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(cw: doomer) I have COVID again
(hexbear.net)
Been not posting for a bit for bad-feeling reasons and now this
Shit just keeps getting worse and worse 
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
This is untrue. I get that you're trying to be positive here, but it's not worth minimizing the dangers.
Around 1/5 Americans (18.3% or 60 million people) have had long COVID in total, and around 5-7% (1/20-1/14 or 16-23 million people) seem to be experiencing it at any given time (the latest CDC survey from June-July says 5.5%). For Trans people, the percentage currently experiencing long COVID is 16%; for people with disabilities, it's 12.6%. Around a quarter of the total (1.4% or 4.5 million people) reported having long COVID symptoms that caused "significant activity limitations".
The VA study from 2022 had a 52% increased rate of stroke, and 63% increased rate of cardiovascular issues in general.
These are not "rare".
Thank you. I wanted to say something similar but didn't have the numbers readily on me, and call this a hunch but I suspect you'll want to have any citations handy for the rest of the stats that are unrelated to the CDC survey.