Doesn’t anyone care?

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I’m writing this post through shock.

Over 40,000 people have died in our little country. 40,000 lives taken early. And no one cares. I’ve barely seen that figure mentioned in any of these threads, no mention of them or the hundreds of thousands of people who’s lives will be affected forever through losing them. Yet I know many people are reading this even now and saying ‘oh for god sake’ or ‘life goes on get over it’. Yes, life does go on, for us but not for them. And not for the thousands more who are going to die in the next wave because of the selfish ones who simply can’t stand to give up the life that they’re used to for a short while to fight this thing.

The government have been slow, and in being slow they’ve killed tens of thousands of people, they are trying not to take anymore risks... they’re now literally begging people to wear a mask and keep a few feet away for fuck sake and people can’t even manage that without kicking off, one comment ‘I just don’t like the feel of them on my face’ ... seriously?! Before you all think I must not understand or must not be struggling I’ve got two school age kids and we’ve taken a 50% pay cut whilst we juggle 3 jobs between us and homeschooling. By god I get the struggle. But I wouldn’t for a second put my struggle above someone’s life. There are NO excuses.

You know the figures, you’ve heard how dangerous this disease is, it’s not like flu, it’s a killer which leaves most who are lucky enough to recover with potentially long term problems. You know it’s highly contagious and you know that at least 30,000 a week are still being infected in your country. You know we are the second hardest hit country in the world (out of almost 200 countries?!). I’ve led what I consider a privileged life by living in the uk but I’m not letting that go to my head. People are acting like spoilt brats. If we went to war right now with the attitudes most people have we would be utterly fucked.

I’m not following this thread or reading the comments as everyone’s pissing me off too much, but christ I needed a vent... this country needs to get a fucking grip.

No one cares? WTF? I haven’t seen my friends and family properly for 12 weeks. We are desperately trying to homeschool two DC, look after a toddler and work ourselves. My children haven’t been to school for months. My children haven’t seen their grandparents, or aunties and uncles. Our holiday was cancelled. Our trip to see the IL’s in Spain for the first time in years has been cancelled. DD’s dance show that they’d been working hard for for nearly a year was cancelled. Is that not enough for you? What else should I be doing?

I think you have to balance the risks. I am more than happy to wear a mask if I have to use public transport or go somewhere where social distancing is not possible. But masks for some are unwearable as they make breathing difficulties worse, for example. But the journey might be absolutely essential.

Some people want us to wear masks everywhere. I wouldn't want to wear one running. So would miss out on the considerable benefits of outdoor exercise. Which would mean if I were to contract COVID my prospects might be worse as I would be less fit and not have had as much Vitamin D.

And even wearing a mask, if done wrong, touching it and adjusting it all the time might increase risk as I could be spreading virus particles further.

So it's a matter of balance IMO.

Do you live under a rock? You haven't seen any MN threads about this? There are dozens. Though many up it to 60,000.

You think no-one cares? How offensive and ignorant of you. Yes OP you're the only one that knows and the only one that cares ffs 🙄

This'll be deleted but honestly...you stupid, arrogant c*.

Anyway, I've given up enough of my freedom/sanity and more importantly so have my children, so yeah, if you want me to say it, I'm past caring

No, no one cares, no one but you has stayed at home, not seen their friends or family. No one else has worried about elderly relatives. No one else has lost their jobs.

ONLY YOU, OP! well done.

This could and probably will kill hundreds of thousands of people in the UK

You wrote this back in March. Care to revisit this and acknowledge how exaggerated your prediction was? Could it be that you still have this completely out of proportion?

And Jesus Christ, your stats are sooooo way off i'm even more embarassed for you for that than for your offensive OP.

I go to work (care home) come home. Eat sleep work repeat.

Op, are you aware that approx 165,000 people die of cancer each year in the uk, in other words, around 450 a day. So, since the beginning of lockdown around 40,000 people have died from cancer.( No one cares about that because it is considered par for the course unfortunately.) I don't see that info bandied about too much. The deaths from cancer will increase in the next few years because of the lack of diagnosis at the moment.
I, perhaps luckily, know of no-one who has died (or even had) covid 19, I know of a great many people who have died from cancer, including my mother and my brother. I feel this horror about the death caused by coronavirus somehow diminishes my grief and the deaths in my family.
But as you are supposedly not reading replies I really don't know why I am bothering to write this.

