As someone who wound up with chronic fatigue syndrome after getting covid, thank you for this. This piece of shit virus is worse than most people want to admit.

[–] interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Of course it does, the flu kills millions and leaves even more disabled.

[–] eatmyass@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

the sheer number of Covid infections has made long Covid into a global crisis
amazing that you recognize the existence of not only long Covid, but other post-viral illnesses, and think it gives weight to your “Covid is no big deal” argument

[–] Hexadecimalkink@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Again, the flu disables millions every year.

[–] eatmyass@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yeah, I misspoke in my initial comment. I was under the impression the percentage was lower, but I looked it up and it’s about the same (based on the first thing I read)

So to me there’s two conclusions: Covid, which infects people at a much higher rate and for which the vaccine is not really that effective, is a bigger problem since it will end up giving a larger number of people long Covid. The flu is not infecting people twice a year (or more), and it’s possible to go years without catching the flu, even without masks

Or, what I think is the correct conclusion, we should be taking flu more seriously. We saw how little flu there was during the years of the highest mask compliance. Very weird to say “oh we’ve always had post-viral illness, let’s just have even more.” How about we actually take public health seriously for once?

[–] Hexadecimalkink@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

Mah freedums.. No but we should all be masking. I mask just for air quality reasons.

[–] silent_water@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

yes, and we should be masking for that as well. even so, covid is far more insidious because so many of the disabilities it leaves behind are invisible.