One back in May, One in July, and one recovering now. Two had co-morbidities. None died yet. All three lost their sense of taste as their Big Initial Clue.
It is December 13 and I still do not know of a single person that has had Covid 19.
— PissedOffPeasant (@mikepfingston2) December 13, 2020
I live is Southern California. Supposedly we are being overwhelmed.
Where is it?
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One nurse. Whose ex is a nurse. Who took the kids on the regular schedule without mentioning that his live-in had it. Kids had mild, sniffle type stuff for a couple days. Nurse was tired for a couple days. And that was it.
Certainly, people are suffering and dying of this and I don't argue with their families when they lash out on our community website. They are in pain. But my sister and I sat next to my mother in shifts 24 hrs a day for over a week as mrsa pneumonia took advantage of her cancer and day by day crushed her until she took that last, struggling breath and I checked her pulse and then called the nurse to confirm her death.
Death sucks. But thousands are dying every day of other causes than covid and their families are grieving just as much.
My kid, his wife and their 3 children. A niece, nephew and their significant others. My wife has had it for a week, and is currently in the hospital on oxygen because she has asthma and developed "Covid pneumonia", a fairly common occurrence.
No, the virus is real, it is out in the general population and can be extremely nasty to many people. I am quite worried that my 87 year old parents might catch it. It was always going to get loose, and once that happened a lot of people were going to die from it. That's just the hard reality, and that's what should have been made clear a long time ago.
Sensible precautions (masks, distancing) can help SLOW the spread and reduce your chance of contracting it, but they will not STOP the virus. It is going to run it's course. The damage from this, human, social and economic, will be felt for a decade.
And what happens when the next epidemic comes along?
I have none several people who had it, none who dies of it. I suspect I had it last winter, but haven't had an antibody test...
My point also: the overreaction to a minor illness this time will make people skeptical of the next time a disease comes around, which will likely be worse - like the boy who cried wolf, people ignore the issue because of overreaction and overuse ...
I have it. I had a fever, but the tip off was losing all sense of smell. I'm currently in isolation. Am I in danger? Probably not. But I'd feel awful if I found out I gave it to someone. All my friends are older, my parents are at risk, and my wife is vulnerable.
When did watching out and caring for our neighbors become controversial?
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