Those who initially said they weren't at all worried about Covid-19...

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Do you feel naive at all? Maybe the wrong word..

My DH wasn't concerned and was one of the 'it's the flu' and he is now absolutely petrified of what it may do to his parents.

I was nowhere near as concerned as I am now. I was pretty naive in thinking they would be able to stop it like the Ebola outbreak

I wasn’t that worried initially as there were few cases in the UK, they were all thought to have been contracted abroad, and they seemed to have been well-contained. Then we lost control...

I’m worried about my parents now, but I live in a part of the country with a relatively low number of cases. I just hope it stays that way.

wantmorenow that's horrible. That poor family.

I'm not advocating full on panic because that doesn't help matters, but anyone who isn't worried should look into studies of what we do know and take note of the many many things we do not yet know, about this virus.

I'm still not worried and the longer this goes on the more of a farce I think this whole thing is.

The cure cannot be worse than the disease.

It's more than likely that 50% of people have already had it, but we're still not allowed out because there is no test to confirm. So instead we're destroying the economy for generations to come.

Let the young and healthy that want to go out out. The sick and old can stay at home.

I wasn't worried, I'm not worried now. I'm just recovering from it. It's pretty shit as illnesses go, but I'll be OK. I worry a bit about my dad who is in the shielding group, but he's following guidance (except he still goes out for a walk each day as it's important to him).

I most likely caught it in a supermarket in the first week or so of lockdown. When I had to go to 2/3 or more supermarkets every day for at least a week trying to get essentials. Because we hadn't stockpiled.

I still don't get the hyper anxiety on mumsnet. Of course it's dangerous to some people, of course we should protect the NHS so it can care properly for those who need it. But the shouting down of anyone who dares question the once a day exercise, or heaven forbid goes for a bike ride, or sits in a bench. And the obsession with cleaning shopping, driveways, quarantining deliveries seems too much and far too unhealthy for mh.

Very worried over the economy and getting our freedom back. If this continues I would not want to be here anyway as it is no life like this.

I've been quite pragmatic about it, I work in a hospital and beyond basic handwashing have not gone mad disinfecting everything. Figure most of us will get it at some point, so just try and have a healthy immune system to fight it off.

However am now starting to worry about what happens if we can't get a vaccine. We have not developed a vaccine for any other coronaviruses; there isn't one for the common cold, or for MERS.

They started trying to find one for SARS, but shelved it after SARS went away on it's own. If this becomes endemic, I don't know what our society will look like in the future.

More worried about the impact on vulnerable children from schools being closed. More worried about mental health implications and other deaths from lack of access to healthcare from lockdown. More worried about economic downturn lasting three years. I think the extremely vulnerable should stay shielded and lockdown lifted.

Pulp I agree.

I suppose one big thing for me is that I was always big on hygiene and would clean my work desk and everything on it, as well as my home obviously.

I was - and still will be - the person who moves away from you on the a Tube if you have a cold.

I always had indoors/outdoors clothes. So I don’t go further- not disinfecting post or anything - and I’m rather hoping offices and people in general will be more conscious of this sort of thing.

Those who know me thought I washed my hands too often. They don’t think that now.

No I don’t feel naive.
I’m not worried. My family members at risk are isolating. I’m a key worker. Not worried about getting a temp or a cough.

I continue to have zero anxiety about catching it. I am in my 40s, have no health conditions, I'm female and fit. If I haven't had it already and do catch it I don't expect to be hospitalised because of it. The chances are, it will be a mild dose for me.

@BreathlessCommotion you are able to say all of that because you had a mild version even though as you say it was still pretty horrible.

I expect those on ventilators or dead may think differently to you and will be hoping people adhere strictly to the guidelines and realise how bad this is for some people.

I wasn't too worried and I'm still not. I agree it's tragic but it's natural sadly. People have to die of something. All you can do is be as safe and hygienic as possible. Try not to worry about the things you cannot control.

I am more worried now that they have gone quiet on the antibody tests and I suspect that there is now not so much certainty about immunity. I wonder if we are being told everything about this and the long term health effects to those who have been infected.

