# Does anyone here know anyone personally who has been diagnosed, or has been yourself? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Quarantine Zone\ **Tags:** covid-quarantine\ **Created:** [March 21, 2020, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941 "2020-03-21T06:01:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 38
**Author:** ![TheGunIsMightierThanThePen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thegunismightierthanthepen/32/2981_2.png) [@TheGunIsMightierThanThePen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheGunIsMightierThanThePen)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941/742 "2022-01-20T04:59:53Z")
The tenant who lives in the unit directly opposite mine recently tested positive on a rapid test and is quarantining. That’s pretty much all she revealed in her email to the other tenants, so I don’t know if she is symptomatic or vaccinated, and I practically never see nor talk to her because she spends so much time studying at her college. Nonetheless, for the next 2 - 3 weeks, I’ll be wearing an N95 mask when walking through the communal space leading to the apartment’s exit door. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941/743 "2022-01-20T13:15:19Z")
My mom died of covid last night. ---
**Author:** ![SoToasty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sotoasty/32/2803_2.png) [@SoToasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SoToasty)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941/744 "2022-01-20T13:37:12Z")
So Sorry puzzlegal. You and you family will be in our thoughts. As you said “FUCK COVID” ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941/745 "2022-01-20T13:43:56Z")
I’m so sorry. Be well. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941/746 "2022-01-20T14:20:55Z")
i’m so sorry. may her memory be eternal. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941/747 "2022-01-20T14:36:40Z")
@puzzlegal, I am so sorry! That’s terrible news. Remember her love is still with you. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941/748 "2022-01-20T15:03:42Z")
How terrible @puzzlegal. My thoughts are with you and your family. ---
**Author:** ![teelabrown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teelabrown/32/8412_2.png) [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941/749 "2022-01-20T15:49:42Z")
I’m very sorry, **puzzlegal**. My condolences to you and your family. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941/750 "2022-01-20T16:05:02Z")
{{{ **puzzlegal** }}} ---
**Author:** ![Tfletch1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tfletch1/32/5340_2.png) [@Tfletch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tfletch1)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941/751 "2022-01-20T16:31:49Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > My mom died of covid last night. Damn. I’m so sorry @puzzlegal. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941/752 "2022-01-20T16:39:57Z")
That made me tear up. I am so sorry. May her memory be a blessing. ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941/753 "2022-01-20T18:16:11Z")
Oh, crap, puzzlegal, I’m so very sorry. ---
**Author:** ![eschrodinger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschrodinger/32/122_2.png) [@eschrodinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschrodinger)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941/754 "2022-01-20T18:21:27Z")
Oh no! I’m so sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941/755 "2022-01-20T18:27:32Z")
I’m so, so sorry. My deepest condolences to you and your family. {{{hugs}}} ---
**Author:** ![Renee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/renee/32/287_2.png) [@Renee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renee)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941/756 "2022-01-20T18:28:39Z")
I’m so sorry, puzzlegal. My dad, who has been ruining every get-together for the past two years with rantings about how it’s all a liberal hoax and easily treatable with ivermectin, is now fighting covid. He sounds pretty bad, but he would definitely rather die than go to the hospital, so I guess we’ll see. I’m angry at him. He’s been such a dick, turning every conversation into an opportunity to talk at me and my sister (who is an ER nurse!) about all his crazy conspiracy theories. I hope he gets better, but I’m still annoyed. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941/757 "2022-01-20T19:13:20Z")
That’s terrible, puzzlegal. I’m so sorry. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941/758 "2022-01-20T19:23:08Z")
I’m so sorry for your loss, that’s so awful. I’m dreading that phone call myself, my mom refuses to vax or mask and I fear she thinks this is an easy way out–she’s lonely and has had enough loss in her life I think. I’ve tried to tell her this is not the way but she’s stubborn. Sigh. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941/759 "2022-01-20T19:37:24Z")
Like six or more people in my extended family have had it, they claim. I don’t know if this was verified with tests or if they just assume what they had was COVID. All were mild cases. Most of them are anti-vax idiots. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941/760 "2022-01-20T20:23:56Z")
> [@SmartAleq](#): > > my mom refuses to vax or mask and I fear she thinks this is an easy way out–she’s lonely and has had enough loss in her life I think. I’ve tried to tell her this is not the way but she’s stubborn. Sigh. That was approximately my mom. We bullied her into getting vaccinated, and she wore a mask when it was required. But she hated masks, and she thought covid would be an easy way out. It wasn’t. Aim for some other end. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941/761 "2022-01-20T20:28:55Z")
Yeah, this is why I’m dreading the call. She lives up in the mountains a ways in California and gets snowed in/loses power a lot in winter. My sister went and dug her out a week or so back and took her down to Placerville to stay with her and her husband but I’m afraid that maybe my sister’s a vaxhole too and there’s more exposure with mom staying with them. I try not to worry but mom’s also a smoker and I’ve been fretting over the situation for like a year now. Can’t do anything about it–I even took a trip down to see her and try to get her to protect herself more but no luck. I really hate this fucking disease. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941.md?page=37) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941.md?page=39)