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MeghanIsMe ([personal profile] stormdog) wrote2022-08-06 10:23 am
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Long Covid

Long Covid is the primary reason Miriam and I are continuing to isolate every bit as much as we have for the last nearly three years. Going to a restaurant or a social meetup isn't worth the risk of long term, potentially permanent, disability. Even more so with Miriam's potentially greater vulnerability. This is shaping nearly every aspect of our lives. Even our search for housing was informed by Covid: we ruled out any condo that didn't have its own private entrance to avoid being in an indoor shared space. In fact, one of the reasons we looked into buying instead was the difficulty in finding a rental that had it's own private entrance.

And I'm so tired of this. I had a dream last night where people were asking me to come out and do social things and potentially go on a trip together, and I had to say no. I keep telling myself it won't always be like this. But maybe it will. How will I manage that?

People are talking about things like Gen-Con and, I'm sorry, I feel a little bitter about this stuff. I try not to let that feeling out too much.

Here's info about a currently pre-press paper on long Covid that suggests 7% of the US adult population has long Covid effects right now.

https://thehill.com/changing-america/well-being/prevention-cures/3586890-long-covid-comes-in-three-forms-study/
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[personal profile] cmcmck 2022-08-06 04:47 pm (UTC)(link)
We have taken the view that we've both had our jabs and we've both had Omicron so we're no longer willing to put up with this stuff and have gone back to getting on with life and doing what we normally do- trips, cafés, restaurants, pubs etc.

Infection numbers here are dropping like a stone.

The trouble is that 'long covid' numbers are including a bad dose that last four or five weeks and that isn't accurate. My SiL had such a dose and is now over it. That isn't 'long covid' in my book- it's a nasty dose of covid.
Edited 2022-08-06 16:50 (UTC)
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[personal profile] sabotabby 2022-08-06 09:19 pm (UTC)(link)
It's so hard. I'm terrified but also I keep thinking that it will always be like this, and I just won't get to do things, and no one cares. So I do things. Masked and terrified and in pain, but still. I don't think it's the smartest solution but I'm at a breaking point and school will kill me, so I'd rather die from concerts.
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[personal profile] sabotabby 2022-08-07 03:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah. That totally makes sense.