I just want to remind people that it’s 2024 and we didn’t “go thru a pandemic” we are “going thru a pandemic” present tense. It is still happening. People are still get sick, still becoming disabled, and still dying. Covid hasn’t gone away and I beg people to not normalize getting sick with it.
Covid literally damaged my brain. Want to know what I can’t do anymore? Work full time. Concentrate for more than 2-4 hours at a time. Be outside in the high heat (I’m more susceptible to heat stroke now). Now, I have to wear sunglasses outside even when it’s cloudy, or else pain. I developed central serous retinopathy. I have to work from home for the foreseeable future, so I can work around my own schedule.
My partner and I both have significantly decreased energy still, after 3 YEARS, and we find ourselves sometimes exhausted after a moderate task.
One of our neighbors lost kidney function. My father in law is now permanently on oxygen. One of my colleagues now has arythmia and I think POTS?
I know this is all anecdotal, but fuck, people. You all know someone with long covid. Mask up, wash your hands. Distance yourself. Be courteous. Be aware, not anxious.
Over 4 years of Long Covid; neural damage, immune damage, dropped instantly into ‘moderate’ ME/CFS symptoms, occasional spasms (sometimes my whole body for up to an hour).
You want this, or worse? Want your parents or kids like this or worse?
Keep fucking doing what you’re fucking doing and you will get your wish.
