jacktherippah@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoMy country/city has a new COVID wave. I got infected for the third time.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square146fedilinkarrow-up1570arrow-down144
arrow-up1526arrow-down1imageMy country/city has a new COVID wave. I got infected for the third time.lemmy.worldjacktherippah@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square146fedilink
minus-squareUNWILLING_PARTICIPANT@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down1·10 months agoIsn’t it really bad for your long-term health to get covid? I haven’t got it yet, which at this point feels like going for a high score
minus-squarepearsaltchocolatebarlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·edit-210 months agoIt can be, but it’s not guaranteed. But covid can absolutely fuck you up for life. It’s been causing autoimmune issues on top of everything else, too. Also, you might have had it and not known. There are plenty of asymptomatic carriers out there.
minus-squareReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down1·10 months agoEvery time you get it, you roll the dice on permanent long-COVID symptoms. That risk doesn’t go away.
minus-squareDaxtron2@startrek.websitecakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·10 months agoYeah I’ve had long COVID since that first time and it only gets worse each time
Isn’t it really bad for your long-term health to get covid? I haven’t got it yet, which at this point feels like going for a high score
It can be, but it’s not guaranteed.
But covid can absolutely fuck you up for life. It’s been causing autoimmune issues on top of everything else, too.
Also, you might have had it and not known. There are plenty of asymptomatic carriers out there.
Every time you get it, you roll the dice on permanent long-COVID symptoms. That risk doesn’t go away.
Yeah I’ve had long COVID since that first time and it only gets worse each time