[Misc] Do you want it now!?

[warsaw]

Apologies if this is fixtures but I'm wondering what people are thinking.

I was walking the dog on the downs here near Eastbourne this morning, just mulling over things and started to ask myself 'do I want this virus now'?

If I get it soon now and come through unscathed then I can relax for what is expected to be the next 18 months. I'm 62 with no known underlying conditions so I should be OK. But can I face the situation where I have to practice social distancing for up to 18 months, and constantly under threat of getting it? But of course I might be unlucky.

So what are you thinking? Is anyone thinking 'Let's get it over with' and maybe just carrying on with life as normal and inviting the virus to do it's thing?



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[Commander]

Apologies if this is fixtures but I'm wondering what people are thinking.

I was walking the dog on the downs here near Eastbourne this morning, just mulling over things and started to ask myself 'do I want this virus now'?

If I get it soon now and come through unscathed then I can relax for what is expected to be the next 18 months. I'm 62 with no known underlying conditions so I should be OK. But can I face the situation where I have to practice social distancing for up to 18 months, and constantly under threat of getting it? But of course I might be unlucky.

So what are you thinking? Is anyone thinking 'Let's get it over with' and maybe just carrying on with life as normal and inviting the virus to do it's thing?



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I've wondered this a lot. If you could guarantee I'd have a few days feeling like shit and then get over it, I'd bite your hand off to take it now.

 

[dazzer6666]

Yes, definitely - but I absolutely don't want to risk passing it on to anyone else who might be more vulnerable. If I could get it, know I've got it, sit it out on my own until it's gone and be sure I couldn't pass it on, I'd do so straight away.

 

[Bozza]

I've wondered this a lot. If you could guarantee I'd have a few days feeling like shit and then get over it, I'd bite your hand off to take it now.

With a few days feeling shit you'd still not know for certain that you'd had it.

 

[Ron Manager]

Yes, get it out of the way.

You never know, it might mutate into something more complex and harder to treat.....keep smiling.

 

[East Staffs Gull]

But will you be able to live “normally” even if you are clear of the virus?

 

[GT49er]

I've wondered this a lot. If you could guarantee I'd have a few days feeling like shit and then get over it, I'd bite your hand off to take it now.

I'm over 70, with an underlying condition - not an unduly serious one, I think, and I think my chances of survival would be reasonable - but borderline enough to be a bit scary! If you could guarantee survival, I'd go for getting it over with too - just like the good old days when our mums used to send us round to play with the kid with measles so we'd get it over and done with while we were young!

 

[Notters]

As things stand the only way you could have it and know you've had it is to have it pretty badly, so probably not.

 

[warsaw]

I'm pretty scared of getting it, but I think even more scared of trying to avoid it for 18 months.

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[Commander]

With a few days feeling shit you'd still not know for certain that you'd had it.

This is the problem. A testing kit would make the world of difference.

 

[jackanada]

Seems a bit late now. If you were one of the unfortunate ones who needed intubation there's a fair chance they'll be some poor doctor deciding whether you're one of the ones who'll get one in a couple of weeks (and there's a fair chance that if you do need intubation it will be for longer than 2 weeks)

 

[pb21]

Apologies if this is fixtures but I'm wondering what people are thinking.

I was walking the dog on the downs here near Eastbourne this morning, just mulling over things and started to ask myself 'do I want this virus now'?

If I get it soon now and come through unscathed then I can relax for what is expected to be the next 18 months. I'm 62 with no known underlying conditions so I should be OK. But can I face the situation where I have to practice social distancing for up to 18 months, and constantly under threat of getting it? But of course I might be unlucky.

So what are you thinking? Is anyone thinking 'Let's get it over with' and maybe just carrying on with life as normal and inviting the virus to do it's thing?



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You may have already had it!

 

[warsaw]

Interesting everybody's comments so far. I think there may come a point where people are so fed up of trying to avoid that they actively seek it to get it out of the way. The NHS would really have to worry then

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[Creaky]

This is the problem. A testing kit would make the world of difference.

This

 

[Bozza]

This is the problem. A testing kit would make the world of difference.

Sounds close but surely scale is the problem.

You’ll have to test millions of people, some multiple times, ie they thought they had it but turns out they didn’t, and then again later when they think they’ve had it again.

 

[amexee]

I would have it today, and be done with it! Almost sure I will get it, as my wife works on a ward that is currently filling up with suspected cases, so to get it out of the way would be great. Plus if unlucky to get it really badly, at the moment you are likely to get decent medical attention, not the case I fear when hundreds and thousands are ill.

 

[warsaw]

You may have already had it!

Yes, the wife and me have both been coughing for the last week but with a runny nose but no fever. Surely a common cold but who knows?

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[Swansman]

Sounds close but surely scale is the problem.

You’ll have to test millions of people, some multiple times, ie they thought they had it but turns out they didn’t, and then again later when they think they’ve had it again.

Takes awful lot of time as well. For each test you need to dress up in full safety equipment and then take it off and put on a new kit of safety equipment... its a pretty large task testing millions of people unless they find new tech for it.

 

[Mellotron]

Absolutely. The sooner everyone who is healthy gets it, isolates and gets better, it sooner we’re through the other side.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Apologies if this is fixtures but I'm wondering what people are thinking.

I was walking the dog on the downs here near Eastbourne this morning, just mulling over things and started to ask myself 'do I want this virus now'?

If I get it soon now and come through unscathed then I can relax for what is expected to be the next 18 months. I'm 62 with no known underlying conditions so I should be OK. But can I face the situation where I have to practice social distancing for up to 18 months, and constantly under threat of getting it? But of course I might be unlucky.

So what are you thinking? Is anyone thinking 'Let's get it over with' and maybe just carrying on with life as normal and inviting the virus to do it's thing?

Any further down the road with the NorthStandCoronvirus filtering [MENTION=6886]Bozza[/MENTION]? Really can't come soon enough. It's just getting silly now