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re: How many people that you know have died from covid? Am I above the average or is 3 normal?

Posted on 1/22/21 at 8:23 am to
Posted by ShoeBang
Member since May 2012
21501 posts
Posted on 1/22/21 at 8:23 am to
only 1 - He was 87 and already in slightly failing health (heart). Took a few weeks but pneumonia got him.
Posted by Robin Masters
Birmingham
Member since Jul 2010
34823 posts
Posted on 1/22/21 at 8:23 am to
None.
I only know a handful of people who have even had it. All of whom said it is literally nothing but a mild cold.
Posted by ShoeBang
Member since May 2012
21501 posts
Posted on 1/22/21 at 8:26 am to
quote:

All of whom said it is literally nothing but a mild cold


I know a 60 year old couple that had it and they said it was like the flu's big brother that did serious time in gen pop.

My kid had it (6) and got it from his teacher. He had a mild fever for 12 hours.
Posted by LSUJML
Central
Member since May 2008
51825 posts
Posted on 1/22/21 at 8:29 am to
Personally - None

No one in my immediate family or immediate group of friends has tested positive
Closest positive is coworkers wife that I see once or twice a year at events & friend I talk to a few times a year I went to hs with
ETA My great aunt was asymptomatic, tested positive at nursing home
This post was edited on 1/22/21 at 8:36 am
Posted by Oates Mustache
Member since Oct 2011
25771 posts
Posted on 1/22/21 at 8:30 am to
I know 5 personally that have had, all had very minimal symptoms and fully recovered in a few days.
Posted by stout
Porte du Lafitte
Member since Sep 2006
178875 posts
Posted on 1/22/21 at 8:31 am to
Personally? 0

Heard of through friends of friends? 1
Posted by The Spleen
Member since Dec 2010
38865 posts
Posted on 1/22/21 at 8:33 am to
I've lost count on how many people I know that have had it, and their experiences are all over the map. From hardly any symptoms to death. One girl I know had it in early December and she said recently she still doesn't feel "right." She still gets fatigued really quickly, loses her appetite unexpectedly, sense of taste is off, etc.
Posted by roobedoo
hall summit
Member since Jun 2008
1273 posts
Posted on 1/22/21 at 8:37 am to
1, last Saturday. He was 83 with heart condition but not overweight. He was never vented but was hospitalized twice. He died at home.
Posted by hall59tiger
Member since Oct 2013
2968 posts
Posted on 1/22/21 at 8:39 am to
I have lost track of how many people I know that have had it (50+) and a total of zero have died.
Posted by MardiGrasCajun
Dirty Coast, MS
Member since Sep 2005
5889 posts
Posted on 1/22/21 at 8:39 am to
Many....including three (2 uncles and an aunt) just last week. fricking China.
Posted by DarthRebel
Tier Five is Alive
Member since Feb 2013
24414 posts
Posted on 1/22/21 at 8:46 am to
From COVID - zero

I know 1 guy (70s) who got it and went in the hospital. Actually got vented and on machines. They pulled the plug and he woke up instead of dying. Lasted a couple more weeks awake and lucid, then died. Covid started the path, but he was COVID free at death.

Another women (former in-law to sibling) in 90s. Was already about to leave the world and the family had let everyone know she could go at any minute. She contracted Covid 1 week after family sent note about pending death. She counts as a Covid death in TX now

Covid came close to taking my Dad (70s) and my neighbor (50s) out. It caused pneumonia and dropped their O2 levels pretty bad. Both had to get the antibody plasma and Remdesivir.
Posted by Loungefly85
Lafayette
Member since Jul 2016
7930 posts
Posted on 1/22/21 at 8:49 am to
Unhealthy and/or very elderly - 2
Healthy - 0

I know about a dozen people who had it, including older people, who recovered just fine.
Posted by Mizz-SEC
Inbred Huntin' In The SEC
Member since Jun 2013
21912 posts
Posted on 1/22/21 at 8:50 am to

One. An older friend in a nursing home.

Several more who were younger and came out ok.
Posted by ArmyVet
Member since Mar 2020
98 posts
Posted on 1/22/21 at 8:50 am to
I know 5 that have died.
Posted by LNCHBOX
70448
Member since Jun 2009
88536 posts
Posted on 1/22/21 at 8:51 am to
I personally know 2. Several more acquaintance types.

Not going to count all the patients that I hear about from my wife and immediate family that all work in medicine.
Posted by VanRIch
Wherever
Member since Sep 2007
11393 posts
Posted on 1/22/21 at 8:52 am to
Zero
Posted by tiger91
In my own little world
Member since Nov 2005
39879 posts
Posted on 1/22/21 at 8:52 am to
Everyone that I personally know that died from it was a long term care resident and it’s about 20.

The friends that I know that have had it either say it was nothing or it was awful — no where in between.

And many were ardent mask wearers.
Posted by 14&Counting
Dallas, TX
Member since Jul 2012
41255 posts
Posted on 1/22/21 at 9:00 am to
Don't know anyone who has died but a bunch of people who have had it. Most it was mild symptoms. One said it was total hell
Posted by TheHarahanian
Actually not Harahan as of 6/2023
Member since May 2017
22658 posts
Posted on 1/22/21 at 9:02 am to

A friend of my parents, who was elderly and wasn’t in good shape to begin with.

They know a couple others but I only knew the one person.
Posted by Old Money
LSU
Member since Sep 2012
40871 posts
Posted on 1/22/21 at 9:03 am to
I only know of an old relative that passed away, my mother has some friends that did. Youngest being 35.
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