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

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Daddima Sat 20-Jun-20 16:37:47

...who actually have, or had, Covid19? Not just people who say they’re ‘ sure they had it’, but definite cases. I only know of two, one who contracted it in hospital following admission for a broken hip, and another who died in a care home.

Please try not to drift ‘ off topic’, as I’m really interested to hear your answers to the question.

Boz Mon 22-Jun-20 10:00:32

Father of son's friend - 80ish with dementia in care home.
This has all been over blown imo.

Cp43 Mon 22-Jun-20 09:59:59

My husband and I had it back in March. It wasn’t the normal symptoms either so our GP said it was gastroenteritis and indigestion. But I didn’t get to 69 without knowing a bit about my body especially when 2 different viral rashes arrived.
Anyway last week too Abbott’s antibody test which came back Positive, so now we are hopefully immune but still being careful. I sent test results to GP to update her list of symptoms.

Grannygrumps1 Mon 22-Jun-20 09:58:25

My friend who is very high up in the nhs. Has just had an antibody test come back as positive. I’m sure she got it from me. I’m waiting for my test results.

Northernandproud Mon 22-Jun-20 09:57:12

Me tested positive but thankfully was only mild, although im still suffering from extreme tiredness and a cough and a friend in a different part of the country is waiting tests results, and has been for over 8 days

SusieFlo Mon 22-Jun-20 09:56:14

2 neighbours in 40s one a hospital worker plus an 80 year old. All recovered

sandwichgeneration Mon 22-Jun-20 09:52:41

Me. I live in London

Esspee Mon 22-Jun-20 07:39:55

A neighbour (mid 40s) with a severely disabled son was taken to hospital and tested positive. She returned home the next day and one week later was chatting to us from her garden.
I believe she was taken in because of her caring duties to protect the child but not deemed ill enough to be kept in.
Nobody else in the family of 5 showed symptoms.

Saxifrage Mon 22-Jun-20 07:25:47

6. One friend in his 80s died.
Nephew, a paramedic had it early on and so did his wife.
3 further friends, 2 are doctors, one a nurse. A couple of them were pretty ill but none hospitalised. All 5 working again.

morethan2 Mon 22-Jun-20 06:47:14

None here ?

timetogo2016 Sun 21-Jun-20 10:09:26

Only know of two who i had never met via friends.

Toadinthehole Sun 21-Jun-20 10:03:18

My friend’s sister tested positive, she’s a nurse. No symptoms.

LadyGracie Sun 21-Jun-20 10:00:49

3. My daughter who 12 weeks on is still in recovery. My nephew who spent weeks in hospital, now well on the mend. A friend who works in an hospital pharmacy, a mild dose.

All thankfully have come through it.

GagaJo Sun 21-Jun-20 09:07:48

My brother, who was ill for weeks. My SiL, who caught it from him but had it more mildly. The headmaster at my school, who despite being older and in an at risk group (health issues) had a VERY mild dose. One of my students (that I've been in contact with, but I've tested negative since then).

Most tragically, the husband of a young friend. He was 30. They have a 2 year old and my friend is pregnant. Husband died last week. Awful, awful situation.

gma Sun 21-Jun-20 09:03:12

My best friend had coronavirus and was very poorly, but no serious underlying medical conditions. She is a widow and her family lives in Cornwall and midlands, and only has a sister with disabled husband. She had FaceTime calls from her doctor and battled through! It’s nearly 2 months since she was poorly but is still not 100%. Incidently she works part time at a doctors surgery......mmmmmm

Shelmiss Sun 21-Jun-20 08:25:57

My friend’s mum caught it in a care home and was admitted to the Nightingale in Manchester. Came out a week later fully recovered.

Furret Sun 21-Jun-20 07:55:16

That should be 40s

Furret Sun 21-Jun-20 07:54:32

My daughter caught it from a pupil whose mother was an A&E nurse. Confirmed by testing, eventually. Her two children were asymptomatic but tested positive. Her husband, a young fit man in his 50s, ended up in hospital with breathing difficulties and is still weakened by this two weeks later.

A young friend caught it at the very start of the epidemic and is still wheezing. She passed it on to her grandfather, before lockdown and before her symptoms and he died.

Rosalyn69 Sun 21-Jun-20 07:23:59

None where I live - Gower - and no-one I know living in England.

Willow500 Sun 21-Jun-20 07:12:46

A local band member my son used to know died early on from it but thankfully no one we know personally. My GD and her partner were tested this week as a work colleague of hers had symptoms but they tested negative thank goodness.

Marmight Sun 21-Jun-20 02:31:24

until today, none (I’m in the Cotswolds). Then I had a chat with a friend whose DD, from London, has had it while hiding out in their Norfolk bolt hole!

Eloethan Sun 21-Jun-20 01:49:24

I know quite a few people who have had it. I know of around 8 people who have died from it - not personal friends but friends of friends, neighbour's friends, a person in our street and in a nearby street, etc. I live in London.

B9exchange Sun 21-Jun-20 00:11:32

Husband of work colleague, who gave it to her and their son, husband of another work colleague died of it, she had it without symptoms, my daughter and her ex, and as they both had it, presumably DGS, and DGD who was a bit unwell at the same time, as well.

So 9 in total.

Bathsheba Sun 21-Jun-20 00:03:54

Neighbours of a friend, husband and wife, in their forties, and both front line workers. She had only mild symptoms but he was admitted to hospital for 2 or 3 nights and was very unwell with it. However they both recovered and were back to work within a couple of weeks. Another friend’s daughter had it and has been very slow to recover, still exhausted and barely able to walk more than half a dozen steps more than 2 months later.

grannyqueenie Sat 20-Jun-20 23:55:14

My daughter a fit healthy NHS frontline worker has had it, really unwell for 3 and 7 weeks on still not quite 100%. An older man she knew locally died. 2 young mothers in our small town, confirmed by GP as Covid + 2 friends in London area - these cases were all before testing was readily available.
According to stats 6 deaths in our small town, pop of 15,000. Old work colleague of my husbands, generally mid 70s confirmed case in north west died. So yes enough to convince me to ease out of lockdown with extreme caution!!

4allweknow Sat 20-Jun-20 23:45:33

0 confirmed, a few who think they have had it, with two saying sure they had it back in February when GD had a snotty nose and then they had they had the same. Possibly a cold? But no definitely the virus!