#fuck you covid19

[i-amusemyself]

my villain origin story is gonna be seeing zero people in a hospital with masks on during an airborne pandemic (and I still won't be as fucking evil as all the maskless fuckers there).

[commodore-jeep-eep-blog]

No more

There is no solidarity, no hope for us on the left. We disabled were abandoned, and the way were were abandoned showed us in no uncertain terms that the left we have now is a paper tiger. We are alone

What is the point.

[shoutsindwarvish]

finally got my hands on paxlovid and now my anxiety is telling me to be scared to take it because i'm scared of side effects

ughhhhh

[pepprs]

genuinely so angry and scared im shaking. how many other times this week this month this year have i been exposed without knowing it. do people even tell each other anymore. it’s just so grim. it’s so fucking grim

[communistmeme]

What scares me the most about the american response to the pandemic is that horizontal gene transfer IS real and it plays a huge role in viral evolution. like guys. guys we created a hell. this is virus world now and we a re just living in it

[sophielovesbooks]

So... I haven't been sick since August. Everybody else seems to be, though. In many cases with Covid.

I'm going to an academic conference in early January. Or at least that's the plan. But of course I'll be seeing family over the holidays, going places, attending my friend's birthday party...

It feels inevitable that I'll catch Covid and miss the conference. In fact, I'd almost bet on it. And it's such a shitty feeling because I'm in this constant stage of vigilance and pessimism and ahhh. 😔😔😔 And it would be my first time actually presenting my own research at an international conference and I want to go so badly. But... we'll see, I guess.

[marchharesteatable]

i think my mother gave me covid. the first test was negative, but it was a rapid home test, and i trust those 0%. testing again tomorrow morning, but geez do i feel like a bag of butts. fingies crossed these vaccines do their job.

if you have any good memes plz send them my way. or pics of your pets. (it doesn't have to be your pet. i won't know)

[valengory1234]

I know there’s been a post about our body burning itself alive to kill sickness, but what about how it fights them at night, making you feel sicker when you’re trying to rest?

Because I’m currently experiencing that and it Sucks Ass

I Can’t Fucking Breathe

[seamsshark]

I mask everywhere and not only have I never had Covid, I haven’t been sick since mid January 2020.

It’s late July 2024 at time of writing

[rjalker]

Mom 2 seconds after pretending the fact that I had Covid19 in June 2022 is brand new information she has never heard of before: You don't have Long Covid.

[rock-a-noodle]

Damn pollen is worsening my post-Covid cough.

[commodore-jeep-eep-blog]

I'm tired of fucking conventions

Had to see some anime elf cosplay bullshit on the way back from the grocer. At this point, that fucking crap is just a rage and trauma trigger, it reminds me of the pottage we vulnerable people were sold for.

[doctormead]

Got my booster today!

[pepprs]

awesome so today we (my colleague besties and me) were potentially exposed to covid by two different people we spent the morning with because nobody gives a fuck anymore and we’re all going to get sick and die. awesome! i love being alive in fall 2023 when nobody gives a single shit about covid anymore and this nightmare country has apparently decided to move on even though the danger has not subsided and arguably has increased and we no longer have access to resources or information to keep ourselves and each other safe. fuck the world

[criesatsunsets]

Dental work is expensive, grueling, and painful. But why does it *have to* be? Well, we're still in a pandemic so make sure y'all wear masks.

Maybe in 1000 years people will find a way to collectively help each other and not put profit over the lives of individuals.

[asphaltvalkyrie]

Disclaimer: I fucking love vaccinations. I think anti-vaxxers are a literal plague upon this earth. Holy fuck just read about rabies and polio and smallpox and diptheria and tetanus and measles and a dozen other debilitating diseases and holy shit man get your goddamn vaccinations and vaccinate your kids and your pets too FFS.

Its also worth adding that I'm an essential worker (vet medicine) - I never got a single day of quarantine time and worked through the whole pandemic. I also wore a mask every day.

But... I just have to vent a bit. I had a reaction to the COVID vaccine - the initial one was fine, but each of the 2 boosters I got had me bedridden for days with a high fever, severe body aches and dizziness so bad I could barely stand.

Then I actually got COVID last March - it lasted longer than the vaccine reaction, but was only a fraction as painful. I'd gladly take the 7 days of mild discomfort that actual COVID gave me over the 2-3 days of agony the vaccine put me through.

But, state and federal programs paid for all of the time off from work I had to take during both of those periods, so I didn't have to worry too much either way - it was worth getting the vaccine.

But those programs are no longer in place.

Because I had such a bad reaction to the vaccine and didn't want to miss any more work (I only get two paid sick days PER YEAR,) I've really been dragging my heels on getting the new updated vaccine just in case I react to it like I did the old one. Can you blame me?

But now I have COVID again. And I have to miss a full week of work, which is more than the 2-3 days I'd have missed from getting the vaccine. Again, its just mild discomfort, but

I just think its a little fucked up that I have to suffer both physically and financially for whatever decision I make, wrong or right.

That said, the right decision is getting vaccinated and I'll be getting the new vaccine once I'm over this bout and can afford to miss 2 more days of work, that is.