Gregory's Server@TJ @BlackAzizAnansi This is kind of where i'm at too- and I am elderly. I think it's a combination of having taken every precaution I can, short of not living my life, and the fact that virtually everyone I know who has had it post vaccine (and this includes many elders and several folks with serious co morbidities) has done just fine. That and the fact that Paxlovid seems to work and is readily available- I'm kind of back to normal. So far no Covid- I keep an eye on the wastewater reports, take reasonable precautions, and hope for the best. I haven't been sick in three years.
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@bryanruby @OldAndCranky @TJ @BlackAzizAnansi It appears "over" because no one is testing. The virus is still circulating. People are catching covid 1-3 times a year and calling it "a bad cold" without testing. My spouse has had long covid since last fall. It's a goddamn nightmare. Fully vaxxed & boosted, and yet still partially disabled by this horrible disease. Y'all have a 10-20% chance of developing long covid with each infection. Don't be fools. @bryanruby @OldAndCranky @TJ @BlackAzizAnansi Y'all have this stubborn habit of conflating the acute stage of the disease with the disease itself. The acute stage is "flu-like" after which people "recover" and feel "fine." With many viral illnesses (polio, shingles, AIDS) it can take weeks, months or years for the chronic stage to develop. Long covid isn't merely "lingering symptoms" after infection. Long covid IS the disease. Fuck around and find out. @pixplz @bryanruby @OldAndCranky @TJ @BlackAzizAnansi some of these people should look into ME/CFS and HSV, they've been doing this wrong for decades long term convalescing is REQUIRED and that's not even before getting into stopping spread itself @OldAndCranky @TJ @BlackAzizAnansi I will always wear a mask on a plane from now on. Especially getting on and off. People are way too close. |
@OldAndCranky @TJ @BlackAzizAnansi It's been almost half a year since anyone I know has had COVID and probably four months since I wore a mask. The pandemic pretty much is over in my neck of the woods. I have no problem wearing a mask when asked or the numbers tell me otherwise. It's just nobody has asked lately including my local doctors and hospitals.