Is there Covid in your circle?

[amylevan]

If we are talking the bubble that we interact with, no, no one has tested positive.

If you’re talking our social/family circle, yes. Two of my co-workers, including my boss who I work closely with, have tested positive. (I am fully remote tho...). My boss thought he had a cold with a little annoying cough. . Imagine his surprise when his wife got really sick and tested positive.
My cousin’s husband got it at hunting camp.
The only one with serious symptoms is my boss’s wife. She has pneumonia now.

 

[antmaril]

I don’t know anyone personally who has had COVID-19.

 

[slo]

My dad went into the hospital with COVID 2 days after Thanksgiving and was in the hospital for 7 days. He’s on the mend now, but still gets very tired. Thank God my mom never got it because she has lung issues, so COVID would be very bad for her - she dodged a big bullet!

As sad as I was to tell my parents and my in-laws to stay home on Thanksgiving I’m so glad I did. If I didn’t my Dad would have unknowingly could have given it to us all because he was feeling a little off/kinda icky, but not sick yet on the holiday and therefore he would have been contagious.

 

[Moliphino]

Not in my close circle, no. I know of one cousin who lives on the other side of the country who had it months ago and a family friend's daughter who got it at her gym. I'm assuming they both had milder cases, as I never heard about hospitalizations or anything serious.

 

[mjkacmom]

I know 3 who died, my friend’s sister died, my husband’s co-worker died, my aunt had it, 2 of my cousins and their whole family had it, my 2 nephews had it, 2 of my daughters had it, a lot of both of their friend’s had it including all 5 of my daughter’s roommates and her boyfriend, a few of my friends’ parents had it - then there are Facebook friends, friends of friends...My county started in an epicenter, and is now back in red. So, some died, some had to be hospitalized, some had bad symptoms at home, some mild, and some none.

 

[JordanClark9]

None of my friends or family has had COVID (that we know of, at least...)

 

[jdb in AZ]

A dear friend and retired doctor passed from Covid complications ten days ago. The funeral was online. His wife is frail and needs a walker/wheelchair. She sure didn't expect to outlive him.

 

[DisneyElite4]

I know a ton of people who have had it now. Most of them had mild symptoms and recovered easily with no long-term issues.

Have known a few young-ish people in their 30s-40s either get very ill, but managed to recover at home, or who ended up in the hospital for a bit but now have long-term issues.

And finally, we are in our 30s-40s and some of our friends parents have gotten it and almost all were hospitalized. A few passed, including my MIL last month. Our immediate family has not gotten it.

 

[cjlong88]

Within my (exceptionally small) immediate circle of family and friends, no one has contracted COVID and shown symptoms. If anyone in our circle did contract the virus, then they were asymptomatic. Then again, we really don't see anyone since my partner and I are both working from home.

Outside of my family circle, a distant cousin of mine died from COVID this summer. He was 36, a newlywed, and his son was just born. He was a good guy, healthy, fit, and active. His wife is now a widow and is taking care of their son alone. It breaks my heart. My aunt contracted it about six weeks ago. She has stage 4 lymphoma and they found out she had it when she went in for her bone marrow transplant. She has recovered and still battling her lymphoma. You really just don't know how your body will respond to the virus or the lasting effects it may have on you until you get it.

Many of my colleagues and several of my students have contracted the virus before we moved to full distance learning.

 

[cabanafrau]

Back in March/April when cases were raging in our area I knew several people who had it through work, church, etc., but it was more people I was acquainted with, not people I would say are close friends or family. With the more recent uptick in cases it's now moving within several parts of my circle. A couple have required hospitalization, thankfully none have required to be placed on a ventilator. Within the past two to three weeks both of my daughters have had several friends diagnosed, some of which are in state, some in our area and some in other areas of the country. I believe two of those have been hospitalized as well.

 

[Funfire240]

My parents both had it around Thanksgiving (thankfully both were mild and are doing great except mom still has no smell). The dance studio owners where my DD goes had it along with DD's best friend and her parents (all are doing great - friend's dad was in the hospital but only overnight). My boss and two other attorneys here also had it (both still no taste and smell).

 

[easyas123]

We've been fortunate, no one in our circle of family or friends has had it, and out of 40 employees only one has had it, and his symptoms lasted about 24 hours.

 

[hsmamato2]

I know of at least 20 people who've gotten the virus - My actual 'social bubble' is currently very limited to about 7 people total (we all work from home) but I see my friends/family etc on zoom all the time..... 3 dead out of that number that I know personally- 2-3 with long term awful effects.

 

[soccerdad72]

Depending on the definition of "circle". We know neighbors and other friends who have tested positive, but only one or two of them were people that we would have been around at all since March (our gym owner). All those we know of who have tested positive have had mild symptoms, thankfully.

 

[FlightlessDuck]

If by circle, you mean people you let into your house without masks, then no.

If by circle, you mean people in general you are friends with, then yes. Four separate members of a family from our church have all gotten COVID at some point since March. The daughter of a church member also has had COVID. I'm sure there are others. Other families have had contact with COVID positive people at work.

 

[Keli]

I know a lot of people that have had covid. Dozens I guess, but they are mostly casual acquaintances. DH and I both have sisters that got it, along with their families, and I have a brother that got it. None live close to us and we hadn't seen any of them in months when they got it. Very thankful that both my elderly parents and DH's have escaped it so far. Hoping no one gets it over the holidays.

 

[Disney Ella]

My niece and nephew (in another state) got it and have since recovered. My dad just died from it. He was in a nursing home and wasn't in good health to begin with.

 

[aprilchem]

Nobody inside our "bubble" (which consists of just my immediate family) has had it. My department chair's entire extended family had it and his mother died from it just a few weeks ago. Several of the students in our department (college) had it and one had to be hospitalized. Nobody in mine or DH's family has had it, but it's only a matter of time for my extended family.

 

[mi*vida*loca]

Yes. Family, friends, coworkers and coworkers spouses. None of the cases were caught from each other. Everyone has had mild cases, thankfully.

Seems that it has really hit my area of south Jersey a few months ago and it’s really going around. My hospital says we will hit another peak in 7 weeks and our numbers are already at what our peak was in the spring.

I knew no one that had it in the spring. Everyone I know has caught it after September.

 

[DeeBee3]

No one in my bubble (which is my household and the neighbors across the street) - however, my daughter's school went remote before this Christmas break due to increasing cases in the district. We are remote until 2nd week in January unless the cases continue to rise. I do know someone in another part of the state who had a serious case (ICU, etc) but he finally got home. He was a young man so it was very scary.

I will say that most of my immediate family's behavior has been the same since the initial shutdown in March. We continue to do curbside pick and deliveries when available. We do not socialize and we do not have anyone inside the house. It is very tough, but we are just trying to stay safe since we made it this long.