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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMy friends mom just died from COVID-19.
She's a close neighbor to me. Her mom didn't live with her here, but she lived in our county.
Damn, people. This feels really real. Another friend of my daughters lost her mom today, and I know of two more close people to me who've tested positive just today.
Please, be safe. Do that for me. Take all the precautions, even if it makes you look weird. Just live to laugh about it when all this is over, ok? Please?
Tetrachloride
(7,847 posts)Buckeye_Democrat
(14,855 posts)These kinds of stories will become more commonplace, unfortunately. Theres still too much denial of reality.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)My condolences to you, your family & friends.
Drahthaardogs
(6,843 posts)We have been locked down for 3 weeks. I figure my odds of catching this are close to zero. I am sequestered at home.
Are these poor people who have to work?
tavernier
(12,392 posts)She had been isolating but some visitor exposed her.
Its not always because people arent careful where they go and what they do.
MLAA
(17,298 posts)very sorry to hear about Marianne.
Laffy Kat
(16,383 posts)I have to work because I am considered essential. I work in a clinic. We take all the precautions we are allowed to and the patients are screened twice before they even get to me. Still, two workers from our clinic are now in the hospital on ventilators. I honestly feel like it's not if but when at this point. People don't mean to spread it but they do.
I am so sorry to hear about your colleagues and the extreme risks you are taking to help others. I am sending 💕💕💕 to you.
MerryBlooms
(11,770 posts)Two of our group of 5 gals were able to be with her so she didn't die alone. I talked with her for the last time yesterday late... I knew she was fading fast. Went through it with my husband in 2002. I'm glad she didn't suffer and didn't linger long.
My condolences.
Tetrachloride
(7,847 posts)uponit7771
(90,347 posts)herding cats
(19,565 posts)Demsrule86
(68,586 posts)DanieRains
(4,619 posts)Sure we were going to have some people getting sick here no matter what.
But this?
It's not like he can claim bankruptcy, and all the investors lose money while he walks away.
Trump is not going to ever walk away from this cluster.....
Be safe.
6 feet, and full time mask when out around others to protect all.
We need to stop this.
SunSeeker
(51,571 posts)NBachers
(17,119 posts)When someone dies, the family can't come together in sorrow and remembrance. It's a tough situation.
I'm afraid it's going to keep getting closer to each one of us.
herding cats
(19,565 posts)There's no touch, no hugging and no shared grief while you hold them. Which makes this process so much harder for all of us.
2naSalit
(86,646 posts)Hekate
(90,714 posts)I keep trying, but my husband is still having such a hard time keeping everything in mind.
A HERETIC I AM
(24,370 posts)or similar ones.
No one will be left untouched by this.
It is such an unmitigated disaster that I fear 500,000 dead in this country at a minimum when it's all said and done, and very likely more when one considers the tens of thousands that will die at home without ever getting tested or seeing a doctor.
brer cat
(24,575 posts)tblue37
(65,403 posts)but some are known only to a close circle. We wouldn't be necessarily know that someone had stopped posting because of illness or worse.
herding cats
(19,565 posts)I've been terrible at that here since the virus began. I've been so focused on trying to educate and protect my immediate family. Thank you for the reminder.
tblue37
(65,403 posts)shanti
(21,675 posts)herding cats
(19,565 posts)My heart is with both of you.
bdamomma
(63,868 posts)those who perished from this virus and cancer. So sad, so unnecessary
tavernier
(12,392 posts)And your other friends who have lost family!
You brought me to tears. My tears mean nothing but their pain will go on forever. I am so so sorry.
crickets
(25,981 posts)Sadly this is going to touch every single one of us with loss before it's all over.
sheshe2
(83,787 posts)Ohiogal
(32,005 posts)This all is getting way too close to home. My sympathies to your friend.
My best friends mom passed away 2 days ago .... she was a nursing home resident .. they tested her for Covid-19 right away when she first got ill....she was in the hospital 13 days and died, and they still have not gotten the results of her test. It all seems so cruel and senseless.
samnsara
(17,622 posts)...we basically have been self isolating except for his 2-3 days a week as a pharmacist and his quick trip to the grocer at 7 30 am..
..and I am getting pretty danged scared. Our county has 3 cases. Hubby is also a Hospital Commissioner and our small rural central Washington Hospital feels very prepared. But this is hitting close to home and age not a priority any longer.
gademocrat7
(10,659 posts)Take care.
Demsrule86
(68,586 posts)less congestion and easier to breathe. I am damned if Trump will kill me...going to vote him out in November. Hubs is worse than me, very worried but so far he is holding his own.
MLAA
(17,298 posts)siouxsiecreamcheese
(587 posts)He doesn't show any symptoms yet. He's been living in a VA hospital near nyc for almost 20 years. The doctors say that most of the men living there have tested positive. Hopefully he will be ok.
uponit7771
(90,347 posts)... ok.