were you actively using it up until the announcement?

I've been using it on and off since I got it a few years ago. I'll use it for a few months, then leave it for another few months. The last time I used it was from the beginning of this year 'til August. Stopped using it after that. This basically means I won't use it ever again in the future.

I also deleted.

We are not representative of the general population, so our anecdotes are almost worthless.

Your anecdotes may be relatively worthless to a company as large as Google, but they may yet be quite valuable to an individual reading your words. Don't be afraid to share your thoughts; sometimes these smaller, more human interactions can make all the difference.

Representative is not as important as if they influence others to act as well.

See also: the 90-9-1 rule, aka the 1% Rule

"In Internet culture, the 1% rule is a rule of thumb pertaining to participation in an internet community, stating that only 1% of the users of a website actively create new content, while the other 99% of the participants only lurk. Variants include the 1–9–90 rule (sometimes 90–9–1 principle or the 89:10:1 ratio),[1] which states that in a collaborative website such as a wiki, 90% of the participants of a community only view content, 9% of the participants edit content, and 1% of the participants actively create new content."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1%25_rule_(Internet_culture)

Point is, there may be a lot of eyes that see that post and are influenced by it, but make no posts or generate no discussion of their own.

I'd wager the whole 'google has all your health records' scare right now increases the number a bit right now.