“ I would find it less exhausting if there was less gaslighting. There is a risk. All kids and their parents will not be fine. Kids do spread it. School set up does make many people feel like sitting ducks”
This.
I know exactly how you feel OP. I’ve found this a struggle, considered even deregistering, I’ve been that concerned (high case area).
Yes, I’m actively working on not catastrophising because that is something I do have a tendency to do. But it’s much worse when people are “Everything’s fine. Covid’s just like a sniffle for almost everyone” when I have friends who have lost a parent to it, and a friend who was hospitalised.
It feels like being in a war zone and people telling you not to worry about bombs because they’ll probably bounce right off you.
I know the advice is often to switch off from social media/news, but I do find following the detailed stats each day helps. It’s reassuring to see the vaccinated numbers go up every day, knowing that in 2 weeks time, all those people are way less likely to spread the virus, so the risk drops and drops.
I don’t think I’ll be able to relax much until I am at that stage too, and it is so, so tiring. I was so upset when the 40+ were told we have to wait, and I won’t fully relax until the children are vaccinated too. But we are through the worst now, and while I also have the fear of being one of the unfortunate ones to catch it before vaccination, I do keep telling myself that the odds are growing in our favour every single day.