Does the coronavirus scare you?

[Strictly Jake]

I have to admit I kind of laughed the whole thing off the last couple of weeks I thought people were going a bit over the top

I felt flu and colds killed more people than coronavirus

I felt panic buying was really silly

I felt there wasnt a chance in hell of a lockdown

Then....this week my mindset has really changed. Im genuinely worried

So is anyone else scared?

[Strictly Jake]

The poll question was supposed to say does

[LaLaLand]

Not for myself but for elderly relatives of mine, some of who have very bad chests (one in particular). I want to wrap them up in cotton wool until it all blows over almost.

I'm making sure I'm keeping my hands nice and clean and what not best I can, but if I get it, I get it you know? Not much you can do seeing as it seems to be spreading like wildfire.

[Oliver_W]

I'm not scared for myself, my mental health is currently in the shitter so I don't particularly care if it drags me down :joker:

But I'm scared for my relatives, virtually all of my loved ones have conditions which won't mix well with the ole Covid.

[Tony Montana]

The more people that are infected, the more it does for me tbh.

[Kizzy]

A little but at the same time I'm a bit pissed off at the panic...my neice has stopped my sis seeing her daughter because she has a tickly cough! But my sis is asthmatic if she had coronavirus she'd have worse than a tickly cough :/ sis likes walking and says it was the damp air that triggered it off... now she can't see her granddaughter all week :(

[Jessica.]

I'm not really scared for myself but I'm terrified of unknowingly carrying it and infecting someone with a weak immune system.

[Kizzy]

I'm not really scared for myself but I'm terrified of unknowingly carrying it and infecting someone with a weak immune system.

Yeah this too... if I gave my mum it I'd never forgive myself.

[Liam-]

Increasingly so, but like what’s been said, not for myself, specifically for my mother who probably wouldn’t stand a chance if she caught it, I’ve become ocd overnight, I’m wiping everything with anti-bac wipes god knows how many times a day and I’ve already gone through a bottle of hand sanitiser since yesterday :laugh:

[Jordan.]

Terrified now slam dunk might get cancelled

[Strictly Jake]

I just am dreading if i get it. My son is due to be born at any point in the next couple of weeks. Being a newborn baby he wont have a great immune system. My other 2 kids seem to pick up every bug and cold that go around and I could pass it on to them too. I wouldnt mind so much if it was just me but its not im really panicking. Watching newsnight made it worse. Saying it is our generations version of the blitz which I would have scoffed at last week but going shopping today and seeing rationing rules in place.....this has all become very real

[Twosugars]

Cant choose either option bc I'm not scared but also dont think people are overreacting.

[Scarlett.]

Like others, I'm not scared for myself, but my older relatives

[smudgie]

No panic.
There is no doubt I wouldn’t survive it, but all we can do is try and keep ourselves, family and friends safe.
I do worry for my daughter, she is vulnerable with her health issues and doesn’t have the opportunity to isolate indefinitely.
We are as prepared as we can be for a lockdown, and disruption, not much more you can do really.

[user104658]

Scared of the virus? No, it is what it is. Scared that healthcare systems will collapse and that there will be serious unforeseen economic implications in effectively "winding down" the world for a few months ... ? Well, I'm not UNconcerned :umm2:.

Also a bit concerned about what supply chains look like when people start to REALLY panic, given that shelves are emptying of basic staples already when not much is actively happening. Today noticed a lack of things like bread, porridge/oats, pasta, rice, eggs. Also supernoodles because people are daft and think you can live on things like that :umm2:.

And worried that critical services (like mental health services) are at risk of temporary closure... essential lifelines for hundreds of thousands of people, some of whom are going to end up in real danger when left adrift for weeks on end at an unsettling time.

It's never "time to panic" though, what good is that going to do? Panic is only going to contribute to health services being overloaded.

[user104658]

I can't pick either of those poll options though. I don't think most people are overreacting but I also don't think it's (ever) "time to panic".

