Not that I'm aware of, but don't know any really old people that were at risk.
Not that I'm aware of, but don't know any really old people that were at risk.
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Yes he was in his late 40s in California with no previous health conditions / completely healthy. This was very early on in the pandemic though
i knew a couple. both in their 40s, not the retirement home stereotype.
if this is "one of those threads," the statistics say 1.2m.
Sadly, yes. Two family members. Two others, including my mom, got so sick they were hospitalized for a week.
The two that passed away were pre vaccine. About the same time those towns in N Italy were getting totally wiped out. My mom was vaccinated, if that means anything. It was rough though.
It was a terrible time. My spouse works at a hospital and they had refrigeration trucks to store the dead.
it was a terrible time wrote:
Sadly, yes. Two family members. Two others, including my mom, got so sick they were hospitalized for a week.
The two that passed away were pre vaccine. About the same time those towns in N Italy were getting totally wiped out. My mom was vaccinated, if that means anything. It was rough though.
It was a terrible time. My spouse works at a hospital and they had refrigeration trucks to store the dead.
Certain people say those trucks are just props and/or altered images though
I know three people who died from Covid.
A distant friend, someone I hadn’t seen in years who was in his 50’s. He died very early in the pandemic.
My uncle who was diabetic and 68 years old. That one was hard to take. Really great, funny guy.
My wives work colleagues husband. 38 year old typical Texan guy with a one year old daughter. No underlying health issues. Little chubby but not obese. He was a mechanic and big anti-vaxxer. It was a very sad story.
Didn't know of anybody, personally.
One family member was hospitalized with a vaccine adverse reaction.
I knew one guy who was decapitated in a motorcycle accident, but they said it was covid.
Yes but did have risk factors.
Jan 2021 Two of my friends and I were all hospitalized with covid at the same time. I was the only one to survive. People that say covid was not all that bad do not have a clue.
My high school teammate died. She ran at Florida State in the 80s. Had an autoimmune disease, was vaxxed twice, got COVID, and was in and (briefly) out of the hospital the last couple months of her life after she got COVID. Vaxxed a third time while in the hospital (I guess as a last ditch effort to help her). She died 2 weeks later after being put on a ventilator 2 days after that third booster shot.
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There have been a few anti-vaxxers that died from Covid. I didn't know them personally though.
I live near Nashville.
Anti vaxxers on the radio. Spewing about ivermectin. At least 3 of them died. Jesus was the cure. Along with the horse de-wormer. Big trumpers. So the pool chemicals and sunshine. All failures
I also personally knew 4 guys I worked with. All retired. All smarter than average. They also thought that they were strong enough to handle a 'flu'
Imagine their family's surprise.
The first in my neighborhood had just returned from an international meeting in Boston. Very early in the disease when people considered it like the flu. He was very early in the pandemic. He didn't get to see how it turned out.
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My friend's gf did. She was 25. No underlying health issues and one of the most caring people we'd ever known who made a huge impact in the local nonprofit community.
I love how this is getting downvoted cause it isn’t what the circlejerk was looking for
I never met him in person, but I worked with a colleague based in another state for about two years via IM, Teams calls, and correspondence on an ongoing supplier management issue. During the Spring of 2021, he was unexpectedly unavailable on a morning conference call so I carried on with the meeting. Later that day I found out he was dead from COVID.
I didn't know how to inform the couple dozen regular attendees of the call that he died so I simply didn't. I just said during the next call that there was "turnover on the desk" and that I'd be leading for the time being. Somehow, the Indian (dot, not feather) contact we has been working with at the supplier found out what happened and sent 50 or so people in our organization their teams condolences.
I'm open to criticism here... What's the best way to deal with informing people of a death of a colleague who died of a highly politicized and sensitive cause? Especially large teams of internal and external stakeholders.
My wife lost her uncle, who was in his late 50’s. He was an anti-vaxxer living in rural PA.
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Jan 2021 Two of my friends and I were all hospitalized with covid at the same time. I was the only one to survive. People that say covid was not all that bad do not have a clue.
Look, I'm sorry you experienced that, but most people who got COVID had what amounted to a cold. 99.9X% of people who got it survived. Trying to prevent hospitals from becoming overwhelmed was probably a worthy goal, but terribly mismanaged.
Once that virus leaked from the Wuhan lab, the people who were going to die from it until the vaccines were offered, problematic in many cases by themselves but certainly worth the risk for many, were going to die from it. If you have issues with that, take it up with Fauci and the NIH.
I didn't know anyone that died before the vaccine came out. After being vaccinated I had a cousin, an aunt and another distant relative pass away. They were all morbidly obese as well.
My 96 year old grandma got it. After being diagnosed, she went home and mowed her lawn with a push mower. She's a badass.