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Do you personally know anyone with CV?

Do you personally know anyone with CV?

  • Yes

    Votes: 81 54.0%
  • No

    Votes: 69 46.0%

  • Total voters
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Dancing Fire

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@SparklieBug At this point, I'm just hoping someone develops an anti-body test we can do at home or something, because otherwise no one ever gets tested here!
let's hope so. I thought Canada have the best health care system in the world?
 

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@Dancing Fire No, I wouldn't say Canada has the best health care in the world. Other countries do a much better job of it. Our taxes are all sky high to support our system, and waiting for things is normal. Although we pay nothing to get care in or out of a hospital, or for operations, we only have drug coverage if we have it through an employer. So definitely not perfect.
 

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Another wrinkle around testing, in addition to the lack of testing being done at all, is that negative tests are only about 50-75% accurate. A lot of people get possibly exposed or become symptomatic, get tested, get a negative result, and then proceed based on the assumption that the test was accurate and end up spreading it.

I just saw an article today where they are finding enormously high viral loads in anyone with the virus, even if they're asymptomatic or elderly. (Usually, the viral load for respiratory illnesses in the elderly are lower than younger folks.) Just breathing can transmit it, and this means that the number of viable viral particles being deposited on objects around an infected person, then transferred to someone else, is higher than previously thought. They now believe that infected people can infect up to nearly 6 other people on average if not wearing a face mask, as opposed to the earlier estimate of 2-3 others.

@OboeGal The inaccuracy of the testing has been on the news here, too. It seems like testing is somewhat futile and rather misleading, what with inaccurate results, and low testing rates to begin with.

I wore a mask to get groceries today at a local health food store. They have excellent produce and a much better selection of grocery items than our local "regular" stores. I saw one of the managers walking around with his mask under his chin—the whole thing. Why bother going through the pretense of wearing one, then? :confused:
 

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@Dancing Fire No, I wouldn't say Canada has the best health care in the world. Other countries do a much better job of it. Our taxes are all sky high to support our system, and waiting for things is normal. Although we pay nothing to get care in or out of a hospital, or for operations, we only have drug coverage if we have it through an employer. So definitely not perfect.
That's why I don't wanna see socialized healthcare in the US. You can die before you receive treatment.
 

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Had to change my vote today. A wife of one of my husband's employees works at a bank and two employees at the bank tested positive. The employee has been told to stay home until the wife's test results came back. She is positive, she has no symptoms and feels fine.
 

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so far (knocking on every piece of wood in my house) I do not know anyone with it...my entire family is high risk, we are asthmatic's and I am truly terrified...
 

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so far (knocking on every piece of wood in my house) I do not know anyone with it...my entire family is high risk, we are asthmatic's and I am truly terrified...

A friend of mine has a niece who came down with CV. This niece is asthmatic but only had a fever and headache - no breathing issues at all. She also recovered without infecting her husband or kids.

I know that’s just one anecdote, but I hope it calms your nerves to know that it’s not an automatic death sentence for asthmatics.
 

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A friend of mine has a niece who came down with CV. This niece is asthmatic but only had a fever and headache - no breathing issues at all. She also recovered without infecting her husband or kids.

I know that’s just one anecdote, but I hope it calms your nerves to know that it’s not an automatic death sentence for asthmatics.

the unpredictability of it is scary. glad you hear your acquaintance had a mild case and was able to avoid spreading it to her family - that must have been difficult & stressful.
 

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the unpredictability of it is scary. glad you hear your acquaintance had a mild case and was able to avoid spreading it to her family - that must have been difficult & stressful.

Thanks! Apparently this niece was the first confirmed case in her county. They traced it back to a server at a school fundraiser who infected five other people at the table.
 

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3 of my neighbors are positive covid-19. They are all now in ICU.

A colleague and his wife were positive covid-19. He is currently cure and now at home. His wife is still in the icu fighting for her life.

Such a sad and scary time.
 
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Thanks! Apparently this niece was the first confirmed case in her county. They traced it back to a server at a school fundraiser who infected five other people at the table.

oh my gosh. scary.
 

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3 of my neighbors are positive covid-19. They are all now in ICU.

A colleague and his wife were positive covid-19. He is currently cure and now at home. His wife is still in the icu fighting for her life.

Such a sad and scary time.

stay safe and i hope your neighbors and colleague's wife pull through.
 

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A college friend....he is a surgeon on Long Island. Has been hospitalized for almost three weeks. Touch and go.
 

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I saw one of the managers walking around with his mask under his chin—the whole thing. Why bother going through the pretense of wearing one, then? :confused:

Perhaps he had a tracheotomy.

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A professor of mine in medical school who was a Pedia-Surgeon died of Covid. He was a frontliner.

My classmate in 1st year medical school also has Covid and is currently intubated. She’s an Anesthesiologist and was a frontliner before having been infected with Covid.

2 of our family friends both in their 60’s have died of Covid.

My 1st year classmate whom I talked about just recovered from Covid. She chronicled in her post how hard it was for her. She endured being intubated, extubated, then intubated again, hemoperfusion, IJ catheter, foley catheter, ngt, restrained and endless battery of xrays. She basically lifted it to the Lord if she would survive. And she did. Thank heaven she did.
 

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My 1st year classmate whom I talked about just recovered from Covid. She chronicled in her post how hard it was for her. She endured being intubated, extubated, then intubated again, hemoperfusion, IJ catheter, foley catheter, ngt, restrained and endless battery of xrays. She basically lifted it to the Lord if she would survive. And she did. Thank heaven she did.

