Back in February , my wife and i bumped into an old friend that i had not seen in years. His sons and my sons were on the same swim teams. He was meeting his wife in the restaurant for their anniversary dinner. We shook hands , did the patented "man hug", shared a few funny memories. He told me my hair was too long ( which it was) and to come see him for a haircut ( he and his wife had their own salon for many years). My wife read in the OBs a few weeks later that he had passed. We figured it must have been a sudden heart attack. We later learned that he tested positive for covid a couple days after our meeting, was placed in the hospital a couple days later, and remained there for three weeks until he passed. The night he saw us out was the last date night that he and his wife had. He was sixty three but looked forty five. Covid is still out there and sad stories are too. If one gets covid , whether vaxxed or unvaxxed, then i celebrate the survival and hope they dont get down in the bed sick for 10 days like i did when i had it. But a survivor should be thankful for their outcome, rather than acting as if they are the end all, definitive case that applies to the entire pandemic.
