do you know anyone personally who has died from Covid?

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Just that really. Posting here for traffic.

After a conversation with my mother we both agreed that people who have actually personally lost someone due to Covid are more likely to take it more seriously. Have you lost someone? Has this affected your attitude towards the virus and your own behaviour?

I don’t know anyone who has died, but I know quite a few who have been very ill, a couple who needed intensive care and several who have had prolonged problems. It isn’t just about the risk of dying, this disease can be very unpleasant and cause lasting damage.

Yes, not elderly or in a vulnerable group. But it hasn’t made me turn into a paranoid, this virus is out to get me type. On the contrary it has reinforced the need to live for the here and now. Yes take sensible precautions but celebrate life, be grateful for it. Don’t live in fear, control the things you can control but don’t compromise your mental health

Oh and I’ve also been quite poorly with Covid.

I don't know anyone who has died of Covid, nor do I know anyone who knows anyone AFAIK who's died of Covid.

I know of two people who've died from lockdown: one suicide (teenager) and one who couldn't access medical treatment at the point of need.

My dads next door neighbour died in March of it. Ambulance middle of night, everyone entering in hazmat suits, come out hours later with a red body bag...very shocking and sad.

My partner's colleague died - they had an outbreak of 32 people at his company, the one who died was the first to test positive.

We have always taken it seriously as he is a keyworker. We have both had it and recovered reasonably well with a few lasting effects, but the important thing to remember is that you never know who will get it bad.

The person we know who died was 56 and healthy.

You might be more likely to suffer badly or die if you're older or have certain health conditions, but that doesn't mean you'll definitely be fine if you're not in one of those categories.

There's too much complacency, and an attitude of 'well it wouldn't harm ME!' and I think that's why we are where we are today. If people had stuck to the proper rules and taken precautions I think it'd be more under control and we'd have a little more freedom.

My aunt, she thought she had a bad cold, when her carer visited on a Wednesday evening she rang for an ambulance because my aunt was struggling to breathe, it turned up Thursday lunchtime, my aunt died the following Monday after testing positive. I take covid seriously.

We had this thread yesterday and it was deleted for some reason.

Yes, I know two people who have died. One under 40, one over 70, both with underlying health conditions but not at death's door. The one under 40, especially, was a horrible shock. We are taking Covid very seriously as a family.

Don't know anyone who has died, but my aunt is a nurse and was redeployed to the Covid ward in one of the worst hit health boards so I have no doubt it's a thing and take appropriate precautions.

Six. It ripped through here before anyone could do much. Only one was older and or had known underlying health conditions. Youngest was 22.
Had to get inventive around funerals and haven't been able to start grieving tbh, I know I'm not the only one frozen by it.

One other friend spent long time on a ventilator and its left them with problems, though grateful to be alive. Lots think they have had it but not tested. No one in my immediate family has had it according to test results.
It's made little difference to my behavior as used common sense anyway, but no choice but to keep trying to find ways of paying the rent.

Yes and someone who was in hospital for several weeks, plus worse asthma for me, my DH and DD. It’s not a joke, but neither is the impact on people in other ways. We have to take it very seriously while keeping things running, especially schools, pubs not so much but it must be awful to lose a business and many people lose their jobs. Masks, distancing and meeting outdoors will help if people stick to it.

Yes. Sadly the partner of one of our friends died after contracting it and being in a coma for five weeks.

Yes, and she wasn't elderly or vulnerable. I've been careful throughout and passionately hate the "get on with your lives" type comments directed towards cautious people. My relative was cautious! It is shit!

Yes, a few colleagues. A couple of them ended up in ICU but did get better. I do work in health though not directly with patients.

Yes, a friend. He was late 20s with a manageable health condition - otherwise fit and well.

Three friends' parents (age about 80 but two had been pretty healthy, not needing any care).
I know two local mums who were hospitalised back in March, one in ICU briefly. Both have made full recoveries but it was tough for their families looking after 2 or 5 kids for 2-3 months.

And I know a few people who got ill in March or April and are still ill, able to do an errand a day and maybe half an hour of other activity but basically getting exhausted more rapidly than their elderly parents.

I don’t know anyone that’s had it or been ill with it. I’m a teacher with asthma and my child is vulnerable. I take it very seriously but I’m exposed every day to many many children. There’s only so much I can do.

One acquaintance who died of COVID: was late 30s but had cancer and was always a very risk he would die if he had it. Aside from that two confirmed cases: one work colleague who was quite ill but is now recovered and an old friend whom it hardly touched. A sister of a friend (who worked in a hospital) had it mildly but then had a blood clot several weeks later -- has recovered but was very scared.

I'm reasonably careful: was obsessively so until about early June (right down to wiping down food), let my guard down a bit over the summer and have become much more careful in the past fortnight. And will continue to be careful for the next six months I guess.

Yes. 2 deaths.

Yes sadly. Two people. Completely unrelated.

Yes 2

I dont know anyone who has died of covid but I know someone who died of another complaint who had covid on her death certificate.

Yes, friend's father.

I know of someone through my work in his 60's and had health issues, an acquaintance lost her mother in law to it (she was 60 in good health with no underlying conditions and caught it via work and died) and a friend of a friend (caught it from his husband. Both in their 50's in fine health husband 1 survived husband 2 died)

People need to start doing as they are told. Stop pretending the rules are ambiguous and confusing and they dont understand. Stop posting shite about bill gates, micro chips, the illuminati, the freemasons and hashtagging everything as #sheep #plandemic and I stress again. Do as they are fucking told. Its really really starting to grate on me now.

Yes, I’m a doctor and a large number of my patients died from Covid.