back to work tomorrow

  • Des [she/her, they/them]
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    4 years ago

    is it fucked that i almost want to get it right now? i'm stuck in a potentially endless work period (no days off, just keep going until we hire more help) and covid almost sounds like a fucking vacation. my body hurts. and i know it could destroy me if i survive it but still.

    • Jorick [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      I mean, while there's some kind of peace in certainties, as in, you know you got it and you're mostly done with it; you do not want to get it. It's absolutely nasty, some comrades got it and talked about its effects, but the scariest thing are the permanent neurological scars it leaves.

      Regardless, I can only sympathize with you feeling that way, work is a bitch.

      • GraydonCarter [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        Can you tell me some of the neurological effects folks have had? I'm not in the US and don't know anyone who has gotten it, just wondering.

        • Mardoniush [she/her]
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          4 years ago

          https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/the-hidden-long-term-cognitive-effects-of-covid-2020100821133

        • Jorick [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          Basically, we do not know the virus well enough today, but some research have confirmed that it does permanent damage to lungs, heart, brain areas with smell/taste, language, behaviour, and more. It's batshit insane.

          https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200622-the-long-term-effects-of-covid-19-infection

    • spinachupper [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      you're probably better off intentionally breaking a bone or something, although even with that you'd still have to go to a hospital that has the covid virus all over it

    • Not_irony [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      We all need to think about when we are just gonna stop going to work because possible homelessness would be safer

    • kristina [she/her]
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      4 years ago

      i mean its a very uncomfortable thing, i had a very mild case of it with no coughing and i still felt like i was always in an extremely stuffy room with stale air. and my heart would just randomly start racing sometimes

      im almost entirely over it after 3 weeks of that shit

      • Des [she/her, they/them]
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        4 years ago

        ugh that sounds like a permanent low level panic attack that never ends. o7 i'm glad you are feeling better now