Mastodawn

Reddit x-poster Jul 22, 2023

Some people's brain function still affected by Long COVID years after infection

Some people's brain function still affected by Long COVID years after infection - Infosec.Pub

UK researchers have found that people with longer-term COVID-19 symptoms including ‘brain fog’ showed reduced performance in tasks testing different mental processes up to two years after infection with the virus.

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AttackBunny Jul 22, 2023

As someone with migraines i feel for the people that have these symptoms. There is a lot of symptom cross over between long Covid and migraine.

At the same time, I find it really hard to feel sympathy for people, who didn’t take precautions to protect themselves, from something we still know so little about. If I could have made a choice to avoid “catching something” that causes migraines, I would have done everything in my power to not take the risk.

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lagomorphlecture Jul 22, 2023

I think you’re being a little unfair. Not everybody caught COVID intentionally. There was a shortage of PPE, there was unclear messaging about how it spread, then if you were wearing a cloth mask suddenly it wasn’t good enough for omicron but you still couldn’t get better masks. At this point it’s somewhere in the range of top 5 most contagious diseases known to man and even being vaccinated multiple times won’t stop you from getting it. You could have worn the best mask available to you this entire time and leaving the house one time over the last 3 years would still out you ar risk. Short of being a shutin forever, what would you have people actually do?

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AttackBunny

I was not referring to everyone. I specifically stated people who refused to take precautions. I know enough people, who refused to ever wear a mask, or change any habits (like washing their hands when they came home) who now have long covid, and whine like they didn’t make a conscious choice.