"The first symptom he felt was that he got chills at work. He worked as a corrections officer at the time doing desk duties. As the days passed by, more symptoms started popping up. Loss of appetite, body/muscle aches, headaches, sweating in his sleep, and topping it off with a 102°F fever," Justcallmeseech said.

He videochatted with his dad via WhatsApp and he looked rough, tired, and miserable, despite trying to get rest. "He told me it was probably the flu which he actually gets every other year for some reason. He got tested at the doctor's office and waited for the results, until a few days later he was notified that he tested positive. He was ordered to stay homebound."

Justcallmeseech's dad lives by himself, so the redditor's sister brought him goods to his door regularly. "A week after he got tested, he gradually started to feel better. I was stationed in Montana (military) at the time and checked up on him every few days. There was little I could do since I was stationed 2,000 miles away. I was really worried about him and I notified my chain of command that my dad was tested positive," he said.

According to Justcallmeseech, he wouldn't want any coronavirus deniers or any of their loved ones to get ill with the coronavirus. "It's tough watching your loved ones [fall ill], especially someone that served in the Marines for 8 years and did 23 years of being a Corrections Officer. This could happen to anyone if you're not being careful. Just because you don't know anyone that has it, doesn't mean it isn't there," the redditor pointed out.

Justcallmeseech revealed to Bored Panda that he has family in the NYC area and they were greatly affected by the pandemic: they were stuck at home for what felt "like forever" and were only allowed outside for limited amounts of time. "Thankfully, none of them gotten the coronavirus," the redditor shared.

"My uncle, who lives in Queens, told me what it was like being in the epicenter of the epidemic. He lived not too far from Elmhurst hospital, which was bringing in patients like crazy and bodies were slowly piling up. He said it was hard not being in tears seeing how these chain of events were unfolding in his neighborhood. There even was a refrigerated truck with a trailer to keep deceased bodies because the hospital couldn't hold them. He was working from his home office for quite a while afterwards," Justcallmeseech shared the harrowing things his uncle saw.

The World Health Organization warns that the Covid-19 death toll could reach 2 million before a vaccine is available globally.

Currently, there are multiple efforts to create vaccines for the novel coronavirus that has spread to 188 countries. The WHO predicts that widespread vaccinations shouldn’t be expected before Summer, 2021.

The coronavirus affects people differently. While the majority of individuals report either no symptoms at all or very mild ones, others find it to be a life-changing battle for their lives.

For a minority of patients, their battle with the coronavirus seems unending. They’re victims of so-called ‘Chronic Covid’ (aka ‘Long Covid’) and feel the symptoms of the coronavirus for weeks and sometimes for months on end. Strangely enough, some of these people lived very healthy and active lifestyles before falling ill.

The most common symptoms of the coronavirus are fever, dry cough, and tiredness. However, other possible symptoms include sore throat, headache, the loss of taste or smell, diarrhea, and aches and pains. Some patients report much more serious symptoms like having difficulty breathing, chest pains, and even loss of speech or movement.