I think we’ve all been conditioned thanks to restrictions we’ve had to endure the past two years, that COVID is the worse thing you can get (because up until recently, in England at least) - it has stopped us from going about our normal lives. We’ve had to inform others we’ve been close too, if we’ve had it, take two weeks off work… etc!
I recently had pneumonia, and was sent to A&E by 111 (who I cannot fault) the nurse who registered me at reception gave me a hard time thinking I had COVID. I work for the NHS (in another acute hospital) I test regularly, I KNEW I didn’t have it. I told her, and the after treatment questionnaire that not every cough = COVID!!!
Anyway, I digress. Pneumonia was 100000% more awful to deal with and come back from than when I had COVID. I’ve never been so ill.