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- SteveJobs3
Comment with the number of people that you *personally* know that have died due to COVID 19 in the last year.
Me: 0
Just curious, not trying to politicize this - AT ALL.
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4-5 who were infected. All good & healthy now. 1 even had a baby.ideaist - 2utopian
- Plus an additional 3 people placed on a ventilator they survived, barely.utopian
- Two of them are still recovering 5+ months later. Yeah but it's all a hoax.utopian
- 0... probably about 10+ folks I've known personally who've had it... anecdotally add another 25-30 folks infected to that count (some really sick but no deaths)PonyBoy
- Not saying this is a hoax. Curious why the idea this could be a hoax is so widespread, however.SteveJobs
- 0, personally know 12 that were infected, only one (+80yo) been hospitalisedOBBTKN
- 4capn_ron
- there is a 3% death rate, give or take you would have to know 30 people that were infected with it before you see any deaths. I know of only 4 that had it_niko
- So you're saying Kevin Bacon is the only one left traumatized by the scale of this?
(ok bad joke)SteveJobs - Wifes friends husbands mom. Almost 1 because we only met once.monospaced
- 3. I know a lot of people who've had it now too. My best mate just said today, his wife, who's a nurse has it and they've had to isolate as a household...PhanLo
- ... They found out she had it because their daughter did a horrific eye watering steesh demon jobby and she couldn't smell it.PhanLo
- 1maquito
- The mother of a good friend of mine.maquito
- Also, I should have mentioned in my post, condolences to all that have lost loved ones.SteveJobs
- 1. Close friend of my parents. Back in Feb/March. He had same symptoms my parents and I had around that time.microkorg
- zero, i've lost two friends in 2020, but not from covid.ApeRobot
- 0MondoMorphic
- Cousin and his wife were infected he
is anesthesiologist in Torrance both recovered. One Coworker lost her grandma and another lost his brother.jonny_quest_lives - Brother in law's wife tested positive... He tested negative haven't seen them since this started they live to far away to visit easily. She recovered.jonny_quest_lives
- 2 Friends tested positive in London, but they're fine now.Sellies
- Grandfather. He died.Morning_star
- Zero (and none who have gotten sick either)yuekit
- 0 dead, 0 infecteddrgs
- 0 dead, 2 infected and recovered
Sorry for anyone who’s lost someone.mort_ - 1bulletfactory
- 0 dead, 1 infected and in a vegetative state
(friend's dad)Continuity - a new orleans musician I saw in real life died of covid. I didn't know him though. not sure why it would matter if i did. would all coroners lie to us?sarahfailin
- 0 died. Know of 2 tested positive.shapesalad
- No reason to believe a coroner would lie, but also not the point of my post. Just curious how many here have been affected is all :)SteveJobs
- 0 dead, I know 5 personally who caught it. All five said it was brutal, they were terrified. Ages 9 to mid-40s.nb
- 2DRIFTMONKEY
- @SteveJobs do you live in a city?PhanLo
- Los AngelesSteveJobs
- 0/0. a good friend lost 3 grandparents though.colin_s
- 17 people in the seniors home next door to us contracted COVID-19. 5 died.Melanie
- 0 - Uncle who has 50% lung capacity and at the time of infection already had pneumonia and 40% capacity. He just lost his smell for 2 days.toemaas
- Know someone who died of a heart attack but the doctors put Covid on his death certificate. Didn't go over well with the wife.toemaas
- 1cannonball1978
- We found my biological grandmother (my mom was adopted) right before covid took hercannonball1978
- 1 in South Africa._me_
- 4 positive, mild symptoms, 0 dead, ages 30-50grafician
- 0milfhunter
- 0Chimp
- I did have it and had to go to hospital with pneumonia.Chimp
- 3 dead, 2 infected and recovered (one is still suffering 5 months later)necromation
- Coroner don't lie, it is just that nowadays people that die are tested, if they come out positive to rona, they are counted in, even if not dead from it.ApeRobot
- Most of the dead are above 80 or got previous medical conditions. We are not equal regarding that virus. Still, it could be dangerous to some of us.ApeRobot
- 0Gardener
- 2fadein11
- 2 dead, 5 who've had itBaskerviIle
- 0 dead, 2-3 friends of friends infectedrenderedred
- 0 but 3 indirectlyinstrmntl
- 0 dead, but 1 that was in the hospital for a month (45yo)formed
- 1ayport
- I personally know 6 infected but no deaths, my better half though works at a senior home that was hit hard, I didnt ask how many died...rzu-rzu
- ...but March-April she was coming home devastated almost everydayrzu-rzu
- 2ben_
- 1 in the USA, one in Canadaben_
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A good friend had it early on. He's a school teacher. Another who I used to work with but only know on Facebook now. Still struggling for months.CyBrainX - I know 1 dead and whole a lot of people that got it and got through it.sea_sea
- I appreciate where you're coming from, SteveJobs. Interesting post idea. 0 deaths here, for about 6 people I know of who have supposedly had it.Nairn
- about 4, all recovered.Maaku
- 4 recovered from death by covid?sted
- Died 0 personally, but a few friends had fam kick the bucketmoldero
- Caught: 5 — 3 family members, 1 friend, 1 someone I know.
1 uncle passed away. Got it while in the US.VectorMasked
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