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He never tested positive, but I'm pretty sure that my dad had it back in early March when he began showing the symptoms and literally 20 other people at his job called out sick in a single day. It was later confirmed that one of my dad's coworker's fathers had it. Luckily my dad is in really good health despite being 56 and made a quick recovery. While he was sick, my mom made sure to sanitize the entire house and sleep in a separate room. Meanwhile at my dad's job (a Lexus dealership/bodyshop), they sent everyone home and spent the next 5-10 days sanitizing every surface and car in the dealership.
I might have had it, but I'm not sure. Had similar symptoms, but testing was not available at the time. I had a fever for like 10 days and some respiratory symptoms, but I can't confirm it was covid and didn't get serious enough I thought I needed to go to the hospital.
My best friend's sister had it... at least that is what the doctor said. She didnt do any test (yay Brazil!), but had all the symptoms, then a week later she didn't have symptoms anymore so the doctor said she was fine (no tests again, yay!). My friend went to visit here (not actually a visit, just showed up to deliver a package) but I think that was dumb, I highly doubt she would be safe to interact with if just a week earlier she had all the symptoms. Does anyone know anything about it?
Difficult to say. By the time they actually have it to me (there was a couple days of prescreening), I only got three doses before I was recovered enough that I was discharged. I don't have a control group where I wasn't treated, so I don't know if it sped anything up. It didn't seem like it did? The trajectory of my recovery didn't seem that different from before, I was getting better at a pretty steady pace.
My brother in law, a pediatric oncology nurse, had it early on which was super scary for him and his wife (who is in the same profession, and they both deserve the world for it) but now both of them appear fine. My sister never caught it, thankfully. Them both working in a hospital certainly helped with early testing, I imagine.
My wife knows patients of hers that have it, but personally we know no one first-hand that has it.
A good friend's grandmother passed away in the nursing home due to COVID-19 complications.
That's it. Just the one. Sad how quickly it can take lives.
That's it. Just the one. Sad how quickly it can take lives.
My uncle who has Friedreich ataxia muscular dystrophy has it currently, along with pneumonia. He is pretty damn old for having his disease, but he is doing surprisingly well. He is in a nursing home.
Fuck, this thread is depressing. I haven't answered the poll cause we're not yet sure but a close family member may have it. Their symptoms have gotten really bad and we're taking them to hospital tomorrow for testing.
I know two people who had it: A former colleague (who I also went to kindergarten with, so like me in his mid-30s) recovered, another guy (in his early 50s) who I knew through mutual acquaintances and had talked to a couple of times at parties/festivals unfortunately died 5 days after being admitted to the hospital.
Relatives in New York have it. Their entire family got it when the son came home from Spain.
Haven't heard any news about them since I was told about it.
Haven't heard any news about them since I was told about it.
Someone in our office died from it and several others had it.
A person two houses down from ours was in the ICU for 2 weeks with it but survived.
A person two houses down from ours was in the ICU for 2 weeks with it but survived.
I know a few someones who know someone who definitely had/have it, and I know one someone who presumed they had it but testing was so difficult and obtuse at the time that they didn't bother and just self-quarantined for 2 weeks; seemed likely to be it from what they described of their symptoms and experience with it.
I think i might have got it but never got tested. I never get sick, my last sick day was 4 years ago. But in February I got the flu and it hit me harder than anything I can remember hitting me, it was something I never felt before. I never got tested, and maybe it was just a flu who knows..
I was sick with COVID symptoms for about 3 weeks, but couldn't get tested so I'm not sure if I had it or not.
I know a few who had family members die from it. One lost both parents on the same day.
I know a few who had family members die from it. One lost both parents on the same day.
My mom works in homes taking care of older clients who cant really take care of themselves, usually mentally, some weeks ago a co-worker started feeling bad and she sent her home, wwas a scare but nothing else happened at 1st. Then it was confirmed that she had covid 19 but at the time there was no other cases at the house, soon one of the clients started feeling bad, she caught it. And then another client caught it, one had to be taken to the hospital and the other was "fine" enough to ride it out at home.
I was constantly worried sick for my mom, she is about 62 and has diabetes tho she is otherwise healthy.
By some miracle my mom has been able to dodge this so far, remember that she works in literal homes so shes always in close proximity but it seems she hasent caught it and her clients and coworkers have recovered.
