I got pretty goddamn sick when I had covid, but thankfully I made a full recovery. I have a friend whose aunt got it and then essentially became very much like a terminal Alzheimer's patient.
Usually Alzheimer's at least has the mercy of being very late in life, so the family has to take care of the elderly relative for about five to ten years, presumably. My friend's aunt is 45 years old, which means the family will have to take care of her for at least about thirty years. She's healthy physically but no longer recognizes her family, is aggressive, soils herself frequently, and depends on other people for her everyday needs.
This is a nightmare disease, and all the pieces of shit who used it as a political prop to spew their worthless chud bullshit should [...].
What about me, and my lungs?
That's extremely legitimate to not be okay about. I don't even know how to interact with most people anymore. People without masks I just kind of drift past, and most people wearing masks are still wearing cloth masks or surgical masks that aren't very effective and I just feel bad for them. It's like getting hit in the head and getting the sight or putting on the They Live glasses and realizing that most people were monsters all along, and that the few people trying to be good and protect themselves and others are just completely overwhelmed by the sheer crushing weight of it all.
Fuck all the bullshit "pandemic is over" crap. Their souls have been claimed by Papa Nurgle.
they would rather bring about the end of the world than to imagine capitalism being slowed down slightly
There are many things about capitalism and the modern world that will make you feel insane, but covid has taken the cake for me. I'm still isolating. There was a comprehensive study done in Canada last year looking at outcomes for people who have autoimmune diseases or cancer. My autoimmune disease topped out the non-cancers for bad outcomes. I still can't convince people it's important for me to be safe. No one wants to go through any effort to be safe around me anymore. Masking? No. Testing? No. Outside? No. It's all too inconvenient for others. I feel so alienated.
Same. Still isolating. Haven't met the three four children in the family born since covid. Missed two christmases. Missed tons of family events. Will be wearing a mask when my parents come to visit next week.
I purchased a full face respirator with p100 filters (99.97% filtration effectiveness compared to N95/KN94 ~95% effectiveness) and I wear it when I get groceries, which is theonly time I leave the house anymore.
I purchased a full face respirator with p100 filters (99.97% filtration effectiveness compared to N95/KN94 ~95% effectiveness) a
I'm no expert. But may I point out that the guys at r/masksforeveryone regularly insist that the mask fit is way more important than the filtration level, and they make a good case. Here's a video that often gets shared
Obviously take what we're saying with a grain of salt, as we're not medical professionals.
My extremely :doomjak: "up side" is that by the time usa finally feels ready to start it's apocalyptic war with china there won't be any young people left who are healthy enough to do war stuff, so at least we can stop worrying about that.
One way masking doesn't work... but what if you get a really good mask?
Walking into McDonald's with a supplied-air respirator running an air hose out to the resevoir tank in my car.
If your mask keeps air from getting in anywhere but the filter, and the filter works with covid, one way masking will work.
One-way masking doesn't necessarily preclude getting infected with COVID, but yes, you should definitely get a respirator if possible, and also consider doing a fit test. Even if one-way masking can fail, there's still a good chance that you will be able to avoid COVID infection, or, failing that, minimizing the number of times you do get COVID. By wearing a mask, you will also likely lower the viral load you are exposed to if you do get infected.
I'm pissed they got rid of the mandates, though. It puts more of a burden on those few of us who are still masking because most people are no longer masking and increasing the amount of virus in our public spaces. Like that's a huge reason why mandates are good--if you have more people masking, it will reduce the amount of virus in the air. And if most people are adhering to the mandate, then that makes spaces safer and more inclusive and puts less of a strain on our own individual masks.
But of course we'll probably never see mandates again. Ugh.
yeah you gotta find a really good mask that fits you
This style works amazingly for me, and probably for most people. the top has a metal band and it very easily forms a perfect seal. It folds out on the top and bottom for your chin and nose
Would it have been possible to stamp :covid-cool: if everyone took the virus as seriously as china did?
if everyone took the virus as seriously as china did?
100% yes. If there was a coordinated global response to COVID in 2020, no one would even remember COVID as anything more than "those weird few months" by now.
Yes.
Remember Y2K? There was sufficient public will to prevent that from being a very destructive crisis. It was averted, so :grillman: assume that there wasn't a crisis to begin with to avert.
If today's worldwide socio-economic situation had a Y2K, there would likely be violent outrage from :grill-broke: if they were told a bunch of machines had to be turned off, upgraded or adjusted, then turned on again for a few weeks to months, pausing their Disney vacations and their trips to Applebee's. And then Y2K would actually do some serious damage.
Yep. Could keep community levels low indefinitely while paying the social + economic cost of locking down when necessary (while avoiding the social + economic cost of letting er rip)
I've been in Yharnam mode for three years and it's looking like I might as well start building a really nice looking plague mask, cause this is the foreseeable future in the burger reich
I've been trying to decide whether to get some cool day glow green snake eyes for my gas mask, or some kind of angry "i'm wearing this gas mask because you're a filthy fucking plague rat, fuck you" sticker.
Insane bioweapon unleashed onto the poor exploited countries who couldn't get as many vaccines
Is it still "average 3 infections expected per year"? Wouldn't that imply within 4 years the average person will have or will have had long covid?
And I assume that's not even getting into possibility of accumulative effects increasing the risk with each infection, which would speed up timeline
Is there any data on side effects from vaccines? I’ve never had Covid afaik but I have had 7 shots and as a matter of fact I’m a little sick right now from the 7th (bivalent booster). Obviously vaccines are better than actually getting it, but I’m still a little paranoid.
Vaccine sickness is from immune response. Long covid is presumably from the virus itself. It would be extremely unlikely that the vaccine would cause long term damage
Thanks for the response. I probably heard that explanation before but I still get irrationally paranoid anyways. My paranoia is also why I've had 7 shots lol.
there's actually some evidence that long covid is at least partially caused by the spike protein. ive spent a lot of the time on the covidlonghaulers subreddit and the vaccine makes some people's long covid symptoms worse. (fwiw im far from an antivaxxer and if you dont have LC you should 100% get vaccinated)
I think it may be due to this https://nitter.kavin.rocks/RajeevJayadevan/status/1651796168777830400#m
People with Long COVID made more antibodies after subsequent vaccination, compared to people who had fully recovered from COVID. (More isn’t necessarily better)
This difference was sustained over time.
This indicates persistent immune activation.
So it points to covid causing autoimmune disease, which there is plenty of evidence for. In cases like this the vaccine may aggrivate it.
Vaccines can cause harmful symptoms in some people. It's very rare and almost awayls comes from unusual immune system responses. There are a handful of non-immune system related issues, but they're even rarer.
Every time I got the vaccines they absolutely kicked my ass for the next 24 hours. I was laying in bed having bizarre, distressing fever dreams. Totally gross. But it cleared up after 24 hours. Are you experiencing anything like that?
There was a little of that but I think it’s gone now. What’s not gone is stuffy/runny nose. I’m wondering if the immune system hit resulted in me catching a cold.
Narrator voice: 10 COVID infections later...
Spongebob: Can you feel that immunity yet, Mr. Krabs?
Among lots of other horrific tings covid attacks abd destroys a few types of immune cells critical to immune response. Every time you get it there's an escalating chance of your immune system getting mauled. I haven't checked in to the details but i've seen some headlines suggesting that covid can destroy a sub-system of the immune system that fights off fungal infections that we didn't even know existed until Covid destroyed it in so many people.
