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≈5.1% of the population currently has long COVID (hexbear.net)

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[-] ButtBidet@hexbear.net 47 points 2 months ago

1 in 20 humans having a now incurable disorder is pretty bad imo

[-] CyberSyndicalist@hexbear.net 29 points 2 months ago

ok that's one for the it's bad column

[-] Lenins_Cat_Reincarnated@hexbear.net 16 points 2 months ago

Tbh a lot of people with long covid do recover in like 6 months to 2 years. I know quite a lot of people who have had it and they all said that they started recovering after 6 months and most of them are almost fully recovered now.

Obviously it’s still horrible to be sick for so long so avoiding spread always the best option.

[-] Blep@hexbear.net 14 points 2 months ago

Isnt recovery predicated on not getting covid for that duration?

[-] Lenins_Cat_Reincarnated@hexbear.net 8 points 2 months ago

Yes if you get covid again then it can bring (some of) the symptoms back

[-] PauliExcluded@hexbear.net 13 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I had Long COVID. (Though, not as long as other people.) I had difficulty breathing for 2-4 months, brain fog for 4-5 months, and a low-grade fever of 99.8 F (37.5 C) for nearly a whole year. Shit sucked. I basically don’t remember anything that happened during those months I had brain fog.

This was after 3 vaccines. I can’t imagine how bad it would’ve been if I didn’t have them. During the worst part of the infection, my fever was constantly on the tipping point of “go to the ER” fever.

[-] Lenins_Cat_Reincarnated@hexbear.net 7 points 2 months ago

That sucks. I still have a lot of brain fog after 6 months of long covid. I have trouble remembering what I did a week ago. Was finishing my studies before getting covid but have and will be out of the running for a while because I can’t concentrate for more than an hour.