@ai6yr balance and vision were added because stories can happen in different parts of the body resulting in different symptoms. And those, for example brain stem stroke patients were being misdiagnosed or were not getting to treatment quickly enough. The faster an ischemic stroke (blood clot in the brain) is treated the better the outcome
"If your stroke symptoms go away after a few minutes, you may have had a transient ischemic attack (TIA), also sometimes called a “mini-stroke.” Although brief, a TIA is a sign of a serious condition that will not go away without medical help.
Unfortunately, because TIAs clear up, many people ignore them. But paying attention to a TIA can save your life. If you think you or someone you know has had a TIA, tell a health care team about the symptoms right away." #stroke#symptoms (per CDC)
@ai6yr Yup. Often early sign of impending stroke. Happened to pops who refused the ambulance and was confused as to why it was called. Brother took him to hospital anyways. He ended up with a triple bypass and a stroke.
@ai6yr Yeah I insisted. I could tell from what my cousin witnessed that it was a TIA. He is relatively lucky, can walk with a cane now after 2 years, speech aphasia relatively mild, etc. This is why I continue to mask. :)
@deewani Yeah, stroke, cardiac events are quite high now... I have no evidence but my son (the paramedic) is seeing a lot of that nowadays, and I am convinced it is a lot of that blood clotting weirdness with COVID showing up months later.
@ai6yr Yeah it is a systemic vascular clotting disease, not a respiratory disease IMHO. That is it’s route into the body but even there the symptoms are caused by clotting in the lungs. Sadly many who care for the patients do not realize this and never make a connection between “new issues” and previous infection.
@EugestShirley@ai6yr Yes. I have been following the studies. :) My opinion is based on reading the science. It is so sad that majority of folks do not understand this. At risk parents stopped masking too. So it is a matter of time now before we are no longer Novids….
@EugestShirley@ai6yr Thanks. At least they are up on their boosters which are probably waning as we speak. I will continue to mask, ventilate, run air purifiers, etc. They won’t get it from me. Tsunami of disability incoming, diabetes, etc. I also fear for longer term effects. So many cancers initiated by viral damage. I just hope the good people keep working on the variant-proof pan-sarbecovirus vaccines. :)
@deewani@EugestShirley I'm the only one in the family who masks anymore, although I am fine with outdoors (some risk, but less). I also just don't enjoy getting any kind of bug from anyone, really. That said, since no one is masking (and my son, a first responder, drags through the germ pool every day), I do have higher exposure.
@ai6yr@EugestShirley We are in same boat then. Yeah outdoors is fine for me too if not overcrowded. The only thing I really miss is sneaking my own snacks into a movie lol. I still go to the movies but usually early morning matinees, usually only a few folks in those shows. Needless to say I don’t eat or drink in there. There are valved sip masks now though….
@thepoliticalcat@ai6yr
McConnell probably isn't even aware that his boy Tuberville is harming our national security.
I wish our media would ask him every chance they get why he refuses to remove Tuberville from his committee assignment that is harming our military so badly.
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