The new phobia: the coughobia. / myLot

Chile

March 5, 2020 6:58am CST

Coughs have been part of our life all the time. Coughs and sneezes. It is the way our body gets rid in a healthy way of anything that bothers it. Many coughs and sneezes are related to mild allergies. One of my grandsons cannot sleep with a blanket nearby, I hate planes and have decided to wear a mask the next time I take one. But with the corona virus panic, coughs and sneezes have turned into phobias. A person coughs once and he has coronavirus. He panics. So he coughs harder terrified. A cough should get rid of the virus but a cough is also a symptom of it.

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Stop reading about the corona virus, say mental experts. Still, wash your hands as you should have washed them all your life, with water and soap. Relate lovingly to people instead of hiding from them all. Eat well, take walks and just in case, keep some extra water in the house (not sodas). I loved all this when I read it. No masks anywhere. No terror.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (502527)

• Italy

5 Mar 20

Easy to say "stop reading", but we are 5 Km from the Italian border and I want exactly to know what do to, because in 2 weeks they went from 85 contaminated to 3,200.

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marguicha

@marguicha (230350)

• Chile

5 Mar 20

I have read that common cold kills more people during the winter. Everywhere.

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marguicha

@marguicha (230350)

• Chile

5 Mar 20

@arunima25 Maybe it is better to know who do we invite to our houses.

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Arunima Singh

@arunima25 (93194)

• Bangalore, India

5 Mar 20

You're so right. Very tough to avoid the fear especially when you are so close by. Now we have cases here in India coming to 30 in couple of days. It started with two two people from travel history to Italy. Out of 30 cases, 28 are from India and two are Italian tourist. Now many more people who came in contact with them are being traced.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (382147)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Mar 20

While some people seem to be panicking, a lot are making some really funny jokes about the virus. We bought masks but found they fogged up our glasses. I guess we weren't wearing them properly.

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marguicha

@marguicha (230350)

• Chile

5 Mar 20

I had great problems using masks to go to the hospital while in chemo. Finally, I stopped using them. There they are.

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ShannyBananny

@shaggin (74987)

• United States

5 Mar 20

I know my niece doesn’t have coronavirus as it isn’t in our area yet. I took her out twice and she had a light cough and I worry people are going to freak out thinking she has it. She gets a cough with ear infections and all kinds of things. I get it with asthma and allergies.

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ShannyBananny

@shaggin (74987)

• United States

6 Mar 20

@marguicha I know but the media is so overboard about this I’m afraid people will think she’s caught it.

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marguicha

@marguicha (230350)

• Chile

7 Mar 20

@shaggin The important thing is that your niece is sure that she is okey.

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marguicha

@marguicha (230350)

• Chile

5 Mar 20

A cough does not mean corona virus.

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Sue21

@lovinangelsinstead21 (36847)

• Pamplona, Spain

7 Mar 20

There was an elderly lady in the shop coughing before and the poor woman could not stop for a few minutes. Thing is this is the month of the start of the allergies big time so plenty of phobias going on I guess.

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marguicha

@marguicha (230350)

• Chile

8 Mar 20

I have allergy and rhinitis every spring.

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Sue21

@lovinangelsinstead21 (36847)

• Pamplona, Spain

8 Mar 20

@marguicha A lot of people do we live in a very heavy traffic area with a motorway right by us too.

DianneN

@DianneN (254926)

• United States

5 Mar 20

I’ve always had phobias for other people coughing and sneezing while not covering their mouth. I’m just being vigilant as usual by washing my hands with antibacterial soap when I come home.

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marguicha

@marguicha (230350)

• Chile

5 Mar 20

I turn my face away from people who cough without covering their mouths. And I use soap.

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marguicha

@marguicha (230350)

• Chile

5 Mar 20

@DianneN That´s a good way to do it.

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DianneN

@DianneN (254926)

• United States

5 Mar 20

@marguicha I get out of line if they are in front of me.

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Arunima Singh

@arunima25 (93194)

• Bangalore, India

5 Mar 20

You are right. The virus is scary but the more and more alarming news going around is really making it even more alarming. Now it's in our country with people coming from Italy. In few days the number has come to 30

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marguicha

@marguicha (230350)

• Chile

5 Mar 20

I am sure that in your country (and in many others) more people die from dengue than from corona virus.

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Arunima Singh

@arunima25 (93194)

• Bangalore, India

6 Mar 20

@marguicha Yes. Dengue is common here during rain. We still have deaths from dengue but that has come down. Most of the cases get cured now.

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marguicha

@marguicha (230350)

• Chile

6 Mar 20

@arunima25 There are many contagios illness in the world yet none have brought this amount of panic

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Ken

@kanuck1 (4424)

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5 Mar 20

Panic doesn't help but we need to keep our senses and take precautions.

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marguicha

@marguicha (230350)

• Chile

5 Mar 20

I have red about it and precautions are, as always, common sense. Keep hands clean with soap and water (nothing sophisticated) nd don´t touch your face. It is very easy.

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