Serious coronavirus thread. No deniers

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Anyone else worried?

Concerned, not worried. I mean, there are plenty of reasons to be worried, but I'm trying to remain calm.

I'm more annoyed but concerned, it's not the apocalypse.

I’m worried for particular people I know to be high fatality risk if they contract it (mostly family members).

I’m concerned about maintenance of civil order during the time it takes to develop a vaccine.

I’ve also got a nagging doubt as to whether some of the current governments of democratic countries can be trusted to relax emergency measures when the time comes.

I’m also mildly annoyed with my country’s current government’s seeming tardiness to act: but given that the alternative in our last election was so dire I can’t find it in me to be fully angry.

I'm cautious in my own actions and concerned for some vulnerable people.

I don't go online much anymore as it just annoys me too much: between people who seem to seek to deliberately cause panic and hysteria and those careless and selfish enough to put others in danger, it just gets too much.

Try to stay calm and get plenty of rest: stress and lack of sleep would only weaken your immune system.

I'm not sure what word would fit... for me, current situation is a challenge to accept. No, it's not worry. It's care. I care for the vulnerable people so I keep to the restrictions. I care for my family so I do my best to maintain functionality, sanity and good spirit in us four locked in three rooms.
Sometimes I think, my culture is better adapted to crisis situations than to well-being in-between.

I'm worried. I have family members that it would really affect. But also that people have died, it's like I can't compute it all (and am finding it difficult to put my feelings into words). I keep hearing people say it mostly affects older people, but I don't get how that makes it any better- they deserve to live just as much as anyone else in my opinion. All the families that have lost people. It's all just really sad I'm trying to stop looking at the news so much throughout the day and actually do things and just see the main update we're having here each day.

^ Also, I agree with the above posters. I'm just following the advice we're being given and hoping for the best.

I am concerned about people who are vulnerable to the virus, including most of my clients and arranging alternate care for them because their adult schools are closed. Or their care staff can't come to work because the carer's children are not in school. Most of the people with CP, for example, have respiratory systems that are physically impaired. Trying to get people with Down syndrome to stop hugging is also nearly impossible, although the elbow and fist bump have been used for years in the community.

I also aware of the potential for civil unrest.

One of my coworkers called in sick today. I'm still going into work but think I'll hold off on buying groceries as a precaution for at least a couple days.

Yes just because the health of my kids is already compromised.

Wouldn’t go that far...
Less liberal in a generic sense and more liberal in an in-your-face sense since the turn of the millennium, yes.
But I think “authoritarian” would be overstating it a bit.

the only things im stressing about is the lack of food and toilet rolls in every supermarket i go to

^ which ones have you been too?
In my town the cheaper ones still have stock to a limited extent, whilst the pricier ones are empty.
Folks with more money can panic buy quicker I guess.