• jrubal1462@mander.xyz
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    1 year ago

    Yowzers! I assumed 5%was “has ever experienced long COVID” or it would be heavily weighted toward older people or something. No, the numbers are a lot more evenly spread than I would’ve guessed, and the National average for CURRENTLY experiencing long COVID is like 6% or something… Wow…

    It surprises me because I can’t think of anybody I know that complains of symptoms of long COVID, and I’m 38. It’s s not like my friends and family are all young , fit people who are too stubborn to show weakness. This data kinda shocks me.

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      1 year ago

      I think that people are really hesitant to talk about when they’re having a hard time, never mind admit that they might be lumped into the ‘disabled’ bucket.

      We’re, uh, not great about how we treat people w/disabilities in our society. Having something that is ‘supposed to happen to other people’ happen to you is rough.