What an ordeal and it's wonderful she came through it...most people who end up being intubated sadly do not make it through. She is incredibly fortunate. Please extend our good wishes for her continued good health.



I am surprised this thread poll isn't showing a greater % of people knowing someone with Covid 19. If your answer has changed perhaps you can take the time to update your answer so this thread reflects that. Though perhaps it is correct as many states remain largely unaffected. Thanks.
 

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So far only a work colleague of my husband who went into work around 2 weeks ago with symptoms as he didn't want to take sick leave. Was isolated in a room and told to go home! Apparently has been quite poorly but not in hospital.
 

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I changed my vote to yes. A friend who had to enter a nursing home in November has been diagnosed with COVID-19. She is 69. Her husband is only 62 and still working full time. He can't visit her.
 

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Sorry to hear that @pearlsngems ::) I have been reading that nursing homes have been having a very tough time in a number of different countries.
They certainly are in the UK where I am.
 

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That's why I don't wanna see socialized healthcare in the US. You can die before you receive treatment.

This is 100% not the case. You wait to see a specialist if it’s a non-emergency, but people who have a potential to die see someone ASAP.

My mom has had cancer twice and the first time it was 5 days between feeling a lump and surgery. The second time around (26 years later) she had a suspicious mammogram, biopsy 3 days later, diagnosis 2 days after that, and surgery about 2 weeks after her initial mammogram. It was about a month before meeting with her aftercare team. Now with COVID19 her oncologist has arranged to meet over a teleconference service. I also asked my mom to inquire about getting some extra medication and the cancer centre couriered an extra 2 months.

There’s still room for improvement and the wait for non-emergency specialist appointments can take a while. I’ve experienced wait times between 2 weeks and 6 months. My family doctor can usually see me within a day or two, but if she orders a test it can take a few weeks to get in unless she marks it as urgent.

It could be better, but it’s not that bad.

To answer the original question, a family friend passed away from COVID19 last week. He tested positive, but wasn’t feeling that bad. More like a cold and actually thought he was getting better. About a week after being diagnosed he took a sudden turn and his daughter found him unresponsive in his home.
 
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Ugh! Sorry to hear this, @lyra. I hope your family members heal well.

I'm also in Canada and have thought, right from the get-go, that the process of testing is flawed. Not just here, but in many countries. I've read about plenty of cases in Canada where people who exhibit symptoms are not tested—nor are the people who came into contact with people who tested positive for COVID. ???

How, exactly, can accurate "numbers" be determined, and what is the point of publishing "numbers" when they're so wildly inaccurate? It's mind-boggling.

They’re not accurate numbers at all. We’re finally getting more capacity, but there was a major shortage of testing materials. There’s a company in Ottawa making rapid PCR units that should be coming online in remote communities shortly. There’s also a company near Toronto who produce antibody tests, but Health Canada hasn’t approved the tests yet (maybe accuracy?). Not as familiar with the situation on the West Coast.

I tried to get tested because I was in Spain at the end of February and developed a bad cough and headache. The cough lasted about 3 weeks. I could not get a test. The first time I was told Spain was low-risk, the second time I called they just said I didn’t meet the requirements for testing. I asked a friend at the local health department and she told me, at that time, tests were being rationed. The odds of me requiring hospitalization for COVID19 are low, so they didn’t test me.

We should have been working on a testing plan months ago.
 

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so far (knocking on every piece of wood in my house) I do not know anyone with it...my entire family is high risk, we are asthmatic's and I am truly terrified...

as an asthmatic i feel your terror
dying of pnumonia is certainly at the very bottom of my list of preferable options

ive been too scared to look in on this thread because so many people are dying all over the world

stay safe
 

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My friend was taken from the nursing home to the ER this morning. :(2 So far only in O2, not ventilator.
 

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After two months my answer is still a NO!... :clap:
 

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Grateful that I’m still a no. But. I’m so livid Bc my cousins threw a mother’s day party for my 84 year-old aunt and proceeded to surround her with all kinds of grand and great grandchildren who were wearing no masks as they posed for pictures hugging her!!!! These are cousins who typically do not celebrate my aunt on any occasion! They themselves are over 60 and high risk due to diabetes and heart disease! Wtf were they thinking!
 

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I hadn't voted or commented in this thread because I didn't realize it was being viewed as a social tool of sorts. When I saw someone ask posters to update their votes if they had, since initially voting, come to know someone with covid19 I decided I should participate.

I said it on Pricescope months ago. The grandmother of my daughter's fiancé had covid19 very early in the pandemic and was hospitalized at Mt Sinai in New York City. She was only there for a few days and never in ICU. At the time I was afraid I had caught it because I had had dinner with her and ex-husband within a month of her hospitalization and no one knew much about incubation periods then. Also: she had just gotten back from Paris and covid19 had been in Paris before it was here.

So this is my demographic data.
 

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A friend and his whole family (his wife + 3 adult children) had to be isolated.

However, he was never tested - he conferred with the family doctor over the phone and was informed he probably had it based on his symptoms. Therefore, it is unknown if he actually had Covid-19 or not.

His wife is a HCP, and one of his children is classified as an essential worker, they were both tested negative as far as I am aware.

DK :))
 

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Well I'm finally updating this to yes. A woman that I went to college with and have stayed in touch with told me today that both she and her husband had it. They are both NYC teachers like me and think they got it the final 3 days that we had to go into the buildings without the students. She said they had mild cases, meaning they didn't need to go to the hospital. They are both in their mid 30's.
 
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