@timbray It’s kind of wild that >50% of respondents have someone in their direct friends/family/coworker circle who has disclosed long COVID to them (or they themselves have it).
@timbray all those people who think they don't know somebody inevitably DO know somebody who "seems like they're always sick these days". Suggest to them that it's likely Long Covid and they react like you suggested they got it from pig fucking.
@timbray I met someone yesterday who told me she was unable to get out of bed for 3 months following her March 2020 Covid infection and that she was still easily winded and exhausted.
A friend also caught it in March 2020 and still has a lot of impairment today.
At least two coworkers became too ill to work in 2021. They couldn’t return even after 6 months of medical leave. Another suffered from fatigue and had to change jobs.
@timbray most of those I work with are suffering with what I perceive as profound aging, breathing, and advanced cardiovascular problems compared to people their age I remember 50 years ago. I'm older, never knowingly caught it, but I always wear a good mask and vaccinate. I lost a coworker that passed away earlier this weekend and we are down to 4 people including myself. The health of others is showing no mercy, all kinds of symptoms, and our western diet is doing them no favors. It's bad.
@timbray I have 2 family members who have had Covid but won’t talk about it. As one hasn’t been well since getting the gastro one and has ongoing gut issues. The other has no smell. Both have accepted this and still don’t wear a mask. One of them won’t talk about Covid because she gets anxiety 😦
@timbray post covid has essentially aged my mother inlaw 10 years. She can no longer work, she essentially was forced to retire. Her saviour is that she had income protection insurance
@timbray After 3 weeks of acute symptoms, I had 2+ months of brain fog, that was severe enough to interfere with my work. I'm less bad now, but I can't entirely convince myself that I'm back to 100% of my pre-covid state, in terms of both energy and focus.
@froukehe9@timbray Indeed, by most people's perception, I have recovered.
And, to be honest, by my own perception, I can do quite a few things that suggest that I'm still mostly intact, I can drive 10+ hours in a row, I can hike for a few hours.
At the same time, there are some things that require deeper focus (e.g. programming), that I don't think I can do for as long any more as I used to.
@timbray Two friends. One is almost back to normal after a year. The other is very bad, although she is making slow progress after 6 months from not being able to stand, to walking a few metres in the house.
@timbray I voted "Amongst friends", because none of us living in our home have ever tested positive for COVID (because we're careful). Some of my family members have tested positive, but haven't had long-COVID. Some friends have suffered long-COVID and they've had different effects, but always debilitating in some way.
@timbray Can't vote since I'm seeing this via Kbin, but I can say I suspect a lot of people I daily interact with have minor degrees of Covid effects that may or may not qualify as LC. The biggest one I notice even among myself is a persistent cough every once in a while. A few have had other recent illnesses (stroke or related) occur that may or may not have some tie-in, but that's the thing about LC, it's going to be a long time before we can really look back and say it was or wasn't a catalyst for many other things.
@timbray Probably going to be a very unpopular take but the fact that "Don't know anyone" is winning might be indicative of the overall societal/political inclinations and literacy of this instance.
Can't not think it. I apologize again.
@timbray yeah, my sense of smell three and a half years on is like an old TV -- sometimes the signal is great, sometimes it's full of noise. But otherwise I'm in okay shape so I consider myself lucky.
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