I was one who thought the virus was hyped. Then my friend’s brother visited. Turns out his apartment up North had a case, and he brought it to us.
Out of ten of us here, all in close proximity between three houses, five of us caught his friend’s Covid.
It was mild for three of us. One was hospitalized for a day to get fluids and meds, the other is pretty sick but not yet hospitalized.
I was sick for three days with nausea, fever, coughing, and I was extremely weak, literally where I could barely move from my bed to the chair.
I’ve had the flu before where I was much sicker, and pneumonia where I was much sicker.
I have co-morbidities that I was afraid would kill me if I got Covid, the primary one being that my lungs are scarred from asthma, pneumonia and chronic bronchitis, but I’m slowly getting better.
Needless to say, I now totally believe in the virulence of this virus, for it to strike basically 50% of our small group of three family households.
Ed
Thank you for sharing that. I have comorbidities too. I think it would kill me and/ or my wife. We’re both vaccinated now so... I think Covid is, basically, so contagious that everyone will get it if it is left unchecked. It isn’t the deadliest virus on earth but it is incredibly transmissible so it is going to reach every susceptible host in the country at some point. That’s why the numbers are so unbelievable. Imo. I think the vaccine can provide lasting immunity. Maybe 10 years or so.