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

3

4/5

1/2 i’m all for everything to keep the school open but that means people wearing proper medical grade masks.

2

4

4

2

1 or 2

5

4

1 or 2.

1/2 ideally schools stay open but with actual ventilation and some decent measures in place to protect children and staff.

3.5

4/5

4/5

You've packed a little in there. None of thise really represent me. I'm somewhat between 3,4 and 5

can I say 6?

2

1-2. It would be 3 if we only lived in a two generation household, but living with vulnerable grandparents means I've got to be more cautious.

3

None of those fit my thoughts. They just look like a gathering of different opinions rather than any sliding scale.

1

2-3 because I want to be able to have an operation that the waiting list is getting longer and longer for.
Alternatively I want an option 6 where people that refuse to get vaccinated sign a waiver to an ICU bed.

10.5

I fear the rise of facism more than COVID - split between vaxxed and unvaxxed.
I urge everyone to take data from primary source (eg ons or www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-vaccine-weekly-surveillance-reports)

And I wonder if people wear face masks because they fear fines more than spreading COVID