Are you more or less scared now of COVID-19 than you were back in March, 2020?
Now that we are really seeing the effects of COVID-19, are people in general more or less freaked out about it? I know a lot of people who really panicked and probably went overboard in their apocalypse planning and refusing to facetime lest they contract corona via the internet. However, I also know that they were a lot of youngsters who really didn't care at all. 5 months later, I think for the most part, reasonable people have a reasoable idea of how dangerous and contagious corona is. Do you think on average we are more or less scared of the pandemic now?
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What I'm more "scared" about is how people are reacting, getting careless, disregarding precautions, and protesting about their personal freedoms being taken away. .
To me, this now is a scarier time than in the beginning. People were worried enough then to be willing and able to do what they could to protect themselves. Now, they not only disregard their own safety, they are getting belligerent and challenging others, they are openly aggressive and confrontational. And with intent, they are putting others at serious risk.
It seems simple, protect yourself, keep your distance to prevent catching or giving a sickness to another. We do it every time with someone suffering a cold or flu. We'll avoid people coughing and sneezing, it's just a given that we don't want to catch their cold. But this has become a political eruption, and now people have become explosive over the issues, do not want to listen to reason, do not want to take precautions. Of course that's not everyone, but those who do behave in that manner, they are putting us all at risk.
I can't get sick, even a cold is devastating to me because of other health issues. And I am concerned, not afraid as much as fearing for my wellbeing if I do get sick. So for me, I have to be extra cautious, I've been self-isolating now since March - over 5 months, and it's painful to be so isolated, especially that I moved to a new city, and don't know anyone. All my chances for beginning life in this new city have disappeared because of the pandemic. So, I'm alone in a new town, trying very VERY hard not to get sick. I'm not more scared, but I'm more concerned because the risk now is higher. I'm grateful for living in a state that has mandated mask-wearing, and that the twice a week visits I make to stores, they are following policy, bless them for that. I'm only scared that if I do get sick, I'd be in trouble. But I do feel that it will be inevitable for the spread, that we all may end up exposed at some point, and just hope that if I do get exposed, I get a light exposure and minimal symptoms.
I think everyone is getting tired of panic. This affects people in different ways: Some (like me) just get tired of treating friends and family as dangerous (that's just human nature, it feels wrong, not matter how logical it may be) and start to get careless out of emotional exhaustion. Others just decide to turn off their brain entirely and shriek 'FREEDOM!" at everyone while refusing to take any precautions, hoping (I presume) that the virus can be frightened away by threats of violence (which presumably have worked admirably for those folks in the past). With any luck there will be a strong correlation between excess testosterone and death by COVID.