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.

4/5

2

But only for a couple of months till we find out how far Omicron evades vaccine / natural immunity. Otherwise, would have been 3

2-3

1 but only if absolutely necessary/for a short time to work out what Omicron/other variants mean.

To be clear this doesn't mean I want lockdowns etc I really really don't.

5

2-3 because I would like schools to stay open if possible. I could just about cope with a Winter firebreak, so ending term a little earlier and starting the new one a bit later, if absolutely necessary.

4/5

5

5

2 I think, but my feelings on the matter change almost daily.

4.5

5

3.5

@SonicBroom

So this took off! Keep them coming and I’ll pull together a summary in the next couple of days

By summary you mean pretty graph/bar chart thing yes?

3/4

2

2- mostly because of potential strain on NHS and fallout from that. I don't think the mainstream media are covering the crisis in the NHS very comprehensively but those working in it on Twitter are much clearer...

5

I'm somewhere between 3 and 4.

2

I flit between 3 & 4

2

4 verging onto 5