I am far from denying or downplaying the covid situation. I think you misinterpret what I was trying to say. Please read the thread from the beginning to see what I am about to do here.
I try to help someone who is obviously suffering from anxiety and depression because of covid angst.
I think we should not amp up fears on forums. But we can help keeping up optimism.
And it is not generally the case, that every time we go out, virus is spoiling our clothes and we bring it home where vulnerable family members are. We know the precautions and can avoid close contact to other people where ever possible, we can wear masks, wash hands, use desinfection, and when we have vulnerable people in our family we can help protect them actively.
This is what we can do.
But anxiety and depression must not be caused by this. I personally know of people, who are so anxious that they don't even go to the doctor when they needed to. There are people who were frightened so much by some click baiting news headlines or through certain places on the internet, that they are avoiding to go for a solitary walk at the fresh air for many weeks now. There are people who feel personally haunted by the virus, they start to see it everywhere and strongly believe they will surely die when they catch it. All this is not how we should tackle this. And I believe we all can help to keep our spirits up. And I believe we can help anxious people when we don't amplify fears.
We should take the virus serious. We should follow the common guidelines of precaution. But we shall not despair.
This was my intention. It was all meant in a good will.
If it is desired that we stop turning our heads to the optimistic side, then we should stop discussing covid related anxiety and depression here altogether. Because we can't know or see, what someone who sits at the other end of the line makes from what he or she reads here.