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I know 21 people that have had covid, from 3 to 91. 1 person had long covid, still requires oxygen months later. Either my friends and family are unduly health

I know 21 people that have had covid, from 3 to 91. 1 person had long covid, still requires oxygen months later. Either my friends and family are unduly healthy, or there's maybe something questionable about the "half". If I flipped a coin 21 times and it only came up tails once, I wouldn't believe it was a fair coin...

dathinab 4y ago
All cases which I know personally which didn't had asymptotic COVID took multiple month to _fully_ recover. That doesn't mean they hadn't recovered enough to work or socialize a bit again after much less time. But they still had problems like for example bouts of weakness well over a month later. This kind of long term Symptoms aren't that rare for more serve virus infections in general. They are unusual common with COVID but other viruses can cause that, too. It's just that many societies force people to treat this as if they are fine and power through it, maybe by using non-prescription drugs. While I hadn't(1) had COVID yet I went through similar situations twice in my live in the past. Strong virus infection, fast "recovery" to a point I could go back to school but slightly over a month until I was actually fully recovered with funny experiences like nearly passing out when doing sport in a amount which I had been trivially able to do before the virus infection. (1): At least no positive test. Anyway the point I want to make is: - fully recovered can mean many things - it's not a fundamentally new thing - but due to high covid rates and being relatively more likely with covid, it has become a problem. - It's a problem even if the number is much less then half depending on the definitions you use for fully recovered and of what you take half.
puffoflogic 4y ago
How many were vaccinated?
- readthenotes1 4y ago
  15, including the 1 with long covid
tim333 4y ago
I just filled in a long term covid effects questionnaire. There were a lot of vague questions in there along the do you feel tired / depressed line. I think depending on the boxes ticked they might put me down as not fully recovered even though I definitely don't have what most people would think as long covid. I basically recovered fine though sometimes are a bit tired - hard to know if the covid contributed or not. I think for useful research they should look at people say whose heart rate goes to 120 when they try standing or some such criteria that normal people don't fit. Feel a bit tired/down is something that could apply to anyone really. I think that may be what's leading to the "nearly half" in the title.
- maxerickson 4y ago
  It's at least roughly comparable to an injury. Full recovery from an injury taking months isn't particularly notable or unlikely.

dathinab 4y ago

All cases which I know personally which didn't had asymptotic COVID took multiple month to _fully_ recover. That doesn't mean they hadn't recovered enough to work or socialize a bit again after much less time. But they still had problems like for example bouts of weakness well over a month later. This kind of long term Symptoms aren't that rare for more serve virus infections in general. They are unusual common with COVID but other viruses can cause that, too. It's just that many societies force people to treat this as if they are fine and power through it, maybe by using non-prescription drugs. While I hadn't(1) had COVID yet I went through similar situations twice in my live in the past. Strong virus infection, fast "recovery" to a point I could go back to school but slightly over a month until I was actually fully recovered with funny experiences like nearly passing out when doing sport in a amount which I had been trivially able to do before the virus infection. (1): At least no positive test. Anyway the point I want to make is: - fully recovered can mean many things - it's not a fundamentally new thing - but due to high covid rates and being relatively more likely with covid, it has become a problem. - It's a problem even if the number is much less then half depending on the definitions you use for fully recovered and of what you take half.

puffoflogic 4y ago

How many were vaccinated?

readthenotes1 4y ago
15, including the 1 with long covid

tim333 4y ago

I just filled in a long term covid effects questionnaire. There were a lot of vague questions in there along the do you feel tired / depressed line. I think depending on the boxes ticked they might put me down as not fully recovered even though I definitely don't have what most people would think as long covid. I basically recovered fine though sometimes are a bit tired - hard to know if the covid contributed or not. I think for useful research they should look at people say whose heart rate goes to 120 when they try standing or some such criteria that normal people don't fit. Feel a bit tired/down is something that could apply to anyone really. I think that may be what's leading to the "nearly half" in the title.

maxerickson 4y ago
It's at least roughly comparable to an injury. Full recovery from an injury taking months isn't particularly notable or unlikely.