#post covid

I think this is an unpopular opinion, but I really liked the Post Covid designs.‍♀️

It is as if they represent their personality.

More than 1 in 5 adult Covid survivors in the U.S. may develop long Covid, a C.D.C. study suggests.

One in five adult Covid survivors under the age of 65 in the United States has experienced at least one health condition that could be considered long Covid, according to a large new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Among patients 65 and older, the number is even higher: one in four.

In an indication of how seriously the federal health agency views the problem of long Covid, the authors of the study — members of the C.D.C.’s Covid-19 Emergency Response Team — recommended “routine assess­ment for post-Covid conditions among persons who survive Covid-19.”

Long Covid is the term used to describe an array of symptoms that can last for months or longer after the initial coronavirus infection. The researchers identified post-Covid health problems in many different organ systems, including the heart, lungs and kidneys. Other issues involved blood circulation, the musculoskeletal system and the endocrine system; gastrointestinal conditions, neurological problems and psychiatric symptoms were also identified in the study.

doodles from a curious timeline

Anyone else watch the South Park post-Covid special?

[ SOUTH PARK ] UNCLE STAN STUDY

I’m tryin

2 guys naked in a hot tub

ms paint doodles because paint somehow erases art block for me + pathetic old man stan + genderbends of remer and coop as is tradition for me + random doodle of lung cancer lady

Broship

Something that doesn’t get mentioned enough about the post-covid world is how casual social contact has all but died a death in some lifestyles.

Working from home you’d need to schedule a videocall in order to speak casually with a coworker - and even that feels frowned upon, monitored, policed, panopticon. Gone is the casual chat across desks, in the corridor, at the coffee machine or in the canteen. A faux-cheery group chat message complete with emoji doesn’t hit the same.

Out and about, people are out of the habit. Either you’re masked and keeping your distance, or feeling always that other humans are disease vectors more so than citizens similar to you. People are entrenched, often, into their established social units circa 2020, anyone new or even not part of the ringfenced inner circle, microcosming gated community, isn’t - literally - worth the time of day any more.

Obviously the pandemic was a sea change in terms of how, and how often most of us began to consider our health - but a not small part of me thinks that this way of living isn’t going to set us up well either, to stay in our best mental or physical shape.

Jesus I get lonely some days. It feels like after lockdown people just forgot that they could talk to others. Everywhere I walk in this city I get memories of people I used to know.