Weekly Covid poll

[Just Jack]

Someone I know in a FB group does this, and it's interesting seeing how the percentages change each week, though it is not a truly 100% scientific poll. 

 

Two degrees of separation is acceptable for your answer. So if your neighbors coworker has it, it would count. If your neighbor, coworker, garbage man, accountant, babysitter has it, it does not count. 

 

Edited April 5, 2020 by Just Jack

[Mr Info]

I know two of these. Can this be more than one selection?

Edited April 5, 2020 by Mr Info

[Just Jack]

56 minutes ago, Mr Info said:

I know two of these. Can this be more than one selection?

 

Try it now. 

 

[Augie]

Had a little Zoom chat including my sister-in-law yesterday. Her boyfriend works in NYC where they know quite a few people who have been confirmed to have it. It’s quite common to them. Look out, probably heading your way! 

 

My grandson’s other grandmother seems to have it, as well as a guy who works for my wife out of Boston. Several confirmed cases in the office there, but as of yet he hasn’t been able to get tested. 

 

EDIT: The “other granny” seems to be bouncing back and doing much better. 

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Edited April 6, 2020 by Augie

[SinceThe70s]

I know two people who more likely than not had it. Neither were counted in the totals as they didn't see a doctor. One was initially diagnosed over the phone as the flu. Lost all sense of smell, including bleach! 

 

 

[qwksilver]

Luckily I'm in the none group. I hope it stays that way for me and everyone else that voted that way.

[BritBill]

My friend's father died from it on Saturday night. 

 

It's awful. My friend suffers from anxiety and depression already so we're remotely going to have to keep an eye on him. 

[plenzmd1]

Two friends have it.

 

One i golfed with a week before he was diagnosed...he got sick really quick..in ICU for 3 days..but home and good now. Losing track of time but think that was prolly 4 weekends ago.

 

Another friend diagnosed last week, exhibiting no symptoms at all. She hugged a neighbor early on in the process who ended up testing positive, so she was tested and sure enough has it. I have not seen her in 3 weeks, so hopefully all good 

[Gugny]

27 minutes ago, plenzmd1 said:

Two friends have it.

 

One i golfed with a week before he was diagnosed...he got sick really quick..in ICU for 3 days..but home and good now. Losing track of time but think that was prolly 4 weekends ago.

 

Another friend diagnosed last week, exhibiting no symptoms at all. She hugged a neighbor early on in the process who ended up testing positive, so she was tested and sure enough has it. I have not seen her in 3 weeks, so hopefully all good 

 

Glad to hear your golf buddy is okay.  Best wishes to your other friend.

[Not at the table Karlos]

Nothing confirmed but suspicions that a family friend and i had minor case in January. Weren’t testing for it at the time. She was told she had upper respiratory infection and I wasn’t allowed in hospital or dr office to confirm.

[Gugny]

1 hour ago, BritBill said:

My friend's father died from it on Saturday night. 

 

It's awful. My friend suffers from anxiety and depression already so we're remotely going to have to keep an eye on him. 

 

So sorry to hear this.  I hope your friend stays strong.

[ExWNYer]

I erroneously voted in the 'Do not know of anyone that has caught Covid' category. It may be semantics but I misread that vote box. I do not personally know anyone who has caught it; however, someone where I work (did not know them) has perished from it. I am one of the fortunate people who is able to work from home, as is my wife. We have been working from home since this started. She and our sons have pretty much been home bound the entire time. I am the only one venturing out to walk the dog and get groceries for the family.

[BillsFan4]

I know of a couple friends of friends who have died, and my next door neighbor has at least 2 current cases in her family. Her young niece has it (she has asthma, they are worried) and her brother - he is one of the buffalo police officers that has COVID19. Her daughter was just sick too. They had to quarantine (though they were still out in their yard a lot... I kept more than my 6ft of distance! lol), but she just went back to work yesterday so it wasn’t covid.

 

an acquaintance of mine’s neighbor died. He was in his 40’s and relatively healthy from what I’m told. 

 

And I have some friends and family down in NYC (some in healthcare). Thankfully I haven’t heard of anyone I know down there getting it yet (but I haven’t heard from some of them in weeks). One friend is a 65yr old doctor so I’m very worried about him. I talked to him recently. He’s taking every precaution he can, but being a practicing doctor puts him at obvious risk. 

 

They are really getting slammed down there.

[Turk71]

  I know two who have died, one a family friend in South Buffalo in his 50s, the other a close friends aunt.

  I know two who have recovered. One a good friend, the other a friend's mother.

   I have a longtime friend of over 30 years who is still in ICU here in Oregon, he is breathing on his own as of last night but has pneumonia and is not out of the woods yet. 

   A very close friend in South Buffalo is a nurse working double shifts. I am very concerned as she is 60 and asthmatic.

   Stock up and stay home if you can. If you can't then take every precaution possible, this is unfortunately not close to being over yet imo. Hopefully they will have enough ppe for the front line workers soon and finally be able to do widespread testing for the virus. This isn't the time or place to discuss the dysfunctional train wreck in that regard.

