People who don't take coronavirus seriously.

Worriedftm1206 · 2021-02-03T09:24:25+00:00

My great aunt died from covid yesterday, she was 83 and had refused the vaccine. When she came down with a cough (presumably from her meals on wheels delivery service) she didn't tell anyone.. she died alone in the early morning. To all the people out there who haven't been affected by this, please take the damn virus seriously. I admit I was skeptical on the severity of the virus at first, my nan caught it, she's 70 with angina and smokes but she recovered quite quickly and only had a bad cough. This is just proof to me that the virus effects people differently, you never know how it's going to effect you or the people you love, so please if you can get vaccinated do so and be careful. That's all I have to say really, just sick of people with tin foil hats acting as though this virus doesn't exist, it does!

SonnetForSpring · 03/02/2021 09:29

That's the tricky thing isn't. It does indeed affect people differently. I'm so sorry for your loss

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Worriedftm1206 · 03/02/2021 09:33

Thank you we are all devastated, she was such a lovely kind lady.
She'd read about the side effects of the vaccine and was scared to take it. I wish she had.

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Rowenasemolina · 03/02/2021 09:38

It’s so sad. I’ve several elderly relatives who have survived, and a teenage girl left deaf and other healthy young friends badly affected. One woman in her 40s, perfectly fit and healthy before hand, hadn’t been strong enough to leave her house since March. who knows if she will ever work again. And another healthy mum of one of my daughters friends had to have an amputation.

There is a huge difference between ‘survived’ And ‘recovered’

Pastanred · 03/02/2021 10:11

Sorry for your loss xx

I think most do take it seriously to be fair - but based on their real element of risk.

I am not worried about covid. I minimise most contacts but I don’t even think about it most days. Reality is tho, that at 45 my risk of death is lower than getting in my car each day and I don’t worry about that. I can’t live my life worrying about 0.0...%

Taking it seriously is important but so is being realistic about what your risk level is - not what you perceive it to be.

calmearth · 03/02/2021 10:27

Its not just about your risk level! Its also about transmitting it! Honestly the most obvious thing to take from the OP's post is that her aunt caught it from someone else!

I feel you OP. I am so sorry for you and your families loss. I lost a parent last year to covid and I work day in day out at a hospital trust in the midlands, with both our ICU's at full capacity for months.

BlindAssassin1 · 03/02/2021 10:34

'It's no worse than a cold or a touch of the flu' - this kind of dismissiveness annoys me.

I recovered from giving birth and surgery quicker than I'm getting over CV, and I only had a mild dose. I was very fit and healthy in all respects a few months ago. Now I'm breathless running up the stairs.

I think we need to stop thinking because you're not in a high risk group you'll be ok - this is only one component of how it might affect you. I know of someone in their 90s who is absolutely fine now, and a 20 year old athletic student, who lost 3 stone and ended up in hospital. The stats aren't always on your side.

And the least said about the anti-vaxers the better!

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Worriedftm1206 · 03/02/2021 10:37

That's what I was trying to say more than anything. There are careless people passing it around to others thinking it won't hurt me, well it can still kill whoever you pass it on to or give them lifelong difficulties.
My aunt was being careful isolating and still got it, it's not just about you but the people around you that you can come in contact with everyday.

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AfternoonToffee · 03/02/2021 10:39

I'm sorry for your loss, however I am never sure what the calls to take it more seriously means.

Yes a few people don't believe it exists but I am pretty sure they won't make up a significant number of posters on here, so basically it ends up as a blame game. It's a virus it spreads, it is not because people aren't taking it seriously enough. Accepting it is a virus, and doing your best to reduce the chance of the transmission is taking it seriously. Thinking us humans can somehow outwit it by not going to the supermarket is foolish.

AfternoonToffee · 03/02/2021 10:44

And I'm not sure a 83 year old concerned about taking a vaccine makes her an anti-vaxxer. This ridiculous name calling has to stop.

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Worriedftm1206 · 03/02/2021 10:48

I am talking mainly to the small minority, or those who don't know anyone who've had it so don't think it's anything more than a cold.
Problem is it's not just a cold, my manager recently in her 30s with no major health problems was hospitalised by it.
There's also people who still don't trust the vaccines, I see a lot saying they arent sure of the side effects, most people I know who have had it only had a sore arm.
I don't see a problem with spreading awareness, although I agree that most people are doing the best they can at the moment to reduce transmission you still get idiots having house parties.

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ConcernedAuntie · 03/02/2021 12:07

@Worriedftm1206

I am talking mainly to the small minority, or those who don't know anyone who've had it so don't think it's anything more than a cold. Problem is it's not just a cold, my manager recently in her 30s with no major health problems was hospitalised by it. There's also people who still don't trust the vaccines, I see a lot saying they arent sure of the side effects, most people I know who have had it only had a sore arm. I don't see a problem with spreading awareness, although I agree that most people are doing the best they can at the moment to reduce transmission you still get idiots having house parties.

I am very sorry for your loss.

We too have lost a much loved family member at 48. The last person we would have thought to be badly affected. Parents have lost a son, a wife has lost her husband and his children have lost their Dad. Yet on the same day on our local news was a lady celebrating her 105th birthday who had recently recovered from Covid. There just seems to be no logic.

One of my best friends had it fairly mildly at 40 but it has left her with heart problems.

I am afraid there will always be small minority who refuse to take it seriously until it happens to them or someone they love.

Again, my condolences.

ConcernedAuntie · 03/02/2021 12:16

@AfternoonToffee

I'm sorry for your loss, however I am never sure what the calls to take it more seriously means.

Yes a few people don't believe it exists but I am pretty sure they won't make up a significant number of posters on here, so basically it ends up as a blame game. It's a virus it spreads, it is not because people aren't taking it seriously enough. Accepting it is a virus, and doing your best to reduce the chance of the transmission is taking it seriously. Thinking us humans can somehow outwit it by not going to the supermarket is foolish.

If you are taking it seriously then the post does not refer to you does it.

You say that it is a virus and viruses spread. But they spread by people getting too close to other people and there are still too many people pushing past others, getting too close and not wearing masks in closed in areas.

It is not really workable because people have to eat but, in theory, if you don't go out to the supermarket then the virus does not get the opportunity to transmit to you from someone else. The virus does not stalk the streets on its own, people move it.

calmearth · 03/02/2021 17:41

@AfternoonToffee

I'm sorry for your loss, however I am never sure what the calls to take it more seriously means.

Yes a few people don't believe it exists but I am pretty sure they won't make up a significant number of posters on here, so basically it ends up as a blame game. It's a virus it spreads, it is not because people aren't taking it seriously enough. Accepting it is a virus, and doing your best to reduce the chance of the transmission is taking it seriously. Thinking us humans can somehow outwit it by not going to the supermarket is foolish.

I don't think there was any need to continue your first sentence. I'm sorry for your loss would have been fine. You didn't then need to say the rest. Very rude.

Sometimesonly · 03/02/2021 17:46

I'm so sorry OP. I really don't understand some people. A child was sent home with a temperature from my son's school and his mum sent him back in the next day - still with a temperature- because he wanted to go to school and it was within her rights to send him - never mind anyone else who might catch it.

Sometimesonly · 03/02/2021 17:47

(He got sent home again btw!)