holidays this year( I haven't since my divorce) due to the death of our mother but a few of us got together the week before to check in and see how everyone had been handling things. Fyi, it is times like these that really tell you who people are and who really is in your corner. I have gone through this a few times in the past few years with my wreck, my cancer, etc... Those that never gave a shit about anything other than $$$$ never showed up for any of those events and made sure that they didn't stand up when my mother died(divorced family never fails to live up to the bar they set). Lucky for me, I have a pretty great group of friends that have stepped up over the past few months to take my mind off everything.
Two days after Christmas, I got Covid and it doesn't matter what people say, the crap isn't mild. It knocked me on my ass for 10 days. I had a fever of 104 2 times and I was routinely over 101 degrees. Cold night sweats, congestion, body aches, chills, and then the drain of energy. I had 2 Pfizer shots and was not eligible for the booster until the end of January. Then they came out and changed the plan from 6 to 5 months which would have allowed me to get it right before Christmas... regardless of who/what people said about the shots, if they helped me stay out of the hospital then it was worth it. I can not even imagine what going through that crap without the shots would have been like. If you are still on the fence and have never had Covid, get the stupid shots if you don't like death. This isn't a complex SAT word problem, get the shots and live or don't get the shots and probably die.
Sure you hear about athletes and celebs that are unvaxxed surviving Covid without the shots but you do not have access to the same medical treatment that they do. They are able to get IVs, therapeutics, and 24 hours a day medical attention. When you get it, you won't be able to find Vitamin D, Zinc, Mucinex, Pedialyte, etc. Also, you will not be able to get a test. Sure some might be available now, but when you are sick on your ass, good luck getting out to get one. The time you need them in your house is before you catch it so that if you get symptoms it is there. Instead, you get symptoms and you have to go out in public or stand in line among other people which is not healthy for you or the people you are exposing. So if you see a test and haven't just had Covid, grab one.
So yeah, I am healthier now and have caught up on real-life shit enough to get back to this internet crap. Enjoy!
