From a friend in NYC

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"Just came from the ER in Brooklyn. Bob has coronavirus, which means yes I have it too. Luckily I haven't had severe symptoms like he has had. In the waiting room, while Bob had his head on my shoulder, I sat across from a lady who was leaned against the wall with her eyes closed and her hand on her chest breathing very shallow and sobbing. When they called her name, she could hardly stand. 5 people came in on stretchers in a short amount of time. A woman was calling over the speaker for a respiratory therapist to go to ICU over and over. I could hear someone coughing so hard it sounded like a lung was going to come up.

Bob's been sick for about 7 days. Coughing, body aches, fever. He even says his skin hurts. He's really miserable. He can't taste or smell anything now. I've been so lucky that I've been fine. I'm just taking care of him. We ended up leaving the ER because we waited so long and he really wanted to go back to bed. We'll go back if we need to."

Sb1540
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That's terrible. Prayers to him. How old is Bob?
kyledr04
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Early 30s
98Ag99Grad
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Good health before this? Smoker or anything like that? Just like some background when I hear stories like this is all. Prayers for your friends.
kyledr04
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Don't know alot more. I know the author not Bob. The main office for my company is in NYC so I have lots of contacts there plus some friends/family from TX that live there. Some are closer friends than others.
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kyledr04 said:

I sat across from a lady who was leaned against the wall with her eyes closed and her hand on her chest breathing very shallow and sobbing. When they called her name, she could hardly stand.
Not sure why (with all the other sad reports out there), but that bit really resonated with me for some reason. Heartbreaking.
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98Ag99Grad said:

Good health before this? Smoker or anything like that? Just like some background when I hear stories like this is all. Prayers for your friends.


People desperately want to believe the narrative they have constructed that this can't impact them or anyone they love (under 60).
dreyOO
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Whether it kills or not, those really afflicted by it are dealing with a nasty sickness. Damn

Prayers lifted
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Prayers for Bob, the author, the lady who had trouble standing, and everyone else.
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Bankeraggie said:

98Ag99Grad said:

Good health before this? Smoker or anything like that? Just like some background when I hear stories like this is all. Prayers for your friends.


People desperately want to believe the narrative they have constructed that this can't impact them or anyone they love (under 60).


And, I think this often is forgotten or overlooked, the count of damaged lungs that will cause trouble down the line for many of the recovered will be many.
I should be studying 11
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I think people are more focused on the 80% asymptomatic figure...
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Bankeraggie said:

98Ag99Grad said:

Good health before this? Smoker or anything like that? Just like some background when I hear stories like this is all. Prayers for your friends.


People desperately want to believe the narrative they have constructed that this can't impact them or anyone they love (under 60).


You mean people want to have hope. It's ok to have hope that this won't be horrible if they get it. Hope is sometimes the only thing people have left to carry on.
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Really man? Maybe people just want to hope that we're not all going to die. We're not all at a party on the beach just trying to piss the world off.
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Bankeraggie said:

98Ag99Grad said:

Good health before this? Smoker or anything like that? Just like some background when I hear stories like this is all. Prayers for your friends.


People desperately want to believe the narrative they have constructed that this can't impact them or anyone they love (under 60).

Can't? No

Very, very unlikely? Yes.

If infected, the likelihood of a person under the age of 60 dying is less than 1%.
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I didn't read it that way.
AggieAuditor
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Ok?
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Wonder why Bob went to hospital - everything I've read is to stay far away if otherwise healthy and breathing okay.
98Ag99Grad
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Bankeraggie said:

98Ag99Grad said:

Good health before this? Smoker or anything like that? Just like some background when I hear stories like this is all. Prayers for your friends.


People desperately want to believe the narrative they have constructed that this can't impact them or anyone they love (under 60).


No narrative. Just when I hear 80% with no underlying conditions make it out ok but keep seeing reports of people younger than me having issues I like to know as much as possible about their case if I can.
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The exception does seem to be health professionals. Seems like over exposure is having and effect on some folks.
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KlinkerAg11 said:

The exception does seem to be health professionals. Seems like over exposure is having and effect on some folks.
I was wondering about that. I wonder if they're just getting daily exposure and that can even turn someone "asymptomatic" into sick after a while if they take too much in.
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Aggie09Derek said:

Wonder why Bob went to hospital - everything I've read is to stay far away if otherwise healthy and breathing okay.


Maybe when his skin was hurting me thought it might be pretty serious
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KlinkerAg11 said:

The exception does seem to be health professionals. Seems like over exposure is having and effect on some folks.


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That's a very disturbing post. The reality facing people in NYC and across the country is very sad. I am praying for comfort for all sick and heath for the medical providers bravely helping as best they can.
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Oh, so that's a real thing then? Wow.
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Aust Ag said:

Oh, so that's a real thing then? Wow.


This was possible with HIV. Could be same here. ianad
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I should be studying 11 said:

I think people are more focused on the 80% asymptomatic figure...
The 80% are not asymptomatic. The 80% range from asymptomatic (small percent) to mild (short of needing a hospital) and everything in between.
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Aggie09Derek said:

Wonder why Bob went to hospital - everything I've read is to stay far away if otherwise healthy and breathing okay.
He went for an EMERGENCY and left cause the wait was too long.
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