Ppl say 'I've had a bout of Covid'.
In a real bout, like boxing, fighters prepare well. Honing skills to try to defend themselves.
Most ppl do nothing to avoid Covid.
Boxing is typically 12 rounds and not infinite rounds like Covid, as each new wave swerves their defences.
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In a real bout, like boxing, fighters prepare well. Honing skills to try to defend themselves.
Most ppl do nothing to avoid Covid.
Boxing is typically 12 rounds and not infinite rounds like Covid, as each new wave swerves their defences.
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But what people really don't get is that you sustain damage with each round.
You might not even perceive it or it might knock you down.
The damage may manifest later with people not even connecting the 'bout' they had to their worsening health or decreased cognitive ability.
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You might not even perceive it or it might knock you down.
The damage may manifest later with people not even connecting the 'bout' they had to their worsening health or decreased cognitive ability.
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You see this in boxing too. Fighters can sustain damage in a fight and continue through to the end but then collapse after the fight is over or suffer brain damage years later from taking hits over a sustained career.
When boxers suffer in this way, people are never surprised.
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When boxers suffer in this way, people are never surprised.
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But in the same way, I am never surprised to learn that someone has suffered a stroke, heart attack, kidney damage, diabetes, memory loss, early onset dementia etc when they have had 'bouts' with Covid.
We know it's damaging blood vessels and causing inflammatory responses.
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We know it's damaging blood vessels and causing inflammatory responses.
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We know it is compromising the immune system for some time after the bout is over too.
We know the virus can persist in tissues.
Why would it be a surprise?
The answer to that is simple; people are not informed of the truth.
They don't know the harms or long term implications.
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We know the virus can persist in tissues.
Why would it be a surprise?
The answer to that is simple; people are not informed of the truth.
They don't know the harms or long term implications.
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They most certainly don't seem to know that they're subjecting their children to this too on an ongoing basis.
If people knew, like boxers, they'd develop skills of damage avoidance; ducking & weaving the infection. Protecting themselves, having deep knowledge of the opponent.
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If people knew, like boxers, they'd develop skills of damage avoidance; ducking & weaving the infection. Protecting themselves, having deep knowledge of the opponent.
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Boxers who learned how to be elusive and evasive with good foot movement, ringcraft and head movement have better odds.
That's what Covid informed people are like.
Through knowledge we learn to evade the virus as best possible. We get hit less often and suffer less damage.
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That's what Covid informed people are like.
Through knowledge we learn to evade the virus as best possible. We get hit less often and suffer less damage.
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It seems people are happy to walk right onto every right hook or straight jab.
They get up (if they can) and do it all over again.
Sometimes several times a year.
Let's see how things look in 5 to 10 years from now.
I'd prefer to have less 'bouts'.
Protect yourself 😷.
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They get up (if they can) and do it all over again.
Sometimes several times a year.
Let's see how things look in 5 to 10 years from now.
I'd prefer to have less 'bouts'.
Protect yourself 😷.
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