I'll get flamed, but I always ask my friends, who do you know that has been sick with this? I mean REALLY sick. It's always something like nobody, but I have an uncle that knows a guy that died. OK so this is a big audience and of course there are some of you that have a horrible experience with that, and please don't misunderstand, I GET it that the disease can be bad to some. To me, if feels like the majority of us are under house arrest. The expert models from March and April have all been wrong, so I dunno. If it were up to me, I'd say let's open it up. If you feel like you are in the demographic that might be at a higher risk, by all means take precautions. Wear masks, wash hands etc. Protect yourself.
As for me, I thought I had it back in March. Went to get tested and they refused because I didn't check enough of the boxes. I wasn't feeling *that* bad, and my lungs were clear.
So I don't know - perhaps that dry rattle I had and the mild fever was something else. But if I DID have it, I will not be counted as "recovered", and let's say there are thousands more like me, then statistically, the death percentage could be several decimal points off. So thinking that I've already had it, I figured a good way, and one that is beneficial to society as well, would be to sign up for the Covid19 "plasma with antibody" donation crowd. May 8, I was entered into the pool of likely donors. They took something like 3 or 4 vials of blood to check me. As of now, I haven't heard back, but if I do have the antibodies, I'll let you know, and I'll let them take as much plasma as I can give. Hopefully someone struggling with this thing can benefit from that. To sum up, I have absolutely no problem with 102,242 this fall. If you feel vulnerable, stay home or wear a mask. Put a power T on it though. Now it's time for you to respond to me about how I'm killing your grandpa.