Am I out of step with other pensioners?

am I out of step with other pensioners
I am on GN, but not in real life. That’s because I’ve never been worried, frightened, anxious.

I’m not likely to have a very long life but I’m just happy to be alive every day. TBH this thought would never occur to me, I know from experience that anybody could die at any moment for one of a billion reasons. If you turn this question around, do you think your loved ones would want you to die so they could go shopping and have a holiday?

I worry too for the future of my family repat I don't want the next generation to feel they have to protect me at their expense.
I think though as previous posters said we are all helping each other, guilt seems to be a mother's default setting.

It's really good that you are protecting each other.
At the start of the pandemic, nobody knew how it was transmitted or who was most at risk, so it was sensible to shut things down until we understood.
I have protected myself and others by obeying all the rules from the start. I have been vaccinated and wear my mask religiously, avoid contact with other people and wash my hands any time I have been away from the house.
Surely it's now up to me to protect myself if I feel unsafe? If shops and cafes reopen, none of us have to use them if we feel unsafe (I never ate out to help out for example as I thought it was asking for trouble). As a retired person, I am not forced to commute or work alongside potentially infected people.
By all means protect vulnerable younger people, financially as well as practically.
I haven't got any answers, I just don't want other people to suffer for my safety when I can protect myself so easily

I disagree repat. We're all protecting each other, surely? Being 'fairly healthy' is scant protection when T cells are low. Younger people sometimes die from Covid too.

It's not just a case of a shorter or longer life either. Long Covid can bring disability for years, maybe for life. Care and support could be needed too.

We're making sure that the NHS isn't overwhelmed, society can function - reducing the chances of severe disruption, public disorder, perhaps chaos. Of course it's worth it!

Both my son and DiL are young but at risk so I think we have been protecting each other. Turn the question round - what would your DC and GC have said I’d they had been told they could carry on as usual but probably at the expense of your life?