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How worried are you about catching Covid?

  • 14-11-2021 2:43pm
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,809 ✭✭✭✭freshpopcorn


    I wanted to ad more poll option but I was limited.

    This poll is for how worried your about Covid yourself and not about concerns for your family/friends.

    How worried are you about catching Covid? 206 votes

    I'm young healthy and vaccinated and not worried
    44%
    StarkPete M.Zhanebeansbig sykescargillThephantomsmaskvictor8600DannoCushtieelefantyoyobarry181091StrummsRobbieTheRobberDSNleexo1s1ndubrovtheteal 92 votes
    I'm young healthy, Vaccinated and worried
    16%
    hollypinkcuriosityNaked Lepper[Deleted User]Acostachristy cUndertowyourdeadwrightBigmac1euroMinier81Acey10[Deleted User]Cailin CoisFarraigeucsieReatijohn whyKevhog1988divillybitBabysCoffeenearzero 35 votes
    I'm young healthy and not vaccinated and not worried
    6%
    [Deleted User]sozboxWallyGUFCgizabeer123balltvnoraosRisteard81MileyReillyParachutes[Deleted User]I see sheepgary550SnuggyBear 13 votes
    I'm young healthy, not Vaccinated and worried
    0%
    I'm older/in at group and vaccinated and not worried
    18%
    opusSkerriesgubbyDaemonicDvBnamloc1980murpho999NozebleedFrank JnrdublinceltSuperS54paddysdreamacequionArnold LayneSCOOP 64robbie67[Deleted User]Pulsating StarGeuze[Deleted User] 38 votes
    I'm older/in at risk group and vaccinated and worried
    12%
    Supercellniallbmelekalikimaka[Deleted User]howamidifferentHells BellesCinammonGirlLeilakd15udecbreezesushisushimessrslocohoboJP Liz V1SkygordkathuneFoggy JewtallaghtjoeLillyfae[Deleted User] 25 votes
    I'm older/in at risk group and not vaccinated and not worried
    1%
    johndanielmooreTenorioFazorb 3 votes
    I'm older/in at risk group and not vaccinated and worried
    0%


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  • Posts: 5,311 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    I'm older/in at group and vaccinated and not worried

    Relaxed about it, contracted Covid pre-vaccine and symptoms were barely discernible. After the vaccine, full steam ahead with social activities where possible. Life must go on despite the best efforts of busybodies.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,727 ✭✭✭Nozebleed


    I'm older/in at group and vaccinated and not worried

    im sick of hearing people who have had covid say "if it wasn't for the vaccine id have died". I have had covid and it was mild to say the least. if you were to believe rte and media in this country you'd assume as soon as you catch a dose you're dead. its a disgrace how the media have conducted themselves on the issue.



  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    I'm older/in at risk group and vaccinated and worried

    I'm older/in at risk group and vaccinated and worried

    Vaccinated six months ago and not in the age group to be offered a booster yet. Would probably be less worried (but still cautious) if boostered. Current numbers, mean risk of coming into contact with the virus is higher, so are very concerning.

    I know the poll says "not concerned about friends/family" but if you're asking how worried people are, it's impossible to factor that out if you also share a home with someone vulnerable.





  • I'm older/in at risk group and vaccinated and worried

    wasnt too concerned before, but recently diagnosed with lymphoma waiting to begin treatment and a little more concerned now due to the likelihood of immune response dropping on the back of cancer treatments.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,796 ✭✭✭✭Strumms


    I'm young healthy and vaccinated and not worried

    Not worried... If I get covid it’s not because I’ve gone looking for it. I’ve been in complete adherence to restrictions since minute one of the pandemic. I’m fully vaccinated for the last 5 months... I literally cannot do any more...

    social contacts have been limited to meeting up for outdoor dining / drinks etc, everyone I meet is vaccinated ... literally everything has been done in my own life... sanitizer on hall table by the door at home, in the car, I even take a mini spray bottle to the gym...they have industrial sanitizer for machines and hand sanitizer at the doors... hardly any fûcker was using it and there is poor adherence to mask wearing now, you don’t need a mask when exercising but moving between equipment you do, but feck all are doing it, and no staff oversight in fact there are fûck all staff on the gym floor since they reopened, big time cowardly, just posters everywhere telling people to distance, sanitize etc and an automated PA every 10 minutes saying the same ......so it’s the only environment where picking up covid is more likely but I’m careful there..

    so in hindsight if I get covid it won’t be because of me...



