[Closed] Which Covid stereotype are you?

My wife manages 2 covid wards, I work in children's social services. We fall into the 'work harder and longer in a more stressful environment' stereotype. Your mates wife is a total ****.

I already have a dog but just got shot of the trampoline.

I'm the depressed, anxious and socially isolated stereotype.

Go about things best you can, peek at a few stats, don't give opinions about something you don't understand and generally just keep your head down and crack on. Stereotype 4 🙂

I’m the depressed, anxious and socially isolated stereotype.

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Type 5: I’ve been practicing for social distancing my whole life. I’m nailing it.

I’m the depressed, anxious and socially isolated stereotype.

This.

But then that's me in normal times too, it's just a bit more pronounced right now.

Dog died. Long Covid. Professional COVID data geek. Type R.

Type 4 and 5 (see oldmanmtb2 and jam-bo above).
Haven't been to a pub for years. Like my own company most of the time. Keep my head down.

Type 6 Secretly wishing I was furloughed again but grateful to have a job.

And type 5.

Type 5: I’ve been practicing for social distancing my whole life. I’m nailing it.

That’s about right. Started out anxious last March as Mrs P was in hospital in Central London when lockdown was announced. Still haven’t been able to visit parents since Dec 2019 because of this. In which time father has had to have a lonely 80th birthday while mother had cancer surgery and now chemo. * hell.

Getting depressed and flat now. Engine in limp mode TBH. Need to work on self and plan for better times. Can I also say that I * get rantingly pissed off at those voluntarily dumb **** who don’t take this seriously, as they go spreading death, BS and conspiracy like it’s the new trend. Does that get me a stereotype niche? Type 6.75? **** it all. Too many ****ers in this day and age. Socialmedia? Antisocial morass, morelike.

My wife manages 2 covid wards, I work in children’s social services. We fall into the ‘work harder and longer in a more stressful environment’ stereotype. Your mates wife is a total ****.

Same here; Albeit I work with the guys doing vaccine development.

Longest and most stressful days I've ever seen.

Massuvely over cautious, taking it one day at a time type here.

One hour at a time a fair amount actually.

I’m sick as **** type who wants to slap deniers and those who flex the rules.

Worked all the way through either at home or on site. Struggled/struggling with home schooling, but just trying to get on with it all. Would like a dog but not paying those prices. Did buy a trampoline! Can't wait for it to be all over, would love to go the pub with mates. Stereotype whatevers next...

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I’m sick as **** type who wants to slap deniers and those who flex the rules.

Same.

I’m done with trying to understand and reason with Covid deniers, Brexiters, racists, Tories, community smashing hyper capitalists and bike haters. It’s time to strike hard and take our country back before they take our society so far right it’ll take generations to find our way back to civilisation.

And breathe.

^^Ooh, yeah. I'm that type too!

Trying to come to terms with the fact there isn't much I can do though on a personal level.😐

I am just glad that " get the flip away from me" is now seen as a public service not outright rudeness 🙂

Type 5.

I sit in my bedroom working, I sit on the sofa watching telly, I go to the shop every so often and I ride bikes. That's basically it.

Type 5 but also the type that is working in full covid environments (wards) as is the wife: trying to adhere to rules as best as possible and not socialising etc but watching everyone else around you break the rules and wondering why the **** I'm bothering.

I could let it slide previously but now I'm just annoyed. People meeting in groups blatantly. Friends we know meeting up for takeaways blatantly. I'm not perfect. Nobody is, I may stop to chat etc etc but earlier today I watched three couples get out of three cars and go for a walk together with the dogs. Zero ****s given about how they looked.

The longer it goes on the longer we have to live like this. People can't seem to be a type 5 and let thier social lives slide for a few months.

Need to learn to let it go over my head.

Taking it all in my stride as I've been prepping for this all my life, albeit my version was much worse.

I'm the wife works across a couple of mental health and dementia wards where there have been a number of deaths and im a firefighter who caught it in April and still have a number of effects now I was off work for 12 weeks as I couldn't pass the simple fitness test despite previously running ultras I also passed it on to the wife, stress with home schooling though thankfully now the kids have started at school again and now I drink much more than I did , and im allergic to dogs , yeah that stereotype

Tempted to join the current fake news politicos, worked for brexit, and many others, those stereotypes.

SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE WILL STOP COVID!!!

In reality, following the rules, wife is both testing and vaccinating over and above her job in Opthalmology. I'm wfh dreaming of when we can get on the hills again properly, while chasing a 14 year old off her phone onto the schoolwork, on a regular basis.

So, probably very like most folks. It just looks like there's lots of rule abusers about, cos they stand out.

Type 5.

I sit in my bedroom working, I sit on the sofa watching telly, I go to the shop every so often and I ride bikes. That’s basically it.

That's me too except that the "working" bit also involves a fair bit of iPlayer or Netflix (or useful stuff like household chores, cleaning a bike etc). The problem is that my workload varies greatly so some days/weeks, I can be nicely busy, lots to keep me occupied and at other times I'm literally just waiting on others to deliver and there's nothing to do.

regular human. (whatever type that is) working in health-care so no furlough or working from home . Following the rules, wish I could go out for dinner and a movie.

Go about things best you can, peek at a few stats, don’t give opinions about something you don’t understand and generally just keep your head down and crack on. Stereotype 4

Same as bearnecessities only with a side dish of depression and anger at the total ****s who can’t stop acting like complete ****s whilst the rest of us do our best

A mixture of all the sensible types i hope:
Covid positive in April last year (along with Mrs F), clear now but it was a scary time and i'm vary cautious of asymptomatic transmission now.
Working (just) in plant still, so social distancing and mask wearing is the norm now whenever I go somewhere where there are people (both work and shopping/'socially').
Trusting the science and the vaccine, glad that my dad and brother have had the first jab (both in at risk group) and waiting for Mrs F to get hers in front line NHS before i can relax internally a bit.
Avoiding social media and most news as it is wearing.
Already have two dogs (and other animals) who have kept us occupied, exercised and entertained in equal measure!
Genuinely concerned for friends and family and those who, through no fault of their own, are being put at risk by selfish, ignorant $&%!* when all they want to do is go and get the shopping in.
Riding bikes!