   People who have had it already, the asymptomatic included, will have immunity and they must be identified by widespread serological testing for antibodies.   

  Good luck and best wishes to you all.

Edited April 6, 2020 by Turk71

[May Day 10]

I know 2 people who have it.  Both were mild are basically recovered, although 1 keeps seeing symptoms persist on some level but by all intents and purposes is recovered.  They were not tested, but basic common sense says that they have it.

 

 

My friend's neighbor passed away which was the closest this has 'hit home', but classifying that as 'someone I know" is a reach.

[Wacka]

Son't know anyone with it or that knows of anyone,  Keeping it that way to keep my 83 year old mom around.. 

[Special K]

I left early this morning to get groceries, and while driving out of the neighborhood, I see a fire truck and ambulance at the house of an old couple just one street over from mine. The paramedics were in full Covid gear....not good. 

 

I usually see the old man walking his dog around the neighborhood, but haven't seen him in almost a week, although I believe it was his wife they were taking out.

 

It was in my state, then in my county, then in my city, and now in my neighborhood.....too close for comfort!!?

[123719bwiqrb]

I don't see the option for - had it at the end of January, but undiagnosed as it was too early in the process.

[Pine Barrens Mafia]

5 minutes ago, ScotSHO said:

I don't see the option for - had it at the end of January, but undiagnosed as it was too early in the process.

 

Right? had a MISERABLE January.

 

[Augie]

24 minutes ago, ScotSHO said:

I don't see the option for - had it at the end of January, but undiagnosed as it was too early in the process.

 

We drove to Florida at Christmas with a young lady who coughed for 9 straight hours. I spent all of January (and much of February) with a dry cough, a fever and I was totally exhausted! I coughed so much and so hard my back and stomach felt like I had done a thousand (OK, maybe five for me) sit-ups!

 

If I had gotten that these days I’d be freaking out! Heck, I still get a little cough in the morning sometimes and try my best to control it at grocery store or any other time another human is in sight lest they lose their minds! 

 

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Edited April 6, 2020 by Augie

[boater]

Good thread. The first hand accounts are more informative than the tripe the media is putting out.

 

I just don't understand the resistance to use Chloroquine. There are reports of full recovery just 8-12 hours after the dose.

[Gray Beard]

I notice many of the posts are first hand accounts of people who probably had it, but it was never diagnosed.  In my case, the son of a friend had a fever, lost his sense of taste and smell, was exhausted, and coughed for a few days.  He got over it without medical intervention, and never took a test.  I feel as though the number of people with similar stories is quite large, and the official statistics will never reflect reality.   Perhaps antibody tests after the fact will help, but the people who died will never be accurately counted. 

[The Dean]

On 4/5/2020 at 10:40 AM, Just Jack said:

Someone I know in a FB group does this, and it's interesting seeing how the percentages change each week, though it is not a truly 100% scientific poll. 

 

Two degrees of separation is acceptable for your answer. So if your neighbors coworker has it, it would count. If your neighbor, coworker, garbage man, accountant, babysitter has it, it does not count. 

 

 

 

I voted.

 

But just to be clear, this isn't "not a truly 100% scientific pool". This has absolutely ZERO scientific value as it is generalizable to no population whatsoever.

 

It is a 100% NON-Scientific poll. Science has nothing to do with polls like this.

 

But yes, they can be fun

 

 

[dave mcbride]

On 4/6/2020 at 8:38 AM, plenzmd1 said:

Two friends have it.

 

One i golfed with a week before he was diagnosed...he got sick really quick..in ICU for 3 days..but home and good now. Losing track of time but think that was prolly 4 weekends ago.

 

Another friend diagnosed last week, exhibiting no symptoms at all. She hugged a neighbor early on in the process who ended up testing positive, so she was tested and sure enough has it. I have not seen her in 3 weeks, so hopefully all good 

I'm nearly 100 percent certain I've had it - I started having a very dry and persistent cough (which I never, ever get) 20 days ago and it still persists. That was followed a couple of days later by a daylong bout of diarrhea and, after that, about five days of fever spikes (with one evening in the middle of it being particularly nasty). My 23-year old daughter had symptoms too, including the inability to taste anything for a week, a cough, and very mild fever spikes. Despite the nagging cough, which is finally diminishing, I'm fine now. Basically 100 percent. Neither of us are sick enough to get tested given the situation in Brooklyn.

[Poleshifter]

I know zero people in those categories.

 

[plenzmd1]

Neighbors Mom just died from Covid. Nursing home in Richmond. 

[Metal Man]

On 4/6/2020 at 2:13 PM, Augie said:

 

We drove to Florida at Christmas with a young lady who coughed for 9 straight hours. I spent all of January (and much of February) with a dry cough, a fever and I was totally exhausted! I coughed so much and so hard my back and stomach felt like I had done a thousand (OK, maybe five for me) sit-ups!

