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sanatanadharma

(3,694 posts)
55. Nobody personally known by me in my small world
Fri Mar 5, 2021, 07:39 PM
Mar 2021

However, I know about each of the half-million dead in the USA.

Everyone used the personal pronoun "I" and everyone had the same sense of 'myself'.
Every self had experiences, knowledge, fears, hopes, plans and some (or more) existential angst.
Each was the center of a known universe, though for most their own universe ended at the epidermis.
All were certain in their knowing even when they did not know. All knew they lived in a real world even when they didn't.
All had desires, memories, non-verifiable beliefs and births from some form of family; they were known to others.
One perhaps (I am generous) did not fear death.

I hope to know that one personally.

Yes my uncle's father. He was 97. nycbos Mar 2021 #1
my 97 year old mother, with lung disease, got it. SleeplessinSoCal Mar 2021 #79
Yes. nt Atticus Mar 2021 #2
Yes. tenderfoot Mar 2021 #3
No. SharonClark Mar 2021 #4
You will. MineralMan Mar 2021 #5
Unless you're planning to get covid and cough SharonClark Mar 2021 #43
That's a bit presumptuous. TwilightZone Mar 2021 #49
That's where I am. ShazzieB Mar 2021 #85
I do know someone that died from Covid. Several family members had it. Thankfully they recovered tulipsandroses Mar 2021 #6
Yes, a cousin 78 years old and an uncle 96. Both from MA. CentralMass Mar 2021 #7
Yes two friends both healthcare workers. redstatebluegirl Mar 2021 #8
Yes hamsterjill Mar 2021 #9
I have a first cousing and a 2nd cousin die of Covid. Just a few miles away. I had no riversedge Mar 2021 #10
No. Mariana Mar 2021 #11
You will. MineralMan Mar 2021 #22
Not necesssarily. ShazzieB Mar 2021 #91
Yes. Suffered horribly, too. NM Grins Mar 2021 #12
Yes. A kind woman who was another parent to me for years Maru Kitteh Mar 2021 #13
My partner's cousin, who lived in a (very nice) group setting. nilram Mar 2021 #14
Unfortunately, yes. GoodRaisin Mar 2021 #15
I do agree! samplegirl Mar 2021 #16
not directly but a neighbor in my apartment complex on the east side . AllaN01Bear Mar 2021 #17
Yes. cloudbase Mar 2021 #18
2 people jpak Mar 2021 #19
My uncle, a Trump fanatic, died from Covid 2 weeks ago Chautauquas Mar 2021 #20
Nope! And that's saying something considering I live in Florida. Native Mar 2021 #21
A friend and neighbor, lovely woman cilla4progress Mar 2021 #23
Surprisingly, no. greatauntoftriplets Mar 2021 #24
The first friend I made in high school.. luvs2sing Mar 2021 #25
Yes, two work associates. haele Mar 2021 #26
So far I don't know a person that has had the Covid (knock on wood) Groundhawg Mar 2021 #27
Yes Red Mountain Mar 2021 #28
More than one. n/t Ms. Toad Mar 2021 #29
Yes. Golden Raisin Mar 2021 #30
Yes n/t shanti Mar 2021 #31
Yes, my 93yo mother, 2naSalit Mar 2021 #32
I'm so very sorry. MontanaMama Mar 2021 #77
Thanks... 2naSalit Mar 2021 #100
I'm patiently waiting for my vaccine too. MontanaMama Mar 2021 #108
Yes. n/t onecaliberal Mar 2021 #33
More than one person malaise Mar 2021 #34
I have lost two friends to the trumplague, nearly lost a third, who is now a long-hauler, and know niyad Mar 2021 #35
I do not. But my daughter-in-law, a nurse in a Covid unit, has cared for hundreds of people ... 11 Bravo Mar 2021 #36
My daughter's father. Did all the precautions...sad! Thekaspervote Mar 2021 #37
Yes greenjar_01 Mar 2021 #38
One of the first victims was a good friend Sympthsical Mar 2021 #39
Yes peggysue2 Mar 2021 #40
No nt Raine Mar 2021 #41
Yes Dave in VA Mar 2021 #42
