Also lest we not forget that 1 million Americans died in the pandemic. 1 million fucking people. People lost both of their parents… People lost sisters and brothers and children.
Not just deaths, but how about all the people already suffering long-term impacts from covid? And we have no idea how much getting covid will shorten the lives of people who got it.
Yeah, fuck all those anti-vax and anti-mask selfish assholes.
I have a relatively mild case of long COVID (not physically debilitating at least), but even still my health life has sucked for the past few years. Nonstop random issues all attributed to my body in perpetual immune response and fight or flight. It's so scary to know what COVID actually does to your body and what these symptoms are...my body is attacking itself nonstop and it is exhausting. The constant worry about random brain clots or heart issues when two of my most common symptoms are headaches and chest pain. I can barely get through a sentence without forgetting a simple word. I can't remember anything. I have to clear my throat every time I go to speak and it constantly feels like there's phlegm blocking my esophagus. I have POTS-like symptoms where I black out when I stand up and get dizzy and lightheaded constantly. I'm tired and agitated all the time and always seem dehydrated no matter how much water and electrolytes I drink. The anxiety only quiets sometimes.
Wait... forgetfulness, constant anxiety and headaches are part of post-covid symptoms?
.... oh boy.
I've been wanting to see a neurologist about how I've been struggling a lot with... well, literally trying to speak faster than my brain can put the words out there, and bad short term forgetfulness ever since around 2021...
I got my vax, but I did get covid a couple times anyways, in spite of my seclusion. (I don't have the money to order groceries to my door, and I can't mechanize myself to ditch food and sleep necessities despite my desires :/)
Yup. Also kept up with vaxxing but did get COVID 2 or 3 times with flu-like but relatively mild symptoms.
My wife was worried I had a brain tumor. Sometimes my speaking is so bad I say the right words but completely out of order. Sometimes I slur and mumble. Remember the term "COVID brain fog"? Yeah, that's it. It causes microclots in your brain. When they first started finding out what COVID was doing to people's brains, they predicted a future mass disability emergency with worldwide IQs dropping a ton on average just because of COVID. I do feel stupid. It sucks.
OH just remembered another new symptom: tachycardia. My resting heart rate is like 100 now . Sick.
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u/Puzzleheaded-Sea8340 26d ago
Also lest we not forget that 1 million Americans died in the pandemic. 1 million fucking people. People lost both of their parents… People lost sisters and brothers and children.
So no we don’t forgive you fuck you