Last night she was coughing in a manner my asleep brain read as "gross", so unconsciously noped the fuck out of there and slept on the sofa. I can't believe my non-awake brain got it.

She tested positive a few hours ago, so now I just have 7 days to worry. I probably have it, I feel a bit off already.

I know that it's more than most people, but she was wearing low quality masks, going to a non-safe dentist at peak times, and avoiding the booster. I've been nicely pushing her for years, and she brings this shit home. She's also sorry, and I say it's fine because I want her to feel better and recover, but secretly I'm fucking raging.

Sorry to rant. Better on Hexbear than out loud.

  • PaX [comrade/them, they/them]
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    9 months ago

    that long-COVID is curable in a span of months if you stay away from COVID completely.

    Where are you getting this? My understanding is that it is basically the opposite, that people who have long COVID usually live with it for... an indefinitely long time

    You don't even have to end up with long COVID to not be permanently affected by COVID. People who have had COVID are at greater risk for all kinds of negative health outcomes

    basically 100% of people do not care

    The only path forward in this paradigm is to recognize that the only treatment for this is living in a secluded isolated homesteading community.

    Literally COVID realism

    Is the only practical solution to other mass harms unleashed on society by the capitalist-imperialist system also communes?

    • Hello_Kitty_enjoyer [none/use name]
      ·
      9 months ago

      Where are you getting this?

      My own unique, and incredibly-expensive-to-replicate experience

      I had really bad long-COVID for a year, with little improvement. Then I became a hermit, and stopped going to public places. After this I got completely cured and was able to maintain this for a year. Until my brother came to visit me (now I'm sick again)

      people who have long COVID usually live with it for... an indefinitely long time

      well no shit, they're constantly breathing in COVID. You can't recover from long-COVID if you're breathing in a new course of long-COVID every single day lmao

      Literally COVID realism

      Well...yeah, I am being realistic. When I go outside I get sick and I stay low-grade sick for months. If I just stay in my house/room and my yard, I'm healthy and can work like an ox. And I can maintain that state for over a year as long as I'm not forced to be near anybody.

      I can work in the dirt, soil, be around moldy food, all that shit doesn't matter. If I set foot inside a grocery store I'm non-functional for 2 months minimum.

      So logically, if you could get a bunch of people on board with that, and go buy some land and work out the financials, I think it could work. It'll probably never happen though because of a combination of people not believing this/being too bedridden to even begin to take the first step. I'm very lucky to even be able to live this life, otherwise I might be dead by now from all the spike protein I would've breathed in

      • PaX [comrade/them, they/them]
        ·
        9 months ago

        I'm sorry to hear you're sick again :(

        I meant "realism" in the sense of capitalist realism, that COVID is now an immutable part of our reality by this perspective. What we really need is some kind of mass political action by the people that this virus affects most: working class, marginalized people who might have/have had their lives completely derailed by being disabled by this virus. I don't know if the potential is there yet but this situation is only going to get worse as it affects more and more people.

        I'm glad staying isolated helps you with your long COVID but I just don't think it's feasible for a lot of people, if it would even help most people :(

        But regardless I don't understand the point of undermining COVID precautions like you did in your first post

        Idk :/

        I'm just fucking tired rn

        • Hello_Kitty_enjoyer [none/use name]
          ·
          9 months ago

          I meant "realism" in the sense of capitalist realism, that COVID is now an immutable part of our reality by this perspective. What we really need is some kind of mass political action by the people that this virus affects most

          thanks for the wellwishes

          The people affected by it the most are those who have long-COVID. The ordinary working-class person doesn't really have much skin in this game either, because huge swathes of ANY income bracket are just unaffected by COVID, for genetic or other biological reasons.

          long-COVID is also not a discrete illness. Some milder levels of it can be handled if you drive to work or take the train and sit at an office job. But it really fucks your physical work output, and to some extent even mental work output (but of course, mental work output was never measured and never mattered on the job)

          5-30% is the figure given for the prevalence of long-COVID, and I suspect the real bad cases are closer to 5%

          Personally I dread having ANY semblance of long-COVID, even at the mildest moments I was out of breath from walking 20 yards. I would rather live in a shack if it meant I could work like an ox and think with 100% brain capacity.

          But regardless I don't understand the point of undermining COVID precautions like you did in your first post

          There is a point and if you want you can DM me