I still don't know a single person that has died from it. I don't know a single person that's been hospitalized. It astonishes me that some of you know multiple people that have died or been hospitalized.
Yeah, it's kinda crazy. I mean I've lived in the same small community my whole life (except the A&M years of course), have a very large family as a result of being here since the 1800's, and we do run a business here that has been operating since the 70's. Even when I ask people I work with not many people know anybody that died from COVID.
To be fair, I didn't really know this guy. I exchanged emails a few times, and he's from my town and I know some of his family. Like I said, I only knew him in passing.
I didn't really know the guy who lives in the house behind our pasture where we keep our cows, but we waved at each other while I was mowing and he was mowing. I work with his son in law.
Of course there is my dad and then my aunt's long time BF. Two close family members right there.
Then there is a cousin who I really didn't know that well either but I have met him a few times.
The guy at the feed store who was in his 50's, and then a preacher here in town. Knew them both in passing.
My cousins brother who I really didn't know.
A lady who is friends with my mom, her son's wife. I know the son, I don't know the wife (she's the one that died).
There's a few more but I can't remember them all right now. This last guy makes the 13th person that I *know* that has died from covid.
I guess more than anything else it puts these numbers into perspective for me. Maybe for you, you don't really know many people who have died, they're just faceless numbers. But for me I can see and feel the impact.