Can confirm. Saw the first COVID death this season around four weeks ago. Had three patients requiring non-invasive ventilation so far.
…and got hit with it in early autumn and it was much worse than the infection two years ago. Much much worse.
On the flip side, I’ve had it three times now and each time was less severe than the last. Individual experiences vary, which is why anecdotal evidence is bunk.
COVID has become endemic and, like most endemic pathogens, will become some combination of more infectious and less severe over time. COVID-19 mortality rates and the detectable portion in wastewater both have already sharply declined compared to the early years of the pandemic.
That is not to negate the message of the original post. Already North American employers are starting to treat COVID like influenza, expecting their employees to come to work while sick despite their infection risk. I just see posts like yours talking about how it’s “much much worse” and know how they can worry those without the background necessary to figure out if they’re accurate or not (hint: they’re not representative of the entire situation).
There was this day where i got really nauseous, got a little collapse on the toilet and then some coughing for a week. My sis, that lives somewhere else, got the same. I heard that’s the new (mutated) Covid.
So the old variant is still around?
https://outbreak.info/situation-reports
This site is a wealth of information regarding COVID. Current variants of interest are JN.1 (and subvariants) and BA.2.86 (and subvariants, of which JN.1 is one). Play around with this site, and the partner site GISAID.
Yup, definitely. Just had it a couple of weeks ago - knocked out for three days, recovery slowly over a week or so.
This is honestly so terrifying. If I got COVID that bad, I definitely wouldn’t be able to pay rent.
I am pretty fortunate to live in a country with a functioning health care system. Couldn’t imagine having to weigh my health against not losing income, as if dealing with the illness itself wasn’t bad enough already
https://feddit.org/comment/3604115
Might not be able to breath either according to this comment. We were lucky that covids survival percentage was so high.
Pretty sure i either had covid or pneumonia for like a week. I was super sick.
I get a COVID-19 booster with my flu shot every year. Anybody else do that?
Yep. Its just common sense.
2x per year… high risk… ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ stupid immune system…
Of course
Unfortunately for people with some chronic conditions, which make us vulnerable to vaccines, we aren’t allowed to vaccinate :(.
And many countries, like the UK, aren’t even offering them anymore.
And many countries, like the UK, aren’t even offering them anymore
I’m in the UK, and I got my latest flu/covid shots free a couple of months ago.
And many countries, like the UK, aren’t even offering [the COVID vaccine] anymore.
I don’t know where you’re getting your info as that’s incorrect. In fact, the government is actively encouraging the population to get vaccinated.
Yes, ever year I get the booster.
Yup
Yup
Unfortunately, healthcare has become politicized along with other forms of basic human decency.
I’m immunocompromised and still have to mask up everywhere. Now that scientists know covid causes PERMANENT brain damage, some things going on in the USA make a lot more sense
Honestly I think the American right wing is counting on it. The generation of easily manipulated, brain-damaged dipshits who grew up in the leaded gasoline days have been instrumental in the GOP’a ability to gain and hold power. Anything that dumbs down the masses is good in their eyes. That’s why they attack our education system so hard.
Don’t be so quick to blame COVID, I mean we also had leaded gasoline for a long time…
im trying to find the link between covid and IIH. all of a sudden i have been dealing with IIH symptoms and had a month long hospital visit getting multiple MRIs to find increased CSF pressure in my head.
Because the USA is the only country that got covid. 🙄
Governments slipping into fascism is a global issue at the moment.
I read somewhere that getting a covid booster helps with long covid recovery. I also have family members who won’t get the vaccine and still complain about their endurance being low after getting covid in 2020. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
https://www.yalemedicine.org/news/covid-vaccines-reduce-long-covid-risk-new-study-shows
my health has gone to shit after COVID.
Thank you for the info! I’ve had the max number of vaccines, which I think is like 6. I actually feel significantly better than my friends and family who got long covid… Tachycardia is a bitch to live with
We could fix this by making it illegal to report covid numbers. -RFK Probally
Thank WHO for keeping with the science. My appreciation is much greater that mere words can express.
See, I told you this virus wouldn’t affect us!
/s
What if we don’t move on, and then call that moving on?
