To update, I recovered shortly after this post. It was not the worse thing, but the length of the symptoms was pretty tiring. My wife did not fare as well as she was in the hospital for almost a week on steroids and IV potassium, along with some other medications like blood thinners and anti-inflammatories, as well as supplemental oxygen. She is home and improving but will be on oxygen for a while. My kids are home-schooled, so between work, teaching, and making sure she is doing okay, just not much time to update here.
My cousin, who was vaxxed with the booster or the third shot, was ill about the same time as I. His funeral was this past Monday, but I could not attend as my wife was still in the hospital. He was maybe a little overweight, but nothing serious at all. Really no other issues, so it was a confusing situation. I have another relative that is also not doing well, he is also a bit overweight, and the hospital system that he is in sounds a bit overwhelmed or maybe just not well equipped or a combination of both.
I would think since we are on month 18 of 14 days to flatten the curve, we would have some more statistical data regarding obesity, smokers, and other lifestyle information. There are a few studies, but no hard data over the months of deaths of obese, diabetics, etc. It just affirms my belief that we are still truly "practicing" medicine with this virus when we could be seeing what factors contribute to the morbidity and hospitalizations. With crap like this: https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/19/health/teen-death-coronavirus-wellness-partner/index.html we are likely not addressing a key factor.
