also worth noting the drop that occurred when covid initially showed up
covid policy has been eugenics on disabled people
I harped on this to my friends a ton until they grew sick of it and largely want to hear none of it. Really hit home later when I made a friend on an online game (something I hadn't done in ages) and it turns out he had been drowning his misery in alcohol and nonstop gaming after being let go from his first coding job because he developed brain issues from long covid. He told me he was put under a performance review and then told going forward he would have to show some sort of percentage improvement, which he utterly failed to meet and subsequently lost his job.
I spent some time obviously cautioning him about the constant drinking and what that might entail for when he inevitably would need to stop, and im actually glad our small friendship ended with him starting a new job (and hopefully doing well, I didn't see him log in again really so I think he's probably doing alright). Ironically I stopped my gaming spree once the weather got sunnier, which sorta confirmed that I've got my own problem with seasonally affected depression.
In any case, it's fucking sad that these people are suffering and their disabilities due to covid are largely disbelieved or ignored.
Wow, even with no data but the graph it is clear that there is an entirely new trendline
I keep telling people that it's going to likely look very similar to generations with polio before the vaccine became wide spread.
It seems a lot worse than polio. iirc .5% of people with polio develop paralysis, and polio didn't do this thing where you get infected constantly at least once a year but probably 2+ times, with each infection potentially stacking serious complications and damaging your immune system. And even the most conservative/sus estimate is that 10% of people infected will have lingering complications.
So, can someone help me clarify this. This is not the amount of people on disability, right? It's the amount of people in the labor force reporting that they have a disability? Does anyone know how it's being reported?
edit: I see home survey, so are they just calling randos up? Is it likely actually worse?
A lot of people seem to be having long-covid symptoms but not recognizing that it's probably long covid. Fatigue, shortness of breath, difficulty concentrating, and lots of vague malaise that could be caused by covid or many many other causes.
Totally get that, just wondering though, what constitutes a disability in this survey. Who is included in it, etc. Like are these people who doctors have them certified or is it just a random guy saying they've got a bad back? Obviously at these numbers something is definitely up and it's almost assuredly Long Covid, but if I'm showing this graph to other people to try and get them to see reason I need to be able to defend it.
: Whatever man I don't care I just want to get back to normal, the pandemic can't last forever.The pandemic:
