I hope my kids and I get Covid this summer so we can be done with it before fall. Anyone else?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No, because:
-we don’t yet know that having it once means you won’t get it again
-the case fatality rate may be %1 or lower so assess that risk for yourself but even if you think %1 risk of death if you get it is low, you really don’t know what the risk of you/your spouse/your kid getting very ill and perhaps being ill for a really long time. Example: I’m 35, normal BMI, no health issues. I got Covid in early March and although my worst symptoms went away after about 3 weeks, I STILL don’t feel very well almost 3 months later. I still occasionally experience shortness of breath, headache, fatigue. Of course that could be some other illness now and no longer covid effects but I have been almost entirely isolated from others since the time I first got sick (wfh, my spouse goes to the grocery store every other week but I don’t go anywhere at all, don’t see anyone outside my immediate family...so I think the chances I’ve come down with other subsequent viruses is very low and this is likely still covid causing these symptoms-that is a LONG time to be sick especially for an otherwise healthy person)
-we don’t yet have any effective therapeutics for it but scientists and doctors are working on developing them all the time so we may get some soon and if you have to get sick, it would be better to get sick once a treatment is developed
-we don’t yet know that if you do get it again, the second bout of covid infection might be even worse. It’s not likely but it’s certainly possible as this is the case for some viruses
-schools will likely be online only in the fall anyway so this whole conversation is basically pointless

Any BMI over 30 is considered obese. You're 35. Obese. Now that may be "normal" but it's definitely not healthy. Sorry you don't feel well.

You have reading comprehension problems.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No, because:
-we don’t yet know that having it once means you won’t get it again
-the case fatality rate may be %1 or lower so assess that risk for yourself but even if you think %1 risk of death if you get it is low, you really don’t know what the risk of you/your spouse/your kid getting very ill and perhaps being ill for a really long time. Example: I’m 35, normal BMI, no health issues. I got Covid in early March and although my worst symptoms went away after about 3 weeks, I STILL don’t feel very well almost 3 months later. I still occasionally experience shortness of breath, headache, fatigue. Of course that could be some other illness now and no longer covid effects but I have been almost entirely isolated from others since the time I first got sick (wfh, my spouse goes to the grocery store every other week but I don’t go anywhere at all, don’t see anyone outside my immediate family...so I think the chances I’ve come down with other subsequent viruses is very low and this is likely still covid causing these symptoms-that is a LONG time to be sick especially for an otherwise healthy person)
-we don’t yet have any effective therapeutics for it but scientists and doctors are working on developing them all the time so we may get some soon and if you have to get sick, it would be better to get sick once a treatment is developed
-we don’t yet know that if you do get it again, the second bout of covid infection might be even worse. It’s not likely but it’s certainly possible as this is the case for some viruses
-schools will likely be online only in the fall anyway so this whole conversation is basically pointless

Any BMI over 30 is considered obese. You're 35. Obese. Now that may be "normal" but it's definitely not healthy. Sorry you don't feel well.

... DP, but pretty sure 35 was her age.

Haha yes I’m the pp above. I am 35 years old. My BMI last time I checked was 21.

[Anonymous]

You’re playing the lottery on your and your family’s lives to try and get Covid19 for the sake of having it. “Just because it feels good without a condom doesn’t mean you should take it off”

[Anonymous]

Your family may become very sick or die, but truly it is a risk I am willing to take.

Carry on, OP. Tell us how you fare by reporting on this thread. Godspeed!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Be careful what you wish for and especially your kids. There are two brothers, 16 & 14, who are both in the PICU at a local hospital. The 16 year old has no underlying conditions and was the first to get COVID....has been in the hospital for 6 weeks. He has been on a vent for the majority of that time, ECMO ( if you don’t know what that is, look it up- pretty serious stuff and kidney dialysis. At times they weren’t sure he’d make it. They removed the ventilator and now has a trach.

His younger brother does have underlying respiratory issues, he’s still on the vent, ECMO, has a rash all over his body, high fever and still struggling. He’s been in the hospital for a month.

The physicians said they’d both be in the hospital for at least another month, if not longer. Not to mention the long term issues.

The virus is real. I went to high school with someone who died from it. Sure, you could go with the odds of getting as sick as the people mentioned above are slim, but you don’t know where you or your kids fall in those odds. I’m not saying don’t live your life, I’m just saying I’d NEVER wish that my kids would get this. You’re kids could easily be one of the kids above. And remember, one was a healthy 16 year old with no pre-existing conditions.

Do they know where the 16 year old caught it?

My 13 year old had it in March. We know now both my husband and I had coworkers who had it, so he could have gotten it from us. Or he could have gotten it at school. Or at sports. It was clearly all over by late February/early March— before the lockdown — we just didn’t know. People could have been getting it anywhere.