Are you still worried?

[FluffyKittensinabasket]

It seems as though Mumsnet has calmed down since people were being told they were murderers a couple of months ago.

I’m cautious. I don’t know if CV is going away and things will return to the old normal or if it will come back with a vengeance in autumn.

@Mascotte

I'm not scared of Covid but I'm fucking terrified of the "new normal".

And of spiralling into depression and anxiety because of it.

This. I've never been worried about the virus and I think the government did the wrong thing by terrifying people. I opposed to lockdown from the beginning but came round to the idea thinking it would only be short term whilst we slowed things down a bit and then life would return. I was very wrong about that and seeing how people are obsessed with being locked up even more I'm concerned that it's far too easy to do and if we aren't careful poeple will get what they wished for.

People need to live, not just exist, we need time with friends, family, holidays, days out, kids need school, play parks, to run around with their friends.

I’m not worried.

At the start I was but as life has progressed I’m feeling much more relaxed about it.

I’m a key worker so have been working through, mixing with about 50 a day so I never felt fearful of being around people, which is why I’m still not. My youngest son also returned to school 6 weeks ago (year 1) and so the behaviour of children and parents milling around and chatting to each other is another layer of normal life that I’m now seeing and am part of.

I wouldn’t be going near anyone coughing and sneezing and spluttering etc, but I’m certainly not worried about being near anyone else.

I was out shopping the other day in an indoor, spacious shopping centre and there were paths marked out on the floor for people to follow to ensure the traffic moved in one direction but I failed to notice it. As a result I started walking up the ‘wrong lane’ towards a woman who was coming from the opposite direction.

My husband who was with me called me over and said I was going the wrong way which is when I noticed the arrows on the floor. I looked up at the woman coming towards me, smiled and said sorry, I hadn’t realised and then moved out of her way.

She absolutely glared at me, she looked furious. She leapt backwards away from me and shouted that I should be more “bloody careful” and that I shouldn’t be leaving the house if I was too stupid to follow arrows.

I couldn’t believe it. I thought that if Track and Trace say you need to be in close contact in an indoor space with someone for 15 minutes before you’re at any risk of contracting the virus, then what did she think was going to happen in the 3 seconds that I would have been near her?

I had then apologised again to her, in order to be polite, but as I walked away I thought, “The world is going mad.”

The level of people’s anxieties and fears are what worry me, not catching the virus.

Not worried at all. I am concerned about the effects of lockdown though and continued social distancing measures.

I’m cautious because DS has such bad asthma in Autumn. Every October of his tiny life so far he’s ended up in A&E with breathing difficulties despite his high dose of steroids throughout the year (and they’re increased ready for Autumn)

Plus the moment he starts coughing we’ll receive less health care and we’ll all have to self isolate because he’s “symptomatic” of coronavirus.

I’m not even sure if my post is relevant but it’s good to vent so thank you

I agree with many of the posts not worried more concerned. My job has meant I’ve worked throughout so never experienced lockdown to the extent a lot of people have. However I won’t be going to indoor places that are likely to attract lots of people anytime soon.

Yes. I’m a teacher and the thought of being in a small, poorly ventilated room with 32 students 5 times a day without PPE worries me.

Me too. CV and getting on a bit.

Cautious rather than worried.

Not that worried about a second wave either. If it happens it happens. Not much we can do other than continue with the precautions we’ve been taking. Hopefully given testing, contact tracing etc even if it happens it will be more localised than a big wave.

I think we will carry on having local lockdowns and social distancing in place until a vaccine is rolled out

I’m not sure I believe the airborne claims either. Wouldn’t we have seen many more people like shop staff being severely affected given most of them have been working with no PPE since before lockdown?

Seems to me like every piece of news coming out is designed just to keep people terrified, just as things are opening up. I wonder why?

Also very worried about the economy, getting another job, and wondering what measures the government will put in place to support people whose mental health they have been complicit in destroying due to their actions and terrifying people unnecessarily.

I wasn’t worried to start with about the coronavirus.

Now extremely concerned about the state of the economy - job losses will be a bloodbath.
Also very disappointed about how easily our fundamental human rights were stripped from us. We live in a country where we are now told who we can and can’t have in our own home; children haven’t been properly educated in months; we couldn’t even sit down on a park bench at one stage and instead of anyone saying “hang on a minute” these draconian measures were applauded on social media. And not just applauded - many people on social media were utterly vile (including several on Mumsnet) about wanting a “harder lockdown” and judging friends, family and neighbours about how well they complied.

No, have never been worried.

@DontWantToAdult

Was worried weeks before we locked down.

Still worried

Still shielding

Same.

I'm concerned and have been since February when the virus was known to be beyond China.

Plenty of bogroll and food in the house since February long before the panic buying and empty shelves. Feb half term, we changed our plans to go to London for a different city that is less of an international hub.

However, our household has continued to get out and live throughout. Social distancing was not particularly problematic in my area so I would do my exercise and exercise the DCs. The only days I haven't been out are when the weather has been particularly dismal. I am getting out more and more as opportunities open up.

Some of the guidance for reopening has been preposterous. Children's needs have been treated appallingly. I see the need to phase society closer to a real normal, but there have been some odd priorities not helped by politiking and listening to masses of disproportionately paranoid people.

Winter is a concern. The usual range of respiritory illness is a complication in identifying Covid 19. It will be better conditions for the virus to spread, both for the environment itself and for making lower risk outdoor living less attractive.
However we now have the benefits of mass testing, better understanding of the condition and treatments and the most suceptible demographics which are largely those who are most suceptible to regular winter infections such as flu and norrovirus anyway. We are in a much better position than we were in early March.

Winter is highly likely to see some disruption, but that's all the more reason to live well with the advantages of summer while we can.

Terrified at the start, scared during the middle and still scared at this point.

Not as much as before though. I'm shopping again and seeing family properly.

I'm making the most of summer. I think winter will be bad. I'm terrified of my 12yo going back to school and bringing it home. I'm over weight with health issues so doubt I'd survive it.

If anything I am more worried, because we have really messed up our response and so we can't now get a grip if it resurges in winter, because I think we can't go into full lockdown again but if there's a big outbreak we don't have the health system to cope (due to funding issues).

Also, we still have the same appalling leadership and no plan. We are still in 'fingers crossed' mode.

I think the UK is an inch and some bad luck away from full-blown crisis.

I am a bit less worried about catching it personally and I am more organised at home if it goes badly.

I have never been worried.
Dh has continued working throughout.
We've been to 3 restaurants this week.

Nope

Nope

So nope I had to say it twice!

More worried atm about no job and no money - if course I don't want the virus but my overwhelming problem is that I have no job and no income now for 4 months.

Not worried about a virus which is mild for majority. Worried about job and economic fall out

@Mascotte

I'm not scared of Covid but I'm fucking terrified of the "new normal".

And of spiralling into depression and anxiety because of it.

I feel the same

I’m scared of life never going back to normal. Like proper normal, not this “new normal” that everyone keeps banging on about.

I’m more scared of that than Covid.

@PilatesPeach

More worried atm about no job and no money - if course I don't want the virus but my overwhelming problem is that I have no job and no income now for 4 months.

Just to say I am very sorry to read this. Doesn't address the fact you have no income me but have from me.