He's a 39 year old ultra marathon runner. He's run a trail 50k (at over 6,500 ft of elevation with 4,000 feet of vertical climbing) as recently as April of this year.
He's currently on supplemental oxygen (despite a near super human cardio system) and has lost 22 pounds (no ultra runner carries 22 lbs of fat).
He'll probably live, but the recovery will be brutal. Hopeful there is no permanent lung scarring as that could derail much of his lifestyle.
If this thing can take down a relatively young guy in amazing health, it can take you down.
This thing is serious shit. Please, please be careful.
Was careful though.
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Co-worker just got through having COVID thanks to his older sister who wouldn't stay home. He is in his mid 20s, not in shape at all, and only got tested because he lost his sense of taste and smell and it is required by work if you have symptoms. But I've also heard of some people who have passed away from it as well.
The impact of the infection varies, it sucks that your friend had such a bad reaction to it, he is younger than me and in better shape, but I'm not scared of getting it, I feel like I already have honestly but there was no testing at the time.
On that note, I do wear a mask, I do still remain primarily at home even though things are opening up, and I practice social distancing, because it is not that hard to do those little things. Considering the sacrifices that our country was able to endure during World War II, I think I can wear a mask in public without feeling like my "rights" are being stomped on.
If you think you previously had it you might want to get an antibody test. I was really sick in early March, but there were no covid tests available then. I got an antibody test when available, but it was negative. It's definitely made me more vigilant knowing that I actually didn't get it.
Conversely, a friend that was only mildly sick around the same time got a positive antibody test. He recently travelled to see his elderly parents since he was pretty sure he couldn't spread it to them.
Hope your friend recovers well and as soon as possible.
certainly something genetically related. If we could only figure out what genetic markers are the key.
I have a family friend that is 92 years old, admitted to the hospital with a confirmed positive, stayed in the hospital for 8 or 9 days, and then discharged home. Never had to be put on a vent.
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None went to the hospital. 3 had "flu-sick" symptoms for 10 days, instead of the usual 4-5 that the flu would have you down for. The remainder had either no symptoms or some cough/fatigue.
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Question though is who did they then infect?
where wearing masks or not?
no one has gotten it yet, and we have outside people here all the time.
They mask though and SD. That proves as much as his tale does.
Neither tale goes against DRO’s story.
Opposite, so it went against Dro narrative. Pretty simple, got it?
have very serious ones. For every twenty of the former there are several of the latter. Now, times that by the population of the U.S. Both are fully consistent with the disease model.
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Going. That guy is a god in your eyes and he has been wrong all along. Again, your judge of people is terrible.
money grubber, and one who has zero redeeming characteristics. Can anyone other than possibly another Donald supporter be a worse judge of people (character) than you?
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things to help prevent this thing from spreading. No inconvenience is too small to bitch about.
What is your solution? You think everyone should just continue to live like before and let this thing spread?
c’mon snowflake what should be done? Everybody get chloroquine?
Yes, I would like to go back to life as normal. But it’s an election year and Orange man bad. Now, get back to your herd before someone rats on you.
Are you advocating for life as normal, no restrictions, no masking?
Let’s hear your plan.
Everything but you don’t. Yes, let’s get back to life as normal. That is my plan. Call it a purge or cleansing. The strong will survive. There, feel better?
Sad.
Your selective outrage can stay with Orange. As funny as that is.
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But not everyone in our town is wearing one, particularly out-of-state tourists from Texas and Arizona. As everyone knows, the mask protects others more than it protects yourself. Doesn't do much good to wear one if others aren't.
Sure, it protects others from me, but more importantly, it protects me from others...not perfectly, mind you, but 1000 times better than a piece of cloth or the common surgical mask.
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