A friend of mine caught it in December 2020, most his family got it too. He lasted a month, most of that in the ICU, it just kept getting worse. Finally shut down his kidneys at the end. Killed him and three elderly aunts. That’s the only one I’ve known personally but I know of others, friends of friends. I’d say six deaths offhand. I also know many who have caught it and who weren’t all that ill, me included. You just can’t predict how it will affect you.
That’s the crazy thing about this virus. It affects people in different ways. I know an 18 year old girl who got it over a year ago and her sense of taste only returned recently. Her sense of smell is still off. I just spoke to her about it on Saturday. It’s been a year and 3 months for her. People don’t just die from this thing; they get many other complications.
I’m so sorry for your losses! This is a dreadful disease for many.
As a funny aside... my 35 year old son was on the fence about getting the booster and he decided to get it right before christmas because he wanted to make sure he was able to taste the rib roast he was cooking for Christmas Day, lol. We know now that the booster isn’t very effective against omicron, but I still thought it was funny.