I work for a large multi-national Big Law firm as an executive assistant. I am the only person in my office of 150 who is not going back to work in the office in September because I told them categorically I will not get vaxxed. So they are "making" me stay virtual! Up until now, I believed people when they said Covid was no worse than a cold or flu. But that has changed. My son got it last Saturday. He is 37. He said he was in so much pain from his toes to his head that he wished he could die. Said it was by far the most sick he has ever been in his life. He absolutely begged me to get the vaccine, which of course I won't do. Today, our pest control guy stopped by and said he had it so bad a month ago he almost went to the hospital. Had really horrendous pain and 102 fever for four days. Age 40. Still has no sense of smell or taste one month later. My daughter has a friend who is an ER doctor. He says Atlanta hospitals are full of Covid patients. He doesn't strike me as the type of person who would lie. This is my anecdotal evidence that Covid is far from over, and it's also very far from nothing. Just my two cents for people who are downplaying it, as I did up until this week.
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I had it in January 2020 before it become a thing. Doc said it wasn't the flu and I went home with basic fluids/rest instructions. I had that fever for four days and felt like crap but muscled through. It then ran through my house to include my 80+ year old mom. I know a lot of people who tested "positive" once it was announced who had little to no symptoms.
Fast forward to last month... Had a neighbor who was released from a nursing home after a long illness and I helped her get situated once she got home. It wasn't til I was preparing to leave that she told me she had tested positive. (Grrrr...) I was up close and personal with her for several hours. I was fine and she is over it. Thank goodness for my natural immunity.
Had a co-worker, her hubby and one year old all caught it. We were virtual, so they both worked while sick and the baby bounced back in 48 hours.
I have only known one person hospitalized and he had a whole host of pre-existing conditions that made him vulnerable. He too survived.
Yeah, it's ugly but you also have to take into consideration a person's threshold for dealing with illness. You know like a "man cold".