re: despite becoming a hermit, Howard Stern finally got Covid last week

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My parents had it last week. It put them both in the hospital for a couple of days. I had it in November. I got over it without medical intervention but I felt like dogshit for a few days and had fatigue and a lingering cough for a couple of weeks. It's not the death sentence it was for a lot of people in 2020 but my experience with it was more than a cold. YMMV.

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I get it's not the same for everybody. I lost close friends to Covid. I've had it twice. The first time I got it, at the start of the pandemic, it kicked my butt, much worse than a cold. After I got the vaccine (I would see my elderly mom almost daily and I just wanted to do what i could to make sure I didn't give it to her), but didn't get any boosters, my second go around was much less severe. Felt bad for 1-2 days.

I'm sure Stern was 10x boosted and probably didn't have it that bad. More like a bad cold. Like the majority of people that get it right now. This isn't going out on a limb, it's just what it is right now.

I'm sorry, being deathly afraid of something like that for 3+ years is ridiculous and he should feel pretty stupid about it. I'm sure he'll go right back to being a hermit but probably worse now. Not sure what the end game is for someone like him. Like at what point will someone like him return to a normal life? Never?