To think that not everyone is scared

[loveisagirlnameddaisy]

Of catching Covid....?

I'm sure I'll be flamed to within an inch of my life but never mind. And yes, this thread may have been done to death before but hey ho.

Having read countless threads today about schools closing/not closing and cases rocketing/going down, can I get a sense check of who is terrified about catching Covid (and why) and who is not?

For balance, I also read a thread the other day from a person who is clinically vulnerable and whose DH had just tested positive and she was terrified. Almost the entire thread was filled by other clinically vulnerable people who had had Covid and told her not to worry.

So, while we can all agree that yes, this is a novel virus and yes, people will die because that happens with any virus, is this the virus which we should all be terrified of?

@Londonmummy66

Don't want it and am avoiding unnecessary contact but I'm not scared. I am totally bemused by the threads of people "terrified" of sending their children in to school. I am also disappointed by the number of teachers on here who seem to think having to go to work is a death sentence. I would have hoped the latter could understand the stats.

Way to over react and spout bullshit.

Teachers want schools to stay open, the only way to do that is to implement safety measures in school.

Its not about death but about not letting loads of staff get ill so that schools have to shut.

Yes I'm scared of catching covid. I got a virus a few years ago and it's left me with life changing problems (ME/CFS). I was really poorly for a few years and still have to accommodate it in my life now, I'm still not back to where I was before I was ill, and don't think I ever will be. Lots of people are getting long covid and I am very worried that it would take months/years to get back to where I am now. I honestly don't feel like I can go through it again.

But for those who are not scared of catching it, that's great, but I would say please, please do your best not to catch or spread it regardless, because it's not just your risk to decide, it's the whole community's risk if you transmit it to others. And whether you personally will get really ill or die from it is not the whole story, because others absolutely definitely will. So please do the distancing, wash your hands, wear a mask, get a test and isolate if you get symptoms.

Hopefully it won't be too long now before the vaccine is rolled out to those who want it, and levels will start to decrease. There is light at the end of the tunnel. But in the meantime, and especially with this new variant, please do your bit, follow the rules and the more we all do that, the faster we will all be out of this on the other side.

@AcornAutumn yes. I consider those things basic hygiene.

I'm personally not scared of getting covid myself. I'm early 30s, white, female, no health conditions, fairly fit. I work in a hospital and about half of my colleagues have had it now, two ended up in hospital for ward based care, but most are fully recovered now. Unfortunately one colleague is still off with long covid. And a few still don't have a full sense of taste or smell, which is annoying but not too bad.

I am scared of my vulnerable family members or friends catching it though.

Being scared or not being scared won't affect the risk of contracting Covid. Why is the personal judgement of individual risk considered relevant?

@AbitSceptical

Topsyturvy1 That must have been terrible. I'm so sorry for your loss.

Considering what you've been through, your reply is very measured.

I think until somebody close to you is affected there's no point in arguing with others over it, they are never going to change their opinion until it hits closer to home and I wouldn't wish what I've been through on my worst enemy

[quote Regularsizedrudy]@AcornAutumn yes. I consider those things basic hygiene.[/quote]
Good. I hope I will seem a lot less neurotic when I'm released! 😂

Nope, not scared.

@RuleWithAWoodenFoot why are you trying to create an argument? Grow up.

I will be honest here , I have never been 'scared' of catching Covid, the chances have always been on the higher side, being a nurse. Contagious illnesses are an occupational hazard, given the amount of human secretions we come into contact with on a daily basis. I have been very fortunate so far and have not caught it, despite looking after people who tested positive. I am a obese nurse too, BMI of 42. Being 'scared' is hard work, the job is work enough.

No I'm not particularly scared of catching it. These waves of nationwide hysteria come and go every couple of months.

I'm not scared of catching covid and I've been in direct contact with covid residents providing personal care. I careful with full ppe but not scared of it.

I'm not worried about getting seriously ill from it, but I am worried that if DH and I get it at the same time how we will care for the children (2&5).

I'm low risk of serious issues (as is DH) but high risk for a bad dose due to viral load due to my work. So if I get it, I'll probably get quite unwell.

2.6m people in the uk have caught it so far. Out of 66m population. 1.7%.

No I’m not worried. Not even slightly!

I’ve never even had the normal flu.

I'm not CEV, my child is though. I'm not terrified but I am very cautious. Both people I know who have had covid (one age 27 and one 30, both previously pretty fit and no health issues, one ran half marathons) have ended up with long covid, one 7 months on isn't back at work and struggles to get off the sofa for tiredness, the other has been left with damage to their heart and can't do more than a short walk without being severely out of breath. So the long term implications do really worry me, I know it's a tiny sample size but they're people I would have expected to sail through it.

