Do You Know Anyone Who Has/Had Covid-19?

[Kro]

Two friends had immediate family members (brother, partner, both younger and stronger) who came down with life-threatening symptoms but thankfully are nearly recovered.

One friend lost a father-in-law. And my wife lost a great aunt.

Sadly, it seems the more I think about it, the more I'm realizing there are more personal connections than those I always have top of mind.

 

[Kro]

That's substantial when considering how the general population perceives it's risk.

The US as a whole is trending upwards again as the decreases in my region no longer offset the increases in the rest of the country. I live in NJ and my experiences reflect that. I sadly believe that further west/south of me, the worst is still yet to come.

 

[GregC]

My condolences to all who have lost someone to the virus. Seems pretty random on who gets it, the infectious intensity and the outcomes.

approaching 100 responses and about 2 in 5 haven't had any personal experience with the bug or know someone who has. That's substantial when considering how the general population perceives it's risk.

I don't think TB is, demographically speaking, representative of the general population. And sadly, the pandemic is far from over.

 

[Lackey]

I'm worried that the US has given up on the virus. I live in California and all the big talk about being cautious and reopening when the science supports it has gone out the window in the last few weeks. Clearly the economic impacts are driving the reopening, and we do need people to work, but clearly cases and deaths are going to spike. And at least we have to wear masks in public. In my in-laws state of Mississippi maybe 1 in 4 will..

 

[ajkula66]

At this point I've known about 20 people who got bit by the nasty bug. One in four didn't make it. All but one of those who perished had underlying conditions, but were also far younger than what C-19 death count would suggest as an average.

If I were a decade younger and without health issues that put me in the "high risk" group, I probably wouldn't be taking this virus all that seriously. The messaging about the things that one is (not) supposed to do has been all over the map on all levels, and that aspect most certainly didn't help.

There will be no pulling back the reigns of re-opening in a vast majority of places. At this point, we'll just have to learn to evaluate our risks on daily basis and live with this virus for the time being.

My $0.02 only...

 

[wild4oldcars]

A few days ago, my great aunt passed away, and this morning my great uncle passed, both victims of Covid 19. Apparently an active carrier was at her funeral, and now 2 more in my family have it, and others are waiting on testing confirmation. I admittedly am not close to that side of my family, but it still sucks.

My condolences to anyone who's been affected, or knows anyone who's been affected. It just sucks.

When I found out about my uncle this morning, I spat out this dumb little strummer song, if anyone wants to indulge a little bit of vulnerability...

 

[HeavyDuty]

My partner lost her mother four weeks ago. She was a resident in a nursing home that had about a 50% infection rate and a 20% fatality rate (against total population, not the number of cases.)

We are all being very careful because all three of my partner's boys are severely immunocompromised.

 

[catcauphonic]

Still i don't think i know anybody personally that has had it (that i know of so far.) The closest it's come to our house is one of my housemates aunts in another state.

As someone who has had some previously compromised lung situations I'm scared to death of catching this thing, but at the rate it's going I get the feeling that close to 80% of us in the USA will probably have been in contact with it by next summer, and i am not looking forward to when this crosses streams with the upcoming fall flu season

Everyone best enjoy your summer as much as possible!

 

[JKos]

As to my family of four, we still don't know anyone directly that has or has had it. No family members we know of. In our church of about 2,000 members, we only know of two cases and both have recovered.

- John

 

[ErikP.Bass]

Bumping this poll up to get more votes in. I was curious how many folks have had first or second hand experience with the virus.

 

[fauxtoe]

I'm not sure what my last response to this thread was, but between my wife and I we probably know at least two dozen or more people as of this moment who have it or have recently recovered. It seems every few days or so we catch wind of someone else testing positive. The latest being her cousins's husband and their two kids. My boss and his wife also caught it and he ended up with a bout of pneumonia that he's still working through, whereas she's already back to work.

 

[Ostie]

I know probably 10 people that have died, including my brother in law. I'm talking friends and family, not just random people in the obits. This is a very serious disease. I'm taking the vaccine ASAP.

 

[Yonni]

My last comment was months ago when my friend's mum died. Since then my friend's son, a teacher in my son's year at school, several friends of friends (who I've met at least once) have had it. There are probably loads I've forgotten about as it's got to the point where I hardly register when I hear of someone else who's got it. It's just expected now. Pretty certain we all had it in March but no tests were available in Scotland then unless you were hospitalised or a health worker. The clincher was my wife going off her food and complaining that she couldn't taste anything. She was really fatigued and confused to the point that she genuinely couldn't follow a simple conversation. This was about 2 or 3 months before loss of taste and smell was a known symptom. It's real, it's out there and, in the UK right now, it's still spreading.

 

[SoonerBill]

Just confirmed by antibody test today that I've had it twice. My wife had very similar minor symptoms to mine starting about a week after mine both times so I'm sure she has had it twice also. The first time was a piece of cake. The second time both of us at least once thought about going to the emergency room but didn't because our hospitals are over capacity. We've both been fine now for almost two weeks. I DO NOT want to see what a third time might be like.

 

[2saddleslab]

Four nieces [and 2 their boy friends], my geetar player, next door neighbor [who died from Covid]. My wife & I are doing our best to stay clear and keep her mother [82] and my dad [90] safe.

 

[jmattbassplaya]

Pretty sure my fiancé had it before it became news. She had all the symptoms with exception to loss of taste/smell, and it lasted at least a month. Me and her have had a cough most of the year as well.

 

[Ostie]

So the OP question was about those who have it. I reported those who have died. I know at least 40 people who have had it or have it now. The infection rate in my township is 11%. To those who who think this is a hoax, you're fooling yourself. It's no joke. Wear a mask.

 

[SoonerBill]

So the OP question was about those who have it. I reported those who have died. I know at least 40 people who have had it or have it now. The infection rate in my township is 11%. To those who who think this is a hoax, you're fooling yourself. It's no joke. Wear a mask.

I get grilled for saying this around here but if you have an 11% documented infection rate there are more than that have it in actuality. Wear a mask, keep your distance and be very careful.

 

[oldrocker]

Just confirmed by antibody test today that I've had it twice. My wife had very similar minor symptoms to mine starting about a week after mine both times so I'm sure she has had it twice also. The first time was a piece of cake. The second time both of us at least once thought about going to the emergency room but didn't because our hospitals are over capacity. We've both been fine now for almost two weeks. I DO NOT want to see what a third time might be like.

What was the time frame between your 1st and 2nd round of Covid?

The antibody test can confirm how many times you were infected with Covid?

 

[fauxtoe]

I'm not sure what my last response to this thread was, but between my wife and I we probably know at least two dozen or more people as of this moment who have it or have recently recovered. It seems every few days or so we catch wind of someone else testing positive. The latest being her cousins's husband and their two kids. My boss and his wife also caught it and he ended up with a bout of pneumonia that he's still working through, whereas she's already back to work.

And I can now add another of my wife's cousin's to the list. He is the last person I would ever expect to have got it because he has a literal OCD diagnosis and is a total neat freak, is a borderline germaphobe (and may actually be), was religious about staying away from people, washed and sanitized his hands more than your average person, strict no shoes in the house policy, and was masked up for any contact with the outside world even though he avoided people as much as possible. He has absolutely no clue how he picked it up!