposed. In fact one of my colleagues tested positive on Thursday.

I’m not going anywhere but home and work, trying to eat well and taking vitamin C and D supplements to try to reduce my risk But there’s nothing else to do but keep my fingers crossed

I didn’t think there had been anything concrete on the blood groups?

Hoping so

I'm under 50 with immuno disorder but nothing major
Have a small child

Working from home
Avoiding contact with everyone as much as possible to reduce viral load

Still scary though

I think I will survive but the thought of it overwhelming my system is frightening as I have one weakness it could exploit. I don't have family or friends who live close and I have 2 cats. The other day I made arrangements for a friend to look after my cats if I am taken into hospital.

I don't want to be sick alone, I wouldn't want to die alone with no family or friends to comfort me.

I'm worried I won't survive it.
Late 40s. Overweight. Unfit. Recently recovered from cancer that has massively impacted so much of my health and wellbeing.

Statistically there's no reason to think I wouldn't.
I'm 40, female, healthy bmi, never smoked, rarely drink, exercise regularly. No respiratory issues, normal blood pressure and cholesterol. No health issues that would put me in the 'vulnerable' category. I take multivitamins and extra D3 daily. Rarely get colds. Ethnic minority, but not dark skinned (relevant because of the vit D theory).

I think there's a good chance I could have been exposed to it already, as I live in London and before lockdown I was taking public transport almost every day, attending toddler group classes or taking DS to museums/stay and play, went to Centerparcs last month. I'm washing hands and using sanitiser regularly, but not taking extra measures like cleaning grocery packets or delivered items, or wearing a mask when I go out. But I've not had any symptoms at all.

I have no idea but I would rather not survive it than the war which is going to come afterwards whether we want it or not.

The question I can't stop asking myself.

I think I would live but I definitely don't have that youthful certainty that I'd be in the 80%

I don't want to get it. I'd be so scared. I'm 50 with asthma.

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@AnyFucker I know what you mean, I was saying to my friend earlier (on the phone) that I kinda envied her that she'd had it. She is 48, no asthma, little bit plumper than I am, but she was fine. Had it for 9 days. Didn't feel great, but it's behind her now

I'm not living in fear of it exactly but I also have to work and I'm just going in to work every day with that fear hanging over me.