I, as well as quite a few other people from the city I live in swear we had COVID in around Christmas in Dec 2018. Which seems like a long time before it was known and declared a pandemic but it was only 14 months before.

I am and was late 40’s man in reasonable good health, good shape but I am a smoker of cigarettes, was a dope smoker.

I can tell you I have never been sicker in my life than Dec 2018. It effected my lungs so badly, I took a week minus one day off work, which never happens with me. During that time I was down to 1 or two cigarettes a day, I think I smoked weed too, lightly, but I was laying off the cigarettes, normally a pack a day, a bit less, maybe 20 or less cigarettes, I was at 1,2 maybe 3 without any serious withdrawals. I just ceased because I was so sick, it made me feel worse if I did smoke so I didn’t do it. I am addicted though so I would smoke 1,2 maybe 3 cigarettes a day tops and that went on for 2 weeks maybe a bit more, even after I went back to work. I would catch a head rush off the cigarettes I smoked as if I was a newb. What got me hooked oked in the first place I should have taken advantage and quit with the help of whatever sickness I had (pretty sure it was COVID) which was the worst I have ever had. I didn’t know what it was, but it wasn’t a cold, it wasn’t a flu, I thought maybe it was nemonia, it was winter, December, but I wasn’t myself for probably 3 weeks. As a matter of fact, up to a year after, maybe even slightly longer I had s*** in my lungs at the end of the day. It was “off”. Unusual. It really fucked me up. I even remember laying here in the lasy boy chair while I had it questioning “what are the chances I die?”

I got vaxed late in the pandemic, like October 2020. Only ever got 2 doses. Wore a mask everywhere, pretty sure I had it more than once but never felt it.

I personally don’t wear a mask anywhere now, for the past 6 months at least and I believe that the COVID floating around now is less than a common cold. That’s what I think. It’s nothing BUT I am not gonna s*** on anyone who wears one. I don’t think I would be offended if I was asked to wear one in places I go for work. I still carry one in my pocket. Old age homes and that kind of thing, but I don’t believe it’s anything severe now. Oct 2022.