#and covid cases going up again

[subdee]

For US people: government is giving out another round of free COVID tests... This time we all get eight.

#it shows you the numbers are going up again #in fact RJ has it now #but fortunately a mild case #covid news #rj ment

[gideonthefirst]

doctors will say things like i’m not worried about this it’s very common it will take care of itself and then i will get worse

#i. lmao. #EVERY time i say actually i’m not confident that’s true i have a long history of [whatever] and they go well let’s schedule a follow up #just in case then :) girl i do not want a follow up i want you to take me seriously. the first time. #this cough sounds really really really bad. #at least it’s for sure not covid again <— woke up at 7:30 #personal #i think i have pneumonia again probably lol which is so Fucking stupid

[natandacat]

Had sleep paralysis for the first time since getting long covid, and damn is there an interaction between sleep paralysis and chronic fatigue? Genuine question, I feel really weird even several hours later and I'm curious

#different type of fatigue and cognitive affect than in a usual PEM #its kinda fucked up my day lol #chronic fatigue #me/cfs #sleep paralysis #long covid #asking for feedback in case there are people here who have experienced this too #before i became disabled from covid i used go bounce back from sleep paralysis pretty fasg #i would feel tired and out of it for a couple hours but it didnt affect me that much physically i could still go on with my day #today im like. oof. just moving around is hard ahah #but its not the usual PEM fatigue bc i can still walk and move i just feel exhausted before and after not during the movement as much #fatigue is so hard to describe uh #i also feel like i havent fully woken up tbh which again used to only last an hour or two max

[healingheartdogs]

Love having talks with my parents (/s) where they tell me I "need to stop living in fear and get back out in the world" and that they haven't stopped living because of COVID and they don't even mask and it's fine because they got it once and it was just like allergies to them and "it's not even that bad it's just like the flu or a cold", ignoring that I also have had COVID before and was in the most extreme all over pain I have been in EVER in my entire chronically ill chronic pain suffering life for over a week to the point that I was mentally begging the universe to just let me die toward the end of it so it would finally be over and am now left with significantly worse chronic fatigue, chronic pain, and heart issues than I had already before because of long COVID. Also my sense of taste and smell have still not fully recovered, which is a sign of lasting neurological damage.

But it's just fearmongering, clearly, and I'm just falling for government propaganda (even though the government has said COVID is over and that we don't need to take precautions anymore because they value profit over human lives). Sure. Makes sense.

#they also told me i dont need to get boosters because they dont do anything anyway #and that getting covid makes your immune system strong enough to not get it again #which IS LITERALLY THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT ALL THE SCIENCE SAYS #covid is literally leaving people's immune systems looking like HIV and AIDS patients #and getting infected DOES NOT provide lasting immunity AT ALL #and even mild and asymptomatic cases can cause serious lasting immune system damage #BUT I'M JUST LIVING IN FEAR #me going out and seeing people will surely be worth it if i get covid again and fucking die #or become even more permanently disabled than i already am #and im already so disabled i cant work anymore or take care of myself without help #but sure #suuuuuure #MY MOM USED TO WORK FOR A MEDICAL COMPANY HOW DID WE GET HEEEERRRREE #the anti-vax anti-medicine propaganda is just being eaten the fuck up by the older generations huh #rant #vent #ndr #not dog related

[pepprs]

hi

#purrs #this day has been so stupid and disappointing. my advisor is standing me up rn and i just wanted to say goodbye to him and thank him for eve #everything since i won’t get to see him on thursday now. and i tried to throw myself a graduation ceremony by visiting all my favorite #outdoor places on campus and i could only go to one of them bc someone was sitting in one of them and the other one got super overgrown and #i was scared about getting a tick bite. and i have to start packing my room and move out tomorrow and i want to cry forever about it and i h #haven’t even let myself think about it. and my mom wants to throw a zoom watch party for the graduation livestream and idk why but i don’t w #want it. and my roomie who got covid is like half moving out and her dad just came here and i haven’t been able to go get food like basicaly #all day bc she’s camped out in there w all her stuff and tomorrow that has to be me. i fucking hate this. and i have to work too which is li #like whatever but i do think i should maybe take off to try to heal but i cant until like 2 things get done. and also my sworn enemy **** #******* is still a complete idiot. AND **** is better from covid but sounds like absolute shit and one of my childhood best friends might h #have a serious case of it and need to go to the hospital or something and she goes to my school lol. so all of this is very cool. i am #having a great time and definitely enjoying my final hours on campus before covid and monkeypox permanently bar me from stepping foot #outside my family home again. lol

