restingboredface@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 11 months agoFour years on, long covid still confounds us. Here’s what we now knowwww.washingtonpost.comexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up182arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up181arrow-down1external-linkFour years on, long covid still confounds us. Here’s what we now knowwww.washingtonpost.comrestingboredface@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square5fedilinkfile-text
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minus-squareOmega_Haxors@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up11·11 months agoEventually there are going to be two people: Those deeply afraid of COVID and those suffering it’s permanent long-term effects.
minus-squarefiat_lux@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·11 months agoOr both. Like me. Having long covid has made me even more afraid of reinfection. I can’t afford to live like this, let alone potentially worsen it. On the upside, perma-masking on the rare occasion I’m not at home has prevented me from getting all upper respiratory viruses for a few years now.
Eventually there are going to be two people: Those deeply afraid of COVID and those suffering it’s permanent long-term effects.
Or both. Like me. Having long covid has made me even more afraid of reinfection. I can’t afford to live like this, let alone potentially worsen it.
On the upside, perma-masking on the rare occasion I’m not at home has prevented me from getting all upper respiratory viruses for a few years now.