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

And I think that people just don’t understand this. So many people saying longer lockdown, no school til September.. the virus will still be here! I don’t want people to die but there’s no way of stopping it. Most people will be ok, a minority won’t. And I’m not young. But I’m shitting myself about no income more than the small chance of death.

On a separate note @Mimishimi that’s my dream job. N normal times. I’m practising a very amateur new makeup look each fat to keep myself afloat..

250,00 dying over 3 months and the economy stabilising or 250,00 dying over 6 months but the rest of the population utterly fucked for decades

This is a misunderstanding of the situation. The government are not that bothered about the number of deaths per se (hence the fact there is not much effort to stop people in care homes dying). They are concerned about the health service not being able to cope. You cannot have a functional economy without a functional healthcare system.

Yes @DippyAvocado but a lot of people seem to think the lockdown is a panacea and will stop the virus

Or a functional healthcare system without an economy. It’s an egg/chicken/egg situation now. Whatever we do, people will die from the virus but I also fear more will die as a result of the economy and MH lockdown issues 😔. It’s more than horrible.

Plus the deaths from non investigations into other medical conditions. I’m awaiting a biopsy but all on hold

And actually cancer treatment is on hold too. I’m not sure it’s right.

cancer treatment is on hold too

Not all cancer treatment.

I am confident that they are going to be triaging and carrying out as many urgent non-covid related procedures as they feel they have the capacity to do safely.

I did not say all cancer treatment. But much of it is on hold.

I know about investigations as I am awaiting a biopsy to “check for nasties”.

GP’s are not seeing people here.

Most of the resources have been put on hold to deal with the virus. That will have consequences on death rates later

I started to worry in early March when I had to cancel a business trip due to me having a cold.

In my thirties now and confronted with my own mortality. It sucks but I am not losing sleep over it. If it happens it happens although I'd like to live a bit longer. I'm a lot more worried about my DP and his son. What if they get it, or don't survive and my misery that will follow. I suppose I'm more scared of seeing those I love suffer and then my own future if I survive them.

My parents behave like complete idiots not taking the virus seriously at all. I don't know what I will feel if they catch it.

I wasn't initially unduly worried and was highly irritated with the panic buyers clearing supermarket shelves etc.

In my mind I likened it to the SARS, Swine Flu, Avian Flu and Ebola outbreaks although I did think it sounded more like a virulent form of pneumonia than "just a flu".

What happened in Italy was sobering to witness and was a wake up call for me.

I am concerned now. I don't panic, but I do keep it all in mind. I do as much as I can to follow all the guidelines.

I’m still not hugely worried but mainly because I don’t see the point in worrying. I’m being v careful.

I go out once every 2 weeks for food. Ds hasn’t been anywhere since the school closed. We’ve had no other contact with anyone. Neither of us has underlying conditions. I’m fit and run/cycle. Ds is 11. We live rurally so can cycle or run for miles without meeting anyone.

And all the oldies I loved are no longer with us, so I suppose that takes some worry away.

But I, like most people, completely underestimated how fast & far it would spread and the danger to medical staff. I’m in awe of some people’s bravery.

I predicted what was going to happen long before it did as I’m a medical writer. When the government announced the herd immunity strategy, husband and I looked up visas to Singapore with the intention of him transferring offices as we knew - if pursued - it would lead to hundreds of thousands of deaths and the collapse of the healthcare system.

I was relieved when we eventually locked down, although still worried as we have young kids, including a baby, and I’m scared both of us get sick and my husband’s parents have to look after them. My husband has asthma and I’m worried it flares up if he gets it (I’m less worried than at the beginning of this when we didn’t know how much risk he was at).

I’m more worried about me as a result of reading the 30+ threads here. About seven years ago, I got post-viral symptoms after a bad virus. I never fully recovered, suffered unexplained infertility, couldn’t work for four years and only recovered enough to return to work after taking immune suppressants/modulators off label at a fertility clinic. I worry getting CV could trigger a flare. I also worry other people might get something like my condition from CV - the 30+ threads sound very similar (largely the persistent rashes, fevers, muscular pains, body inflammation and neurological symptoms like twitching legs/hands). It’s not something I would wish on my worst enemy.

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Not worried, more annoyed, over it and frustrated

Where i am cases are low, compared to rest of our own country and way better than other countries, yet we still have so many regulations in place and when asked the government backs away from answering when lifting will happen, even when prefaced with "when a vaccine or if a vaccine was"

Im actually worried about the long term mental health affects on people, the long term educational damage to kids, the long term economic issues, the possibility the gov wont lift all restrictions or will make tracking mandatory

The virus doesn't scare me.

I think the economy is worrying. I think the way lots of the general public have reacted is worrying. I think the fact that lots of people dont really understand the purpose of the lockdown and are screaming for a tougher one, is worrying. The way people have become so angry at people they vaguely know for some perceived breaking of the rules. The fact that some people cant understand the actual guidlines and think their version is the right one and everyone must comply to it, is worrying.

