one thing I really want people to understand about the dire warnings about long covid from disabled people is that we want to PREVENT severe long term consequences!
immediately acknowledging post-viral illness & empowering people to rest (ha!) will IMPROVE long-term outcomes.
immediately acknowledging post-viral illness & empowering people to rest (ha!) will IMPROVE long-term outcomes.
also like, the likelihood that long covid will never be properly counted so that plausible deniability can be maintained is… very high.
the fact that the numbers are so all over the place is really not an indication that the risk is overblown.
the fact that the numbers are so all over the place is really not an indication that the risk is overblown.
besides, it’s common for people in this stage of post-viral illness to interpret their experiences as Just Part Of Recovery for months. to be getting dizzy in the shower or struggling to pull words from a foggy brain or crashing frm basic survival tasks and assuming it will pass.
and, obviously, with no paid sick leave & no support coming from the government, Assuming It Will Pass is a survival strategy because pushing through and hoping for the best is the only option.
and also, we know that for many people with chronic illness, this is unsustainable.
and also, we know that for many people with chronic illness, this is unsustainable.
“unsustainable” as in “recipe for disaster” but I ran out of characters.
(also if you feel uncomfortably seen by my descriptions of stalled recovery wrt shower dizziness and/or brain fogginess and/or running an energy deficit, please check out the resources in my intro thread. 💗)
https://twitter.com/bennessb/status/1406646840666296324
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