How many people

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Are going to be frightened to go outside their front door even after the risk of Covid is minimal? How many people who have hardly gone out for a year are going to cope when normality starts to return? Are they going to be left behind while everyone else carries on with their lives?

No one I know directly.

Too vague question. What daily confirmed case numbers are you classing as "minimal" risk? Same as mid August last year?

Yes, my dad. I can’t see him going back to normal after shielding for this long. He was petrified of going out for his jab.

I've hardly gone out for a year but I'm hoping that once I'll have the jab I can do All The Things!

I personally cannot wait for some normality but I must admit I will probably always wear a mask now and avoid getting close to strangers.

I personally don't know anyone who has been affected this extremely. Although I guess there will be some who have.

My brother has health anxiety, he lives in Australia, he was ready to kill someone in the supermarket for not wearing a mask(now in Australia you don’t have to unless you want to) he’s already talking about the next pandemic and how we should all stay in doors or wear masks if we really do have to go out and the vaccine won’t save us 🙄 I think he would loose his mind if he lived in the UK. I’m wondering how common this is?

I'm worried that I will be like this. We've basically full on shielded since March (DH vulnerable, but I have health anxiety) it's got to the point now that I can't stand to be near to anybody - even walking past people outdoors feels like a dreadful risk. I don't know whether I'm going to be able to return to normal.

@freddiesmoustache that must be so hard. The things we never thought about before all this, has now become a huge deal. I don’t have health anxiety but I never want to shake anyone’s hand ever again.

Crikey, yes my MIL, she's not left the house since March. Nor driven at all, can't imagine how she will cope, not even gone for a walk

Not me. I cant wait to get back to normal. And I dont mean the new normal. I mean 2019 normal.

Ugh. Yes, my boss. I’m a nanny and I’ve had her at home for nearly a year! Her own private office at work would be very safe and most of her colleagues are in. I don’t know if it’s fear that’s keeping her at home now or she’s got too comfortable, but I can’t take much more! I am getting the tube to work every day and it actually doesn’t feel risky.
(Socially distant, quiet carriages, wearing a mask)

She’s a pain in the arse at home while I’m trying to do my job.

I completely hear you. It’s going to be a long time before I’m not inside a shop trying to rush as much as I can and jump when someone comes within 1 metre.

I know someone who is going to struggle. She didn't even leave the house in the summer when there was minimal restrictions. But she did also bitch on her FB about everyone else going out despite it being allowed.

It’s going to be very difficult as you will have 2 tiers of people, people that carry on and people who will be scared to go out and demanding everyone else should be doing the same.

Someone I know in rl said this to me yesterday. I was a bit shocked. I didnt know what to say.
She has had cancer and in recovery. She is middle aged.