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34. What are people hearing from friends about long covid? Yes, people in our circle are still getting

Tue Oct 11, 2022, 03:31 PM

Oct 2022

covid, mostly people who have either had it before or who are vaxxed to some degree and so we are hearing about mild symptoms...some with fevers but mostly not.

I read about studies that approx 20% of those infected are having long covid symptoms (higher % for unvaxxed and those with more intense symptoms, lower for vaxxed and mild)...but haven't heard much from friends re longer effects.

Long covid is my main concern. Covid-19 and its variants apparently can mess with so many different body systems, especially neuro and brain, not just for the 4 or 6 days of initial symptoms but for longer...and we really don't know about effects for longer than 2.5 years, yet. Lots unknown and unpredictable on an individual basis, so I'll continue to be careful and try to get it as few times as reasonable. Not going for complete assurance against exposure, but it's so easy to be cautious most of the time, why not? Haven't had it yet as far as I know.

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Is it time to be alarmed again? Recently had phone calls and emails from friends (9) who now have [View all] Samrob Oct 2022 OP

Yep Nanuke Oct 2022 #1

a distant friend has been off work for a week or 2. Tetrachloride Oct 2022 #2

Yes, COVID is still going strong....... secondwind Oct 2022 #3

did any of them get the new bivalent booster? RAB910 Oct 2022 #4

ReTHUGs in Florida wore their no vaccines policy like a DeathSentence badge malaise Oct 2022 #5

We need a Stephen Crane for these times..... jaxexpat Oct 2022 #54

Sure need folks with courage malaise Oct 2022 #55

Maybe it's a shame or a saving grace that certainty comes fully accompanied by arthritis. jaxexpat Oct 2022 #61

That is profound man malaise Oct 2022 #64

I teach and have had my first quarantined students since about March or so dsc Oct 2022 #6

Again, Wearing A Mask Does Not Protect YOU From Contracting Covid From Others. ruet Oct 2022 #7

Again, well fitted masks n95 or k94 most certainly do protect you Blues Heron Oct 2022 #10

And No Authority Is Recommending or has Recommended That The Entire Population Wear KN95 Masks. ruet Oct 2022 #15

Cool story bro Blues Heron Oct 2022 #16

We really don't need this almost 3 years into senseandsensibility Oct 2022 #20

You said an N95 would not protect me, and while moonscape Oct 2022 #36

I do not go indoors anywhere without an N95. wnylib Oct 2022 #75

I recently upgraded to the 3M Aura N95 - great mask womanofthehills Oct 2022 #81

Agree. I have a few Aura masks. wnylib Oct 2022 #86

they still have their limitations though because they don't block 100% of virus especially LymphocyteLover Oct 2022 #25

I"ll take 95% blocking of a well fitted mask womanofthehills Oct 2022 #84

Yes. Definitely wear them if you have them LymphocyteLover Oct 2022 #100

Absolutely! SheltieLover Oct 2022 #32

when i wear a mask i am more attuned to social distancing dembotoz Oct 2022 #92

Masks clearly protect you from getting covid. bottomofthehill Oct 2022 #13

+100 Rhiannon12866 Oct 2022 #47

Then why do health care workers wear them when wnylib Oct 2022 #76

That is nonsense, perpetuated at a time when it was seen better to fib a little Ms. Toad Oct 2022 #104

My daughter in SE WI was sick for 2 weeks, fully vaxxed & boostered, very careful. Was off Ziggysmom Oct 2022 #8

I got it about 6 weeks ago. Don't know where, I rarely go out. Vaxed and boosted captain queeg Oct 2022 #9

That happened to me only I had blood clots, Covid Pneumonia, and ended up with A-Fib...one of the Demsrule86 Oct 2022 #44

I saw my doc when I got out of the hospital. He suggested I wait a couple weeks for the new booster captain queeg Oct 2022 #51

Do you have a heart murmur? Some get that after Covid. My pressure never went back Demsrule86 Oct 2022 #99

No heart murmur or issues there. They did a lot of tests. captain queeg Oct 2022 #102

Yikes! mahina Oct 2022 #68

It has been rough... and hubs has had one surgery and has another on scheduled in January. Demsrule86 Oct 2022 #98

Watch Amazon Reviews of Yankee Candle purchases... haele Oct 2022 #11

I was just going to post that MissB Oct 2022 #18

I am still wearing my mask most places LetMyPeopleVote Oct 2022 #12

Boosters don't last forever. month by month the protection you get from it diminishes. IcyPeas Oct 2022 #14

i have it now and was wearing a KN95 mask when I caught it. femmedem Oct 2022 #17

People are out here not giving a f*ck and clustering in large groups... LowerManhattanite Oct 2022 #19

The social pressure to unmask has been bizarre leftstreet Oct 2022 #21

I wear a mask everywhere and no one has ever said anything to me womanofthehills Oct 2022 #82

