Has anyone been struggling with anxiety around going/not going? Even though I know logically my friends and I are fully prepared (masks, sanitizer, wipes, rapid covid tests) it just is hard to shake the worry. I would just reschedule, but the tickets are comps that expire at the end of September. I guess I'm just curious how other people have come to a decision/to read recent experiences. We are 3 fully vaccinated people in our 20s, no major health issues.
In short, yes, I'm anxious about it.
Here's how I'm thinking about it (but don't take my advice, I'm not a physician!)
We've spent so long thinking about Covid as a life or death struggle. A mistake or problem, and we could end up dead.
But I think for us vaccinated people, it looks like that has changed. As a vaccinated person, realistically, it seems unlikely that I'm in mortal danger. I could die from Covid even as a vaccinated person, but as a healthy middle-ager, it seems unlikely.
Maybe we vaccinated people need to think about it a bit differently. Perhaps it's not a life or death thing (probably) but that doesn't mean it's an easy choice, either
I absolutely do not believe that Covid is "like the flu" but it might be
sort of close to true for a vaccinated person. But even with that mindset switch, we shouldn't underestimate things.
I was on a business trip a couple of years ago and got hit *hard* by the flu. It was miserable. As my mom used to say, "I felt like death warmed over." I was absolutely miserable and it took me a couple of weeks to get back to normal. The worst days were in the top 5 or so worst sickness days I can remember in my 50+ years of life. I can't tell you how much I hated those days being sick.
I didn't die. I wasn't hospitalized. It probably qualified as "mild to moderate" symptoms on the "is he going to die?" scale.
But would I go to Disney World if I knew that this non-mortal flu was rampaging out of control in Florida?
I'm not sure, but probably not.
So it's not only about life and death (for the vaccinated), but also about the likelihood of being wrung out sick while on vacation, stuck in a hotel room with a fever of 102 and absolutely miserable, far from home and my own doctor.
I'm at the point where I assume that now or later, I'll end up getting Covid, and that it might very well suck terribly, but that I'll probably be OK in the end.
I'm just not sure I want to rush into a place where that happening on vacation seems just a bit too likely. So I'll keep my eyes on the numbers and the latest Covid updates and see what it looks like come trip time.