Erin Conroy
Health damage from COVID infections (aka #PASC/#LongCovid) "continues to cause lasting pain and suffering...Scientists believe it’s possible to develop the condition after any infection with the coronavirus."
#COVID infections are being contracted all around us, but we're not testing.
If you have any symptoms, test twice (48h after the first test).
If you think you've been exposed, you should test 3x (48h btwn).
Tests often show false negs. Take care.
David Croyle
@chargrille I know three people that have Covid right now, although one just tested clear after a week or so...
Erin Conroy
Our local co-op did great the entire pandemic & then had a big outbreak in April. I'm sure many more people were infected than were ever tested or notified.
Tracing, which is just basic human courtesy, is no longer practiced at all unless you are in the top 1% of conscientiousness
This is super dangerous because 1 in 5 people are likely to have long term health damage from their COVID infection. My 43 yo friend nearly died of a heart attack a month after his.
victor
autism :verified:
David Croyle
@douglasvb @chargrille I'll cross my fingers for them!
Erin Conroy
I'm so sorry. My heart goes out to all the people being infected after having been told by governments, doctors, health authorities, etc. that the pandemic is over.
When it really, really is not. "Post-pandemic" is a big fat lie.
I wish the best for your friends & family, & I pray that each person will escape long term damage, even though I know full well that 5-20% of the infected will be harmed.
Douglas
@croyle @chargrille my aunt and uncle both have COVID. My uncle ended up in the hospital. Hopefully it works out okay for them. Being about 90 is tough.
Erin Conroy
That's because of vaccination, not because the severity of the virus itself has gone down or gotten milder. There was a study that came out with results demonstrating that re Omicron (which all current variants are descended from)- this week or last, iirc
David Croyle
@douglasvb @chargrille Hopefully his symptoms like the dehydration will be mild... We caught it a year or 2 back, after going out and shopping at a couple of grocery stores, even though we we masked. Pretty easy to get, even more with recent variants, although the effects seem milder in general.
Douglas
@croyle @chargrille I'm curious who transmitted it to them. They both got it at the same time along with a friend who has been staying with them. They've had a bunch of family visiting all summer (including me a month ago). My guess is someone had an asymptomatic infection.
The way they found out they had COVID was my uncle having trouble standing. He went to the hospital and they found he was dehydrated. And then they tested for COVID and found that. So he's in the hospital until he's better.
Marv Clowder
It's not our only problem at the moment.
They're seeing cases in Europe of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic fever:
https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/health-news/deadly-virus-spreading-across-europe-30409676
And there was someone who bled out on a flight to Boston yesterday.
https://www.cnn.com/travel/airline-passenger-air-france-blood/index.html
Erin Conroy
@MarvClowder
I saw that about the flight, though I think the bleed-out happened before yesterday (which is worse). Was there a determination & statement from the airline of what disease that passenger had?
Erin Conroy
This is so important to point out, yes.
If you are suggesting that it’s probable that those deaths are from #PASC/#LongCovid, then I agree, but I would still call them COVID deaths. It’s important to get the public to understand that the actual risks of infection are very much long term and to accurately convey the reality of the virus.
Karl Katzke
@chargrille COVID deaths aren’t the full story. The US, at least, is still seeing about 8% higher deaths than from the time period before 2020. That’s over 120,000 extra people dying so far in 2023.
Erin Conroy
Here's more information from Dr. Zoe Hyde, re the (in)accuracy rates of rapid #COVID tests for asymptomatic infections, which are really just incredibly, depressingly low unless you test multiple times and wait 48 hours in between tests.
And you should follow @DrZoeHyde!
https://progressives.social/@DrZoeHyde@mstdn.science/110685738718203162.
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