I was worried from the end of Feb early March .
I have friends and family In Italy who were telling me how bad it was and I should start preparing in case the UK gets it . I think that did give me a head start . My friends are not known to be scaremongers or irrational .
My family and friends thought I was crazy and out of character buying extra food and stuff .

I will admit that I got most of my level headed advice from mumsnet 😂 as some posters seemed to be way ahead of even the government 😂thank fuck .
I stocked up with food and medicine way before everyone else went crazy in the shops and my parents went into lockdown on the 15th March on my advice as over 70 with various illnesses

My son is staying with his partner since lockdown so it’s only me and DH at home and we are fine financially. Not much has changed for us .

Saying that I am visiting my parents most days as they need help and care with general stuff .
But apart from DH and shopping I’m sort of self isolating and avoiding most people
The actual virus I’m low risk and so is my DH so not overly worried about it in that sense . More worried about the economic effect afterwards

No, I wasn't worried at the beginning. I wasn't worried a week ago before I had symptoms.

I do realise how bad this is. Worrying about it won't help that. I'm not going round locking door handles. I've isolated at home away from family. I'm following the lockdown rules (it the MN version the actual ones).

As I said my dad is very vulnerable, he has COPD and a heart condition. He's not worried, he isn't panicking. It isn't good for his health to do that.

We can't stop it or eliminate it. Some people are still going to die and be very ill even with the lockdown being adhered to (which it is). The lockdown has never been about stopping people getting it. It is about protecting the NHS so it can cope.

I am a rational and evidence base doerson. I read the actual statistics, rather than media reports.

Most people age 20-49 are far more likely to die by suicide, accidental poisoning or a traffic accident that coronavirus. Why not panic about those?

I do worry about those who will die. I also worry about the economy, the vulnerable children being physically and sexually abused, being neglected, the women who have been killed by partners already (10 in first 2 weeks of lockdown), the MH costs of the lockdown and associated suicides.

I can be aware of the risks and not panic or worry. Worrying doesn't solve anything

I was very concerned, and remain so. Not so much of death, which is a moderate if unlikely possibility, but of having to spend extended time in hospital and potentially having to live with long-term damage afterwards — a prospect many on this thread seem to be oblivious to.

It’s not all or nothing.

I wasn't worried initially and I'm still not worried now. As it stands, I'm far more likely to die of boredom than of cv.

@EmMac7 not oblivious, but I can't control whether that happens or not. I could get hit by a car, fall down the stairs, kill myself from the strain of lockdown, find a lump and have cancer.

Why worry about stuff out of your control? Follow the guidelines, social distance etc. That's all you can do

I was always a bit worried, I've got vulnerable parents. My friend died last weekend after contracting it - he'd just turned 40 with no underlying conditions.

There were some on mumsnet calling people "insane" for being worried as little as a month ago.

I have friends in Italy and always thought it would be bad. But I'm much less worried than I was a couple of weeks ago. Supplies of medicine and food have been fine - shortages were actually caused by people stockpiling. And the NHS seems to be coping - there is hospital and ICU bed capacity. I think care home deaths will be the really bad news the next few weeks .

itsjustmee do you mind if I ask what sort of stuff you do for your folks?

People saying, "I'm not worried, I'm in a low-risk group" - aren't you worried about others?

I wasn’t worried about getting it myself and, for whatever reason, I’m still not (possibly worrying about too many other things!) but I was worried about my DS getting it. Then someone pointed me to articles saying it’s rarely terrible in young children and I pretty much relaxed about it.

But I never thought we’d end up in lockdown or social distancing in the U.K. In that respect I do feel quite chastened.

@CochonDinde my dad is vulnerable - COPD and heart condition. Not too worried no, he's not worried either. He's shielding, following guidance (except going out for the occasional walk for his mh).

@BreathlessCommotion

I control what I can and accept what I can’t.

But that doesn’t mean I am entirely unconcerned because I have a minuscule “X” percent chance of dying. There’s so much we don’t know about this virus still. Few hospitalised cases are far enough past the worst to assess lasting damage, and we still don’t know if we acquire lasting immunity, and if so, for how long.

I’m not fretting, but I refuse to underestimate this virus until we have a better handle on the science.