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In reply to the discussion: Covid numbers up a lot already at my campus [View all]liberal_mama
(1,495 posts)107. What about the 10,000 to 15,000 people dying of Covid each month?
Why weren't they fine? That is a lot of people to lose. What about long Covid?
I know many people who have developed new health issues after getting infected with Covid.
I still wear a mask because it's an easy thing to do and I don't want to risk death or long Covid.
A member of my family died after getting Covid and another family member committed suicide because she had issues after her Covid infection. She was only 30 years old!
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No, we'll all be fine. We have TREATMENTS now that didn't exist in 2020 or most of 2021.
beaglelover
Sep 2022
#43
Not really a need to inject that question into this particular conversation
NewsCenter28
Sep 2022
#29
It peaked for 2 weeks at the opening of our semester, but then deminished quickly.
SYFROYH
Sep 2022
#36
Children must socialize. Keeping the schools closed for as long as we did was terrible for their
beaglelover
Sep 2022
#60