Dr. Lucky Tran
A new study predicts that Long Covid will cost OECD economies $135 billion a year, due to people leaving the workforce, lower productivity, and healthcare costs. COVID is not over. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-08/long-covid-predicted-to-cost-oecd-economies-135-billion-a-year?leadSource=reddit_wall&embedded-checkout=true
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Show threadAinsley Lowbeer4d ago

@luckytran No, it's not over. I have it right now, albeit somewhat mild. Had it twice before, vaccinated 10 times.

Got it at a baseball game when the guy next to me sneezed 3 times into his jacket. Also, my team lost. Bummer.

Show threadFlaming Cheeto4d ago
@luckytran How much would an accelerated sterilizing nasal vaccine cost with associated marketing blitz? Answer in tomahawk missiles.
Show threadPetra van Cronenburg3d ago
@PizzaDemon 👍🏼 @luckytran
Show threadGeoff Berner4d ago
@luckytran these "think of what it costs the economy" things are weird. I don't care what it costs the economy. That seems like nothing to me, compared to the human suffering of the disease. And the people who do care about "the economy" want eugenics and are willing to pay for it.
Show threadMugisha Phocit4d ago

@luckytran It is ashaming that instead of our government preparing hospitals where the citizens can get healed from,they are investing much money in battle fields intended to kill very many innocent humans beings both old and young because of the misunderstandings that exist between the old men who are ruling!
Why can't they fight each other and give themselves panches and kick but stop including young people who lose their lives over this?

Is this world crazy?

Show threadSu_G3d ago

@2003MugishaPhocit
Great idea! World Wrestling bouts for old Office Holders (presidents, premiers, dictators, kings, etc); first up: Thump vs ???

#worldWrestling

@luckytran

Show threadMugisha Phocit3d ago
@Su_G @luckytran True and they include young people to fight on their behalf,and they end up deing!
Is this justice really?
Show threadSea4d ago

@luckytran

I would like to recommend Wim Hof's breathing technique to anyone suffering from sickness, particularly lung related. It has done a lot for me personally as a lifelong sufferer of asthma and allergies.

I understand if people have their doubts, but the cost of trying out a new breathing technique is quite cheap. You can learn it for free online, and practice whenever you want.

I hope someone finds this useful. I wish you all the best.

Show threadIdaho buckeye4d ago

@luckytran it's a good thing here in the US that Covid is fake or our govt might have to help people.

I can only imagine how many people don't believe it was real in the US and are dying or very sick but doing nothing about it.

The MAGA takeover is beginning its collapse but the damage will clearly take a generation or two to be undone.

Show threadulf3d ago
@luckytran
Tell me again how we can't take precautions because it would be bad for the economy?
Show threadGinevraCat3d ago
@luckytran @fak Good that it is being put in metrics capitalists will understand.
Show threadNazo3d ago

@luckytran This is just the monetary cost.

You can't put a pricetag on the permanent damage to people's livelihoods, or, for that matter, the lives of those who do die.

We're all just supposed to accept society insisting on putting us in a situation that is dooming every living person to eventually developing long covid symptoms, some of which are very very debilitating. It's all preventable, but that would hurt profit margins for the rich, so we all must take permanent damage.