How many people do you know........

None

FranT, I’m so sorry you’ve lost your daughter. What a terrible thing.

Yes I agree with Flygirl as they say all these people have died of COVID 19 but a lot have died of underlying conditions as would have died anyway . No one I know has had or actually died of COVID 19 and I live in South Wales .

Interesting , isn't it? ....as there is a big difference between dying OF it, and dying WITH it. In many cases this has been put on the death certificate, but it was not necessarily the cause of death, so the figures may be way out, either way. As we now know, many had underlying health issues, and perhaps those issues were lying undiscovered until they cauģht the bug. My daughter's ex boyfriend lost his father, but he was suffering with COPD/asbestosis, so his chances were very slim and even a common cold may have been serious for him.

My friend’s 50 year old son, who was healthy, but a smoker, died. Ironically her elderly sister, in a nursing home with dementia, survived it.

2- My cousin and her husband. Husband has symptoms first, then my cousin started She was treated for chest infection, which she is prone to, for 2 weeks then became much worse. She was in hospital for 4 weeks and has taken another 4 weeks at home before she started to feel properly better.
She told me it was terrifying in hospital people dying in her room each day.

My son, he was hospitalised and spent 3 weeks in intensive care on a ventilator.

My daughter and her husband, he was very poorly, she not so bad. The two children were ill too but not tested.

My 91 yr old great Aunt, surprisingly given her age she was poorly for a fortnight but that was it.

Sadly the husband of a cousin who died. He was a transplant patient.

Only one, my friend ,who was a neighbour 9 years ago before we moved to Somerset. He moved to Cornwall about 7 years ago, sadly he died not long before his 70th Birthday, he did have heart problems. I now live in rural Devon & the rate of infection is very low.

Sad to hear of health professional who have lost their lives

My son, who lives with us, works in NHS (not front line) was sent home from work the first week of lockdown as he had a cough and several days later a very high temperature (40c). At that stage there were no tests and he returned to work after 2 weeks,but he has since had an antibody test at work which showed he had had it. DH and I haven’t had symptoms so either son’s self-isolation within the house was effective (own bathroom etc) or we were lucky or we were asymptomatic.

I know 5 who've had it. Two had no symptoms but got tested after returning from Italy in February.
The other 3 all hospitalised but now ok. One caught it while working in charity shop early March the other couple from the hospital as he has dialysis regularly.

Two, one who recovered and one who sadly died.

My cousin's son,forty eight very poorly but recovered and his mother in law,very fit and active died very quickly, within three days of first feeling ill.My son's friend,very,very ill and his wife,only just beginning to feel better after over three months

Only 2 in my village and 3 in the South of England

How very sad FranT .We owe so much to these dedicated key workers who gave their lives.You must be devastated.

Eldest daughter, her husband and GD all got the virus in early April. High temps, muscle pain, exhaustion and no sense of taste or smell for 2-3 weeks but no coughs. All fully recovered.
Son in law lost 2 distant relatives in March.

Sadly, a woman I knew in her 50’s had a brain aneurysm a few years ago and was left with paralysis. She died last month in a care home.

I have heard of a few (friends of friends) but only one I actually knew. He was a fit 60 year old who sadly died.

My Aunty. She died on the 3rd May.

Until a month or so ago I didn't know anyone who had the virus nor anyone who knew anyone who had it. Then I heard that someone I know through an organisation we belong to had caught it (has since recovered) but not someone in my personal circle.

My Keyworker Daughter aged 47, died on the 6th April, leaving 4 children without a Mum. Brings it home how very real this pandemic is, when it directly affects your lives, so many selfish people think it will never happen to them!

2 -my uncle in a care home died
& my boss, he was hospitalised and thankfully survived.

None, I live in a large village in yorkshire.

None, I live in a large village in yorkshire

None, but I live in the country.
Should you now do a survey as to WHERE people live who know of the most deaths/confirmed cases? Could be enlightening.

One. Our very elderly neighbour collapsed and spent a month in hospital at the height of the pandemic. He contracted the virus there and died. He was very ill when he went in and in all probability would never have come home again, but ...

I don’t know anyone who’s had a test either. But I do know quite a few (including us) who’ve had all the symptoms. It’ll be interesting if we all get to have antibody tests.

One of my SIL died of COVID-19. She was just 70. However she was a very frail alcoholic with many other health issues, five of which were on her death certificate, but COVID-19 was at the top of the list.