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  • Registered Users Posts: 4,994 ✭✭✭c.p.w.g.w


    I'm young healthy and vaccinated and not worried

    I am Double Vaxxed, at a healthy BMI and have good amount of HDL cholesterol which is important for immune function



  • Posts: 0 ✭✭ [Deleted User]


    I'm young healthy and not vaccinated and not worried

    Absolutely no fear of dying or being hospitalised from it. But If that happens, then so be it, I believe you only get one life and need to live it best you can whatever way you judge. because it can be over in a blink of an eye one way or another.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,823 ✭✭✭Deeper Blue


    I'm young healthy and vaccinated and not worried

    Literally not in the slightest



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,571 ✭✭✭✭elperello


    I lost a member of extended family and an old friend to C19 so I'd be worried and much prefer if it passed me by.



  • Registered Users Posts: 1,444 ✭✭✭dalyboy


    I'm young healthy and vaccinated and not worried

    The one thing everyone needs to fully understand and allow sink in is this …… We are ALL going to get infected with covid at some stage of our lives over the next 20, 30 or 50 years from now.

    Its going to be endemic and it’ll never ever be gone.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,688 ✭✭✭storker


    Not too worried here too...but because I follow the rules/guidelines. The biggest concern I would have at the moment is a return to the office and having to use public transport. I commuted by train, so close proximity with four strangers in a poorly-ventilated environment where there is (reportedly) a high level of non-compliance with mask-wearing doesn't really appeal to my sense of self-preservation.



  • Registered Users Posts: 1,678 ✭✭✭Multipass


    I'm older/in at group and vaccinated and not worried

    I’m way more worried about being forced to take a booster. I didn’t get on well with no.2



  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    I'm young healthy and vaccinated and not worried

    I think I am not worried because to be honest I do not remember ever being sick at all. I see not to get ill. So I kinda hope that I have a really good immune system - and after years of work and research I have settled on a health and diet regime that I think maximises this too.

    There is a tiny part of me that wonders if I simply have been lucky not to get sick though - and in fact I have an awful immune system which has never really been tested - and when I finally do come down with something it will entirely wipe me out.

    But I think this is unlikely mainly because of the sheer number of people I meet week on week - in pretty much every age group - and often with either very close or highly physical contact. So I have to assume I am being exposed to all sorts all the time.





  • I'm older/in at risk group and vaccinated and worried

    I’m not that terribly worried about getting getting seriously ill at the moment, but I don’t fancy being unwell with it nonetheless as I live alone and don’t fancy being locked up again, and who likes being sick. Have had way enough of that in my life. I’m not paranoid, but a bit worried and ever more so as news emerges of very high prevalence.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 279 ✭✭sekond


    I'm young healthy and vaccinated and not worried

    I had it back in March 2020 and it isn't an experience I fancy repeating - was sicker than I think I've ever been and over 2 weeks later GP was still concerned about my breathing, enough to refer me to A&E (who told me I wasn't sick enough to be admitted and to go home and rest). Even so, I'm healthy(ish - my weight probably puts me into an area of concern, but not full-on risk), vaccinated and being fairly careful - mainly because of elderly relatives, so I wouldn't consider myself particularly worried.

    Family members are paranoid and very concerned though, which can be quite draining.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,210 ✭✭✭✭Donald Trump


    No option for those who aren't as much worried about personally catching it from their own medical perspective but who don't want to spread it to other people in their circles who might be more vulnerable?



  • Posts: 18,749 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    I'm older/in at group and vaccinated and not worried

    Don't know whether I'm young or older at my mid forties. But no, I'm not worried about catching it.

    Work in emergency services and worked throughout all lockdowns, haven't even had a day off as a close contact. Never even required a test.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,593 ✭✭✭theteal


    I'm young healthy and vaccinated and not worried

    I'm not sure if I count as "young" anymore 🤔



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,593 ✭✭✭theteal


    I'm young healthy and vaccinated and not worried

    if it wasn't for the spreading, I'd probably be ignoring the whole kerfuffle tbh



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,963 ✭✭✭Chris_5339762


    I'm young healthy and vaccinated and not worried

    Im young(ish) healthy, vaccinated and not worried.


    However I live with two 75 year olds who are old, healthy(ish), vaccinated and worried to the point of hysterics.

    THAT controls what I do, not what I feel I can do.



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  • Registered Users Posts: 190 ✭✭Bot1


    I'm young healthy, Vaccinated and worried

    I'm middle aged and vaccinated.

    I wouldn't say I'm 'worried' but I definitely do not want to get COVID.

    There is potential long COVID and you still hear of vaccinated people getting very sick and in some rare circumstances dying.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,210 ✭✭✭✭Donald Trump



    So would plenty of people. (I presume you mean the possibility of you catching it and spreading it on ...... if it wasn't spreading in the first place sure nobody would catch it)

    I would not, in reality, be worried for myself if I caught it but I am trying to behave as if it would be serious for me if I caught it because there are people I have contact with for whom it might be a lot more serious. Although I would also prefer not to catch it of course and maybe be one of the unfortunate few who get long covid or lose sense of taste and smell for a long time.

