Years ago, I realized I was forgetting more than I recalled about the many studies I read that found #COVID19 was NOT just a mild, acute illness but led to chronic health problems. So, I created a spreadsheet to track these studies. Over the last two years or so, I've read significant parts of over 1,500 research studies, and my spreadsheet is approaching 525 reports that demonstrate COVID leaves people with damage to brains, hearts, immune systems, reproductive systems, and other organs. (1/5)
How often do you want to be infected with a virus like that? How often should today's children be infected (and are we confident that kids with ten, 15 or 20 infections by the time they reach adulthood will lead healthy, long lives?)
If you are of the mind that COVID isn't a big threat, I invite you to review my spreadsheet. Click on the Neuro/Brain tab and read about the studies showing significant cognitive deficits, lost IQ, and damage to white matter that COVID infections can cause. (2/5)
Or click on the Cardio tab and read about the increases in deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, and other cardiovascular events after COVID infections. Or click on the Reinfections tab and read how Long COVID is more prevalent in people with reinfections or how reinfected patients have a 3x higher risk of asthma, COPD, Interstitial Lung Disease, and lung cancer compared to those with one infection. (3/5)
If you're going to ignore the risks of COVID, shouldn't you first take the time to make an informed decision? I wish the people who were being so blasé about repeated COVID infections would pay more attention. You could be a bit more careful now, or you can wait until you or someone you love has potentially irreversible damage that forever impacts your quality of life. It seems to me a tiny bit of additional caution is well worth the effort.

So, here is the spreadsheet. I defy someone who thinks COVID is just like the flu to spend just ten minutes perusing the findings of these 500+ studies. I don't like scaring people, but people should be more frightened. They don't need to be scared into their homes and never leave, but just as people who wish to avoid injuries in auto accidents wear seatbelts, it's long past time for more to take #COVID19 precautions.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12VbMkvqUF9eSggJsdsFEjKs5x0ABxQJi5tvfzJIDd3U/edit?usp=drive_link

COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2 Studies - Google Drive

@augieray Folks in covid denial don't want to read or learn or accept reality. They want to carry on, like covid is over. I don't know how to get through to people like that & stopped trying. I don't have the energy to keep trying to educate with those kinda folks anymore.