‘It can happen to anyone’: 31-year-old Canadian woman nearly dies of COVID-19

31-year-old Alison Lowe spent 16 days on a ventilator and continues to receive supplemental oxygen after being diagnosed with COVID-19.

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91 comments

    1. @Jack Daniels Yes it is. When pacino is in the night club talking to the snitch. ” I could get killed for this”, ” you get killed walking your doggie” Literal exact quote.

  1. So she was dying of Covid in a hospital bed but has her make up done while “gasping” for breath in the hospital 🧐🧐🧐

  2. When I’m sick i look like crap this girl looks like she ready 4 a photo shoot in the hospital with covid

  3. We want to know.. how you kept a stable hand doing makeup AND lashes while gasping for oxygen.

    Honest question. Thanks

    1. So because she is naturally gorgeous and has tatoo’d make-up and semi-permanent lashes she can’t possibly die of COVID-19?!?

    1. Exactly my thought 🤔 I had pneumonia once and almost died and she looks so great for someone struggling 😅 Maybe her thick eyeliners were tattooed on I guess

    2. @Polydactyl most likely a cpap of some sort, ventilators sometimes kill the person because they stop breathing on their own.

  4. The moral I got from this story is you can still have an Ariana Grande glam look even when you catch covid-19.

    1. But can I catch that look at the same time or do I have to have it already? Coz this might be worth it…

    1. Agreed. If I was sick I wouldn’t even be thinking about doing my makeup, taking pictures and recording video of myself.

    2. She likes to take care of herself, let her feel pretty, gee. Its remarkable she made the effort and it didnt break her feeling pretty vibe✨✨

    3. @Anouk Duquette I don’t think makeup means taking care of yourself. Unless you’re talking about first world problems?

    4. @Max Weinbach Western women think being told they’re beautiful (& brave!) at all times is a right & anything less is systemic oppression.

    1. @Covidiot Destroyer You seem to be the covidiot here. Willfully ignore the part about her cancer because covid is bad!

    1. not a respirator, or a ventilator which i think is what you meant. That’s just an oxygen tube. A ventilator goes down your throat, can’t talk and a machine breaths for you and they sedate you and give you pain medication and pretty much put you in a coma so you can tolerate it.

    1. I really hope she comes on here and reads the comments. She might feel a bit dumb for dolling her make up perfectly to do a dying video.

  5. “it can happen to anyone” so can being struck by lightning, but that doesn’t excuse using one cherry picked case for fear mongering.

  6. it’s a bit confusing about the part where its mentioned “we took precaution without letting it cripple our lifestyles”. But I thought a huge part of precaution IS to sacrifice certain lifestyle choices, like frequent social events, travel, and etc.

    Edit:
    “I wouldn’t change my summer for the world..” umm… really…then where is the precaution.
    “would you change anything looking back?” “no, we just got too comfortable towards the end of summer, but no”… umm…
    So moral of this particular story is she should rather get COVID than sacrifice one bit of her summer. Not sure if this is the message if the intention is as titled… The title gives me a different sense…

  7. Total propaganda. I mean like really. Full make up, eyebrows….the whole 9 yards. And check out the acting trophies behind her..🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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