I know I've said it before, but I never try to convince people in my life that COVID's serious anymore. It just always leaves me frustrated.
So, that said, my wife best friend just texted to say she's got COVID for the first time and she knows we "keep up with COVID" and wanted to ask some questions. Sure, no problem.
She was on a flight last weekend and asks if it's possible that she just tested positive now. We tell her that RAT's are supposedly around day 5-11 now, so that's totally possible.
She asks if we know what the workplace rules are for her, and sure we send her a link. She says that's not at all what her boss said, but OK.
She asks if it's even possible to not give her husband COVID. We go over ventilation, filtration, masks, etc and this is where it really starts to go off the rails. She's just like "Yeah, we're not doing any of that."
She asks if long COVID "is real" or if there's anything else she should know and we're like yeah, it is, there's a lot that's unknown. We're sending you some links about what is known with long COVID rates, the things to look out for, what you can try to do in the meantime, etc. and she reads it and goes "Ummm, yeah. That all looks super sketchy. If any of that were real I'm sure the news would be talking about it. I'm sorry but I think you guys have fallen for some hoax or something here. I have a fever, a runny nose and muscle aches. I'm going to take some Tylenol. We have a birthday party to attend tonight, a kid's party tomorrow and my boss wants me back at work on Monday. Thanks anyway."
I give up.
@BE Really sorry to hear this. Sounded like she was hoping you'd tell her something more reassuring, then shut down when it wasn't forthcoming. Hopefully her case is mild enough, she'll have the luxury of continuing to believe it's a hoax.
Yes, it's sadly that. I'll give a shred of credit that she took the time to test, but putting any effort into it beyond that was clearly a bridge too far. I definitely gave her too much credit to think that she wouldn't just take some Tylenol and go infect other people. Lesson learned. In all likelihood she will be fine from this infection and will go back to blissful ignorance, at least until the next one.
@BE @dulanyw I can’t bring myself to wish her well, but I hope none of the kids she exposes will be severely impacted.