Post AYRWzlvDtxJYfCycm8 by 0xdaeda1a@infosec.exchange
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(DIR) Post #AYRWzjeqJt1VdpIVxw by 0xdaeda1a@infosec.exchange
2023-08-05T14:56:32Z
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Covid is up. Let me explain why you should not get it: I know a fair number of people with various chronic illnesses. Informal survey says Long Covid is worse than Multiple Sclerosis.Yes, symptoms vary and there’s overlap. The chances of Long Covid are something like 1 in 10 and increase with reinfection.
(DIR) Post #AYRWzkOZZrbRveh2FE by 0xdaeda1a@infosec.exchange
2023-08-05T15:01:00Z
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MS is kinda the boogeyman of chronic disease. It sucks. It’s an incurable* neurodegenerative disorder and most treatments are like $70k+/year until you’re 60. The likelihood of progressive disability and/or “financial toxicity” are high. *Check on immune reconstitution therapies in 10 years.
(DIR) Post #AYRWzlEKTR0GWAuMuu by 0xdaeda1a@infosec.exchange
2023-08-05T15:06:04Z
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But. There ARE those immune reconstitution therapies. There are clear biological markers (brain lesions and junk in a spinal tap). Once you meet the criteria, health and disability insurance cover things (though maybe not those IRTs 😡). People tend not to argue as much about accommodations.
(DIR) Post #AYRWzlvDtxJYfCycm8 by 0xdaeda1a@infosec.exchange
2023-08-05T15:08:32Z
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Most MS is relapsing/remitting, which means you have a flare up and then it goes away. You might be a more disabled than your prior baseline, but it’s generally less bad between flares, and the flare symptoms are treatable.
(DIR) Post #AYRWzmb3OQm6kwY1ya by 0xdaeda1a@infosec.exchange
2023-08-05T15:12:48Z
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One of the big symptoms of MS (often people’s first) is “lassitude,” which is a particular type of fatigue. It can be seriously debilitating. It’s nothing like the kind of fatigue common to Long Covid (aka post-exertional malaise).
(DIR) Post #AYRWznbnd8xvtXu8mG by 0xdaeda1a@infosec.exchange
2023-08-05T15:16:25Z
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Lassitude is like having your energy levels set lower, but you basically respond to exertion normally and recover with rest. PEM is nothing like that, and too much exertion can make your disability progress. https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2023/07/chronic-fatigue-long-covid-symptoms/674834/
(DIR) Post #AYRWzor4zomZlE3rEW by 0xdaeda1a@infosec.exchange
2023-08-05T15:21:06Z
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(Yes, sometimes people with MS get PEM, and sometimes people with Long Covid don’t. There’s overlap.)
(DIR) Post #AYRWzq6iLAsne0NrF2 by 0xdaeda1a@infosec.exchange
2023-08-05T15:26:06Z
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Early MS often doesn’t hurt at all, between and even during flares. Long Covid sufferers (and remember the longest have like 3yr) report a lot of different pain symptoms — PEM, rheumatoid/reactive arthritis symptoms, etc.
(DIR) Post #AYRWzrgYTP98XS9zkG by 0xdaeda1a@infosec.exchange
2023-08-05T15:29:42Z
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Early MS often doesn’t affect motor systems much. Long Covid often includes Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia right away, which isn’t the same mechanism but has similar effects on your life.
(DIR) Post #AYRWzsuPvLpSKjeZzU by 0xdaeda1a@infosec.exchange
2023-08-05T15:31:52Z
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Nobody knows wtf Long Covid is yet. There are no biological markers or diagnostic criteria that insurances (health or disability) will reliably accept. Accommodations can be really hard without an MRI to wave at them.
(DIR) Post #AYRWzuAlE4UqFiJ96W by 0xdaeda1a@infosec.exchange
2023-08-05T15:33:02Z
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Long Covid sometimes spontaneously remits — so far. We don’t know yet if it might come back! MS sometimes isn’t active for years.
(DIR) Post #AYRWzvWmBhhWSHcF3g by 0xdaeda1a@infosec.exchange
2023-08-05T15:35:16Z
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Look, I am not trying to play disability Olympics or who’s suffering more, or that long covid cases are always bad or MS is always easy.I’m saying most of us don’t have a good frame of reference, but if you’d do stuff to avoid a 1 in 10 chance of MS, consider doing that to avoid your 1 in 10 chance of long covid.
(DIR) Post #AYRWzwrjDI3SbYQUM4 by 0xdaeda1a@infosec.exchange
2023-08-05T15:37:17Z
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(If I get any harassment or antivax bullshit, this thread goes away toot sweet.)
(DIR) Post #AYRX8MJkT32NrKXirY by salakala@hostux.social
2023-08-05T15:49:37Z
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Love the word play, @0xdaeda1a!For the aspiring polyglots:🇬🇧 [toot sweet] = 🇫🇷 tout de suite = right miaow