I am worried about the people, like my dp, that are missing treatment. I am worried about the mental health toll this will take on people. And the deaths resulting from both of these.

However, right now I am doing 12 hour days to make up work from my entire team being furloughed. So dont really have that much time to worry about it in general.

I'm much more worried about the impact on other health conditions and the impact of the lockdown, than the virus itself.

Orangeblossom - regardless of the lockdown, the virus was going to have a colossal impact on other health conditions, anyway. Too many people falling sick very quickly of one thing means very limited capacity to deal with anything else. Panic then results in people dying because they are too scared to even try to seek help. Healthcare services crumbling means an awful lot of death, because so many people in this country are kept alive by relying on regular medical attention and medications. There would not be so many countries in the world attempting lockdowns if the scenarios were not pretty dire whatever way they think of trying to deal with the consequences of the virus. So you could say that you should be scared of the virus, because it’s the virus that is impacting on all the other things you are bothered about.

I was quite relaxed and I'm now much more worried - mainly for my parents/MIL but I've had health issues too (previously has cancer) so a bit scared for me.

I'm extremely worried about the effect on the economy and our children.

The virus itself, I'll be honest not so much.

More angry than worried about what society has become, snooping on neighbours, accepting increased state surveillance as acceptable, and screeching for harsher lockdown without any understanding of the ramifications for mental health, society overall and the economy.
Our children have had everything they're familiar with suddenly ripped away with no guarantee as to when they might be able to return to some sort of normality. It's shit, really really shit and there's very little appreciation of the impact this will have.

An emergency women's refuge has just opened locally due to the sharp increase in referrals...this shouldn't be happening. I'm really worried as to how the most vulnerable in society are just being overlooked and dismissed.
Working full time in a key working role albeit mostly from home and trying to keep x 2 dcs motivated and educated is shit.

And they can't just "go inward and hunker down" with very little education for months or social contact. It's not healthy for them..or fair!

Wasn't worried in the beginning still not worried now.
Treatment in hospital scares me far more than the virus. Being on a ventilator for any length of time does serious damage to the lungs. But I'm in the young healthy catagory so think it'll probably be okay for me and my Lil family. My grandad died of this virus last week but he was a very ill man anyway. Just his time. More sad that he died and will be buried alone....

Not concerned about the virus (I believe my household comprising me, DP and 2 DC have all had it) but the longer term psychological and economic impact on the country. Once the lockdown is lifted it will take many small businesses a long, long time to recover. So many people will be reluctant to go out as they are scared witless at the thought of catching the virus.

I'm more worried about the effects the virus will have, more so than I was a month ago.

I've had it. I'm a HCP and lots of colleagues are unwell with it, some seriously, several people in my team have lost relatives.

My main concerns are:

we may not develop immunity as initially thought

it having consequences to long term health that aren't apparent yet

there is no treatment

they don't know why some people get seriously ill and can't predict who these will be

It will mutate

@tipon let’s hope it mutates down and not up then 😔. After reading that we might as well get on with living life rather than under house arrest, it’s hands down the most depressing thing I’ve read for a while.

No immunity, no treatment, mutation and all the unknowns.

Thank you for everything you do and hope your colleagues remain safe and well in the front line.

I wasn't and I am still not.
I have seen many members of my family and a number of friends suffer ill health and also die. I have also had to think about quality v quantity of life, DNRs etc for both parents so death has always felt close. I have also been involved charities working around global justice and the numbers who die to help our lifestyles in the global north. So perhaps I am just more sanguine than some.

I normally do a good job of burying my head in the sand regarding things going on in other parts of the world, or which aren't having immediate effect on me but I somehow got myself addicted to lurking on some of the Prepper's threads so I have been a lot more concerned about this than I think I may have normally been quite early on.

I'm late 50's and whilst I have no health conditions I'm not exactly super fit so I am quite worried about getting it, not being able to breathe sounds really frightening. I am lucky that I can WFH, although my DH is still in work he travels in his own car and is not in close proximity to a lot of people. I am perhaps a little OTT regarding wiping down post and shopping but am quite happy going out for walks with the dog and braving the supermarket once a week.

I am worried for my mum in her 80's after hearing all the recent concerns about care homes. I know the home will let me know if she becomes unwell but I'm not sure if they would let me know if there becomes an outbreak in the home. Normally we would be told eg if there was D&V because they would be closed to visitors but obviously it's closed any way now.

I'm slightly apprehensive for my DS as he's still in work with people who , by what he says, don't have a very good regard for personal space. I'm also concerned that he and his GF are out shopping more than is strictly necessary. He is young and fit but still seems to get colds quite badly so his immune system may not be as good as he thinks it is.

And yes I think there will be a big impact on the economy, on the mental health of people who live alone or are in flats and/ or in cities. And on so many people's lives over the next couple of years we have no idea of the actual impact at the moment.

I'm also seeing things getting worse for the safety of NHS and care staff over the next few weeks.