Spoke to a friend of mine today. He spent 7 weeks in the hospital with Covid-19. 2 months in rehab. Nearly died a few times. Has had ongoing issues, taking him back to the hospital and to the docs for various complications. Still has a large oxygen tank at home, and a smaller portable one when he goes out. 63 years old. He's a sole practitioner lawyer who hasn't been to his office since March. Today he went in to do a few things and to work on closing his office. He can't function as a lawyer anymore, really. Meanwhile, our courts which had sort of opened a bit ago, and actually resumed jury trials a little starting Oct. 5, have now closed down again....No jury trials until 2021 at the earliest.
The head of the ICU at the hospital where my friend was a patient has died of Covid-19.
We are not close to ending this scourge. We might be able to see the light at the end of the tunnel, but the tunnel is many miles long.