Search your heart. Whichever decision is motivated by fear, do the other.

If fear is causing you to think about this, ignore it for a while and go out and eat an ice cream cone. Even better if you can ostentatiously lick the cone in a zone filled with maskers. Pray, and God will eventually give you a sign. Faith conquers fear.

You could die just as easily confronting a desperate pipe-wielding neighbor trying to steal your chickens, as from lack of chickens. We have nothing to fear but fear itself.