re: Y’all know anybody who had the virus?

An older friend with diabetes that was working in NOLA. He spent 5 days in the hospital

My cousin is a doctor in Lafayette and had it for 6 weeks with fever pretty much every day. She is finally going back to work tomorrow.

Friends in Nashville, both over 55. He got it first, she (RN) got it three days later, symptoms happened identically, three days later for her. Not all the symptoms reported by media.

She said it was the worst, most exhausting flu she had ever had.

I had it. I also know a few people.

Coworker, He came to work with it but had no idea. was sick for about 5 days, went to the hospital briefly. really bad but cleared up quickly. He's in his mid 30s, fit, 6'2+ big healthy guy. Been back at work for weeks now.


I worked directly with him for 12 hours and got it. Had no idea at the time that he was sick and had Felt kinda like shite, really tired, temp of 99.9, breathed like I had drank something but it went down the wrong pipe into my lungs - dry cough I could never quite clear.

I was off of work for 4 days and mostly just rested. I went back to work after and never ran a fever again. I am in my mid 30s, some residual fitness from my time in the USMC but overall I eat a lot of crap and generally enjoy being lazy.

My coworker didn't believe me that I had it because of how mild it was. Positive antibodies told the tale. I was, and still am, like "That's it?" But I am obviously one of the lucky ones. I had a chest XRAY due to a possible TB exposure and there is zero visible lung damage. I also feel great.

One of my USMC buddies out in Cali tested positive 2x. He's in the best shape of his life. That was weeks ago, still doing great.


My boss has positive antibodies. She's pushing 60 and has never missed a day of work.

My friend's father is 63, he was over at a nola hospital doing some work in one of the rooms, I guess they didn't clean it right... he had a HORRIBLE reaction to it, fricking train wreck. It absolutely shredded his lungs to the point of no recovery. He died the other day. fricking horrible.

Anyway that's my experience thus far.

2. One was a progressive chick who talked about it nonstop the whole time on social media and was fine other than a few days of respiratory stuff when we talked to her family.

The other was a friend who was really bad and had to go to the ER because she couldn’t breathe. She tested negative twice and didn’t get prescribed anything while she was suffering but then finally came back with a positive antibody test after the fact. She didn’t see her kids for 2 straight weeks.

ETA: in early March our whole family got wrecked by something. Not saying it was COVID by any stretch but all four of us got knocked on our arse for about 4 days. No respiratory stuff but just miserable and no taste for a few weeks.

A few people in our church. Not a friendly one to get.

Had a personal friend with it — he’s better now. 50 yo, decent health, maybe a few lbs heavy.

Know 10+ people who died from the nursing home where I work and about 50 that were positive that are doing fine.

A few of the nurses got it and said they wouldn’t wish it on anyone — two of them are heavyset for what it matters/means.

It’s real. It can be bad. But it needs to run its course. People need to get back to work and life in general.

I’ve got an aunt on the crazy side. Had a stroke when she was 60 and is in a nursing home. Smoked like crazy most her life. Went to the ER 3 weeks ago for a supposed urinary tract infection. Dr didn’t find anything, but tested her for corona and she was positive. 62 years old, smokes like crazy and never showed a symptom. She’s out of quarantine now

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A neighbor of mine had it.

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Same here. He died about 2 weeks ago. Was mid-50’s.

I had it. Had a cough and fever for about 10 days. I was recovered by the time my test results came back. I didn’t get the breathing issues and really felt like I had the flu for a few days.