yeah my mom got the covid and she survived just fine, but the battle and all the secondary infections like pneumonia left her with permanent lung scarring. took her at least a month or two to feel up to doing anything. this is not something where you either die or walk away just the same as before. throw around personal freedom or whatever all you want, but don't pretend the virus isn't a problem in the first place
I'm glad you shared that because my dad had it too. the emotional turmoil of being locked in a basement for a month, having someone (me) go rampantly do their shopping in finding a heater because of the intense chills you'd get was super detrimental to his mental health. it might sound small, but being confined in a basement and a dialysis room where you wouldn't even know if you'd see the person next to you was what made it so brutal. having nobody want to get within a mile of you, constantly testing and having that result come back positive. he contracted it in the hospital being treated for kidney failure. he's a dialysis patient and had to go to a special unit that took care of COVID patients. it was a horrific scene for him in seeing some people lose their blood oxygen levels throughout treatment, rushing to care for them. it's something i wouldn't wish on anyone, and our president saying to not fear this virus is disgraceful.
for the record he was positive from may up until late june iirc, less was known in terms of treatment and he's lucky he was mostly okay. and for the record i don't remember the full scope of what happened but that's what i recall most vividly, i was more worried for him and less paying attention of the details
just because it's not ebola doesn't mean you shouldn't take it seriously. matthew saying "oh if we all got it 99. whatever would survive" is bull because the only reason it's this way is by hospital capacity and known treatments. if we all got it, it'd be a travesty to the world with flooding of hospitals, probably killing tens of millions more. if my dad wasn't hospitalized for heart and kidney failure, he would have died with the lack of hospital treatment and monitoring. moral of what i'm saying is, even there's more turmoil than just having the virus
i'd go into more detail but yeah, it was a hell of a May for me, hearing a parental figure in a hospital barely keep composure over a phone call, unknowing if you'll hear or see them ever again