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Is it now impossible to avoid?

154 replies

MrsKDB · 02/10/2021 17:39

My feeling is that the cat is completely out of the bag now and we are all getting covid, with symptoms or without, at some point. I’ve expressed this to colleagues / friends who have agreed but a few have looked very shocked at the idea and seem to think ‘being careful’ means they won’t ever catch covid.

What do you think? An inevitability or possible to avoid for your entire life?

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HungryHippo11 · 02/10/2021 18:02

Some people never get flu in their lifetime, or norovirus or chicken pox. So its possible that some people won't, but most will. Luckily with vaccines most people will have no symptoms or mild cold-like symptoms.

ilovesooty · 02/10/2021 18:04

@Invasionofthegutsnatchers

Clinically vulnerable people have my sympathy. Staying in forever is no life.
I agree.
Penfield · 02/10/2021 18:06

The lockdowns were purely to protect the NHS from being overwhelmed. The NHS that had been so underfunded during Austerity that it had no chance.

The NHS is now barely functioning and ready to be scrapped by the Tories that wanted this right from their start in government.

Our kids will be paying back the cost of lockdowns for the rest of their lives. The lockdowns that were put in place to protect the NHS that will never be there for them.

AlexaShutUp · 02/10/2021 18:07

Are there really people who are planning on living like this forever? I don't really understand what the end date is.

Honestly speaking, I'm not sure if my parents will ever go back to normal. We are all double jabbed but they still won't meet me indoors except in emergencies.Confused

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MrsKDB · 02/10/2021 18:09

@AlexaShutUp

Are there really people who are planning on living like this forever? I don't really understand what the end date is.

Honestly speaking, I'm not sure if my parents will ever go back to normal. We are all double jabbed but they still won't meet me indoors except in emergencies.Confused

That’s so sad 😥
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AlexaShutUp · 02/10/2021 18:12

I'm resigned to it now @MrsKDB. My mum has suffered with major health anxiety for years and the pandemic has made it spiral out of control. I do feel very sorry for my dad, who has had to go along with it. It's not the life that I'd like either of them to be living at this point in their lives, and my dd misses her grandparents.Sad

SpringRainbow · 02/10/2021 18:12

I resigned myself back in 2020 that we would inevitably catch Covid.

However, here we are late 2021 and we still haven’t ever had a positive result (yet).

I do look at us and wonder how on earth it’s possible we have gone this long without catching Covid. We must have had it without realising.

We have been as careful as we can be, but with two school age children and my DH who is a key worker, I just don’t understand how it’s possible for us to ‘avoid it’.

Madhope · 02/10/2021 18:12

My 3 year old gd got it poor thing and then gave it to her parents, one whom is pregnant. The parents are both double jabbed, so so much for that working!!!

PhiRhoSigma · 02/10/2021 18:12

I'm recovering from covid. Double vaxxed, no other health conditions, non-smoker, bmi 20. No reason to think I would suffer from it badly - and in medical terms, I haven't - but it has still been highly unpleasant, dreadful cough and feeling of breathlessness which is only just going (day 12). Feel utterly exhausted. If I was in any way vulnerable, I would have been quite scared I think.
It was pretty much inevitable that I would be exposed. It is ripping through DDs school and she brought it home (even though vaxxed also!!). Her sister has it too but DH apparently immune - at least the vaccine worked for one of us!!

walksen · 02/10/2021 18:12

I think it is inevitable everyone will get it at some stage, and probably multiple times going forward. Hopefully it will be one milder eventually but there are plenty of examples of people who were more I'll the second time around so this may not be known until we understand more about why it affects people so differently

Plenty of people had to come to terms with this over a year ago and take their chances. At least now the vaccine tilts the odds if you've been working from home or lucky enough to avoid infection so far

Waxonwaxoff0 · 02/10/2021 18:12

Agree. I accepted ages ago that we would all probably get it. DS and I caught it in August, I'm glad it was in the school holidays at least so he didn't miss any school.

Waxonwaxoff0 · 02/10/2021 18:14

@HungryHippo11

Some people never get flu in their lifetime, or norovirus or chicken pox. So its possible that some people won't, but most will. Luckily with vaccines most people will have no symptoms or mild cold-like symptoms.
That's true. I've never had flu in my life.
TinaWeymouthsBass · 02/10/2021 18:14

Some people will be naturally immune, I'm 52 never had the flu and very rarely get colds, I have school aged children and covids been rife in their school for a while and touch wood none of us have been affected..... but Sod's law having just said all of that I'll probably get covid and flu at the same time so who knows😬

ilovesooty · 02/10/2021 18:14

I think there are people who will never go back to some of the things they did before,, which is really sad.

I know people who said "you're braver than I am" when I went abroad, people who won't eat in a restaurant inside or go to a pub, or the theatre. I've done all those things, but as I said I know people who won't.

MurielSpriggs · 02/10/2021 18:14

I reckon you can reduce your chances to being very low with avoiding gatherings, wearing a mask, staying at home as much as possible.

OliveTree75 · 02/10/2021 18:18

Inevitable in my opinion. I've already had it. I work in a primary school, have 3 kids in school/childcare and a DP in a factory. We will probably get it again. Just living life normally now

OliveTree75 · 02/10/2021 18:19

@MurielSpriggs

I reckon you can reduce your chances to being very low with avoiding gatherings, wearing a mask, staying at home as much as possible.
Who wants to live like that though? Fair enough if people are happy doing that,but I don't know anyone who does.
MurielSpriggs · 02/10/2021 18:22

Who wants to live like that though? Fair enough if people are happy doing that,but I don't know anyone who does.

There are still a lot of very anxious people out there (and some on here).

Megistotherium · 02/10/2021 18:23

I don't know anyone who had it, there's no cases at dc's school either. So, if more people including children get vaccinated and spread decreases, I think there are possibility we don't all catch it so soon.
And meds and other vaccines are being developed, I 'm all for avoiding getting it as long as possible if I can, until it became less lethal and easily treatable.

Waxonwaxoff0 · 02/10/2021 18:24

@MurielSpriggs

I reckon you can reduce your chances to being very low with avoiding gatherings, wearing a mask, staying at home as much as possible.
You could, what a shit life though. I'd rather catch Covid (again).
Tana433 · 02/10/2021 18:24

I dont think it is inevitable. Ive managed nearly 20 months without so much as a sniffle. Ok i dont go out a lot, supermarket once a week and occasional days out but my son has a customer based job so he mixes with lots of people daily and he has never passed anything on to me or been ill himself and my DH is out often too. They are both fully vaxed and i am unvaxed and we have all been fine.

ilovesooty · 02/10/2021 18:25

As I said, I know people who are largely living like that and I'm finding it sad.

There are certain things I'm glad I don't have to do (like teach in a school now) and I'm continuing to wear a mask in in public confined spaces, but I'm not prepared to limit my life like some of the people I know are doing.

393847593478resu · 02/10/2021 18:25

Some people may now be waiting for their booster vaccines. Many people over 50 will have had those by Christmas, which is only about ten weeks away.

ilovesooty · 02/10/2021 18:27

@393847593478resu

Some people may now be waiting for their booster vaccines. Many people over 50 will have had those by Christmas, which is only about ten weeks away.
Hopefully.
ZednotZee · 02/10/2021 18:29

I've never had the flu which I've had much more exposure to over the past thirty odd years.

I'm not very concerned.