How many people connected to you have died from COVID?

[tower912]

5 retired firefighters I knew.
My firefighter's mother died last June.
My driver's stepmother died last November.   

[Skatastrophy]

My uncle who lives in Memphis. The last time we were in Paris a server mentioned that he liked butter more than anyone she had ever met. He was not the youngest or healthiest guy, but still taken too soon.

A 30-year-old friend here in Chicago when she got it the 2nd time. Perfectly healthy before that.

[Hards Alumni]

5 retired firefighters I knew.
My firefighter's mother died last June.
My driver's stepmother died last November.

At least 5-10 clients over the past year.

[ZiggysFryBoy]

zero

[MUfan12]

None thankfully, but a very good friend was touch and go for awhile.

[Warriors4ever]

One friend - she had health issues but they aren’t what killed her.
At least three people I know lost a father.

[jfmu]

0

[HutchwasClutch]

Zero thankfully

[The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole]

A couple friends have had parents who have died from it.  A distant friend's son did too.  But no one I know directly.  I know about a handful who have been hospitalized.

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

One, my uncle (technically my mom's first cousin) passed away from it. 
I know of others but not really close to the family.

[mu_hilltopper]

Cousin's father in law, who we saw every Christmas.

Also a cousin, who didn't die of COVID but didn't have mental health help when it might have saved his life.

[warriorchick]

At least one Scooper.

One of my friend's parents whom I had never met.

I had a several high school/college friends who announced on Facebook that they had lost a parent, but didn't specify a cause.  Statistically speaking, some of them probably died of COVID.

That's it, fortunately.

[JWags85]

My uncle’s best friend had been in poor health for a bit and unfortunately contracted COVID and passed away in the fall.

On the other hand, one of my good family friends in Belgium had their father, in his 80s and a lifetime smoker, hospitalized with COVID and made a full recovery.  My grandma’s 90 year old neighbor in Florida also contracted COVID, was hospitalized as a precaution due to age, but survived just fine and was happily chatting up people at the pool last month when we visited.

[Lennys Tap]

1 died with it, none died from it.

[Billy Hoyle]

I cannot think of one person I know who even contracted it.

[jsglow]

I know many that contracted it.....
Only a subset of them were actually officially diagnosed and counted in the statistics......

My list is the same as chick's and am grateful for that.

[naginiF]

I've known:
- dozens that have tested positive (>50)
- ~10-15 that were symptomatic
- 2 that have died, both in the 'social acquaintance' category

[Galway Eagle]

None thankfully. Four hospitalized, my sister, brother in law, fiancé's dad & fiancé's brother's fiancé. Only one that was actually close to dying was my brother in law.

Thankfully that's it. Whereas one of my fiancé's best friends has lost an entire branch of her family from Covid

[BM1090]

Zero. I have a coworker/friend who is definitely going to be a long hauler but thankfully nobody has passed away.

[pacearrow02]

For those who know multiple people who have gotten it.  Any common risk fuel behaviors?  Anti-maskers, front line workers, etc?

[The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole]

Most of the people I know who had it, contracted it last fall letting their guard down in risky situations (small, informal gatherings) OR claim to have no idea how they got it.

[naginiF]

Most of the people I know who had it, contracted it last fall letting their guard down in risky situations (small, informal gatherings) OR claim to have no idea how they got it.

Ditto with the addition of "we just thought it was unfair to have the kids skip the winter vacation in ________ after that year".

For those who don't know anyone, where do you live and how old are you? Everyone I know in KC who has had/died is 'pseudo urban' (urban but with space between houses) and 40's/50's with kids who are still in school.

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

I see this study making the news rounds this morning.  A study looking at the actual worldwide death rate from COVID, not the reported. 

Estimation of total mortality due to COVID-19
http://www.healthdata.org/special-analysis/estimation-excess-mortality-due-covid-19-and-scalars-reported-covid-19-deaths

[The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole]

I see this study making the news rounds this morning.  A study looking at the actual worldwide death rate from COVID, not the reported. 

Estimation of total mortality due to COVID-19
http://www.healthdata.org/special-analysis/estimation-excess-mortality-due-covid-19-and-scalars-reported-covid-19-deaths

I find it difficult to believe that the US undercounted Covid deaths by 330,000.

[tower912]

I don't. 

[SERocks]

I personally know of two who died specifically from Covid.  Without looking into formal numbers, it sure seems like a lot more have died this past year of my client base than in prior years.  That could be a covid thing, or an aging clientele or the fact that death has been in our face so much this past year it just seems like more have died.  I could probably run some kind of database query on it if I was really interested, but I am not.  The sample size would be relatively small overall...but it does seem that there has been a lot more death to me this past year.

