proper corona admin, vol 86 - chance assumptions

I've heard some stories about people assuming they were sick with COVID early in the spring, which they've used to justify their relatively carefree lifestyle over the balance of 2020. A reliable source told me about a specific couple that fell ill in April, exhibiting some COVID symptoms, but they never got tested; if Boston is on the path to herd immunity, they are our unmasked shepherds.

I've made my own assumption, which I realized about ten days ago - I'm high risk. No rhyme, no reason. But why? Maybe I'm just cautious, or perhaps it's my family history of certain cancers. Or maybe, it's that night I had dinner with a friend, just hours before the ER's shocking discovery, which internalized a sense of the precipice in me; we should all take our chances, and make the most of them, but we should never assume a second one.