Postby zephyr » Mon Aug 02, 2021 4:41 pm
The stories of friends and family disappearing after a cancer diagnosis are too many to count. That said, and just to offer a different perspective, it's my experience that this whole COVID-Delta thing has people rattled. I have family & friends who wouldn't hesitate to see me before but are now wary so our contact is pretty much limited to phone and text. They rushed out to get the vaccine as soon as they could, one person even made a 2-hour round trip twice, to keep from infecting me or others with compromised immune systems. COVID scares me more than cancer so I've also been vaccinated but the jury's still out on how well the vaccine will work for cancer patients. Now that studies are showing that vaccinated people can carry the same viral load and could transmit the virus even if they don't get sick, and with my blood counts dropping, family/friends are afraid to be around me again because they're afraid they might be carriers and not know, and they don't want to risk getting me sick. I don't want to turn this into a COVID thread, please - let's just all agree to disagree - it's just that if this is what I'm experiencing, maybe you are too...?
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