[arista]

Increasingly so, but like what’s been said, not for myself, specifically for my mother who probably wouldn’t stand a chance if she caught it, I’ve become ocd overnight, I’m wiping everything with anti-bac wipes god knows how many times a day and I’ve already gone through a bottle of hand sanitiser since yesterday :laugh:


No I can not
lets see what the week unfolds

I want Army in Control.
then you get your ration.

[caprimint]

Nah

[LaLaLand]

I mean it's human nature to worry about the fact that there's a virus spreading like mad across the world and it's good to worry in some ways as it means you'll be more vigilant, but I think the majority of people are imagining a much worse "illness" or symptoms than what they'll actually get, if they do get it.

For the mass majority of people it'll be the same deal as the usual, annual bad cold that I seem to always get every single year without fail anyway for about a week.

[Babayaro.]

No, it doesn't scare me. However, I wouldn't say people are overreacting.

[Denver]

No, it doesn't scare me. However, I wouldn't say people are overreacting.

I would say buying every single pack of toilet paper in the shops is overreacting

[LemonJam]

Not the virus itself, but the repercussions on the economy and the ability to travel.

[Shaun]

Why are people incapable of creating polls with reasonable options, lmao

[Ammi]

...my fears are not of the virus itself...like many others I have an older parent ...I’ve had a personal health incident in my own life and there are only two reasons that I survived it...one was obviously the medical care and the other was having the strength around me of the people I love...I fear that many with Coronavirus/severe cases, won’t have either of those things...for the first time in my life, I have a son who lives in another country and with travel restrictions etc, the thought that he may become ill and that I wouldn’t be able to get to him, to be with him, I can barely breathe when I think about it...I fear the effect on human nature of the virus and the panic buying and the shortages and the recessions that will come etc.../...I fear the impact on human psychology...

[JerseyWins]

A little worried only because of what it can do to older people. I don't want some of the older people in my family to be getting it.

There's still much fewer than 100 confirmed cases in NJ (I think between 25-50 or at worst not much more). But who knows how many are unconfirmed.


I need my sports back tho :suspect:

[Amy Jade]

Not scared of getting it but scared of the repercussions felt by others if I do.

[bots]

no-one likes uncertainty, and things couldn't be more uncertain. It's not just about catching the virus, the whole structure of society, it's economics and it's priorities are going to get a reboot as a result of this

[Crimson Dynamo]

Cant choose either option bc I'm not scared but also dont think people are overreacting.

+1

[user104658]

Not the virus itself, but the repercussions on the economy and the ability to travel.Honestly I wouldn't be surprised if there are some permanent changes to "open travel" around the world. At the very least there will be a huge shift in multinational businesses to doing business via web conferencing rather than flying around in person, and we may also see a "voluntary" drop in international tourism for a long time (people won't be forced not to... They just won't want to).

Maybe controversial to say it but... The drop in air travel will be huge in terms of climate change :umm2:. We fly far, far too much.

[Nicky91]

No, people are overreacting especially those selfish ones who go on that unnecessary hamstering :notimpressed: :bored:

[user104658]

No, people are overreacting especially those selfish ones who go on that unnecessary hamstering :notimpressed: :bored:Well that's where it gets complicated, the people who STARTED the hoarding were over-reacting, but at this point it's not an over-reaction to try to make sure you're stocked up... Simply because the shelves are emptying fast and it's going to become increasingly hard to get things. Not because of the virus, not because of social distancing, but purely because of hoarding. Exactly like the "bread incident". You have to hoard because of hoarders, thus becoming a hoarder and compounding the issue.

Its stupid and frustrating but :shrug: if you don't get some staples in now you probably won't be able to get them at all.

[Nicky91]

people who hamster, need to be arrested from now on, and then it is over pretty quickly with that hoarding/hamstering from stores

[user104658]

people who hamster, need to be arrested from now on, and then it is over pretty quickly with that hoarding/hamstering from storesHow can you tell if they are or not, though? Most big stores here have limited the number of certain things people can buy, but they just send in multiple family members one at a time and go from shop to shop getting one each time... Then come back the next day and repeat.

