I had one die in my immediate family, but we are talking about an obese 80-something year old with every health issue in the book including a history of lung and heart issues (seem to be the highest risk factors). I saw them a couple months before and if you've been through many older people dying you could see the dramatic decline already there before they got sick. So while I believe that Covid was what put them over the top, the fact of the matter is so would have any run of the mill disease. To be honest it did them a favor, because I've been through enough of the people on that last couple years of life grind and it sucks.
Another one in same house about same age was hospitalized for a while including ventilator. Similar risk factors minus a bit of the severity and obesity. Not necessarily on their death bed. Generally ok now except things you'd expect from an 80-something that spent a month in a hospital bed.
It went through a ton of the family around the same time, and wasn't really that much. I as a generally active late 30s was sick for about 36 hours with a low-grade cold. I know a few other older people that got it with minimal issues. So yeah, it's way overblown. The vast majority of people that died were almost there anyway. Hence the nursing homes being so bad. If you've been to many nursing homes you know they aren't generally a place you come home from.
I had one die in my immediate family, but we are talking about an obese 80-something year old with every health issue in the book including a history of lung and heart issues (seem to be the highest risk factors). I saw them a couple months before and if you've been through many older people dying you could see the dramatic decline already there before they got sick. So while I believe that Covid was what put them over the top, the fact of the matter is so would have any run of the mill disease. To be honest it did them a favor, because I've been through enough of the people on that last couple years of life grind and it sucks.
Another one in same house about same age was hospitalized for a while including ventilator. Similar risk factors minus a bit of the severity and obesity. Not necessarily on their death bed. Generally ok now except things you'd expect from an 80-something that spent a month in a hospital bed.
It went through a ton of the family around the same time, and wasn't really that much. I as a generally active late 30s was sick for about 36 hours with a low-grade cold. I know a few other older people that got it with minimal issues. So yeah, it's way overblown. The vast majority of people that died were almost there anyway. Hence the nursing homes being so bad. If you've been to many nursing homes you know they aren't generally a place you come home from.