Are you taking this seriously?

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Are there any people that aren't clinically vulnerable/vulnerale taking the virus seriously?

It seems like there aren't enough people thinking "well I'm not vulnerable but I'm taking it all on board and think the pandemic is horrendous".

It's all quite soul destroying, the whole thing isn't it but I'm hoping that people are rising above the relentless boredom and realising that the restrictions are for a good cause.

I know a few people that think everything has been exagerated and before the stricter mask rules came in the other week, refused to wear one.

I'm vulnerable, but not extremely clinically vulnerable, and was wondering how many on here think it's all a waste of time because they don't think they're at risk?

I don't care if I get it. I don't care if I'm seriously ill. Don't care if I die. All I know is that I cannot live in lockdown much longer.

Trying to enforce it in the store I work in.... impossible

Half the customers still need reminding over covid measures. It’s been 9 months!

I think most are. There is a small, very vocal, very angry group of people on mumsnet that don't believe it's worth locking down to save old people's lives. And they don't believe the NHS needs to be protected. I disagree, and am trying not to catch or spread the virus. Most people I know and see are doing the same.

For me it's not about perceived risk. I'm too exhausted and burnt out managing two young children and nothing being open to care about anything that's not an immediate problem. I don't have the energy to care about the virus or the death toll. I do wear a mask in shops as that doesn't take any energy to do.

I haven't met anyone who refuses to wear a mask. Not even my most anti lockdown friend or my feckless teenagers. I think the vast majority are people are taking it seriously. People also do need to work and go outside and live a little.

I don’t care any more. I’m following da roolz and staying home but I’ve lost interest in it. I don’t think that face masks are that effective but I wear one in indoor public places. I certainly can’t pretend I’m doing any of it for the “greater good” now.

I wouldn't say it's a case of not taking it seriously. Its the fact it's constantly being rammed down our throats.

I have litterally lost respect for all journolistsduring all this.

You can't move without having covid info rammed down your throat... Signs, radio adverts, TV adverts, workplace procedures, school closures etc etc...

It's like with a teenager... You tell them to do something over and over and over and over again... Eventually they just think fuck it and do the opposite.

Sorry to hear that @DappledOliveGroves. Is there anyone in your life who you think would care if you were to die? Hang in there. This will pass.

Oh and I honestly think face masks are just a way to try and remind people about covid basically like walking adverts .... Van tam even said back in April that there was no evidence they reduced transmission.

Oh and DH still ends up going to work on a military base every day with hundreds of people where Covid isn’t taken seriously. When he could just work from home. So if the MoD don’t care why should I?

DH does wear a face mask all day at work despite me feeling that it has limited effectiveness. Nobody else does.

Its not that i dont think I'm at risk.

It's that I'm prepared to take the small risk in exchange for life.

The security person on the door at the supermarket on Friday evening was wearing his mask below his nose. Part of his role is to encourage people to wear masks, properly. In the supermarket I saw people with masks pulled down under their chin, and a woman with a mask hanging off one ear.

People do need constant reminders.

I'm following the rules. But I'm sick to the back teeth of it. We cannot go on like this indefinitely

I probably am at risk. Still think lockdown doesn't solve anything. If this is living, I don't really mind dying.

I am.

I can’t wear a mask but I’m hardly ever out. Get groceries delivered where I can and if I can’t I try to g9 at quiet times.

Always socially distance.

Walk dog early and late.

Haven’t seen my OH in person since September.

All the research on what the public thinks and wants suggest that most people are taking it seriously. Lockdown has a really high level of support (even if most people hate it, they think it’s the least worst option at the moment). Majority of people say they are following the rules, they do take this seriously.

I am... i had friends who were super anxious previously and i was worried but not as anxious as i feel now.

42 year old female friend died last week not vulnerable no underlying conditions...

People need to grow up... i hate lockdown and believe me i care
For a child who needs routine and structure and that has been extremely difficult and worse as he does not the capacity to understand

My neighbour got blue lighted this morning this shit is real and people need to listen

Although i do worry about how this affects both mental health and finances and this can be just as bad!!

I'm following the rules.
DH is following the rules.
DC are following the rules.

We are all, in our own way, suffering for it.

There's no light at the end of the tunnel and it's exhausting. I can't watch the briefings or read the news anymore. I just trudge through every repetitive day, home schooling and working to the best of my ability. Eat, sleep, work, repeat. We cannot live like this much longer.

I'm with @DappledOliveGroves I'd happily catch covid, be out on a ventilator or left to die. I can't go on like this much longer. This isn't living. I am staying alive for my dc. But I'm barely hanging on.

But it's OK someone will be a long in a sec to tell me it isn't hard to follow the rules and stay at home and I should just get a grip.

I really can't bear this "I'd rather die" nonsense from anyone under the age of 65 and certainly not from anyone with children. It's absolutely pathetic. This might be - at the very worst - three years of an otherwise long life.

And for those not vulnerable to death, long covid is no joke. Your life could be a hell of a lot worse with it. In fact, you may find yourself alive and having to live like this for years even when society has reopened because your health is so shit.

Why take the risk?

I really only understand this attitude from anyone whose already had the bulk of their healthy life behind them eg retirement onwards

I'm healthy, early 40s so not CV nor CEV. I am taking it seriously in regards to only leaving the house when necessary and I wear a mask. I have been wearing a mask indoors (which for me only means the supermarket ATM) since June/July or whenever it was that we were told we should.

However, I do agree with the PP that it is being rammed down our throats too much. I don't listen to the briefings, adverts or interviews. I take the sensationalism with a pinch of salt. Yes I know its serious, yes I realise that for some people it can be really really horrible to catch, yes I realise that the NHS needs us to comply as they are at breaking point. Though that doesn't mean that I am scared of it nor does it mean that I judge people for coping in whatever way they can. There are other serious things in life too and it is a balancing act ATM.

I really can't bear this "I'd rather die" nonsense from anyone under the age of 65 and certainly not from anyone with children. It's absolutely pathetic. This might be - at the very worst - three years of an otherwise long life.

Must be wonderful to have great mental health. Unfortunately a lot of people haven't and this is really taking its toll on them. Yes me included.

I really can't bear this "I'd rather die" nonsense from anyone under the age of 65 and certainly not from anyone with children. It's absolutely pathetic. This might be - at the very worst - three years of an otherwise long life.

And for those not vulnerable to death, long covid is no joke. Your life could be a hell of a lot worse with it. In fact, you may find yourself alive and having to live like this for years even when society has reopened because your health is so shit.

Why take the risk?

I really only understand this attitude from anyone whose already had the bulk of their healthy life behind them eg retirement onwards

This is all very well but for some people this will be the rest of their lives. Would you not be absolutely devastated to think you would need to live the rest of your life like this?

I am. I 38 with no underlying conditions but 4 years ago I had flu which led to sepsis and I nearly lost my life to “just flu” at 34.

I can’t imagine having missed the last 4 years of being with my children.

@YukoandHiro I also don't understand how parents can say they'd would rather die than live like this. I would rather live through anything than leave my children. But that's what poor mental health can do, and I think a lot of people are in crisis with their own mental health unfortunately. Services are stretched right now and a lot of people aren't able to access professional help.