[user104658]

I also love that the German word for panic buying is apparently "Hamsterkauf" :joker:

[Cherie]

As soon as it hit Italy badly it was hard to see how it was not going to go the same way here, human nature being what it is the panic buying was inevitable. Not particularly afraid of the virus, just hoping some normality will return soon, and that the death toll wont be too high, and that we learn from mistakes that were made this time round

[Cherie]

How can you tell if they are or not, though? Most big stores here have limited the number of certain things people can buy, but they just send in multiple family members one at a time and go from shop to shop getting one each time... Then come back the next day and repeat.

Yes Tesco’s ‘rationing’ policy was worthless, also a limit of 5, who needs 5 packs of TR or Pasta in one hit ..stupid

[The Slim Reaper]

Vaccine-less herd immunity scares the sh1t out of me. I have vulnerable relatives that probably wouldn't make it through if we persist with the eugenicists wet dream of murderous pseudoscience.

[Crimson Dynamo]

I have just had a call from my mum, she has run out bog roll and has diarrhoea :umm2:

So now i have to go on the search and take some to her.

[arista]

I'm not really scared for myself but I'm terrified of unknowingly carrying it and infecting someone with a weak immune system.


Nice of you to be so caring

[Captain.Remy]

It's OK, I'm on Prep.

But I miss sports, and concerts I was supposed to go to.
I know on my part I'm following the instructions from our government, so I'm doing my best. It's a question of luck sometimes. Might get it, might not get it, we'll see.
I hope everyone on Tibb will be OK!

[Ammi]

...the focus of stock piling seems to be with medication/medical supplies now...

https://uk.yahoo.com/news/coronavirus-boots-limiting-sales-pharmacies-170209320.html

[arista]

It's OK, I'm on Prep.

But I miss sports, and concerts I was supposed to go to.
I know on my part I'm following the instructions from our government, so I'm doing my best. It's a question of luck sometimes. Might get it, might not get. We'll see.
I hope everyone on Tibb will be OK!


Yes it worse in France
Hang in there Capt. Remy

[user104658]

Vaccine-less herd immunity scares the sh1t out of me. I have vulnerable relatives that probably wouldn't make it through if we persist with the eugenicists wet dream of murderous pseudoscience.There isn't a lot of choice at this point though, there is no vaccine and it spreads too easily to halt, the social distancing and things like closing schools and workplaces isn't to halt the virus it's to ease the strain on ICU units so that every severe case that can survive, does survive. The reason the death rate is high in Italy is that (horrifyingly) a lot of people who would have pulled through in ICU are dying in the hospital corridors. There are also people dying of OTHER things because all of the beds are full of Covid patients.

But unfortunately all of the measures are about slowing ICU admissions to a manageable level. It's still going to move through the population at some rate. Realistically a vaccine is at least 6 months away or more and whatever measures are taken, they can't continue for 6 months, or (being blunt) Covid will be the least of our problems.

[user104658]

...the focus of stock piling seems to be with medication/medical supplies now...



https://uk.yahoo.com/news/coronavirus-boots-limiting-sales-pharmacies-170209320.htmlYes Ammi I posted before a couple of piccies I took; cheap paracetamol and ibuprofen shelves empty, but wildly over-priced nurofen etc still stacked full which offered me some levity :hehe:. "Yes I want to stockpile all the meds I ca... Jesus christ £3.50 for a pack of ibuprofen?? **** that, leave it."

[arista]

LBC live now
A Covid 19
a Doctor Live at home.

Came back from NYC Conf.
She is 60 year old GP.



She says its like the Flu more. Big Fever



Good on Matt Frei
Getting a Top Guest on the Phone.


https://www.lbc.co.uk/



She is Good
and thinks after she can
Visit Covid 19 at home.

