coyote_astro
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Yeah, imagine if there was a headline for every healthy individual that recovered smoothly; there'd be millions of them.^^^ Exactly.
To counter OP's fear mongering, I now personally know over a dozen that's gotten it. My buddy's 81yo father in law got it. He never went to the hospital but just rested at home for 3 weeks. Another friend's mother got it in her late 70's. Her symptoms were milder and passed in 3 days. My friend and his whole family got tested positive but he's the only one that's had any symptoms. Everyone I know that was healthy and has gotten it never has been hospitalized from it. The one coworker I knew that got it was overweight 350+ lbs and had to go in the hospital because he was hard of breathing but they sent him home with an oxygen tank and he just rested at home and recovered in 3 weeks.
Of course this is also another small sample size and doesn't mean squat like you mentioned but just another data point to counteract op's fear spreading.
I'm planning on going to the doctor soon and getting the anti-body test as I'm positive I've had it before it spread to the masses back in Dec 2019.
I for one refuse to be imprisoned by fear.
But fear sells, so they instead write about the scary mutant virus that causes re-infections and exploding hearts.
The truth is that the risk increases significantly with age and co-morbidities, so young and healthy individuals are pretty safe, but it will never be 0, as nothing in life is risk-free.
Anyone can manage their own actions based on their personal risk tolerance.
What we should Not do is lock everyone down for 3 years because of that..
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