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As a counterpoint I got omicron in Jan and it was extremely mild. One day of fever and fatigue and I was back to normal. No lingering effects at all. I honestly

As a counterpoint I got omicron in Jan and it was extremely mild. One day of fever and fatigue and I was back to normal. No lingering effects at all. I honestly think the hysteria over long covid is rather harmful in of itself, because now you have a lot of people with a sort of placebo effect. For instance, feeling tired and ascribing that to a permanent affliction of long covid rather than the 3 hours of sleep you got last night.

jhardy54 4y ago
“I flipped a coin and got heads, so the people who say they got tails must be confused”
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TheOtherHobbes 4y ago
Long Covid has a proven association with microclotting and other vascular issues. Covid is essentially a vascular illness and there's some evidence it attacks the entire immune system. So this is anything but "hysteria." I know a shocking number of previously healthy people who have suddenly had strokes, heart arrhythmias, and - in a few cases - are now dead. Less dramatic symptoms include extreme incapacitating fatigue, persistent brain fog, joint pain, breathlessness, and measurably low blood oxygen. Your personal experience is exactly that - personal - and not in any way relevant to people who are now living with real, observable clinical abnormalities.
- darkerside 4y ago
  Ditto. Heart disease has been a leading killer since long before COVID.
darkerside 4y ago
Yes, this is real, and it's called the nocebo effect.
raducu 4y ago
I got the original COVID and it felt very mild. Except I nearly passed out when I helped another patient in the hospital (the poor guy was obese, was on oxigen and they placed him near a window with no blinds and no AC, I had to improvise a blind from some bed sheets) from very mild excertion. And about a month afterwards I had a couple of episodes of vertigo. And then the tinitus started and I still get it two years in. And then half of my penis and testicle hurt when orgasming (thankfully that resolved).
bsder 4y ago
As a counterpoint, I got Covid Original Flavour(tm) and it gave me a fever of 103 for a little more than 2 weeks and took me way more than a year to fully recover. And, I know several folks who are younger than me that are now dead--and every version of Covid is represented in that cohort (mostly anti-vaxxers after Delta--take that as you will). I'm glad your round of Russian roulette resulted in a blank. However, personally, when it comes to Russian roulette, I prefer to not play at all.

jhardy54 4y ago

“I flipped a coin and got heads, so the people who say they got tails must be confused”

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TheOtherHobbes 4y ago

Long Covid has a proven association with microclotting and other vascular issues. Covid is essentially a vascular illness and there's some evidence it attacks the entire immune system. So this is anything but "hysteria." I know a shocking number of previously healthy people who have suddenly had strokes, heart arrhythmias, and - in a few cases - are now dead. Less dramatic symptoms include extreme incapacitating fatigue, persistent brain fog, joint pain, breathlessness, and measurably low blood oxygen. Your personal experience is exactly that - personal - and not in any way relevant to people who are now living with real, observable clinical abnormalities.

darkerside 4y ago
Ditto. Heart disease has been a leading killer since long before COVID.

darkerside 4y ago

Yes, this is real, and it's called the nocebo effect.

raducu 4y ago

I got the original COVID and it felt very mild. Except I nearly passed out when I helped another patient in the hospital (the poor guy was obese, was on oxigen and they placed him near a window with no blinds and no AC, I had to improvise a blind from some bed sheets) from very mild excertion. And about a month afterwards I had a couple of episodes of vertigo. And then the tinitus started and I still get it two years in. And then half of my penis and testicle hurt when orgasming (thankfully that resolved).

bsder 4y ago

As a counterpoint, I got Covid Original Flavour(tm) and it gave me a fever of 103 for a little more than 2 weeks and took me way more than a year to fully recover. And, I know several folks who are younger than me that are now dead--and every version of Covid is represented in that cohort (mostly anti-vaxxers after Delta--take that as you will). I'm glad your round of Russian roulette resulted in a blank. However, personally, when it comes to Russian roulette, I prefer to not play at all.