Chronic and Infectious Diseases, International Corporation, U.S. Healthcare Division, Real Life Covid Experiences

United States
Joined April 2019
Lady at the Dash In convenience store… Why are you still wearing a mask?” “Because I’m Not A Narcissist,” I said. (the entire area went silent) …and this is how I’m rolling into 2023.
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My cousin who I haven’t spoken to since around 2021/2022 after she became irate after I shared Covid information with her grandmother, posted that she lost her Mom, son, and uncle in 2020. She lost her step-sister, fiancé and who would have been in MIL in 2021. She lost her best friend, brother, and two of her friends from high school in 2022. (She is in her mid 40s). She lost her aunt, 2 cousins, a friend from work, and her manager in 2023. She lost two dogs that originally belong to one of her cousins that passed on her father’s side after only having them for a few weeks in 2024. The same year, her daughter who is now 11 years old, lost her best friend and her best friend’s Mom died. She also lost both of her remaining aunts. In 2025, her department combined with another department at work because what used to be 8 people was now down to 2. Three people died. Two went out on medical leave and didn’t return, and one went out on disability in December 2024. She stated that most of her weekends in 2026 has been driving her grandmother to funerals..and that her grandmother has outlived all 6 of her children….5 daughters including her mother, (one daughter died in Nov/Dec 2019 from “pneumonia”), and a son. THEN SHE SAID….. “I can’t even imagine Covid being as bad as the SUPER COLDS that they couldn’t shake. Knock on wood, none of us got Covid.” ….and for me…this is why distance is good to maintain sanity,
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Emergency Dental appointment today. Patient in the waiting area Unmasked. Receptionist Unmasked. Dental tech Unmasked. Me to the Receptionist: I’m requesting anyone who is seeing me to be Masked. Receptionist: We don’t have… Me: You don’t have to WHAT! Receptionist walks towards the back and sarcastically whispers… “Ms. Chuan is requesting y’all to wear masks.” Someone in the back: Yeah. She always does. MASKED Dental Assistant comes to get me. Cool. First room we pass is an UNMASKED Dental Hygienist hoovering over a stretched-out patient whose mouth is wide- opened as she is leaning in cleaning her teeth. This is a dental practice that I always used to brag about because the Dentist WAS so Covid knowledgeable. Fast forward, last year, the office was closed for 8 days because “something was going around.”
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Just trying to see something. COVID. MASKS. MASK MANDATES. VACCINES. PANDEMIC. The Pandemic isn’t over. Covid still disables and kills. Wear a well fitted MASK K95 or better. Hillary Won. Kamala Won. Trump rigged the election.
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“When you know better, you do better” Maya Angelou (BUT only if there is a Mask Mandate). I was watching Jeff Lewis in STILL FLIPPING OUT Reality Show. He is noticeably sick….beet red, coughing, hoarse voice. He tells his staff that he has the “Man Flu,” because sickness is just a funny nuisance now. He is driving in a car COUGHING with an employee …BOTH UNMASKED. He is in a boardroom filled with employees COUGHING….All unmasked. …and coming to work to do his radio show in a studio…. There is even a “joke” of how one of his employees is surely going to get what he has…. …and this is why we are in YEAR 7 of a pandemic!! I’m sure if any of the people on this Show were to see me wearing a mask, they will be perplexed and running in the opposite direction…but a beet-barefaced, coughing man, well that’s just Regular! They would much rather spread their illness to one another, take it home to their families…and anyone on the street, in stores, etc. than to wear even a simple KN95. or better. I’m so disgusted by Society!
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I’m noticing more people being hospitalized in the ACUTE phase of Covid lately than I’ve seen in awhile.
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Coworker shares that Five family members have died between her husband side of the family and her side of the family since April. She says that it seems that people are starting to die earlier during “respiratory illnesses” now like they did during the earlier days of Covid. 🙄 Then she said “I’m THINKING about wearing a mask again.” I asked her when did her last family member die. She said on September 10th. I asked her had she worn a Mask anytime between then and now (9/24). She said no while coughing 3 times. Before anyone asks “did you tell her…..does she know…?” I don’t have to tell her because we are the ones that research and distribute the Covid information that the public references. This is just another example of what we are up against. No one is immune to the brain damage Covid causes…even those who work directly in Covid research, development, and distribution.
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Medical Colleague-Friend who suddenly lost TWO front teeth during a bout with Covid about 2 years ago, has suffered multiple infections since then. The latest infection landed her in the hospital for 2 weeks. Along with other symptoms, this time she is suffering with a NON-STOP migraine which has lasted WEEKS. All tests have been run and cleared…clinical notes..”post-virus phenomenon.” Another mutual Colleague-Friend, self-proclaimed that she has at least SIX Covid infections per year, also a NON-MASKER, thought that being hospitalized and having a migraine for weeks was so funny that she laughed hysterically for almost two minutes! Covid Twilight Zone.
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Another Died Suddenly See post on Threads… He reported on 9/8 that he got ill at the Canadian National Exhibition. His sister logged on to his social media page to tell all of his connections that he died.
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….and this is why I took a year off of FB. I just can’t…..
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Big Brother 28 is presently airing. The contestants are sequestered from the public 12-14 days prior to entering the house, where they remain isolated. Several Houseguests have fallen ill this season…one by one…. Only the production staff (WHO ARE NOT SEQUESTERED) can enter the house. ….but no one can figure out what this strange illness is or how it got inside the house and is causing illness to last up to 2 weeks or more. Not one brain can process the word COVID nor the possibility of it causing this illness as cases CONTINUE to rise.
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The Empire State Building LIT UP For Dolly!!!💕💕💕💕💕
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Died Suddenly is the New Normal. Facebook Friend posts that her 22 year- old son died of a heart attack and he had been dealing with heart issues for the past year. Another commenter casually posted that she lost her son about a month ago, had no known health issues and suddenly died from a heart attack. He was 24. Another commenter said that her niece in Charlotte, NC died in April from a heart attack. She said that she was in her early 20s. Someone comments…”That’s why you have to enjoy life while you can. You only live once. I hope they all enjoyed great vacations.” I stopped reading. We are being faced with the reality that those we “lost” to Covid are not the only ones that we have LOST to Covid. Connecting the Dots doesn’t exist. Curiosity doesn’t exist. Cognitive Impairment is so apparent to everyone witnessing this but the people who are experiencing it. Unfortunately, there are far more of them than us. There was a meme that I posted years ago. The caption was “You only live once.” Then the CORRECTION. “You only die once. You live everyday.”
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This is a Politically Incorrect Statement BUT it’s true. Some people are just too Dumb to talk to. I was having a decent day UNTIL an acquaintance called. In the conversation she stated that she hasn’t had Covid since the Mask Mandates dropped because………………………… The masks were shipped with Covid inside and it was locking in the virus in the nose hairs.
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I’ve noticed some planted accounts newly posting about Covid, and using language like post-Covid, post-Pandemic while downplaying the long term effects of Covid and disassociating Covid -related onset of diseases with the cause. Applause to those who are able to recognize the purpose of these accounts.
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