    Plenty of people are from the "I'm alright Jack" school of society though!



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,563 ✭✭✭Jinglejangle69


    Had covid.


    Didn't have any symptoms.


    Been more sick from the common cold and chesty cough.


    That's life. Thats why we have an immune system.



  • Registered Users Posts: 190 ✭✭Bot1


    I'm young healthy, Vaccinated and worried

    You do realise that some quite healthy people with 'immune systems' have had COVID and ended up on ventilators?



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,563 ✭✭✭Jinglejangle69


    I certainly do.


    You do realise people who are perfectly healthy die every day of various illnessesness?



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,367 ✭✭✭JimmyVik


    All children are going to get it.

    Talking to a primary teacher friend and it went like this.

    Day 1 - One kid sent home sick.

    Day 2 - Parents called school and confirmed child had covid.

    Day 3 - Another kid in the class is out and parent confirm they have covid.

    Day 4 - SNA out sick - covid is negative and tod to come back in. 2 kids sent home sick whop later it turns out are positive.

    Day 5 - 3 of SNAs housemates covid positive. SNA gets tested again. Positive.

    Follwing week.

    Day 1 - Siblings of kids in the class, but in other classed confirmed covid.

    Day 2 - Teacher complains of having cold like symptoms but is told to come in to work. They get a covid test anyway. Positive. Plus some more kids coming down with it.

    Anyway you see how its going. The virus was flying through that class and school. Probably the whole class had it but most were asymptomatic.

    HSE were contaced numerous times. Basically said, nothing to worry about. Letter went out to parnets from the school simple saying"We have had cases in the school. Be vigilant".



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,368 ✭✭✭bladespin


    I'm young healthy and vaccinated and not worried

    Young(ish), vaccinated, I wasn't overly worried before and nothing has changed tbh, I worked through the whole thing (including travel) I follow the guidelines and managed to avoid it up to this, I know quite a few who've had it now (mild and not so mild) all came through it though I'll continue to try to avoid it.

    MasteryDarts Ireland - Master your game!



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,584 ✭✭✭✭Creamy Goodness


    Middle aged, whilst it'd be great for it to pass me by I'm not worried about myself, two elderly parents though worries me more especially with an anti-vax sibling living at home with them.



  • Registered Users Posts: 647 ✭✭✭eddie73


    What limited you when you created your poll? I got 2 injections this year. Not worried. Middle aged.



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  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    Relaxed about it now and before. Vaccinated, young enough and fit. Only worry was about older people I knew. At this stage we just need to get on with living now.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,814 ✭✭✭✭yourdeadwright


    I'm young healthy, Vaccinated and worried

    I think you'd want to be a bit mad not to worry about it,

    Why would you want to catch anything that COULD kill you ,

    Even if your young and healthy like myself i'd be more worry about catching it and passing it to a more vulnerable person

    In saying that i still go about my life , i don't do pubs but iv been out for dinner & only this weekend went to a kids party in a fun zone type place, I wore a mask and couldn't wait for it to be over but i still brought two of my kids,



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,368 ✭✭✭bladespin


    I'm young healthy and vaccinated and not worried

    Not being smart but you do know there's a load of other nasties about that can kill you as well, Covid's just the new kid on that block.

    MasteryDarts Ireland - Master your game!



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,976 ✭✭✭Marty Bird


    I’m in my 40s and extremely fit and not vaccinated I’m not worried about the virus as the science says it’s very low low risk to my profile.

    🌞6.02kWp⚡️3.01kWp South/East⚡️3.01kWp West



  • Registered Users Posts: 190 ✭✭Bot1


    I'm young healthy, Vaccinated and worried

    I mean that's just not an accurate reflection.

    COVID is not 'just the flu'.

    But I agree there is no reason to be overly worried, mostly because of the effectiveness of our vaccines, which have really changed the game!



  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 6,914 Mod ✭✭✭✭shesty


    May have had it April 2020, but no testing for me at the time due to the criteria that was around tests then.I am not bothered about it now really.I can't be, we have primary school kids who have to be educated, and we have had to accept a degree of risk into our lives just because of them.We do what we can, but we cannot cut our kids lives off and that brings a higher level of risk that we are happy to just live with.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,809 ✭✭✭✭freshpopcorn


    I'm young healthy and vaccinated and not worried

    From what I could see I was limited to ten options. I originally had planned to do a poll with about 16 options. I think with the old Boards you could have over 20 options on a poll.

    So in the end I decided just to focus on one's selves.

