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

[Emcont]

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

[AgentCooper]

@CochonDinde I’m so sorry about your friend

[Mummyshark2018]

I did initially feel very relieved that I could stay at home with my family and felt safe. Where I am (east of England) we have had hardly any cases (comparatively) and low deaths so I feel that there needs to be a more localised and strategic approach moving forward.

[quittingdaily]

I wasn't worried, until my 31yr old son contracted it (pneumonia they said) since then, yes I am. My mum is also in isolation for 6 months as she is undergoing treatment for lung cancer (terminal) I am extremely worried, I should be, my fit and healthy son is still suffering now, 4 weeks after becoming Ill. I was blase about it all, not so much now.

[JustStayHome]

Worried then

Still worried now

I'm extremely vulnerable

My family are 80 miles away, and i hate it

Lost my uncle. My partners auntie and my partners friend.

Its really starting to effect both of us mentally

[CochonDinde]

Thanks Breathless but I was asking about the people explicitly stating they're not worried because they were low risk.

[CochonDinde]

thanks Agent x

[ScissorsBike]

Not worried then, not worried now. Fairly certain we've had it, no biggie.

[eeeyoresmiles]

Fear and panic are not the same thing. Panic is not productive, fear is productive when it prompts you to take action. Specifically, fear motivate precautions, but it's quite different from panic.

psandman.com/col/SARS-1.htm

I've been afraid of this for ages, but at no point have I panicked.

[Oakmaiden]

And this just shows that some people STILL don't get it.

People saying "the numbers of deaths are actually not dissimilar to usual figures for the time of year" - really? Up until mid March the death rates for this year had been lower than average - the last week in March they were up about 10% above average (1100 with an average of 1000) - the week ending 3rd April (for which the total figures are released tomorrow) we have had over 2500 deaths JUST in hospital from CV. There will have been probably another 1000 in the community. For the week ending the 10th of April we had another 6000+ hospital deaths announced. This is not similar to normal - normal is around 1500 deaths per week altogether.

And without lockdown this number would keep going up.

So those whose only concern are the economic effects of lockdown - what do you think the economic effects of hundreds of thousands of people dying would be? I think it would be pretty bad.

[Flaxmeadow]

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.

Agree with this.

I've been worried since February. Did some prepping back then and also tried to discuss the unfolding situation with family and friends. But then found myself only discussing it with those family and friends who live in China and Italy, because very few people were taking it seriously here and many are still not taking it seriously.

The deaths, the economy, the vulnerable children not safeguarded in school, domestic violence, mental health. Insidious on many levels we probably dont even know about yet. Is it in the air, like measles. Is it "scaremongering", or is it just facing up to facts. Who knows.

This virus is new. We dont know enough about it yet to predict what will happen. It's obvious by the press briefings, from any country, that it's still an unfolding situation. As someone else says, the common cold is a coronavirus and we have no vaccine for that.

There are still threads on mumsnet right now, laughing and sneering at shop workers and delivery drivers or making jokes about people who have died from it. Yes seriously they really are doing that. While Rome burns.

[quittingdaily]

I haven't panicked but, I'm now more aware (afraid) of this than I ever thought I would be.

[Oakmaiden]

Oops. Missed off a zero. 11000, deaths, average for that week over the past 5 years was around 10000.

[Oakmaiden]

And 15000 is an average week. Don't know where my zeros went.

[JustStayHome]

@Discobar

Bit harsh

She said that they need help and care.

So in that case, it is allowed.

She isn't going around for a cuppa !

[justanotherneighinparadise]

This place made me worried. No one else was panicking like I was. In fact most of my friends thought I was insane. The day for partner went from laughing about it after work and chiding me to walking in the door one evening, ashes faced and was no longer laughing, broke my heart.

[isabellerossignol]

What part of Stay at Home don't you understand? Mug

Maybe the part where she said her parents need help? I have to visit my mother too because she is only able to live on her own with help. If I stopped helping, she'd be dead pretty quickly.

[justanotherneighinparadise]

Ashen-faced

[notangelinajolie]

I was very, very worried but now I think I have had it so my anxiety for me is less. I also think my youngest DD has had it. So far so good.

However, I am still very, very worried for DH who has health issues and who because I locked myself away from the world (including him) for the best part of 3 weeks didn't catch it. I am also worried for my other 2 DD's who haven't had it either.
So my worry goes on.

[Notcontent]

i am worried because while I think I will be ok if I get it, lots of my family and friends might not be.

[Bluebell1995]

I became worried about it around mid Feb when it took off in Italy and I started to read more about it.

I'm a front line worker, on annual leave atm and feel relaxed at home. But not as relaxed at work when I see the relatively young age of the patients in ITU and the lack of treatment/vaccine available atm.

I do think the majority of the population will get it though so just have to hope it's the milder version

[Swingingsally]

Very early on.
It was some comments on here that made me think.

Someone said about Italy, why wouldn't this be us. Why wouldn't the virus spread here?

[JustDanceAddict]

I am More concerned about my teenagers’ future than corona itself. I could stay in lockdown for a couple more months and be fine - a bit bored, but I can wfh as can dh, we’ll be ok for money etc.
One teen is due to start uni in sept, the other year 12 and both seem uncertain atm.
I actually think I had covid last month and possibly the other family members were asymptomatic so not majorly scared of getting it. It was a nasty virus but I could easily manage symptoms at home. At the time, because it was ‘early’ none thought it was covid but in hindsight I’m sure it was.
I really want to be tested for immunity and if I’m Immune then the rest of the family need to be tested too. I think until an antibody test is available, things won’t go back to normal.

[heavyrains]

I wasn't worried for my immediate family and I'm not worried now. We're still going out for long walks every single day, and getting food shops in person when we need to. Statistically none of us have any factors that would make us likely to be severely affected by it. I think there's a good chance that we could have already had it without symptoms, because we're in London and took part in lots of busy events (holidays, theatre, concerts) and used public transport daily before lockdown. I don't know of anyone who has died or got seriously ill from it (i.e. had to go to hospital - I know of a few people who have had bad symptoms but all treatable at home).

Financially we're very secure because of the nature of DH's work, and my small business will be OK with the furlough scheme.

I'm worried for my parents and DH's parents, because of their age/health issues. They're all self isolating and not leaving their homes at all, so I'm not overly concerned.

[MinkowskisButterfly]

I was worried from the start and still am. My DH wasn't worried, thought I was overreacting (never actually said that to me but I knew), now he is scared.