It is worth remembering that if you get it, and get worse, you need to act quickly to get medical help.
This doesn’t apply to just the PM. I have a serious heart condition and have been told by my consultant that if I develop any symptoms I am to go in because of my propensity to crash hard and fast. Which doesn’t quite tie in with the tabloids narrative of “only those who are young or in good health will be treated.
Also for those stating that he will be on this; he must have been so much sicker than...” is hideous supposition based on people’s apparent right to know what’s going on.
Again, different condition, but I was in hospital last summer. I had spent time on icu but had subsequently been discharged on to the CCU ward, had been up, sat out in the chair, no oxygen, no nothing, woke up in the night, picked up my phone to check texts, sat up to put it back, felt dizzy and subsequently went into cardiac arrest. So yes, it is possible to go from relatively ok albeit still needing to be in hospital to almost dead in a split second.
I suspect this thread will be gone anyway by morning but in the event that it isn’t, suffering from anxiety isn’t justification for spreading speculation from facebook. And “it was on facebook for everyone to see” isn’t a justification. The media is currently full of articles about how we should be avoiding what’s on facebook since most of it is made up scaremongering rubbish.
And really, if you’re that anxious about what you read on the internet, the off button is there