As far as sickness goes it seems everyday I hear about someone who had it months ago, but never really discussed it.  The people that I know who have had it run the gamut too of symptoms.  Some are still having symptoms and issues months later, others felt it was equivalent to a common cold and would rather have covid than the flu. 

This is the weirdest virus out there.  Does not seem to be much rhyme or reason with it. 

[Hards Alumni]

I find it difficult to believe that the US undercounted Covid deaths by 330,000.

Same.  Could it have been a contributing factor in people's deaths?  Sure, but not the primary cause of death.

[The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole]

I personally know of two who died specifically from Covid.  Without looking into formal numbers, it sure seems like a lot more have died this past year of my client base than in prior years.  That could be a covid thing, or an aging clientele or the fact that death has been in our face so much this past year it just seems like more have died.

My wife and I were just talking about this last night.  It *seems* like we know an inordinate number of people, either one or two removed from us, who have passed away this year.  Is that coincidence?  Is it because, as you say, death is more "in our face?"  I don't know, but this last year has sucked on a number of levels. 

[MU82]

A 71-year-old has diabetes. She has it under control through medication and healthy-ish living. She gets COVID-19. She dies.

Health officials would say COVID-19 caused or contributed directly to her death. The diabetes was under control; she could have lived another 10-15-20 years enjoying her grandkids and travel and whatever; and she was in no danger of dying ... until she got COVID-19.

But some would say this should not have counted as a COVID-19 death. "Come on! She had diabetes!"

It's very easy to believe that COVID-19 deaths have been significantly undercounted, and that is indeed what I believe.

But what if they haven't been? What if they actually have been significantly overcounted? What if "only" 300,000 Americans have died of COVID-19? Or "only" 200,000?

Would that be OK to some people, a sign that America's response to COVID-19 has been good?

[The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole]

Whenever I read something with "diabetes" in it, I automatically "hear" it in the voice of Wilford Brimley.

[Spotcheck Billy]

One my aunt's last April

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

Whenever I read something with "diabetes" in it, I automatically "hear" it in the voice of Wilford Brimley.

ONG - I was just running in my head "Do ya have diabetes?  Then ya need......."

[jsglow]

My wife and I were just talking about this last night.  It *seems* like we know an inordinate number of people, either one or two removed from us, who have passed away this year.  Is that coincidence?  Is it because, as you say, death is more "in our face?"  I don't know, but this last year has sucked on a number of levels.

There is no question that deaths went up in 2020. And of course the news was totally focused on it.  That focus remains although I suspect, but cannot confirm, that death rates have dropped, possibly back to or approaching 'normal'. 

There were also news stories I read several months back that both 2018 and 2019 were particularly light flu seasons that had taken far fewer elderly than normal.  So of course a pandemic comes along and 'adjusts' for that in what was dubbed a 'dry tinder' event.  In my view, that's why the 'completely eradicate' crowd overreaches.  Not happening. Not a reasonable goal.

[Warrior2008]

Know several who contracted it and a couple of those have become long haulers.

Blessed to say that I don't know anyone personally that died, but I do know a handful of people who were in very rough shape(ICU hospitalization) when going through it.

[Coleman]

At least one Scooper.

Did I miss something?

Really sorry to hear this...

[Coleman]

I can think of three....A distant relative (great aunt of the wife), and a couple relatives of friends. I do also have a relative who has had "long COVID" and is still struggling with symptoms after many months.

I have been incredibly fortunate that most people close to me have taken this very seriously and taken precautions. Not to say that everyone who died wasn't also careful.

[ZiggysFryBoy]

Did I miss something?

Really sorry to hear this...

Big Daddy was in poor health, went to the hospital for a procedure, picked up covid, and died.

[warriorchick]

Big Daddy was in poor health, went to the hospital for a procedure, picked up covid, and died.

I intentionally chose not to name any names because I did not see anywhere where that was public information.  I wanted to respect the family's privacy.

[ZiggysFryBoy]

I intentionally chose not to name any names because I did not see anywhere where that was public information.  I wanted to respect the family's privacy.

Goose shared on the main board.

[StillAWarrior]

Thankfully none.

Most of my extended family (including both of my mid-80s parents) got it in November following my brother's funeral (non-COVID) but thankfully we all did well. Several were asymptomatic and nobody was hospitalized. Honestly, I was probably the worst of us with a high fever for more than a week, exhaustion, cough and a bit of nausea. Not a pleasant 12 days. Quite a few people at work had it too. I had a friend from back home that was really, really sick -- in ICU for weeks -- but made it through.