[imagineagreatadventure]

i took time off work today bc i feel like absolute dog shit and I'm concerned that this means my body is still not reacting to stress (even positive) stress well

#i thought i was doing better ugh #my body gets a cortisol hit and just spikes itself into the ground #god i genuinely just would like it to stop doing that thank u #i felt so bad i took a covid test (neg) #going to take it again just in case but i'm pretty sure it's my body fucking itself up again #i just don't want to deal with this on top of everything else in life ;_; #personal

[chaosintheavenue]

PSA for certain individuals I keep encountering at work/on public transport:

Sneezing into your elbow is great and all, but the thing is, your elbow has to actually cover your mouth and nose. If you just sort of half raise your arm and sneeze with an elbow hovering inches from your face, then congratulations, you've just sneezed directly in my face, and I will absolutely treat you accordingly.

#hhhhh #customers :) #I would much *much* rather people sneeze into their hands again than this become standard #how hard can it be to realise that you still have to cover your face holes up just like you would with your hands back in the day #the thing is they seem to genuinely believe they're covering their sneezes when they're not #or 99% seem to. it's possible a few might have been mocking me for wearing a mask because I've had that at work before too #sigh #stuff #vent #slight context in case other places are different: where I live the elbow sneeze was all but unheard of pre-covid #people used to either carry tissues or cup both hands over their face then immediately need to go wash their hands after the fact #and it was understood that you need to fully cover your face tightly or you will sneeze on people #apparently that concept has gone out the window

[the-sappho-of-lesbos]

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#I feel so woe is me at the moment but I’m just bleh #I broke down crying last night over my cat again because I miss her #but also I spoke with my new psychologist and the lady in charge of the case involving my old psychologist and agreed to make my complaint #none anonymous anymore and I ended up crying over that #I feel so unbelievably sick #my brother has covid at the moment which made our cat event even harder because she’s technically his #but he wasn’t able to go to the vets once she passed to say goodbye #but also I’m worried I have covid now #I tested and it came back negative this morning but I don’t know #I just feel like crap so I’ll probably test in a couple days again just to me sure #and when I was dealing with everything I went on TikTok to just distract myself #big mistake because I just kept getting a bunch of videos of people ranting about lesbians and calling us mean and scary so that’s great #I’m just not having a gucci time at the moment

[birdylion]

Hi folks, I’m back.

I went on a (obligatory) study trip, got to see a place again where I left a piece of my heart 7 years ago, so that was good. I also caught COVID, which I had managed to avoid until now. Being in a foreign country without any outside support to isolate oneself, and a general attitude of “if you’re feeling well, why should we bring you food all the time? you can just get it yourself, no biggie!”, sucks. I’m glad I’m back home, and glad to be back here.

#birdypersonal #covid-19 #I had a mild case #i.e. I only felt sick for 2 days #and yet I feel like I'm somehow AWARE of my breathing in a way I wasn't before #I don't know if my lung capacity is less or if I have to put more effort in breathing or if it's anxiety #The moment I was back home again I had a panic attack #all the stress that had built up during the sickness and then the two days of travel had to go somewhere #I'm okay now #but oof I could have done without all of that

[painterofhorizons]

I have let going to the gym slide horribly much recently ("recently", like covid totally is the reason because gym and me were pretty close before and I'm still hesitant and wearing mask during the whole workout there) and I'm not feeling 100% awesome today, but I'm still gonna end this day with at least a teeny tiny gym session. Doesn't have to be much. But just going there, spielt up for myself, and doing a few things. Let's do this.

#poh does life #I should make a tag in case someone doesn't want gym talk on their dash #Trying to show up for myself #And get back going #Because I know once I'm there I'll love it #Just starting is hard #I really wanna get back into my rhythm #Before I caught covid in Feb I was really on track! #Well well #Will get back there again #Starting today. #If someone wants a habit buddy to check in on holding yourself accountable for whatever you wanna do text me!!

