[yesthatjallen]

A first-person account of his experience with covid-19.

'Turbo-Flu' and recovery.

[cuban leaf]

‘It isn’t always a killer’

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Neither is driving a car. Duh.

Tom hanks and his wife got it and, as far as I’ve seen, it was a big nothingburger for them.

[Eleutheria5]

He’s only pretending not to be dead. He’s a zomby! Help!

[JusPasenThru]

Is it just me or are celebrities more liable to come down with COVID? I sometimes wonder if they think fame and fortune immunizes them from The Little Peoples Disease.

[1Old Pro]

I want to let you know that it isn't always a killer

Nope, turns out to be around 1% of those infected. The issue is how contagious it is, and that we can prepare for by wearing gloves and masks and social distancing for 6-8 weeks WHILE WE CONTINUE TO WORK.

[metmom]

Nobody said it was.

[x]

The retrovirus is a lonely child, who's waiting by the park
The retrovirus is in charge of finding treasure in the dark
And watching over lucky clover, isn't that bizarre?
And every little thing the retrovirus does
Leaves you answered with a question mark

[Mom MD]

there is a 98.5% recovery rate. It isn’t even commonly fatal

[who knows what evil?]

It usually ISN’T a killer, John...

[HighSierra5]

Maybe he should donate convalescent plasma.

[dfwgator]

Don’t save a prayer for him now
Save it til the morning after

[IncPen]

after testing positive three weeks ago

Good thing that a celebrity was able to bypass the blockade and get an actual test...

What would the world do if something happened to a celebrity?

[LukeL]

Is this really something I should know?

[MrEdd]

The Emporer’s New Plague is often so mild that you never know that you had it.

[the OlLine Rebel]

This is why I start my COVID FR patient threads.

https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3832059/posts

I want some real stories in real time from real people in our “community” here.