Who do you know with COVID?

It's been a little while since I've heard anyone say it. In months past people would state as an argument that they don't personally know anyone with COVID, saying (or at least strongly suggesting) this proves the whole thing is a hoax. "I don't know anyone who has had it, so it has to be fake" (paraphrase).

I have acute social anxiety and virtually no social skills, and yet I know people who have COVID. People, plural, not just one anymore. My nephew was the first, and he's in ICU for it. Come to find out not only does my ex-brother-in-law also have it, but also both of their wives. That is a considerable percentage of the people I know.

My nephew works (or at least worked, don't know if he'll ever be able to go back to work) in the service industry, interacting with the public all the time but still wouldn't get the shot. None of the four got the shot. They didn't think the virus was real. I never really doubted it. We're all up to our eyeballs in proof now.