[reflectionsofgalaxies]

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#so I’m back on my meds #the ones that actually help but have HELLA side effects #started losing weight almost right away #didn’t notice I wasn’t eating until I was getting the tingles and losing vision a couple days in #been focusing on forcing myself to eat #but yesterday I made the mistake of smoking bc I was feeling a bit better #BAD idea #was making hot chocolate when my blood pressure just plummeted #made it to the living room and put myself in recovery postition #I don’t think I fully lost consciousness bc I stayed kneeling #but I lost time but when I was are again I was still kneeling and usually I’d be on my side after fully losing consciousness #but it also lasted a full like 45 minutes where I couldn’t sit up or move #it took about two hours before I was able to make it back upstairs #I texted my dad to let him know what was going on just in case but he missed my texts so I also reached out to another friend #and asked them to check in after a bit to make sure I was still awake #which they did and I was #but now today I just took my temp on a whim bc I’ve been really warm all day #turns out I have a fever of 100.6 which isn’t super high but is high for me #and like that definitely partially explains yesterday #took a Covid test and came back negative #this really kinda sucks #mood: great #energy: more than normal #BUT dizzy can’t stop shaking keep getting spots in vision and have visibly lost weight #like. . . I feel like I could actually DO things and I WANT to do things thanks to these meds #but body clearly has other ideas #anyway I’ve only been back on them like a week and a half the side effects will start to subside in a few more weeks and I’ll be okay #but I gotta keep reminding myself to eat bc last time I was on these I lost 14lbs in about a month #anyway just me rambling about health #personal

[phoenixiancrystallist]

Day 320, pout has shade! Also tweaked the mouth on Confused because it's been super dinky tiny and bugging me. It's better now n_n

One more row and then I get to go back to the poses I didn't like enough to ink and try to get something better with them! Woop woop! *\o/*

#the great artscapade of 2022 #bobbi's being weird again #art #my art #untitled gunpla comic #went to the Trans Siberian Orchestra concert tonight! that's why the art is sooooper late #I took tomorrow and Friday off just in case I caught something from the unmasked packed like sardines audiences #aside from the stage crew I swear to you I was the only person in that auditorium wearing a mask #pissed me off something fierce but I'm also not surprised considering the whole I live in Nebraska & went to a Christian metal band concert #things #but yeah I knew masking was going to be negligible so I gave myself a long weekend for isolation purposes #just in case because you can never be too careful #especially considering I was JUST SICK last week I don't want Covid again on top of it #mask stayed on for the whole show except the like twice or thrice I took a drink from my apple juice that I snuck in #but I still kept my mask on I just finagled the bottle under the mask to my facehole #I'm really good at that :3 didn't even fog up my glasses doing it! #I DID have an Incident™ #see during one particular song the band has fake snow fall on the audience and the fake snow is just like soap bubbles #and one landed right below my glasses above my mask and popped just right that it splattered into my eye ): #it still stings #oh also I accidentally punched my brother and my dad trying to get my coat back on lol #got my bro right in the tit #he probably deserved it anyway #that all being said I'm going to go sleep and enjoy my long weekend :3 goodnight my loves! #sleep well! #I know I intend to #how have I not hit 30 tags yet? #did you know there's a 30 tag limit? #unless they changed that #they didn't; this is tag 30. officially off to bed now goodnight my loves sleep well I love you! 💜

[alicepao13]

Craziest interaction that has happened on this hellsite is that I just got blocked for replying “Sure”.

#I mean... #I sincerely hope that person gets better #I truly can't imagine being in such a bad place that one word would trigger me like that #although because I can't leave it alone apparently lol #'sure' in that particular case meant: #'I have covid and that in combination of me being so tired of my words being taken out of context make me not care to properly reply' #which is why I was using tags in the first place but hey some people just can't let tags go either #I do not back down from my initial argument though #let people enjoy what they want in entertainment #and liking white villains equating to racing is pretty thin considering they mostly make white villains #also that guy is not a white villain he is a white baby emasculated by his mother let him enjoy his cereal and go to bed #we can come back to this when he wakes up in a position of power again #(for legal reasons half of these are jokes and also I still have covid lmao) #*racism not racing wtf #anyway this is why people hate the sw fandom #this and like one million other reasons but this on tumblr #I'll just get back to caring about rex and leave andor alone #doggo + ship of my choice is better content for me either way #relation(ship) > space(ship) #just thought of that lol #if anyone considers the above as character analysis then bummer for you #if I wanted to write character analysis I'd do it properly #end of unhinged text

[natandacat]

When you are confronted with your own death enough times to let go of the filter of denial that you’ve learned to apply onto your life from childhood, there is a very curious phenomenon that occurs where it becomes a liberation -not death itself, but the knowledge of it. I have never been more certain of the work I want to do. I have never been more prepared for failure. I know that every single time I go out could be the cause of my death. I’ve never been less afraid of going out. The world might be on fire, but I’m doing good.