She also says she thinks the NYC Hotel
gave it to her,

[Ammi]

Yes Ammi I posted before a couple of piccies I took; cheap paracetamol and ibuprofen shelves empty, but wildly over-priced nurofen etc still stacked full which offered me some levity :hehe:. "Yes I want to stockpile all the meds I ca... Jesus christ £3.50 for a pack of ibuprofen?? **** that, leave it."

...I smiled actually when I saw something similar with loo rolls when the stock piling started...there were still quite a few packs of some of the more expensive Andrex ones but not really much else...I think with Boots though and general medical supplies..?..it started as fairly focused on specific things like generic pain relief, as you’ve said....but there’s less focus now and it’s becoming ALL ShELVEs....I think we’re going to have little trades going on like with football cards...?....one multivitamin bottle for a 12 pack of ibuprofen....deal or no deal, TS...?...

[caprimint]

people who hamster, need to be arrested from now on, and then it is over pretty quickly with that hoarding/hamstering from stores
AHHHHH not arrested for buying 10 packs of toilet rolls :skull:

[caprimint]

Well that's where it gets complicated, the people who STARTED the hoarding were over-reacting, but at this point it's not an over-reaction to try to make sure you're stocked up... Simply because the shelves are emptying fast and it's going to become increasingly hard to get things. Not because of the virus, not because of social distancing, but purely because of hoarding. Exactly like the "bread incident". You have to hoard because of hoarders, thus becoming a hoarder and compounding the issue.

Its stupid and frustrating but :shrug: if you don't get some staples in now you probably won't be able to get them at all.
I'm basically agreeing with everything you're writing re: coronavirus

[Crimson Dynamo]

if you need paracetamol try small local pharmacies as the chavs wont think to go there and they have good stocks

[caprimint]

Even off-licenses too... I've seen them selling hand sanitizer and masks

[user104658]

...I smiled actually when I saw something similar with loo rolls when the stock piling started...there were still quite a few packs of some of the more expensive Andrex ones but not really much else...I think with Boots though and general medical supplies..?..it started as fairly focused on specific things like generic pain relief, as you’ve said....but there’s less focus now and it’s becoming ALL ShELVEs....I think we’re going to have little trades going on like with football cards...?....one multivitamin bottle for a 12 pack of ibuprofen....deal or no deal, TS...?...It's the opposite at my nearest Tesco - when I say the shelves are "empty" of toilet roll, they are not, there is a huge, conspicuous, pile of the cheapest "value" stuff that looks literally untouched [emoji23]. To be fair it's like sand paper and clearly everyone knows! You'd be better using literally anything else. Piece of old carpet, the shower curtain, a cat...

[Crimson Dynamo]

we need 70s loo roll to be brought back. this stuff slid off your ahole like Franz Klammer

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/78/d8/08/78d808f8408a2e8265d3c56032f5014f.jpg

[user104658]

if you need paracetamol try small local pharmacies as the chavs wont think to go there and they have good stocksIndeed, I was in Lloyd's for my daughter's ear drops just before we went to the supermarket and there didn't seem to be any shelves missing stock there :shrug:. Although, it's a small village pharmacy so they're going to clock people pretty quickly trying to buy bulk paracetamol... Unlike supermarkets where you can get around the "maximum two packs" rule by cunningly taking 10 packs to 5 different self-checkouts :facepalm:.

[Ammi]

It's the opposite at my nearest Tesco - when I say the shelves are "empty" of toilet roll, they are not, there is a huge, conspicuous, pile of the cheapest "value" stuff that looks literally untouched [emoji23]. To be fair it's like sand paper and clearly everyone knows! You'd be better using literally anything else. Piece of old carpet, the shower curtain, a cat...

...it’s soon going to be...(...and actually it’s quite a scary thought...)...cash money is worthless..loo rolls however...and TS down the road has Andrex, can we trade with him...

