The sickest I ever got was for three weeks in MN when I was in my 20’s.
I finally went to a Dr and was told:
“The good news is its just the flu....the bad news is you’ve got another week of this”
It all cleared up after another week.
This sounds very, very mild compared to what I went thru.
No flu shot?
I was flat on my back for four days many years ago and though I was a smoker I couldn't stand a cigarette. Smokers will realize how bad that was.
I'm happy for young, healthy people who little to fear from this virus. Unfortunately for us, my wife and I are in our seventies. She has compromised immunity due to chemo and I have had a quadruple bypass and some lung damage from a chemo-like drug. We are exactly the kind of people who could find themselves in competition for a ventilator should things go bad.
Our hope is to avoid the virus, but that makes us very dependent upon what others do. We are practicing "social distancing" in the extreme.