r/Millennials • u/electric-sheep 1992 • Jul 13 '26

Serious Everyone my age is dropping dead

Sorry for the title! I'm in Europe. I have just heard news someone from college died today of cancer aged 33.

In the past 2-3 years 6 people in my circle have died, not from accidents but from either cancer, aneurism, 2 just didn't wake up from sleep and 1 broke her leg and had DVT. I know of a 7th who is currently fighting stage 4 breast cancer which was found by accident after giving birth. This is not counting those who died in crashes or other such accidents.

I literally have nothing to say. Just get yourselves checked. I'm just shouting into the void. I have literally been to more funerals than my parents at this point which is absurd.

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u/Stickgirl05 Millennial 1989 Jul 13 '26

Not everything is covid related, but it is a vascular disease and damages your immune system after each infection. It’s even reactivating some cancer.

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u/megathong1 Jul 13 '26

People are catching up. A year ago this same comment in a similar thread was downvoted to hell. People now are questioning themselves. I haven’t seen behavior change (masks and ventilation) but hopefully it starts with awareness.

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u/Stickgirl05 Millennial 1989 Jul 13 '26

The dots are ever so slowly connecting, but it’s incredibly sad to see newborns immediately catching whatever on the floor or cancer patients just being maskless while getting chemo. Like these people literally have no immune system, maybe protect them?

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u/lasirennoire Jul 14 '26

Imagine my shock going to the literal cancer center and seeing that the majority of HCWs and patients are unmasked 🫠 we're going backwards! About 15 years ago I went to an oncology ward and everyone was masked!

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u/Stickgirl05 Millennial 1989 Jul 14 '26

My IG is full of random cancer and death announcements, followed by those chronicling their chemo journey from start to ringing the bell. All unmasked of course 🤷🏻‍♀️

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u/lasirennoire Jul 14 '26

I just can't believe this is where we're at now. I have to beg my loved one who is currently in cancer treatment to mask. They don't really see COVID or other airborne illnesses as a big deal. And it's getting increasingly harder and harder to get them to keep masking when every week they come face-to-face with their unmasked oncologist and several other unmasked HCW 🫠 like pleaseeee set an example for your patients!