How many people do you know that have had Corona virus?

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I currently know 0 so far luckily.

1 confirmed

10 people. Mostly nurses but my sister had it too

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9 - close family 2, wider family 1 (passed away) and 6 other friends/ acquaintances. Not all in the U.K. though.

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Around 10 in March/April. None hospitalised, two felt very ill, others ranged from no symptoms but tested positive for antibodies to bad flu with loss of taste/smell. All now recovered. London

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1. Pretty awful but they were ok in the end.

And 2 parents died at the school I teach in.

Big fat 0 and I’m glad . Dread the day when or if it comes .

13 people. Some were mild, 5 were off work and quite poorly for a number of weeks and i know someone who died and a couple hospitalised.

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Nobody I know very well. SIL’s boyfriend’s mum was in hospital with it. One child at my son’s school had a positive test and the parents of a different child in his class have have positive antibody tests but were not symptomatic. Have quite a few friends who think they may have had it.

3 family members in London.

4 colleagues. Two colleague's siblings hospitalised.

One in his fifties = absolutely fine.

One in his late seventies with multiple other health issues. Caught it abroad. He spent a LONG time on a ventilator but is now out of hospital and living alone at home.

One in his sixties. He is morbidly obese and had a difficult few weeks, all at home no medical treatment required, and is now back to normal.

3

This thread really highlights the direct human impact this virus has had on so many.

3 confirmed with tests. One in hospital, one miserably ill for a few weeks but managed at home, one had about a day of feeling a bit tired with a raised temperature and that was it.

Know a lot more people who were ill with possible Covid in mid-late March, but that’s before there was much testing so who knows. Seems likely at least some of them had it though.

I know 3 confirmed. One died (was elderly and very frail after a stroke), one has the long recurring version, and one is now absolutely fine. None of these 3 people were linked in any way.

2 ill enough to call the paramedics but avoided a hospital stay.
4 more who felt like shit for a couple of weeks but not bad enough to go to hospital.
Too many to count (including myself ) who swear they've had it mildly but.......

None of these have been confirmed by testing though. So how many people do I know who have actually tested positive?
Zero.

1 BIL’s mother, in her 90s - fully recovered.

None.

A few people suspect they had it in Feb / Mar, before testing was available. Lots of bugs around at that time of year though, so could have been anything.

1 confirmed - mid 40s bloke only mildly ill and recovered fairly quickly

6 including dh who had a mild case but is still suffering from fatigue now (caught it late March).

0 confirmed and plenty who ‘think they had it in January’.

1. 2 different households. Fortunately none of them "serious" but took one of them a good 6 weeks to feel even slightly better.