[caprimint]

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[user104658]

...it’s soon going to be...(...and actually it’s quite a scary thought...)...cash money is worthless..loo rolls however...and TS down the road has Andrex, can we trade with him..."Stocks are crashing fast the only commodities worth anything now are gold and Double Quilted"

[arista]

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On there adapted Bog Roll

[Mystic Mock]

I'd like an inbetween answer on the poll tbh as it's good to be scared of any disease that can kill you, but obviously it shouldn't be being treated like it's an episode of TWD either with how chaotic our shops are at the moment.:joker:

But I am in support of making sure that the disease stops spreading so fast so I am in support of stopping huge public gatherings.

[user104658]

I'd like an inbetween answer on the poll tbh as it's good to be scared of any disease that can kill you, but obviously it shouldn't be being treated like it's an episode of TWD either with how chaotic our shops are at the moment.:joker:



But I am in support of making sure that the disease stops spreading so fast so I am in support of stopping huge public gatherings.I'm in support of stopping public gatherings forever just cos I don't like crowds. Let's just not do it at all!

[GoldHeart]

It's worrying but isn't scaring me as such , I'm more concerned and irritated by the panic buying :crazy:.

[Amy Jade]

A few of my friends work in asda and overnight those gloves they give you and the blue hand towelettes at the petrol station have all been stolen off the pumps :laugh:

[Mystic Mock]

I'm in support of stopping public gatherings forever just cos I don't like crowds. Let's just not do it at all!

Are you a Claustrophobe TS?:laugh:

[arista]

A few of my friends work in asda and overnight those gloves they give you and the blue hand towelettes at the petrol station have all been stolen off the pumps :laugh:



Yes we need Army Control
soon.

[user104658]

Are you a Claustrophobe TS?:laugh:

Just a misanthrope :joker:

[Twosugars]

My chronic sinusitis appointment pushed back from April to October. :shrug:
Looks like they're clearing the decks to concentrate on covid.

Gonna try and buy more ibuprofen for my sinusitis headaches from our local pharmacy :fc:

[The Slim Reaper]

My chronic sinusitis appointment pushed back from April to October. :shrug:
Looks like they're clearing the decks to concentrate on covid.

Gonna try and buy more ibuprofen for my sinusitis headaches from our local pharmacy :fc:

Comin' over 'ere, stealin' our ibuprofen. Get brexit done.

[user104658]

My chronic sinusitis appointment pushed back from April to October. :shrug:
Looks like they're clearing the decks to concentrate on covid.

Gonna try and buy more ibuprofen for my sinusitis headaches from our local pharmacy :fc:

I know... other conditions still exist too :umm2:. I'm prone to the occasional, usually relatively mild, migraine so I should probably panic buy a stock of ibuprofen and paracetamol as we're running a bit low and it's missing from the shelves :fist:.

Might treat myself to a nice big multi-pack of co-codamol from the pharmacy :flutter:

[Twosugars]

Comin' over 'ere, stealin' our ibuprofen. Get brexit done.
:smug:
I know... other conditions still exist too :umm2:. I'm prone to the occasional, usually relatively mild, migraine so I should probably panic buy a stock of ibuprofen and paracetamol as we're running a bit low and it's missing from the shelves :fist:.

Might treat myself to a nice big multi-pack of co-codamol from the pharmacy :flutter:

TS a codeine *****? :omgno:

[Livia]

I wouldn't say I'm worried. Apprehensive perhaps. We brought my grandmother up today from London, we think she'll be safer up here. Alex's travel plans have been interrupted and he's working from home. I am glad we live out in the sticks and not in the middle of London, though.

[Glenn.]

I'm not really scared for myself but I'm terrified of unknowingly carrying it and infecting someone with a weak immune system.

This.

[Kazanne]

I wouldn't say I'm worried. Apprehensive perhaps. We brought my grandmother up today from London, we think she'll be safer up here. Alex's travel plans have been interrupted and he's working from home. I am glad we live out in the sticks and not in the middle of London, though.

Yes this is probably me, we have no cases here yet,plus we live in quite a rural little town, and our house is quite away from the town itself, I worry a bit for my mom and dad, but they seem pretty healthy so hopefully we will all get through it ok.