I really hope she hasent but if she ever did catch it, it will atleast mean she was asymptomatic and I could atleast stop worrying so much about her, but we may never know if she is. She was scared for a while and thought she had symptoms but those symptoms cleared up so who knows.
I also have another, my uncle's baby mama and the mother of my cousins did die from covid, I didnt know her personally but I atleast feel for my cousins.
I was constantly worried sick for my mom, she is about 62 and has diabetes tho she is otherwise healthy.
By some miracle my mom has been able to dodge this so far, remember that she works in literal homes so shes always in close proximity but it seems she hasent caught it and her clients and coworkers have recovered.
I really hope she hasent but if she ever did catch it, it will atleast mean she was asymptomatic and I could atleast stop worrying so much about her, but we may never know if she is. She was scared for a while and thought she had symptoms but those symptoms cleared up so who knows.
I also have another, my uncle's baby mama and the mother of my cousins did die from covid, I didnt know her personally but I atleast feel for my cousins.
Technically I know a coworker who got it but I don't know who it is. We got an email that someone from our office tested positive recently and I know everyone at that office. We have been remote since early March though so I assume they didn't catch it at the office.
That is the drug used for hiv and cancer patients, right? That has recently given me some hope but I heard they are still testing but it could be a break through
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My grandmother has it and lives in a nursing home where they are dealing with a pretty massive outbreak. She is in day 17 and still hasn't tested negative but she seems to be okay. No symptoms, just testing positive. I was tested last week after having a fever on and off for a week. I tested negative, thankfully.
No one in my family or extended family, but it feels like every week another coworker tests positive. Up to 5 from this started.
You can always tell when it happens because a full sanitization crew pops up to clean the entire building and they check cameras to see who worked with said coworker and they and everyone potentially exposed get sent home for weeks.
As far as deaths, within their families, there have been 3 that I know of, but people have literally been missing since it began and no one knows if they're alive or not because we can't get in contact with them. :/
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Just remembered an ex manager who worked here died from it a few weeks back too.
You can always tell when it happens because a full sanitization crew pops up to clean the entire building and they check cameras to see who worked with said coworker and they and everyone potentially exposed get sent home for weeks.
As far as deaths, within their families, there have been 3 that I know of, but people have literally been missing since it began and no one knows if they're alive or not because we can't get in contact with them. :/
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Just remembered an ex manager who worked here died from it a few weeks back too.
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My roommate's best friend died from it. He was in his 30s and didn't have any obvious risk factor like diabetes or asthma. It happened really early on and it has made me extremely anxious about possibly having to go back to work.
I work in a nursing facility so I know quite a few people that have it. Out of the 36 people; 3 have died, and 10-15 felt perfectly fine, the rest said it was like an extremely bad flu.
Actually, to my knowledge, it was developed as an Ebola treatment that didn't pan out.
I know at least ten who have had it (all family). I think I and my parents had it, and on friday we are burying my uncle who died from it.
I feel like I have had PLENTY of Covid in my life so far.
I feel like I have had PLENTY of Covid in my life so far.
I'm pretty sure I got it simply because my mother got it and I was one of the only people she met with and she was extra careful the few times she went out, which was only to go to the grocery store and that was like once a week. Masks, gloves, washing hands before, after but before we got into the car and then after she got home. I'm pretty sure I would have gotten from work (a huge wareshouse) but didn't show any symptoms. Despite being in her mid 70's she has made a full recovery after feeling like shit for a week and a half. I was luckily not at work when this happened as we were furloughed at the time so I was basically quarantining myself anyways.
Testing here is almost non existent, and so far, most of the deaths have concentrated in specific states/cities, so no one in my periphery have been impacted in any noticeable way.
My state is reopening in the following weeks, even though officially pretty much no one has gotten it here. Somehow, that make sense for them.
So, guess we will see how bad is bad, soon.
My state is reopening in the following weeks, even though officially pretty much no one has gotten it here. Somehow, that make sense for them.
So, guess we will see how bad is bad, soon.
The lack of testing in most countries makes it tricky.
I'm not convinced most of us who think we have had it in Dec/Jan/Feb, actually had it.
Theres also infection clusters, rather than percentage of population at random.
My GF knows a few who have tested positive. I know two who weren't tested, but were wrecked for two weeks recently.
I'm not convinced most of us who think we have had it in Dec/Jan/Feb, actually had it.
Theres also infection clusters, rather than percentage of population at random.
My GF knows a few who have tested positive. I know two who weren't tested, but were wrecked for two weeks recently.