#im not just saying this to be philosophical #like im doing a lot of stuff and eating and sleeping #idk if the improvements are gonna stay or if side effects from the meds are gonna show up and ruin it again #so im just enjoying it rn #day 3 of feeling. not pre covid. but good enough. better. the free fall has stop. the daily worsening of my health has stopped! #and i know i cant have too much hope #another infection and things go back to the worst theyve ever been. maybe worse. maybe i die. #but yesterday i saw a merlin and today i talked to someone about radical imagination for our futures #i have made verbena and am talking about radical disabled liberation. #i am doing as much of the work as i can do and letting go of the rest #medical #death tw #just in case bc i know folks have a hard time with this #and of course i have grief #but i dont have time for grief #ill see to the grief late if there is a later #and this is ok. you cannot deal with grief while you are in the wake of the loss #i know that from experience

[crayolacolor]

aaa

#vent cw #negative cw #( i'm sorry i try not to post vent stuff too often but i desperately need to get this off my chest ) #i got hit with so much stress all at one time today #covid cases are going back up again and i'm gonna cry because i already feel like i lost 2 years of my life to this stupid virus #i just want things to go back to normal #i keep seeing those reminder: the pandemic isn't over yet posts and it feels like a punch in the gut to me #i know who they're for but honestly. do posts like that really help? #i think the people posts like that are directed towards would just see it and scoff #meanwhile people like me are hit with another reminder that everything is still horrible and nothing's getting better #and even if they DO get better it doesn't last #my mom kept us on 2020-level lockdowns throughout this whole thing and was JUST starting to let us do normal stuff again and now this. #i don't want to go back to that #i want to live #i don't want to lose another year of my life #be cautious of course but i can't just shut myself down completely for this long #my mental health can't take it #i also have had a massive relapse of an unrelated worry that i don't want to directly say because i feel like i'll speak it into existence #i don't. really believe that's a thing that can happen but it's an irrational fear with this worry specifically #and it's infuriating because it's not one that i can easily dismiss in a week or two #this one has lasted for months and is likely to keep nagging at me for the foreseeable future #i just want to not be stressed #that's literally it #i don't know what to do

[gothmods]

Theres something really funny (not funny funny but like, twisted i think) about seeing liberals call china authoritarian/draconian/orwellian/whatever other ~ian for continuing to use strict covid measures because thats exactly what wackjob conservatives in the US have said about western australia - where i live - for having a similar approach these last 2 years as implemented by the very much not-communist labor party who we willingly re-elected last year by a landslide vote under a western liberal democracy

Alas federal pressure and general antsy-ness means covid measures are being dialled down so our case numbers are now at record highs as is the death toll

I mean i say that but record high deaths here means 225 people, which is hard because to me thats a drastic number because for so many months under stricter measures we saw 0 new deaths but i know that globally we are extremely lucky that transmission is only rising now after the majority of people have been at least double vaccinated

Ive had people say to me there is no right answer wrt covid policy but i for one think the option that reduces death as much as possible is always the best option and if another lockdown was called i would not be complaining

Genuinely its nuts to me that people are so anxious to pretend covid is over and that the rest of the world should just pack it up and let it spread when it can still cause long term illness and still kills people

#we still have a partial mask mandate #but a lot of people are wearing them out in public even when not required #me included #case numbers really shot up though when we ended the hard border shutdown and opened up interstate travel #and while i do think there wasnt enough support for travel on compassionate grounds overall i think the border shutdown played a huge role #in keeping transmission low and its meant that our lockdowns have been short and sharp #its jarring seeing people say we need to go back to normal as in end covid measures #because the lockdowns and mask mandates have enabled us to live quote unquote normally these past 2 years #by that i mainly mean we could go out and work and study without the looming fear of death or severe illness #in between lockdowns people could feel safe to do things #mass death is not normal it is not and should not be acceptable when we have the means to prevent it #my primary critique if anything is that we dont have purpose built quarantine accomodation and people have been left to isolate in hotels #but that comes under federal duristiction and our premier did bring it up because the hotel quarantine system was shite #but the former federal government did a bunch of handwringing over the thought of actually spending money on suitable quarantine facilities #which in the long run is a dead shite idea because diseases come and go and we could bloody well need them again in a few decades