[Twosugars]

Might treat myself to a nice big multi-pack of co-codamol from the pharmacy :flutter:
Got some of that too :hee:

[smudgie]

I know... other conditions still exist too :umm2:. I'm prone to the occasional, usually relatively mild, migraine so I should probably panic buy a stock of ibuprofen and paracetamol as we're running a bit low and it's missing from the shelves :fist:.

Might treat myself to a nice big multi-pack of co-codamol from the pharmacy :flutter:

Hmmmmm, I get a couple of hundred full strength on my script every month.

[Tom4784]

I wasn't too bothered until Boris' speech yesterday. We are totally unprepared for this and Boris is refusing all the smart options of prevention.

I won't be in danger from Corona and I think I will likely end up getting it since I work in a town centre but I do worry for people like my nan. I'm just getting ready to self isolate if the need arises.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Only place in Perth with big roll was HBargains do I got 54 for me old mum and 36 for us and the TL got 36 too. No soap or anti bac anything

[thesheriff443]

I’m not worried for my self but for my parents.

This virus in term of killing humans is a mild one.

We may get repeated outbreaks from now on if this one is gets under control

[hijaxers]

Yes i'm very worried ! and 2nd week running not a toilet roll in sight ~ but luckily my friend gave me 4 rolls . There were hardly anything in the way of painkillers , hardly any toothpaste, no pasta , never seen the shelves so empty.

[Niamh.]

Yes like nothing before, I'm really not one to panic normally

[Marsh.]

I wasn't, but a creeping dread is washing over me.

Just read a diary of someone who was diagnosed with it too. :umm2: The cough itself sounds horrendous.

[GoldHeart]

I've heard some bad coughs that sound like they're bringing up their lungs.

Remember when they use to do ads ,telling people to get checked if they had a cough for more than 3 weeks as it could be cancer.

Now people are worried it might be the coronavirus .

[JerseyWins]

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[Brother Leon]

More so for my parents and sister. For myself, I couldn’t give a **** as I would probably brush it off and have an excuse to spend a week in bed watching Netflix :laugh:

[Ammi]

...I honestly don’t believe that most people won’t be scared of some aspect...maybe not contracting the virus as such, but other things associated with what is happening in our lives atm...our whole lives, we become ‘problem solvers’ and that’s a huge thing in what has protected us and our families and also obviously, it has given us thriving as well as surviving...(...and we’ve been fortunate in being born in the countries we have to enable that thriving also...)...but so much of that problem solving has become helpless as we face things like food shortages/insufficient medical provisions etc...we are facing a helplessness in our lives that we’ve never experienced before and that couldn’t not be scary...

[Ammi]

...I’m worried how human nature will act/react out of fear ...the virus itself seems much less to fear than that...

[Lewismacfarlane]

I just hope everything is sorted by June i know i sound selfish but i have a holiday booked for June

[GoldHeart]

I just hope everything is sorted by June i know i sound selfish but i have a holiday booked for June

I think it will still be lingering about, hopefully not as much. And hopefully the panic buying and hysteria will of calmed down .

[bots]

I just hope everything is sorted by June i know i sound selfish but i have a holiday booked for June

thats about the time its predicted it will be at it's peak

[Livia]

It doesn't scare me, no. But I don't think everyone's overreacting. Self-isolation, cancellation of public gatherings, all good ideas... panic buying... not such a good idea.

[Kazanne]

The virus itself doesn't scare me but people do , those who are shopping like its the end of the world. so selfish and unnecessary, and whats all that about ?the fighting over certain items , the worlds gone mad.

[AnnieK]

I haven't been scared really, a little concerned but this weekend its started to feel very real and very serious. Not bothered for myself or my son but my dad is 72...had had a heart attack in the past and I rely on him for a lot of help around school /work and I feel I could be putting him at risk. I've not panic bought as such, just a few extra pasata, tins but only because I meal plan and shop weekly so I dont have masses of surplus food in the house. I do tend to batch cook though so we gave meals in the freezer for when time is short for cooking but that wouldn't last very long.

