This articles style of writing is so infuriaring. Mask wearing is the best thing everyone can do to protect themselves and those around them. It is proven that it works and works best when a) everyone is doing it b) everyone is doing it all the time, not just when there is a surge. It is not fearful to do the best things you can to protect yourself. It requires courage to go against the conformism and the peer pressure to reinfect yourself over and over again. There is nothing fearful about seeing the science about covid and long covid and doing the logical thing. It is being rational.

I have gotten it once, a year ago. Had a relatively mild acute phase of the infection. Still have not recovered. And I will keep doing my best in order to not get it again. I am not afraid. I am angry that the world has decided to abandon those that are disabled, immunocompromised, and those with long covid.

[–] reric88@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have had COVID at least 3 times (I'm an advocate masks, but I live where masks are not a pop6choice,) and I swear my brain function has plummeted since my first infection. I feel so dumb at times because my memory has went to shit, I can't think of simple words, comprehend simple questions or solve simple problems. It's like having writers block but it affects all my thinking abilities.

My dad is anti-mask and his mental function has suffered greatly. During his first infection, he would ask the same question multiple times in a single conversation, and although he's better now, he's not the same as he was.

My symptoms during consequent infections after the first were not bad, in fact I wouldn't have guessed I was sick at all the 2nd or 3rd time, so I have no idea if I've had it more...

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I wonder if we'd see a mass dumbing effect evident in IQ or IQ equivalent testing such as SAT.

[–] reric88@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

I'd participate in that study if it existed

[–] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

Same with a lot of other health problems. We've had so many people who have gotten it, many of whom probably didn't think much of it at the time or didn't even know they'd been infected. That's pretty likely to have population-level impacts.

We know it can affect cognition and increase risks for a variety of health concerns, but somehow the idea that those individually-recognized issues might start showing up in population-wide trends doesn't seem to cross people's minds. Instead we get stories wondering about why everyone's gotten angrier, or worse at driving, or why younger people are having heart attacks. Certainly those things could have entirely unrelated causes, but the idea that it's actually mass infection with COVID isn't even brought up and then rejected, it's simply ignored.

[–] skeletorfw@beehaw.org 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

As someone currently in the throes of their second bout of covid, I can confirm it definitely still sucks and sucks hard. Throat is better today, cough is worse, sinus problems are back but no fever. I got lucky last time so let's see how the dice fall this time.

Just as a reminder to people if you are feeling ill, don't fucking come into work, please.

[–] zettajon@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just as a reminder to people if you are feeling ill, don’t fucking come into work, please.

Fucking boomers that legitimately love in person. Had one coworker that had covid and was back in office 1 week after saying they had it. I immediately turned around and went home, telling my team I felt ill out of nowhere. So fucking selfish.

[–] shanghaibebop@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

To be fair CDC recommends 7 days after onset of symptoms.

At least 7 days have passed since symptoms first appeared if a negative viral test* is obtained within 48 hours prior to returning to work (or 10 days if testing is not performed or if a positive test at day 5-7)

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/guidance-risk-assesment-hcp.html#:~:text=At%20least%207%20days%20have,of%20fever%2Dreducing%20medications%2C%20and

It does seem a bit rushed to me

[–] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

That's for healthcare workers, for the general public it's only 5 days, as long as you subjectively feel you're improving and don't have a fever. It's stupidly fast, especially since around 20% of people are still PCR+ after 5 days.

While there are good reasons healthcare workers should be more cautious, they're certainly not the only ones who should be, so that discrepancy between what is recommended to the general public (and by extension becomes company policy) and what they recommend to healthcare workers seems pretty bad.

[–] moody@lemmings.world 2 points 1 year ago

My second time was worse than my first. I was bed-ridden and barely ate for 3 days. Definitely hoping I don't get it again this year.

[–] solariplex@slrpnk.net 16 points 1 year ago

I've had four cases that I know of, and three vaccines. Struggling with serious brain fog, though not sure covid is the cause

[–] tpWinthropeIII@beehaw.org 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Short answer: bad.

See this video: The T-cells are not alright - an interview with Dr. Anthony Leonardi, T-cell researcher

Or if you prefer a paper, read: Leonardi AJ, Proenca RB. Akt-Fas to Quell Aberrant T Cell Differentiation and Apoptosis in Covid-19. Front Immunol. 2020 Dec 21;11:600405. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.600405. PMID: 33408715; PMCID: PMC7779612.

Edit: ... Or search for the "Leonardi effect"

[–] xuxxun@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Relevant thread: https://fedified.com/@DataDrivenMD/110915084119577791