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I thought because I was young it wouldn't affect me'
Calum Wishart said when news of the pandemic first broke his "naive arrogance" led him to believe he would be OK because he is only 25 years old.
But within days of the lockdown Mr Wishart started displaying symptoms of the virus and was taken to hospital.
He described it as "the most horrendous experience".

Speaking to BBC Breakfast, he said: "I had the completely wrong attitude.
"I would not say I was hugging strangers or anything like that, I think I just underestimated the real impact of it
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"I had the perspective that because I was young it would not affect me, that it would be like a kind of flu."

Mr Wishart said he had a "massive dose of reality" when the gravity of his situation became clear after being rushed to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary and put on oxygen.

He continued: "It started off as a slight fever and from there it escalated."
"The next few days was just on and off oxygen and not being able to do anything."

The loss of his freedom of movement was the biggest impact and now, out of hospital and into self-isolation, he is using his time to try to make younger people aware that coronavirus can strike anyone.

[bbc.com]

Petter 9 Apr 11
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I always love it when the hubristically arrogant are metaphorically punched in the solar plexus resulting in time for them to perceive the error of their ways whilst lying horizontally on their arses.

That's a wordy way to express your sentiment of "serves the stupid, arrogant twit right"

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It doesn't say if he has any underlying conditions. But oops! None of us are safe.

None whatsoever. I saw on the news that he was a perfectly "normal" 25 year old.

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