Stealth edit: getting a bit tired of people wishing things would go back to normal. If we could all just accept that this is the new normal (at least for the next 9 to 12 months) then this would all be a lot less struggle for everyone.

Socially isolated, just bought a turbo, depressed side of bi-polar dominating, struggling to find a job. Stereotype 7?

Stereotype 8
Generally pretty happy with the situation (mainly due to aspergers)
- I don't like being close to people so social distancing is great
- I don't have any friends so don't miss meeting anyone
- I prefer working at home
- Slightly less people around when I cycle
- Live with someone who is also not unhappy with it who has now had vaccine which is a relief

Not happy with the impact of it on most of society though as it must be awful for most people in a variety of ways and levels.

@bearnecessities

Go about things best you can, peek at a few stats, don’t give opinions about something you don’t understand and generally just keep your head down and crack on. Stereotype 4 🙂

I'm along those lines.

I’m probably stereotype 9 - something akin to Michael Douglas in “falling down” - I have a complete lack of tolerance for everyone (the majority of people in my area) that have been wilfully ignoring the guidance right from the outset and in the process, putting healthcare workers at significant additional risk.

Smug middle class work at home arsehole who still has a job.

(Still feeling somewhat depressed and groundhog Day)

I’m in the minority I feel as I empathise with the young more than anyone else in this pandemic. I feel they are routinely hated on and there is a lack of understanding of the mental damage being done to them by continuous isolation. The drumbeat of compliers is loud, we hear you. But let’s repay this damaged generation first. Their childhoods have seen damage that you may struggle to understand having had yours.

The debilitating Long Covid since March 10th stereotype.

I’m the depressed, anxious and socially isolated stereotype.

This.

But then that’s me in normal times too, it’s just a bit more pronounced right now.

I'm in the his camp.

But I'd also like to slap the deniers, and anyone who uses the terms "flex the rules".

Type 5 probs. Still working, Riding bikes and getting fresh air when I can. Trying to avoid the hoards at the supermarkets best I can. Getting fed up but it is what it is!

I think it's made me more intolerant of anti-social people in general.

I guess I'm in the "working harder than ever, living seperatly from wife and child" catagoary.

Own a small village shop so doing 12hr days solo, wife in most vulnerable cat so having to live seperate lives.

I'm also in the "completely convinced, 💯% pro vaccine" cat - I've had too many bereaved customers come in and chat.....

I’m in the minority I feel as I empathise with the young more than anyone else in this pandemic.

I'm with you in those sentiments, I'm sure that this will prob have major implications for social change in the future as the sub 20's grow up.

Dunno if its a type, but I'm one who has got pretty grumpy and moany about petty things... and wishes everything Covid related was on ONE THREAD!

wishes everything Covid related was on ONE THREAD

It's FAR to big a subject for that, and questions like this will get lost in the thousand of reply's with zero responses.....

Just stop reading these threads?

I’m in the minority I feel as I empathise with the young more than anyone else in this pandemic.

Yep, they're paying a high price for this.

I'm in the fairly indifferent to it all camp, doesn't really affect me much. Although I did almost have a nervous breakdown when panic buying first started and I couldn't get Allbran or Earl Grey Tea. Luckily that major crisis has averted and it's back to normal now (for me).

I think it’s made me more tolerant TBH I see deniers and sceptics as just as scared as the rest of the population just reacting in a different way. They need encouragement and help not scorn

It’s FAR to big a subject for that... blah blah more bollocks

I knew my post would be too subtle for some

It goes in waves. Now and again, it gets to me like it gets to most people I think.

Mostly, I'm whatever type is 'bored and frustrated' but trying to be a positive as you can be in the face of such human misery.

I read the news once a day to keep up to date on 'the facts' as best anyone can and I follow the rules as best I can. Not being able to go to the pub, or drive to where I want to ride, or see my friends or go to the cinema or any of the other things that we can't do ****ing sucks balls, but I'm not going to be a baby about it and cry and moan, or worse, try to invent an alternative version of reality where it would be not only perfectly safe, but only right to do the particular things I want to do. Nor will I scream and shout that the things I don't do, are very clearly the only reason the virus is spreading and should be banned.

I try to avoid the main Covid thread on here, it's grim reading and frankly I sense a few, maybe a lot of posters are wallowing the misery of it all and some of the 'accepted facts' of that thread don't really seem to exist outside of it. Being really frank, a lot of people seem to want it to go as badly as possible so they've got a stick to bash the Tories with.

I haven't bought a dog, haven't bought a trampoline for the kids, or a hot tub, that'll I'll regret once it's over, in fact, knowing how my brain works, I'd actually resent them as being from 'the covid era'.

I'm in isolation now because I've got an operation next week and apparently having a general with covid is pretty dam dangerous. Post-op I'll be enjoying lock down in pain and more boredom, I can't even play the Xbox, but when I'm healed up and able to use both hands properly again, the vaccines should mean a massive reduction in deaths and hospital admissions, My Mum will be free to leave the house again and we might even get some sunshine, which is good for the soul, and bad for the virus.

No time for a dog just now, cats rule.
I have an unhealthy interest in sandwich makers, home made weapons and how best to dig traps in my garden.If there was a way to harness my anger and frustration it could power a small town.

Think I might sign up to supernova and Drac's militia.
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