I know more than a few people that have had corona. My former trainer's wife. My Muay Thai teacher's ex-girlfriend. A high school friend. Two friends in California I have invited to stay at my house before. My cousin and his wife. My uncle's wife. I even think I had it myself.

In July, I was sick for 3 weeks. My resting heartbeat went up 16 beats per minute. I got winded walking short distances. I had a mild, dry cough and for the first time in my life, my blood oxygen level dropped below the normal range. Sounds like corona, right? Except when I was tested, I came up negative. I followed that up with an antibody test, which also came up negative. So, it couldn't be COVID-19, could it? Some people might think that, but not me. Most people assume the tests produce false positives, but after reading about Elon Musk's experience it seemed just as possible to me that I had received false negatives.

Did I mention that right after I was sick, I had Deep Vein Thrombosis appear in my left leg? In other words, a blood clot appeared in that leg, which is extremely dangerous because the blood clot can break off, go into your lungs, and kill you dead as a doornail. I'm still on Warfarin, which is essentially rat poison, because of that. Some estimates put the number of people killed by DVT's every year as high as 300,000 and guess what has caused these sort of blood clots to appear in a lot of people? Coronavirus.

What that should tell you is that I don't think the coronavirus is fake and although like a lot of people, I underestimated how dangerous it was early in the year, I certainly am not doing it now. I know it's possible that I could get the coronavirus and I am very aware that it could kill me if I do.

So, does that mean I have been hiding away in my house? Not at all. I go to the gym. I take Muay Thai classes. I go to restaurants. I go on dates. I go to the movies. I get my hair cut. I go to Wal-Mart. I hang out with friends.