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.

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0 - NannyandJohn

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@RachelGreep87

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Isn't nanny in the minus figures...

Somewhere in 1 - 3. But I home educate already and I have a 19yr old who is CEV but also works frontline (retail) so obviously when you have a son for whom even getting a cold can be pretty dangerous I'm extremely worried about more covid - that said he did get covid in July and was ok! The flu he faired less well with!!

0 - NannyandJohn

😂

All interactions with humans on Zoom for ever more.

@TheKeatingFive

0 - NannyandJohn

😂

All interactions with humans on Zoom for ever more.

Plus a few more I could mention

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I had a horrific "mystery respiratory virus" Christmas 2019, close to calling an ambulance, probably should have. Felt like someone was sitting on my chest, couldn't get my temperature under control, soaked in sweat, couldn't get out of bed, couldn't smell or taste anything. Took me 3 months to get anywhere back to normal, almost 2 years later I still feel the effects of it. Sounds familiar doesn't it, but this was supposedly before covid hit the country.

I did what any sensible person would do I stayed away from everyone while I was showing the symptoms of temperature etc especially stayed away from vulnerable people (ie elderly in-laws).

I've never agreed with lockdowns, I can look at data and the peaks were actually timed at a point a week before lockdown, as people took more voluntary measures. Having survived an abusive relationship, I know that if I had still been in that relationship during lockdown I would most probably have not survived and there are many many women, children and men in that position

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Btw I had covid back in may 2020- still haven’t gained full smell and taste back. I fact not having them would be good since now I can’t stand the smell
Or taste of onion, or onion powder and you don’t realise how many things have onion in until it smells and tastes like rotting flesh

But even given that I still do t think we ever should have locked down - all we did was drag it out and kick the can down the road

3, veering 4-wards

4 bordering 5.

The hysteria needs to end.

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4 nearly 5. Will wear masks in shops and public transport but will be taking off when sat down in a theatre

4 despite the fact that I've got it at the moment and feeling shite and my partner is in ICU (thankfully getting better since being admitted on Sunday)

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@lljkk

29% of us answered category 4 (mode)... I'm struggling to make the barchart look good, maybe later.

And someone nabbed my old user name ,which I gave up in about 2007, serves me right...

I do love a bar chart 📊

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