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Originally Posted by Chiefnj2
I know, and know of, people with it and the range has been a few days of feeling bad (females 20s), to a really bad breathing problems where people couldn’t say an entire sentence without running out of breath (male and female 30’s) to a sibling of a colleague who died (male 70).
People are generally used to dealing with an occasional virus with fever, aches, or a respiratory infection with bad coughing. People aren’t used to feeling like they can’t breathe. I’m sure it’s a very scary feeling,
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It's especially scary considering (at least in my case) you struggle to breath, AND have all of the other issues going on. Fever, body ache, cough to the point of vomiting, massive headache, massive fatigue, etc.
For the first 15 days it felt like someone much bigger than me was giving me a permanent bear hug from behind. Got winded walking from the bedroom to the bathroom 8-10 feet away. At it's worst, it felt like I was trying to breath through a straw with the other end covered in a wet paper towel.
And again, I'm considered a mild case because I wasn't hospitalized.
But sure, it's just the flu. So many more people are going to get this out of pure stubbornness and ignorance.