I know someone who was as close as you can get. lpbk2713 Mar 2021 #44
Yes, my brother's best friend Freddie Mar 2021 #45
Yes, JenniferJuniper Mar 2021 #46
No but I do know people who have been hospitalized. Initech Mar 2021 #47
No. Just a few who have recovered from it. NurseJackie Mar 2021 #48
Not me, so far. knock on wood. msfiddlestix Mar 2021 #50
2 faculty from work aikoaiko Mar 2021 #51
yes, Three. SkylineChili Mar 2021 #52
Yes... Several... Ohio Joe Mar 2021 #53
I knew several hurple Mar 2021 #54
Nobody personally known by me in my small world sanatanadharma Mar 2021 #55
Yes. My best friend's cousin. catbyte Mar 2021 #56
Amen! Cousin & Aunt n/t aggiesal Mar 2021 #57
My older brother. My condolences to you and your family, MineralMan. LuckyCharms Mar 2021 #58
Yes. madashelltoo Mar 2021 #59
Yes Marthe48 Mar 2021 #60
My father-in-law moosewhisperer Mar 2021 #61
A friend's mother and another friend's sister. BlueCheeseAgain Mar 2021 #62
Yes, my neighbors son-in-law. Butterflylady Mar 2021 #63
Yes rootin tootin Mar 2021 #64
Yes MySideOfTown Mar 2021 #65
Yes Johnny2X2X Mar 2021 #66
Yes. A 59 year old friend died of COVID-19 in an Atlanta ICU on February 25. Bo Zarts Mar 2021 #67
I know 2. Pepsidog Mar 2021 #68
My mother 7/22/2020. Nt jaysunb Mar 2021 #69
Yes, an old friend. Banker and DFT-worshipper in his mid 50s RainCaster Mar 2021 #70
No. I have family members who know people who have died of it. And some of my younger highplainsdem Mar 2021 #71
My aunt and my stepdad sobenji Mar 2021 #72
Yes. Several. Owl Mar 2021 #73
Yes...former coworker Hip2bSquare Mar 2021 #74
Yes a few. 33taw Mar 2021 #75
No, I don't. A lot of my co-workers have lost family members though. Luciferous Mar 2021 #76
Yup two people Javaman Mar 2021 #78
Update: now 3.☹️nt Javaman Mar 2021 #111
It has occurred to me that there are ways to die from covid MontanaMama Mar 2021 #80
Yes. Very recently. A friend who was 59 years old. Politicub Mar 2021 #81
my mom in dec :( TalenaGor Mar 2021 #82
Yes, my sister-in-law. Buckeye_Democrat Mar 2021 #83
I know that I'm very lucky, as is almost everyone that lives here. BobTheSubgenius Mar 2021 #84
No. Demobrat Mar 2021 #86
yes 75 year old uncle in Florida. N/T tiredtoo Mar 2021 #87
Not yet but I'm sure I will. Elessar Zappa Mar 2021 #88
I am so sorry for your loss. gldstwmn Mar 2021 #89
Three people. One was my boss. Two were colleagues in the American Chemical Society. n/t. NNadir Mar 2021 #90
Yes. nt hay rick Mar 2021 #92
Yes, Notek Mar 2021 #93
My 98 yr old mom... 3catwoman3 Mar 2021 #94
Not that I know of MustLoveBeagles Mar 2021 #95
Lost a cousin a few months ago. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2021 #96
My Uncle AwakeAtLast Mar 2021 #97
My buddies sister died of it, my coworkers father died of it Demonaut Mar 2021 #98
My husband. Last summer. LibinMo Mar 2021 #99
Several someones mcar Mar 2021 #101
Yes, but a friend and later a neighbor behind me. herding cats Mar 2021 #102
Yes. Chellee Mar 2021 #103
I came too damn close at 52 just about a week before Trump JCMach1 Mar 2021 #104
I used to. n/t DFW Mar 2021 #105
Yes Bigredhunk Mar 2021 #106
Yes, the physician husband of a college friend mnhtnbb Mar 2021 #107
I am very sorry to hear about your father. totodeinhere Mar 2021 #109
Clearly, almost everyone knows someone who has died. MineralMan Mar 2021 #110
I don't know anyone personally who died. Out elderly neighbor 2 doors down recently died of it. beaglelover Mar 2021 #112
No, but I know many who had it, tavernier Mar 2021 #113
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