• Screamium@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Bear in mind those are death counts. The variants have become less deadly but that doesn’t mean they’re harmless

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              1 year ago

              Long covid doesn’t usually make you a vegetable or something. So it sounded quite extreme

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                11 months ago

                Being a vegetable isn’t the only negative QoL out there. If I have to take several breaks just walking to the mailbox, that doesn’t sound like any sort of quality of life to me.

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                  11 months ago

                  If you are out of shape you’d rather die than carry on living? Quite drastic if you ask me.

                  But what’s the likelihood of getting long covid and/or otherwise getting such a debilitating condition that you’d rather die? Can’t be too common

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                    11 months ago

                    Struggling to walk to the mailbox because a virus permanently disabled you is not the same as being out of shape.

                    And I’m not pulling this example out of my ass. My shrink’s daughter in law was a mountain climber, trail runner, etc. and after covid she can’t walk to the mailbox without having to stop for a breather.

                    And she had covid 2 years ago.