On scale of 1-5 - where are your views on COVID?

[SonicBroom]

So it’s nearly two years and none of us want things to be the way they are. However, it still feels like people are pretty polarised in their views looking across threads and conversations, so I was wondering quite HOW polarised people are?

Please therefore indulge my highly unscientific mini-survey to see roughly where people sit. If I have nothing better to do then I might even add up all the numbers at the end and make a pretty graph .

Please just reply with 1 to 5 in respect of how you feel about what we know at the moment (which is largely that omicron is more transmissible, no certainty over severity yet but even if less severe could result in higher impact due to greater numbers).

1 - I’m worried about what COVID will mean for me / my / family / society and willing to take any precautions necessary including full lockdown with school closures

2 - I’m worried about what it will mean and I’m willing to take precautions including restrictions on social gatherings but want to be able to mix between households and prefer schools to stay open, although I know transmission among kids will be high.

3 - I’m on the fence, I don’t mind a few restrictions but I’m not that worried and really don’t want anything that curtails my life too much. I’ll go along with whatever I’m asked to do though.

4 - I’ve had enough, I don’t think we’re at much risk and don’t want any major restrictions or disruption to my life / social life. I’ll do what I absolutely have to on the face of things but otherwise will quietly get on with doing things my own way.

5 - I’m completely over it, it’s utterly ridiculous how worked up everyone is getting we just need to get on with our lives and accept that some people just won’t make it. I’m not going to bother paying any attention if I’m asked to do something I don’t want to.

4, verging on 5. I've had my 3 jabs and have had COVID

I just don't care anymore and am going to continue to live my life as normal. If they shut shops/pubs etc then I obviously can't go but I won't stop seeing people again for Boris or anyone else

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Interesting to see many 4 and 5

I’ve probably gone further down the numbers, at the start may have been towards top. Now we all have access to vaccine I think we need to consider other harms to other vulnerable groups in society

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@Hollyhobbi

Gosh. No wonder there are so many infections and people dying in the UK. I'm kind of surprised to be honest as I always thought that having been through a world war British people would put on a brave face, pull together and do what is necessary to try and limit the spread of Covid. It's actually a different type of war if you think about it. And you don't even have to pay for Antigen tests either. No wonder the NHS is under severe strain.

I think if you had asked in the 1st or second lockdown people would have said 1 or 2.

It's been two years. The population is 90 percent vaccinated

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1 if hospitals dictate then we don’t have a choice.

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Definitely no to school closures no matter what though.

I'm CEV and know I'm at greater risk but I've seen the effects of lockdown/restrictions on 24yo DD and other young people, and know the toll it took on my MH last year (self harming for the first time in decades, antidepressants same). I think that the vast majority of people are not at great risk from covid and sacrificing their MH/education/livelihoods etc for me doesn't sit well, however worried I may feel going to the shops or whatever.

I'm not speaking for all CEV - just myself.

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