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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Perhaps your in laws, who are in their 70s have come to terms with how many years they may have left.  And instead of spending the next year or however long it takes to have an effective vaccine in isolation, they are going to live their lives.

I actually completely understand that viewpoint. [/quote]

Have you known anyone who had covid or was ventilated?  You would not understand their viewpoint if you had.  Covid is terrifying and unbelievably painful.  To go on a ventilator you are put into a coma and adult diapers and put on your stomach.  If you survive, the damage to your lungs is permanent.

In your 70s, 80s or 90s - this is not an illness you want to take you.

THIS is what I wish the media would report more on.

And to OP:  stop seeing your in laws. [/quote]

100% this. Some folks get it and die quickly. In a way that's lucky. A lot of others linger on a ventilator or in a cycle. My mother is one. 3.5 months in the hospital or other care facility. The first 3 weeks were on a ventilator. Then a tracheostomy -- they cut open your throat to make a hole for air to go through, so they can take the tube out and not further irritate the throat and lungs. You need special rehab to be able to talk after that. Weeks and weeks on a feeding tube. Near-endless cycles of improving and then relapsing. More stints on ventilator. Discharge to rehab. Then readmission. Rinse and repeat multiple times.

My mother's lungs are too damaged for her to manage to get out, but not so damaged that she'll die any time soon. She's completely awake and coherent and mentally herself, and thus completely aware of how dependent she is. She makes improvements like being able to walk with assistance to the bathroom and use the toilet by herself. (When prior to this she was independent.) Then 2 days later she'll have a relapse where her oxygen levels drop precipitously. She is 72.

This is not a live your life and then quickly die scenario. This is months of hell. Getting a haircut is not worth this. (Not saying that she got it that way. She contracted it before anyone advised wearing masks. Probably her daily grocery shopping.)[/quote]

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