I couldn't give a shit if I get it. I'm relatively young, in good health, I train and look after myself physically.

My parents, on the other hand is a different matter. They live away from me and I spent months last year urging them to be sensible.

I've actually had both pneumonia and, I strongly suspect, Covid.

I'm really scared of catching pneumonia again. I was ill in a way that made me feel as if I was dying. Covid, in March, was 3 weeks of feeling under par, with an agonising sore throat that felt like blades scratching me every time I swallowed, I was puking when I tried to cough, I was hot then cold then hot then cold ad infinitum but apart from 2 days, I was able to walk about. It was a further 3 weeks before I stopped being wheezy and breathless on exertion, but I never felt as bad as when I had pneumonia.

Pneumonia saw me collapse on the floor, be taken to hospital in an ambulance and put on IV antibiotics. Before I got to that stage, for nearly 2 weeks, I lay in bed and even getting up to brush my teeth took an hour or two to build up the effort. I visited my GP 3 times in 3 weeks without it being taken seriously. After I got out of hospital, I had to take a month off work and 3 months later, I still wasn't fully recovered. I had the pneumonia vaccine and my new GP has issued me with Clarithromycin in case I start to become ill during the pandemic and feel I need to take them.

(strongly suspected) Covid was nothing in comparison and I wouldn't worry about catching it again as my immune system was able to fight it off. Or the pneumonia vaccine helped. Possibly both. And the NHS seems strangely aware of the risks of Covid in a way that they weren't at all bothered about pneumonia in a young person just a few years earlier.

I agree, and I was previously very worried.
My mum, 70, got it at the beginning of December. We were all very very worried. However she has now completely recovered, never hospitalised (she actually caught it in hospital ffs), was achey and very tired for 2 weeks but that was it. Was sitting with us on Christmas day and now back to normal.
Since then I've just thought that if I knew I wouldn't pass it on to anyone else and wouldn't be debilitated for months on end I just don't care now. I had a miscarriage 3 weeks ago which has just left me reeling and putting things into perspective more. Obviously there's no guarantees though so we all must continue to be careful, if not as completely terrified as I was before.

I'm not terrified. I work in care and have worked throughout but I will admit I'd be less than thrilled if I got long Covid. I'm a lone parent, two jobs, both low income, struggling to get by. Add on college, uni and overtime I can not afford nor do I have the time to be ill for months.

I'm mostly scared for vulnerable family members, however, my previously healthy ds caught glandular fever a few years ago. It has been deemed the trigger for multiple painful, life limiting and possibly life threatening auto-immune diseases which are prevalent in our genetics. My fear is an illness such as covid, especially long covid, could do the same to me.

@hepatocyte

Most aren’t scared of actually getting covid though?

It’s the population level devastation of an uncontrolled pandemic that’s the problem :/

Exactly this.

I’d rather not get it but I’m not scared of it in the slightest. It’s one of any number of illnesses or activities that could kill me on a daily basis. Can’t spend your life hiding under the bed.

I'm not scared of dying from covid, I am scared of being ill for an extended period. I can't see my employer being sympathetic. I am the major breadwinner.

Fortunately I can WFH. I don't take unavoidable risks.

I'm pretty scared now, I go back to work tomorrow in a primary school (yr1) in a tier 4 area with rapidly increasing cases... during the last 2 weeks of term 6 children, both myself (TA) & my class teacher as well as the school caretaker tested positive for covid. In turn my 3 daughters and my husband also tested positive (we live in a small home with nowhere really to self isolate other than the bedrooms). Whilst my daughter's and I only had mild symptoms my husband ended up spending 8 days in hospital (5 of those on cpap ventilation having upwards of 75% oxygen pumped into his body, as well as steroids, anti virals and antibiotics to clear not only the covid but also the pneumonia it caused). When you are told by Doctor's that your 40 year old husband is in precarious position and that they can't tell you which way it will go... it is a very big wake up call! My husband is thankfully now home with us and doing well & I would really like it to stay that way, so I am pretty scared of bringing anything home. Also me working means my youngest (2) will be at the childminder who I know is taking every precaution possible but again I would hate to pass on anything to her. My 2 older daughters are in yrs7 & 10 so they will be having virtual lessons from home (which whilst not ideal - as a TA I know that children do learn better whilst in school) is something I feel needs to be done given the current situation. Sorry that was much longer than I intended it to be.

It’s the population level devastation of an uncontrolled pandemic that’s the problem

This with knobs on ! Whilst I do not have the time or energy to be scared about myself ( whilst following all the protocols to ensure I am limiting my risk to myself and others ) the thing that really scares me is if this pandemic explodes across the population, especially with a more transmissable variant. We really do not have anywhere near the resources to cope in that event, we are struggling now.