I know exactly what you're talking about... Hugin Oct 2022 #90

I am seeing it around me, also UpInArms Oct 2022 #22

It is strange. I only knew 2 people who were infected in the first 2 years, then about 20 HeartachesNhangovers Oct 2022 #23

Throughout 2022 most cases are unreported due to home tests. femmedem Oct 2022 #24

yes, exactly LymphocyteLover Oct 2022 #26

I got it for the 1st time a month ago and recovered just in time to see Biden LymphocyteLover Oct 2022 #27

The data are accurate about the deaths. wnylib Oct 2022 #77

Cases and deaths are way down right now Johnny2X2X Oct 2022 #28

My son went to a concert and caught it again! Emile Oct 2022 #29

Most people text at home and health depts do not require you to report a case. mgardener Oct 2022 #30

I'm not sure it's worse now than the past few months but it's still around. What I don't get is how LymphocyteLover Oct 2022 #31

6 friends have had it (continue to have it) within the last month & a half or two months orleans Oct 2022 #33

What are people hearing from friends about long covid? Yes, people in our circle are still getting wiggs Oct 2022 #34

One friend who had it in June '20 nearly died from it. Still has serious brain niyad Oct 2022 #49

Of all the people I've known to have had COVID, none of them developed long COVID symptoms. beaglelover Oct 2022 #56

I still can't breathe properly and can't smell anything after two years or so anarch Oct 2022 #88

So sorry, be well! And thx for posting. nt wiggs Oct 2022 #96

Traveled for business last week musette_sf Oct 2022 #35

People seem to have accepted COVID-19 as a normal part of life Kaleva Oct 2022 #37

Of course it is relayerbob Oct 2022 #38

The new vaxx covers BA 4 and 5 - but new mutations womanofthehills Oct 2022 #85

I DON'T CARE WHAT BILL MAHR SAYS about masking YoshidaYui Oct 2022 #39

The threat seta1950 Oct 2022 #40

Its not even being tracked any more in a lot of places. milestogo Oct 2022 #41

My neighbor just had it, she's vaxxed and boosted. blueinredohio Oct 2022 #42

As I have said many times, I wear a double mask ANYTIME I go out to the grocery store, or to the Ferrets are Cool Oct 2022 #43

Nursing home Rebl2 Oct 2022 #45

You should have NEVER been allowed to visit w/o a mask. Ugh. Maru Kitteh Oct 2022 #69

Exactly Rebl2 Oct 2022 #80

In our last COVID wave, I think only about 2% of our residents were eligible Maru Kitteh Oct 2022 #93

I did Rebl2 Oct 2022 #97

Yes mercuryblues Oct 2022 #46

My cousin was her own super spreader event. Raftergirl Oct 2022 #48

so many stupid, selfish people, so it is bound to happen Skittles Oct 2022 #50

It came roaring through my workplace mid to late August. tanyev Oct 2022 #52

Are you in Texas? Nt Maru Kitteh Oct 2022 #70

Yep, North Texas. Collin County. tanyev Oct 2022 #72

It usually hits in the southeast before it hits the PNW, which is why Maru Kitteh Oct 2022 #74

NO cause to be alarmed. COVID is here forever. beaglelover Oct 2022 #53

Ignores individual needs, health, social contact with vulnerable people, etc. Some wiggs Oct 2022 #58

Very true. You need to protect yourself depending on your own risk factors. If you feel safer in a beaglelover Oct 2022 #60

How dare you not embrace the doom! BannonsLiver Oct 2022 #95

LOL! I know how you feel! beaglelover Oct 2022 #101

I know several people who had Covid in the last month Marthe48 Oct 2022 #57

Yes JustAnotherGen Oct 2022 #59

If you recall, the same thing happened this time last year FakeNoose Oct 2022 #62

Our daughter and son-in-law came back from Iceland Saturday. phylny Oct 2022 #63

I've been curious what the figures are Tree Lady Oct 2022 #65

i'm not alarmed since i've been vaccinated & twice boosted, most recently last week. onetexan Oct 2022 #66

I have noticed an uptick in cases among employees at Maru Kitteh Oct 2022 #67

I'm recovering from Covid GenThePerservering Oct 2022 #71

Was planning to get booster soon. Will now try to get that done tomorrow. bullwinkle428 Oct 2022 #73

Yikes. A co-worker who works in another office was really hoarse the other day ecstatic Oct 2022 #78

Hoarseness seems to be one of big symptoms of this recent outbreak. On masks...you decide. Samrob Oct 2022 #79

Still haven't stopped masking, DemocraticPatriot Oct 2022 #83

I have a few friends who are positive now Dorian Gray Oct 2022 #87

BQ.1.1 subvariant inbound, and it is nasty Celerity Oct 2022 #89

I've been invited to a wedding of a relative in North Carolina in a few months Just_Vote_Dem Oct 2022 #91

You won't get a coherent answer to that at Doom Central BannonsLiver Oct 2022 #94

Again?? Ms. Toad Oct 2022 #103