You know what OP?

I'm getting really sick of people starting threads that are basically lectures, informing 'everyone' on MN that, they don't understand some concept or other relating to Covid19, or they don't care enough, or that we're all breaking the rules and thereby killing people all around us.

It's tedious and self righteous.

Do you honestly think that if you hadn't come on here and written your self indulgent rant, no one would know, or care, that over 40,000 people have died, that over 40,000 families have lost a loved one, some family having lost more than one member.

You think you're the only person who watches the new or reading a newspaper?

I, like a hell of a lot other people all over the world have been stuck in my house for more or less 3 months. I live on my own, trust me, it hasn't been fun when days have gone by when I haven't spoken to another human being; I haven't touched another human being since lockdown.

I, and the rest of the people on here don't need people like you giving us the 'benefit' of your 'wisdom'.

We know the figures, we understand the loss, and we know how infectious this disease is.

No one is begging anyone to wear masks and from my experience of going out and about, most people are managing perfectly well to keep 2 metres apart.

Your situation is no more difficult than thousands of others, people who have been furloughed, people who have no jobs to go back to or have seen their businesses go under. People generally are having a hard time.

Thousands of parents have been at home with small children, my DD has three young children and is heavily pregnant and her DH is at work all day. It's not easy for her, believe me. And I can't even go and lend her a hand.

The country needs to get a grip? Perhaps you should take your own advice.

The more I think about it, I think the OP has posted this for a reaction because nobody could be that dense to think that the people on a dedicated covid board dont care!?! I had a baby in lockdown. My 5 week baby hasnt met any of our family. It is heart breaking. But yeah, I dont care and haven't made any sacrifices... Just you. But ten points for not mentioning the second wave or the spanish flu!

WHHHAAAAATTTT!!!

THAT IS BRAND NEW INFORMATION !!

I had no idea, I will immediately don my hair shirt whilst publicly whipping & wailing. I consider myself suitable chastised, thanks OP.

Round of applause for the OP, clearly the only person on MN who cares

Oh well .. this thread isn't going to change anything anyway

it’s a killer which leaves most who are lucky enough to recover with potentially long term problems
Nope

it’s a killer which leaves most who are lucky enough to recover with potentially long term problems

Well.... My hospital trust has now undertaken nearly 10000 antibody tests on staff.
25% have come back positive for antibodies, considering we are all having this test whilst still working, I'm really not seeing the long term health problems.

You need to be wringing your hands over the fact the country is sliding into anarchy and economic ruin. Do you wring your hands over flu deaths and cancer deaths if not why not

I don’t personally know anyone who’s died from it, I only know 2 people who have had it (work in hospitals, routine tests) and they were fine. I’m no more upset about the people who’ve died from this than about the people who’ve died from anything else. A Covid death is no more important than any other.

I’m sorry but I actually care more about the people struggling with trying to teach their children, the people with mental health problems being exacerbated by the lockdown, the people who aren’t being treated because of the virus, the people losing jobs and businesses and the economic carnage that is going to affect everyone.

I care in an abstract way
As I care for those who i don’t know who have died in car crashes or other illnesses

But a meaningful keep me up at night care? No. Far from it.

What does keep me up at night is fact my children aren’t in school. Now that is what I care about.

U OK hun?

I’m not following this thread or reading the comments as everyone’s pissing me off too much

I’m pretty used to people dying, it’s just a fact of life I guess. I’m sure many people who’ve experienced death over and over just get desensitised to it.

Coronavirus is not the only killer though, is it, OP? And by the way, I do not consider myself selfish for caring about the 8 million children who will have been out of school for 6 months minimum in the name of saving other people's lives.

Op are you aware that nearly 8 million people including around 3 million under 5’s die every year of starvation? Care to write a lengthy patronising accusatory post about that as well? Or is that not a problem for you because it happens every single year somewhere else rather than it being a once a century event affecting our own country?