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I know zero people that have been permanently damaged by COVID. I don't think my social circle is all that small, either.
by selectodude 6y ago
I know zero people that have been permanently damaged by COVID. I don't think my social circle is all that small, either.
- solosoyokaze 6y agoConsider yourself lucky. Would your opinion change if you knew a few people your age that almost didn't make it? It's anecdotal for sure, but once you see it with your own eyes it definitely makes you take it seriously.
- selectodude 6y agoMy mother died of cancer in her mid-40s. She had me pretty young so I had a front row seat to the entire thing. Terrible, terrible thing to go through. I do nothing to reduce my risk of cancer. I just can't live my life like that. Some people can and do. I wish I were one of them.
- solosoyokaze 6y agoThank you for the honest answer and personal anecdote. Sorry about your mom.
- rcpt 6y agoHere: https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.01.16.21249950v1 https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.01.16.21249950v...
- robocat 6y ago“Findings: 236,379 patients survived a confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19. Among them, the estimated incidence of neurological or psychiatric sequelae at 6 months was 33.6%, with 12.8% receiving their first such diagnosis. Most diagnostic categories were commoner after COVID-19 ... including stroke, intracranial haemorrhage, dementia, and psychotic disorders.” It would be interesting to do a relative comparison of physical and psych effects of lockdown versus post-Covid complications. It isn’t clear what the severity for the “33.6%” was.
- rcpt 6y ago> physical and psych effects of lockdown versus post-Covid complications The control group in that study is people who had the flu during lockdown.