Was editing a transcript of a doctor talking about what life was like after ‘surviving’ ebola. He talks about the seizure he had once he was out of the ICU. He temporarily lost eyesight. Suffered from short term memory loss.
When I asked him how he was able to give a 20-30m grand rounds, he said he had some workarounds but he was still forgetting things. On the video, he repeated phrases as if he was saying them for the first time. I could see what he meant; he could hide it for 20m but not an hour
Some of this is to say that viruses do all kinds of things to people. He was *very sick* so his ‘rebound’ was not completely unexpected but this was for a *known* virus where people actually had a little time to learn about the effects. Some of the clinical ignorance, however
Was because they weren’t looking at the clinical and social science literature about the long-term effects by clinicians/social scientists in Uganda, etc
I have more to say about treatment but that’s for another time. I’m supposed to be packing
I have more to say about treatment but that’s for another time. I’m supposed to be packing
Oh but one thing I can say about COVID is that I’m rather tired —BEEN TIRED—of people acting as if not dying or not being hospitalized is the standard against which the seriousness of this thing is measured.
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