I am wondering if anyone On FREE REPUBLIC has had or does have COVID-19…? Were your symptoms bad if you did/do have it…
...Do you personally know anyone who has died of it? If you do know someone who has actually died of COVID-19… How old were they? Did they have underlying conditions?
There is so much conflicting information in the news… I thought I would simply ask people that I trust.
Please understand these questions are only for friends here on Free Republic who are comfortable talking about these things. I do not mean to intrude on anyone's privacy.
Thanks and God Bless.
No one I know personally has had COVID19. That includes family and church. I wear a mask to shop.
Since June I have been all over the country, including 10 days at Sturgis. Traveling by planes, car and a Harley. I don’t wear a mask unless I am in a business that requires it. I have not had covid, nor do I know anyone that has.
I only know one person who has had covid - Donald Trump. And I do not wear a mask. I do wash my hands. sometimes.
My 94 yr old MIL just died of it...so they say...NOT ONE PERSON at her assisted living place (staff or residents) tested positive...and yes, she had other issues. A neighbor couple both had it (68 & 69 yrs old) It lasted 24 hours.
I don’t wear a mask in public. I have treated COVID patients in ICU. If you are vulnerable, wear one and wash your hands, if not, go about your lives.
Maybe I have and maybe I have not. Its not like most people can tell without a test.
I lost a 69 y.o. friend with kidney failure to it. My friend’s sister and several other family members have it. Other friends have had grandchildren with it or other relatives.
My wife and I have not gotten COVID, although we were deemed “close contacts” to someone who did and had to quarantine for two weeks despite getting a negative test. My wife was exposed during a business meeting, and then I was theoretically exposed through her so we were both subject to quarantine. It has been something like 6 weeks and the person she was exposed to has not returned to work, he still has breathing problems and fatigue. No pre-existing conditions, he thinks he got it during a visit to Costco or Walmart before he started showing symptoms.
I have personally known two people who have died. One is my wife’s aunt, who was elderly and died in a care home in New York City. The second is in a business context, the owner of a bar which was a tenant of one of our clients. She evidently contracted the virus from one of the patrons of the bar, she had it for 8 weeks and then died. No pre-existing conditions as far as I know, but she was in her sixties. This is in Hawaii.
I get tested Wednesday. I was exposed to someone who tested positive (sat next to her for 1.5 hours at a table). We were both wearing masks.
I suspect masks work in a narrow range of circumstances, not including the one impacting me. I sat next to her. If anything, her mask directed more of her breath in my direction. (leaking out the side)
I know about 6 people who had it. None that I know were hospitalized. Several had symptoms that were very mild. Some had symptoms that were of the type where you’d say, “I’m sick.”
I know of one person, late 70s, who died of it. This was early on so he almost certainly would have had better treatment now.
I got it about 10 days ago. Went to the VA to get tested and then to a large civilian hospital system ER. The refused to give me a prescription for the hydroxychloriquine cocktail.
Went to the VA, and they wouldn’t give to me either. They gave me Z-pac, a steroid, and cough syrup with codeine.
Both ERs said hydroxychloriquine was not approved by the CDC even though there are lots of studies that prove it works.
Big Pharma and Big Medicine hate hydroxychloriquine because it is cheap.
Fortunately, my wife takes hydroxychloriquine for some autoimmune disorders, so I borrowed some from her. Less than 6 days later,I went back to the VA and tested negative.
My recommendation is that if someone has symptoms, call your doctor to see if s/he would prescribe HCQ. If the answer is no, find a doctor who will.
One of the effects is that you will likely lose your sense of smell and taste. That can last a few weeks to a few months. For me, any food with some salt in it tastes extremely salty, so much so I couldn’t eat it.
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3876797/posts?q=1&;page=1
I do have a story about a 90 year-old woman who was on a ventilator at a hospital that refused to treat her with HCQ and he family was told nothing else could be done. They called for an ambulance and took her to the MD Anderson ER where she was given the hydroxychloriquine cocktail. She made a full recovery.
My sister-in-law was scared to death of covid didn’t want to be around anybody. She got sick with side pain waited 4 days and her appendix ruptured she died in the hospital, she waited too long to go to hospitals because she was scared of getting covid in the hospital.
I was really sick between Christmas am New Years but wasn’t tested for covid because they didn’t think it was in the US at the time. I’m pretty sure I had it them though. I later tested positive in mid May but had no symptoms at all.
I work in a nursing home so I know about 15-20 residents and several staff that had it. About 5 residents and 1 staff had symptoms and 2 of the residents died. The rest are fine now, including one lady that is 100 years old.
I also know one person outside of work that had it bad and was on a ventilator for 3 weeks. He’s since recovered. His live in girl friend never got it.
This plandemic is not something we for which we should close our country down. If there's serious cases, treat them at the hospital. For the 96% who experienced mild to moderate symptoms, treat them (as soon as possible, preferably with Hydroxychlorquine and zinc).
I also do not wear a mask. I also do not know anyone who has contracted Covid.
No, I have not. I am extremely careful about being near anyone with anything. I have been in and out of the hospital since this all started. I have had 8 tests, all negative. They don’t admit you until you have had a clear test. I think we all had it after a trip to Florida in February. No one on that trip had anything more than a cold or regular flu. The trips to the ER is from liver failure. Under control with meds.
Pretty sure I had it in February. 7 family members have had it.
Know one person personally who died from it.
I wear a mask when inside a store.
It’s extremely contagious. It’s real.
But we can’t let it shut down our economy or pay people to stay home.
Great treatments now like Trump had that we didn’t have in March.
As Trump said don’t be paralyzed in fear, but also be careful and prudent.
Okay, since you asked. My 99-year-old Mother tested positive while her nursing home was locked down. She comes out of isolation tomorrow. She never had any symptoms despite having unrelated heart issues and a few strokes a few years ago. Two employees who tested positive have returned to work.
I live in a small county in middle America and eight people have died here. Most were elderly, but two were 70 and 73. I know one man recovering who is 72 and I know one man in his 40’s who is struggling in the hospital with his breathing.
This is a very strange virus.