 

If I had gotten that these days I’d be freaking out! Heck, I still get a little cough in the morning sometimes and try my best to control it at grocery store or any other time another human is in sight lest they lose their minds! 

 

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Had this almost exactly during the exact same time frame. All of January and some of February with an awful dry cough and eventually after coughing so hard for so long my chest and stomach were aching terribly.

 

Only difference was I didn't seem to have a fever, though I never checked so I suppose it could have been a mild one.

 

Not sure if it was Covid but I suppose it easily could have been. I don't know anyone who has been confirmed but I know a lot of people in the "was very sick in January" category and some of those did test negative for the flu. Would be nice if they can get an antibody test widely available so people like us who might have had it could know and maybe have some anxiety about getting it again relieved.

[PastaJoe]

My uncle Don Pijanowski in Buffalo passed away from the virus last week. There was a story about him in the Buffalo news.

 

https://buffalonews.com/2020/04/02/a-buffalo-guy-lost-to-covid-19-he-deserved-a-better-ending/

[Not at the table Karlos]

Gonna have to change my vote. Lost my uncle last night. Drs said he tested positive for covid after he passed. 

Edited April 8, 2020 by Not at the table Karlos

[Augie]

6 hours ago, Metal Man said:

 

Had this almost exactly during the exact same time frame. All of January and some of February with an awful dry cough and eventually after coughing so hard for so long my chest and stomach were aching terribly.

 

Only difference was I didn't seem to have a fever, though I never checked so I suppose it could have been a mild one.

 

Not sure if it was Covid but I suppose it easily could have been. I don't know anyone who has been confirmed but I know a lot of people in the "was very sick in January" category and some of those did test negative for the flu. Would be nice if they can get an antibody test widely available so people like us who might have had it could know and maybe have some anxiety about getting it again relieved.

For me the timing seemed too early, but the young lady I got it from was fresh in from NYC, so who knows? Either way. it was a WICKED respiratory infection! 

 

I’m with you, I wish antibody tests were widely available so many people could begin normalizing how we go about life as people and as a nation. 

[DrDawkinstein]

A friend lost both his grandparents last week to COVID complications. Grandmother first, grandfather about 5 days after. The Uncle has tested positive as well, and it's believe he passed it to them. He is absolutely distraught.

 

We also found out on a conference all this week that our Department Head and her husband both have it, but neither have gotten sick. He is a physician, and they both took a vacation to Italy earlier in the year (before it hit the fan), so not surprised they caught it. Luckily, they seem fine.

On 4/6/2020 at 2:13 PM, Augie said:

 

We drove to Florida at Christmas with a young lady who coughed for 9 straight hours. I spent all of January (and much of February) with a dry cough, a fever and I was totally exhausted! I coughed so much and so hard my back and stomach felt like I had done a thousand (OK, maybe five for me) sit-ups!

 

If I had gotten that these days I’d be freaking out! Heck, I still get a little cough in the morning sometimes and try my best to control it at grocery store or any other time another human is in sight lest they lose their minds! 

 

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7 hours ago, Metal Man said:

 

Had this almost exactly during the exact same time frame. All of January and some of February with an awful dry cough and eventually after coughing so hard for so long my chest and stomach were aching terribly.

 

Only difference was I didn't seem to have a fever, though I never checked so I suppose it could have been a mild one.

 

Not sure if it was Covid but I suppose it easily could have been. I don't know anyone who has been confirmed but I know a lot of people in the "was very sick in January" category and some of those did test negative for the flu. Would be nice if they can get an antibody test widely available so people like us who might have had it could know and maybe have some anxiety about getting it again relieved.

 

Same, we had whatever that was sweep through the office in February and I was fairly certain back then that's what it was. With our Dept Head testing positive (and being the only one of us who has been lucky enough to be tested), I'm pretty sure we all got it.

[Augie]

8 minutes ago, DrDawkinstein said:

A friend lost both his grandparents last week to COVID complications. Grandmother first, grandfather about 5 days after. The Uncle has tested positive as well, and it's believe he passed it to them. He is absolutely distraught.

 

We also found out on a conference all this week that our Department Head and her husband both have it, but neither have gotten sick. He is a physician, and they both took a vacation to Italy earlier in the year (before it hit the fan), so not surprised they caught it. Luckily, they seem fine.

 

 

Same, we had whatever that was sweep through the office in February and I was fairly certain back then that's what it was. With our Dept Head testing positive (and being the only one of us who has been lucky enough to be tested), I'm pretty sure we all got it.

 

The timing doesn’t seem right, but the cougher in the back seat I got it from had just left a job in NYC. My stomach and back felt like I’d been beaten with a bat, and I just couldn’t stop coughing. My wife of course got it after me, but not as badly.

 

I’d love an antibody test. Whatever it was, that was one NASTY virus, and I hardly ever get sick. Certainly nothing like that since about 25 years ago when a flu sent me to a clinic that put me on an IV.