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submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by PaX@hexbear.net to c/covid@hexbear.net
 

Been not posting for a bit for bad-feeling reasons and now this

Shit just keeps getting worse and worse doomjak

One antigen test (all I had/can afford) is negative but I'm almost certain its covid cuz my friend I see all the time is sick and someone they live with has a confirmed case :(

I have never felt more doomer in my life, can't stop thinking about not living

I don't want to get worse anymore

At least this time I don't feel so sick

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[–] Mantikora@hexbear.net 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

When I had COVID last time, I felt similar this way as well, but I think anxiety is normal symptom or side effect of the symptoms.

If you're scared of COVID, I think the best solution is to get vaccinated regularly. I don't feel like going through that again and I also have some worries about the long term effects, so I'm planning to get mine soon and having one every year.

[–] barrbaric@hexbear.net 11 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Vaccines are useful tools but they are not a perfect solution, and people should still be taking other measures such as masking and avoiding in-person events whenever possible. Additionally, as vaccines lose effectiveness and the most prominent variants tend to change over time, people should be getting a booster every 6 months.

Also just a pet peeve but most people aren't "scared" of COVID, they're accurately realizing that we're in the midst of an ongoing pandemic and mass disabling event and feeling despair.

[–] CommunistCuddlefish@hexbear.net 4 points 7 months ago

Thank you for highlighting the importance of masking, pointing out that "scared" isn't the right word, and pushing against minimizing rhetoric.