Entries tagged with covid-19

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I managed to go this whole time without any of the three of us getting Covid and I caught it from an asshole who went to work sick.

The ONLY place I take off my mask when out (we only go out to doc visits, which has been really inconvenient, but we're careful because of our health issues) is the dentist's office.

While I was on the chair, I heard the dentist off in another room tell a coworker she was "getting over a cold."

I should've left, but she had already been working on me for about 10 minutes and had my braces apart.

Even though the whole office wears masks, it's those shitty paper masks. I wear the N95 into and out of the place, but take it off only when I'm in the room in the chair.

I know people have to make a living, and employers don't let people take time off, but for immunocompromised people who just want to get their fucking teeth taken care of, this totally sucks 😡

It took 2 days for me to notice symptoms, so I had been in the house with 2 other immunocompromised people that whole time.

Not only has my mom got cancer, but she's got that eye issue that she's getting immuneotherapy for, and if she gets sick, she can lose more or possible all of the sight in that eye.

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my dad's best friend

My dad lost his best friend Darnell to Covid-19 yesterday, and it looks like Darnell’s wife might not make it either.

My dad has lost well over 50 friends Covid-19.

He’s in his 70s, and most of his friends are over 40, but Darnell was in his 60s. My dad is a very social person, and he has friends worldwide associated with racing, which he’s been involved with since his teen years.

Darnell was in New York to attend a funeral of another friend of theirs who died of Covid-19. Within 1 day of getting to New York, Darnell was in the hospital, and as of 4 days ago he went on a ventilator, 2 days ago dialysis because his body couldn’t keep up with all the meds they were giving him to try and save his life.

The day he went to the hospital in NY, his wife was admitted to the hospital in Florida. They both got it at the same time and didn’t realize it. His wife is about five years older than him.

Their son was updating my dad twice a day on how they’re doing, but he’s asked that no one mention anything about his dad’s death since his mother isn’t expected to live, and he’d rather she die believing Darnell was getting better.

Darnell was a very healthy guy who was extremely social, caring, and was the type of guy who would help out anybody and everybody because he was just a really good guy.

My dad is terrified to leave the house, and I don’t blame him. Losing over 50 friends to Covid-19 this past year and a half can be scary, but Darnell pushed it over into flat out fear because he was so healthy and full of life.

My Uncle Charlie hasn’t lost any friends. He’s in his late 50s, and that age group is doing well, so Charlie is out there not wearing a mask and thinks we’re all insane for taking Covid so seriously.

My age group (which is also Charlie’s wife’s age group) is doing well with it too, so she’s going around without a mask and thinks we’re being too paranoid.

They’ve also both had Covid, and they barely noticed the symptoms, so it’s not a big deal to them. They also think they can’t get it again even though I’ve tried to tell them otherwise. They keep asking why they can’t at least come over and hang out with us on the back porch because “outdoors is completely safe!”

If you’re in the right age groups, you might not see this much devastation (especially if you’re like Charlie and never watch/read the news).

Even my mom, who is 10 years younger than my dad, isn’t seeing friends die off like this, and none of the people I grew up with have even been hospitalized.

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My aunt carol (70 years old) who worked as a phlebotomist for years and as a medical transcriptionist for years told me over the phone yesterday that she was all excited Andre got his first Covid-19 vaccine that day because she was finally able to spend the day with him without a mask

and I’m like only his FIRST shot?! and he JUST got it?!

like you do know he has to have both of the shots and even then he’s gotta wait a couple weeks for HIM to be safe

but YOU’RE still not safe because YOU’RE not vaccinated?!

She was like yeah but he had the shot!

My mom overheard us and she said “does getting a flu shot help the guy next to you who didn’t get a flu shot?”

Aunt Carol was quiet for the longest time.

I said something about true herd immunity vs ONE person in your life who got ONE dose of a 2-dose vaccine for something when only about 60% of the US population is fully vaccinated for it and she was like

oh yeah that was stupid of me

The worst part is everyone else living in the house AND in Andre’s house thought the same thing.

And then they wonder why I refuse to let them in my house and why I’m still wearing a mask and staying away from people.

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went to the doctor today the three of us

it’s the first place we’ve been other than our house and the first people we’ve been around for more than a year

now begins 14 days of “i think my throat hurts here’s the flashlight take a look” “did i hear you cough?” “my chest hurts am i dying?” “take my temperature” “my O2 sat dropped from 98 to 97 am i dying?!?!!”

should i tell them yes they’re dying every time?
we all have allergies so the above stuff is normal everyday stuff
could be fun to tell them they’re dying every time they ask 😈