I can’t believe this is how people think

[Tigerlily31]

My MIL told me she’d rather die of “anything else over Covid”

My own mother is convinced she’ll end up in ICU on a ventilator if she gets it, despite having no health concerns.

I fully blame the media. It’s becoming frightening how big it is in people’s minds.

I agree OP.

Reading some posts on here it makes me so sad for what has been done to so many people, brainwashed and terrified, preventing their families from seeing each other, fearful of buying a coffee, calling people who are getting on with life “selfish” and “idiots”.

It’s absolutely crazy.

So many people are going to be left behind by this, cowering at home.

I agree with you. It’s been made into “the worst thing to exist” when in reality it is one of many, and even then not as bad as some.

The media has a lot to answer for for the covidhysteria circulating.

Its as if people thought death never happened before now and covid is the biggest singular killer out there.

The irony is if people knew how most of the articles are being churned out by 22 year old trainees they wouldn’t give them an ounce of credibility.

But we’re now just zombies scrolling through headlines and getting snapshots of information so we just follow the narrative without stopping to challenge it.

It's been in the mainstream media that Covid is being put on people's death certificates regardless of what they die of. I personally know of someone who had Covid, was discharged and died in an rta a few weeks later but their cause of death was put down as Covid.

The media has a lot to answer for, as for this shitshow of a government ...

It's the damage it does to the body afterwards that is more concerning.

A young person who can fight off Covid with permanent lung damage? No thanks

The whole world hasn't shut down for nothing 🙄

You can think that some people are excessively fearful without thinking that covid-19 is 'nothing'. Potential long-term complications are scary but probably rare (it's hard to tell currently because so much is self-reported). No one can possibly know how permanent the damage is from a disease only officially named a few months ago.

@ReefTeeth but this is just what the media is telling you.

I think its more frightening how it doesn't even register with some people and some people deny it even exists...
If everyone was just a little bit careful and took it fairly seriously we wouldn't be in the situation we are in now...
Its like people cannot be trusted to properly socially distance and follow proper hygiene etc... some people just will not do it and so we end up having to lock right down to enforce distancing...
Really you could go about your life pretty much the same but take sensible precautions... however loads of people just won't do that...
The media certainly hypes it up as it does everything but tbh I do think it needs hyping up...
I'm sorry some people are so anxious it's badly effecting them... but there are also people just behaving as if nothing at all is happening..
Personally I think the government ended lockdowm too soon and there be a second wave and we will have to lock down again which would be an utter nightmare... why couldn't we have just got it over with in one go?

I personally know of someone who had Covid, was discharged and died in an rta a few weeks later but their cause of death was put down as Covid

Buuuuull Shiiiiiit.... You inspected the death certificate of this super close personal friend that you "know of" I suppose? 😂😂😂

They said on the news tonight that all deaths are counted in England as Covid deaths if the deceased has EVER tested positive for Covid, whereas in Scotland and Wales deaths are only counted as Covid if the person has tested postive in the last month. So the RTA story is potentially true.

@ReefTeeth

It's the damage it does to the body afterwards that is more concerning.

A young person who can fight off Covid with permanent lung damage? No thanks

The whole world hasn't shut down for nothing 🙄

Unless it relates to you or someone close and you've heard it directly from the consultants mouth I'd hold off that quote. Too many Chinese whispers get turned into gospel by the media. If we all lived by what we actually see and experience going on around us rather than what the media tells us is the truth the world would be a better place.

@Wagsandclaws

"I personally know of someone who had Covid, was discharged and died in an rta a few weeks later but their cause of death was put down as Covid."

Could you spout any more rubbish if you tried?

[quote tankflybos]@Wagsandclaws

"I personally know of someone who had Covid, was discharged and died in an rta a few weeks later but their cause of death was put down as Covid."

Could you spout any more rubbish if you tried? [/quote]
Why is it rubbish? Because you have seen every single death certificate for the past 4 months or because the media tells you otherwise?

I don't think it's all the media. For me it was getting a shielding letter, then food boxes, then a conversation with my consultant and GP over resuscitation. I'm 36
When you're told you're high risk for complications and to pack a hospital bag and not leave your house or garden, you tend to worry a little!
I'm still shielding because my town has a spike and I don't feel comfortable going out yet

Works both ways. How many death certificates say heart attack, stroke, or pneumonia when these conditions were actually triggered by Covid. It's now known that Covid can lead to heart attacks or strokes.

Rather than the media, I'd wager a guess people are concerned because of the extremely high excess death figures. They're probably also aware of the long-term Covid illness some patients are experiencing. At this stage we don't know if it's lifelong complication. People are understandably keen to avoid playing Russian roulette with their health.

Was Boris Johnson seriously ill, or was that hype too?
The issue with death certificates is that if someone tested positive, spent 6 weeks in ICU and died of heart attack, they will write Covid. It's hard to believe an ETA or work-related accident could ever be written up as Covid, but perhaps a few got through in the chaos.

I think its more frightening how it doesn't even register with some people and some people deny it even exists...

Exactly. I don't think governments around the world would allow the economic turmoil that has been caused by lockdowns unless there was a very good reason for it.

Better that than some people who seem to think that it’s just like flu surely?

I am frightened of it.

How fortunate you are OP, never to have lived with anxiety. Perhaps best not look down your nose at those who do.

It's hard to believe an ETA or work-related accident could ever be written up as Covid, but perhaps a few got through in the chaos.

I read a (non-media) report that this is actually happening.

My mother is in a care home, I’ve not seen her properly since February. She tested positive for covid-19, 4 weeks ago, but didn’t have one symptom and is now Covid free.

I know it could be anybody on here and it could all be made up but there are quite a few people on MN that seem to be suffering months after contracting the virus, and I am sure I have read reports about it too (I know newspapers don’t always get it right).

How do all these people who know someone who died in an RTA but have covid on their death certs explain the excess death rates? A lot of people speeding?

No one can possibly know how permanent the damage is from a disease only officially named a few months ago

Well, yes, they can. Because irrespective of the cause of damage, we know which organs of the body are capable of repair from serious damage and which aren't, and we've got very well established investigative facilities to enable us to assess damage.