My personal knowledge of "mild" Covid:
* Fit, healthy friend in 30s has "mild" case, recovers, has stroke month later
* Aunt can't smell or taste right a year later. Food tastes wrong/sour - no joy in eating
* Daughter suffers brain fog, memory loss. Has to withdraw from college
* Fit, healthy friend in 30s has "mild" case, recovers, has stroke month later
* Aunt can't smell or taste right a year later. Food tastes wrong/sour - no joy in eating
* Daughter suffers brain fog, memory loss. Has to withdraw from college
Covid is no mere "cold" that you recover from & nothing is changed. It's causing significant long-term symptoms in even mild or asymptomatic cases. My daughter's neurological symptoms are profound.
I can't imagine how bad it will be when we discover millions of us are messed up.
I can't imagine how bad it will be when we discover millions of us are messed up.
I read recently many scientists believe Covid should be reclassified - that it's more a vascular disease (causing long-term damage to blood vessels) than a respiratory disease. Others note that Covid is also causing significant neurological harm.
IT'S NOT A COLD.
IT'S NOT A COLD.
Just wait another decade when we suddenly have millions of people on long-term disability because Covid has messed them up. That'll be an economic disaster as well as a human tragedy.
Even the severe fatigue caused by long-term Covid can be absolutely debilitating.
Even the severe fatigue caused by long-term Covid can be absolutely debilitating.
So forgive me and others if we're still trying desperately NOT to get Covid even once. Omicron may appear milder, but we don't know a damn thing about it yet.
I'm triple-vaxxed, still masked, still largely staying at home. It sucks but I don't need another chronic illness.
I'm triple-vaxxed, still masked, still largely staying at home. It sucks but I don't need another chronic illness.
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