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How many COVID-19 deceased do you knew personally?
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james_s:
If it ever gets to a point where a large number of us personally know even one person who died from it we're going to be in a big mess. Just a rough guess is there are probably around 300 people I can count as acquaintances, ranging from family and close personal friends to people I worked with 15 years ago or went to school with who would remember who I was and say hi if I bumped into them someplace and that's probably fairly typical. We are thankfully orders of magnitude from 1 in 300 people dying from Covid. A few of my mother's friends have spent time in the ICU but I don't think any of them actually died yet.
Ed.Kloonk:

--- Quote from: james_s on July 13, 2020, 05:25:35 am ---If it ever gets to a point where a large number of us personally know even one person who died from it we're going to be in a big mess.

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It wont.



--- Quote ---Just a rough guess is there are probably around 300 people I can count as acquaintances, ranging from family and close personal friends to people I worked with 15 years ago or went to school with who would remember who I was and say hi if I bumped into them someplace and that's probably fairly typical. We are thankfully orders of magnitude from 1 in 300 people dying from Covid. A few of my mother's friends have spent time in the ICU but I don't think any of them actually died yet.

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As far as I know, nobody I know had died due to the Covid..

tom66:
A friend of a family friend. 
dietert1:
I thought i didn't know anybody, but the SHT chorus leader of my wife in Sao Paulo died of Covid-19 on March 26th.

https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naomi_Munakata

Regards, Dieter
tggzzz:
Firstly I doubt much useful information will come from this topic; it will descend into the usual entrenched opinions.

Secondly, while it is easy to answer this question, it is probably not the right question.

A more useful question could, arguably, be framed around this article...


Coronavirus doctor's diary: Why are people remaining ill for so long?

Four months after the start of the coronavirus pandemic, doctors are still on a steep learning curve. One surprise is just how long symptoms seem to last, for some patients. Dr John Wright of Bradford Royal Infirmary (BRI) talks to two young women who are still tired and breathless many weeks after falling ill.
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We know from studies of patients who had Sars - one of the family of coronaviruses - back in the 2003 epidemic, that almost half of survivors went on to have chronic fatigue or other long-lasting symptoms. So it should not be a surprise that this cunning descendant, Sars-CoV2, should have a similar inheritance.

We are getting an increasing number of desperate emails and letters from patients and their GPs asking for help. Some are still suffering from the original symptoms of chest pains and breathlessness. Others have newer symptoms - headaches, memory loss and visual problems. Many have depression and anxiety. Most of them have persistent, chronic fatigue. All of them want their previous lives back. They celebrated their initial Covid-19 survival in haste and some are now filled with nagging doubt and deepening despair.
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"But it's really hard at the moment to tease apart what's to do with fatigue and emotional, or what might be more organic. It's too early to say."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/stories-53368768
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