[JerseyWins]

I just want this lockdown in the US (or whatever states) to happen already if it's going to happen. Rather now before it spreads more and when there's already hysteria anyway with people stocking up at stores. There's already been a (voluntary I think?) lockdown in one of the cities in NJ (there's around 20 cases there last I heard yesterday).

I'm a little sketched out about why this is made to be THIS big of a deal though... like sure it's bad but is it THAT bad to have lockdowns & talks of more lockdowns... is something being hidden about it or have people just gone mad because social media rules the world now?

[arista]

I just want this lockdown in the US (or whatever states) to happen already if it's going to happen. Rather now before it spreads more and when there's already hysteria anyway with people stocking up at stores. There's already been a (voluntary I think?) lockdown in one of the cities in NJ (there's around 20 cases there last I heard yesterday).

I'm a little sketched out about why this is made to be THIS big of a deal though... like sure it's bad but is it THAT bad to have lockdowns & talks of more lockdowns... is something being hidden about it or have people just gone mad because social media rules the world now?


Yes Social Media has Over Hyped everything
I mean some folk Only
use Facebook feed..................

[Kizzy]

Here's a hypothetical for you... if you wanted to wear a mask ( and you were not ill) and your job was customer facing but your boss said no due to company image is this right ir not?

[Denver]

here's a hypothetical for you... If you wanted to wear a mask ( and you were not ill) and your job was customer facing but your boss said no due to company image is this right ir not?

mask would not proteect you from catching it

[Kizzy]

mask would not proteect you from catching it

That wasn't the question...

[Denver]

That wasn't the question...

Well they wont let you wear something thay will not protect you.

It wilm be unprofessional and masks should only be used for sufferers

[Mitchell]

Yes. Not even the virus itself, but also the consequences of it.

With all the closures, isolating etc, it’s already had and undoubtedly will continue to have a serious effect on my mental health, so god knows how awful I’ll be by the end of this.

[Ammi]

Here's a hypothetical for you... if you wanted to wear a mask ( and you were not ill) and your job was customer facing but your boss said no due to company image is this right ir not?

...I haven’t really had time to give it any thought as I’m rushing off out...but my instinct would be that it would be unreasonable of a boss to refuse under these extraordinary circumstances we all find ourselves in...it could cause the employee to have such anxiety and worry that they may not be able to work anyway..?..would that be more acceptable to the employer, to have employees not there at all..?../...sorry, just a quick thought though...

[Cherie]

Yes. Not even the virus itself, but also the consequences of it.

With all the closures, isolating etc, it’s already had and undoubtedly will continue to have a serious effect on my mental health, so god knows how awful I’ll be by the end of this.

:hug:

[Kizzy]

...I haven’t really had time to give it any thought as I’m rushing off out...but my instinct would be that it would be unreasonable of a boss to refuse under these extraordinary circumstances we all find ourselves in...it could cause the employee to have such anxiety and worry that they may not be able to work anyway..?..would that be more acceptable to the employer, to have employees not there at all..?../...sorry, just a quick thought though...

I don't think they care... :(
I know it's said that masks don't help, which is odd as they've been using surgical masks for years to help slow/ prevent infection haven't they?... suddenly they don't work :/

No company would put an email out banning masks as the papers would have a field day, but unofficially that's the rule.. I dont agree your employer should be able to ask you to not to do all you feel fit to stay safe in a pandemic.

[user104658]

I don't think they care... :(
I know it's said that masks don't help, which is odd as they've been using surgical masks for years to help slow/ prevent infection haven't they?... suddenly they don't work :/


Surgical masks are not to protect theatre staff, they're to protect the patient from theatre staff (while they're lay there sliced open).

In other words... you should wear a mask if you're sick, to protect other people. Not to protect yourself from sick people when you're healthy.