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Physics Girl Health Update - Long Covid
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I wish we did more in general.
Yeah. I wish I could simply get the people closest to me to even understand why I'm still taking precautions. I'm both at risk of hospitalization/death and very afraid I won't want to live if I stack long covid on top of my current disabilities.
Yeah, that’s been the hardest part for me as well. All of my family and friends have gone back to normal to the point where they are sick and still showing up to gatherings. Meanwhile my wife and I are still masking everywhere we go. We had COVID back in January and it exacerbated some pre-existing conditions that we are now dealing with likely for the rest of our lives. Then we just got it again last week and decided to cancel our Christmas plans. Our families pretend to understand, but we know they don’t have the capacity to actually get it.
We don’t want to get sick anymore, we don’t agree with the idea of the risk being worth the reward… what reward? Being able to have a mediocre dinner at an overpriced restaurant? COVID is still very much a problem, we recognize that, and we are acting accordingly. It sucks to feel like the crazy ones.
If only we put more focus on health of the people instead of health of the money…
We don’t want to get sick anymore, we don’t agree with the idea of the risk being worth the reward… what reward? Being able to have a mediocre dinner at an overpriced restaurant?
I resonate hard with that and what I'm watching people in my life do. I could see taking a risk for a major opportunity for your life's passion or something, but risking your fucking health for like bar trivia and Olive Garden or whatever blows me away.
I have a strong suspicion that covid brain damage fucked with a lot of people's ability for delaying gratification and risk assessment. Ya know, in addition what this capitalist hellscape already does.
It also probably doesn't help that doing risk assessment on the habits and things that you base your life and identity around require a level of self-reflection that this hellscape greatly discourages in favor of consumption.
Yeah, like when I got married, I threw caution out the window so that we could enjoy a little party with our close friends/family. However, I’m not going to bars and restaurants, I’m not going to clubs and movie theaters. Hell, I barely go to the food store as long as I can get shit delivered to my front door.
My wife and I have actually had a similar conversation about COVID brain and exactly what you mentioned. People in America at least seem to be on a revenge tour to do as much of whatever they want as possible because they felt slighted by the pandemic. I understand yearning to get back to the things you enjoy, but I can’t understand the complete disregard of the past 4 years in the face of good vibes…
I’m also an outlier in that I enjoy my house, partner, and kitties more than I enjoy the public. I am pretty content with my homebody lifestyle.
this post was submitted on 22 Dec 2023
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