starlightomatic:

nonphallic-eclairs:

starlightomatic:

Apparently 38% of Americans are planning on gathering in groups of more than 10 for Thanksgiving. I’m begging you, please do not do this. The results are going to be brutal. If you can’t convince your family to cancel, please just don’t go yourself. Or at least convince them to have the meal outside, or to make it smaller, or at very very least keep the windows open. This is real bad y’all

My former coworker posted a picture on his Instagram story of him and 19 family members, no social distancing, no masks, just 20 people crammed together. This guy is in school to be a nurse, and it makes me LIVID.

I got COVID in March, and I’m still dealing with the physical repercussions every. single. fucking. day. Right now I’m lying flat on my back but in the next five minutes I’ll have to roll on my side because I can’t breathe in this position. I’m dependent on an inhaler. I had to leave my job. Even small actions wear me out, and my physical stamina and strength is a fraction of what it was before I got sick.

And I’m relatively lucky—I was able to stay at home for the 6ish weeks I was severely ill, I’m alive, and I have no organ damage. But eight and a half months later I’m still very much only operating at a fraction of the level I was before I got sick.

I caught it before there were confirmed cases in my area (March 8th, so about a week before “social distancing” was even a thing, and I either got it while voting or at work), so the one thing I take comfort in is knowing that I didn’t get it because I was dumb or didn’t follow the rules; I just got insanely unlucky.

It’s not worth it. You don’t want to get this. STAY HOME. DON’T LET YOUR GUARD DOWN. DON’T TRUST THAT OTHERS WILL DO THE RIGHT THING. You can do everything right but ultimately our safety lies in the hands of others. Remember:

So stay home and don’t gamble on other people doing the right thing. It might just kill you.

Thank you for this. I think we really don’t talk enough about Long Covid. I’ve heard lots of accounts of it, both from friends and in articles. We need to stop framing it as if the possible outcomes are small chance of death vs large chance of having it and getting better. Rather, soooo many people have what you’re describing.