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No purpose, I guess. Just took the opportunity to share my experience. I am interested in reading about others' experiences, it's just that everything I could
by bserge 6y ago
No purpose, I guess. Just took the opportunity to share my experience.
I am interested in reading about others' experiences, it's just that everything I could find (mostly on Reddit) depicted a much worse picture.
And yet statistics say that the vast majority of people have it easy like me.
I mentioned I would love a database like Erowid, with input from everyone who has had a confirmed infection. I'd read through all of it and make my own conclusions.
I was told to self quarantine and call an ambulance if I felt worse. The hospitals here are overwhelmed just like many other cities/countries.
- lamontcg 6y ago95% of people (which is a "vast majority") could have normal mild to moderate post-viral symptoms which go away entirely in 12 months. If 5% have long term disabilities then with something like ~100M people in the USA having been infected that would be ~5M with long term disabilities. That would be 20 times more people than were affected by Gulf War Syndrome. That amounts to a 1.5% chunk taken out of the civilian labor force participation rate. A small minority of people having serious difficulties with the virus can turn into a large medical issue when the denominator is 1/3 to 1/2 of the country getting infected.
- pcthrowaway 6y agoYou're right that the experience reports skew in favour of the more extreme. However, I have enjoyed perusing reddit.com/r/covid19positive nonetheless (with that understanding)