>>>>>>>I believe that as of this morning Florida has like the 5th highest per capita Covid cases in the USA --- meanwhile people from all over the world are flocking to south Florida as it's winter & no mask mandates. Recipe for disaster.
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>>>>>>Praise where praise is due - it's not always just the recipe, there's the cook too.
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>>>>>...and now today Florida is 3rd highest per capita and the new variant isn't even hitting hard here yet.
>>>>it's not all "Doom and Gloom".
>>>>Your local channel 10 WPLG -22 hours ago.
>>>>"While COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are rising in South Florida, ICU populations are not"
>>>>https://www.local10.com/news/local/2021/12/20/while-covid-19-cases-and-hospitalizations-are-rising-in-south-florida-icu-populations-are-not/
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>>>I just got a shocker.
>>>One of our oldest clients happens to be owned by one of the richest men on Long Island.
>>>He made it all off booze.
>>>He owned several of the most popular brands.
>>>He was going to buy the Mets but bowed out when the price was too high
>>>A very unassuming man - he loved to talk with me about golf - but a brilliant business strategist.
>>>I just learned that he died today from Covid.
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>>It is a shocker; I agree, especially when you know a person such a long time.
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>>I also lost a very good friend this year - my closest childhood friend; we were very close from 12 to 25 yo. He lived in Prague for the past 20 years. Died this year, in March, from Covid. As far as I know he was not vaccinated.
>>My nephew just recovered from C-19, appears to be the latest strain (although he is not sure). He was vaccinated and had the booster shot. He had fairly mild symptoms and only for a day or two; just had to be in isolation for 10 days.
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>>So, it appears that vaccine does help easier recovery. Although, it varies. Another childhood friend, he lives in Florida, and opposes (as his entire family) to vaccine. His kids (adults in 30-s) had C-19 this year but recovered without major (or any as far as I know) complications.
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>>Do you know if your friend was vaccinated? And if you don't mind the question, how old was he? Feel free to ignore the questions if you see them inappropriate.
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>>Again, sorry for losing a client and a friend.
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>Thank you for your sympathy
>He was about 80.
>I don't whether or not he had been vaccinated, but someone told me that he had attended some large gatherings in the recent past.
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>I was pleased to learn that the New Year's eve concert I mentioned has been cancelled.

I think (and I have no medical background) vaccine is more important that staying away from the crowd. It appears that vaccine helps people (probably not all) to have milder symptoms and recover without major complications.
I am sure you have heard that hospitals often attribute death to the C-19 even when people die of underlying conditions. My brother's father-in-law died this year, in his 90-s, he got C-19 when recovering from a broken hip operation. Officially he died of C-19. Although a friend of mine, a doctor, said that he believe that having hip operation at this age could have been more contributing factor.
The problem, nobody knows.