    Anybody who wants to start one for being worried about others is clearly free to do so.



  • Registered Users Posts: 729 ✭✭✭SupplyandDemandZone


    I'm older/in at group and vaccinated and not worried

    48 had covid fully vaccinated and not worried about catching it again in the slightest.

    Am very worried about the authoritarian route Europe is headed down because of a virus that kills 0.2% of those infected and mostly because those people already have underlying conditions.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 266 ✭✭nearzero


    I'm young healthy, Vaccinated and worried


    I'm terrified, convinced I'm going to die if I get it and also petrified of long Covid and the long term effect it will have on my health which is something we have no clue about now. Who knows in 20 years if you need a heart operation or something that it will have complications because you got Covid.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,368 ✭✭✭bladespin


    I'm young healthy and vaccinated and not worried

    I don’t recall saying it was anything like the flu just there’s a wide range of other nasties out there that can kill you as well.

    MasteryDarts Ireland - Master your game!



  • Registered Users Posts: 190 ✭✭Bot1




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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,368 ✭✭✭bladespin


    I'm young healthy and vaccinated and not worried

    Well, food poisoning would be one, a dose of salmonella wouldn’t be too attractive tbh, it’s common enough too, there’s also plenty of other viral infections that are about too, it not just auld Covid that’s life threatening, the list is long.

    MasteryDarts Ireland - Master your game!



  • Registered Users Posts: 190 ✭✭Bot1


    I'm young healthy, Vaccinated and worried

    What viral infections? Particular what viral infections that are highly transmissable and can be transmitted in aerosol form?



  • Registered Users Posts: 1,508 ✭✭✭hollypink


    I'm young healthy, Vaccinated and worried

    I'm mid forties so I picked the 'young' option because I figured it is young from a covid risk perspective, or I'm just in denial 😄

    After seeing how many people in my family and in-laws got it recently and hearing of so many others, I figure I'll get it eventually and I'm not too worried about that apart from the nuisance of having to self isolate. But I have a parent who is undergoing cancer treatment and it wouldn't be great to give it to her as it might delay her treatment or she could get quite sick due to a suppressed immune system. So over Christmas when I visit, I'll have to be selective about socialising. My siblings and I are thinking of doing regular antigen tests for that week, to try to reduce the risk. I hope the government gets around to making them more affordable!



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,368 ✭✭✭bladespin


    I'm young healthy and vaccinated and not worried

    Most viral infections are easily transmitted, not sure about aerosol varieties, doesn’t mean they’re not out there though.


    Think you’re overanalysing my comment though, not down playing C-19 just reminding that’s it’s not the only dangerous thing out there and if you spent too much time thinking and worrying about it then you’d never do anything really.

    MasteryDarts Ireland - Master your game!



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,368 ✭✭✭bladespin


    I'm young healthy and vaccinated and not worried

    Oh and yes I had a bad one long before Covid was a thing, couldn’t move for weeks, the doctor wasn’t specific about its name though.

    MasteryDarts Ireland - Master your game!



  • Registered Users Posts: 190 ✭✭Bot1


    I'm young healthy, Vaccinated and worried

    I hear you but there is a reason we don't worry about something as serious as Ebola.

    There is also a reason we don't worry about something as common as Rotavirus.

    There are specific reasons why COVID-19 is such a problem.

    Just dismissing it as 'just another virus' is a problem for public health.



  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    I'm older/in at risk group and vaccinated and worried

    What about the profiles of the people you could transmit it too?

    What about the risk to them?



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,368 ✭✭✭bladespin


    I'm young healthy and vaccinated and not worried

    Again, I don’t recall dismissing it as ‘just another virus’, where are you getting this stuff???


    I said it’s not the only thing that can ‘kill’ you!

    MasteryDarts Ireland - Master your game!



  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    I'm not at all worried.

    Covid is here to stay. We'll all either get it or have had it already and in some cases didn't even know they had it. Despite all the "alarming" reports it's only a very small minority get it bad. Vaccination has helped with this to reduce the numbers even more.

    I'm worried about the damage that's been done psychologically to people by the media and government responses to covid. Once you've engrained that level of fear into people it's hard to reverse it.

    We need to move on from all this now. Stop reporting numbers in the media etc. It's never going away so they'll have to call a halt to all this reporting/ monitoring/ testing at some stage.

    As I've said already though, unfortunately the fear has gotten a hold of some people ( understandably ) and these people are against moving forward and just forgetting all this bullsh!t and moving on. Le sigh.



  • Registered Users Posts: 190 ✭✭Bot1


    I'm young healthy, Vaccinated and worried

    Apologies for mis-representing you.

    I think I took too much from your comment.



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