• pearsaltchocolatebar
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    11 months ago

    Depends on what you consider better. I’d rather be dead than permanently disabled from long covid.

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        11 months ago

        I don’t think it’s unreasonable to not want to be alive if you have no quality of life.

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          11 months ago

          Long covid doesn’t usually make you a vegetable or something. So it sounded quite extreme

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            11 months ago

            Being a vegetable isn’t the only negative QoL out there. If I have to take several breaks just walking to the mailbox, that doesn’t sound like any sort of quality of life to me.

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              11 months ago

              If you are out of shape you’d rather die than carry on living? Quite drastic if you ask me.

              But what’s the likelihood of getting long covid and/or otherwise getting such a debilitating condition that you’d rather die? Can’t be too common

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                11 months ago

                Struggling to walk to the mailbox because a virus permanently disabled you is not the same as being out of shape.

                And I’m not pulling this example out of my ass. My shrink’s daughter in law was a mountain climber, trail runner, etc. and after covid she can’t walk to the mailbox without having to stop for a breather.

                And she had covid 2 years ago.

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                  11 months ago

                  It’d mean you’re really out of shape. It’s not a very common effect of covid though.

                  And I’m not pulling this example out of my ass. My shrink’s daughter in law

                  Right.