Thank you again to everyone who reached out to me on IG with your experiences 🤍 It really will take everyone to help end this and look out for eachother. In a sick twist of irony, I've caught covid again, even though i mask everywhere indoors, on Tuesday i was shopping to create a care package for someone dealing with a horrible tragedy, but as i was the only one masking in the shops, i caught it, and only showed symptoms on sunday. Sorry if I'm slow to reply to people, I'm really struggling but really appreciate all your views and comments!
I’m so sorry to hear, Byron. Wishing you swift and complete healing. To the community at large, in addition to masking I’ve use a netti pot nightly. Regardless, I caught COVID for the first (known) time in December. Since then, I’ve added salt water gargles, as well as iodine nasal and throat rinses (found on Amazon). I’m an eye doctor, not a scientist, but I think these precautions *may* help lower any viral load you acquire. Best wishes for health and happiness, take good care all. 🫶🏻
if you want a cheaper CO2 monitor, Smart Air sells one for around $70 USD. I have a QP lite that’s around $100 USD. I hope you recover well and take a good rest.
Being immunocompromised is tough in two major ways. Being physically stuck indoors cos nobody cares about covid safety is one thing but the slow realisation that none of your friends or family are willing to do any slight thing to protect people like you, is the real kicker. Betraying you and themselves in one fell swoop. Thank you for talking about this!
I'm not immunocompromised but I'm very disabled and high risk, I feel you. The worst thing is seeing your friends disregard basic safety and think they know better because they're healthier. Also, seeing several of these people getting long covid /immune damage and still not taking it seriously. It's horrifying
Yeah it really hurts when its those you're closest to who disregard safety... it feels like people don't care and act like you're overreacting, when it's actually the difference between life/death
OMG, you can't handle that everybody isn't living in fear and shame anymore. Get GOD. Nothing, absolutely nothing in this world happens by mistake. If you get sick, it is because you are supposed to . NEVER was anyone getting anyone else sick. Dr, Fauci's science was utter BS. He will be charged for his crimes against humanity. He already is. Your Phizer owned news is just never going to tell you the Truth. If you are so afraid, please don't come out and blame us. You had your day. Masks hurt far more than help. Leave the kids alone.
Ugh. I tried to get my young boys and I the rsv vax (when we got our updated), my 5yo is sick/symptomatic most of the time and gets hit hard when infection hits hard. We just had our first round of covid after Thanksgiving (my 3rd grader is the only kid at his school still masking, bless his heart, but he hates being sick and would rather wear masks and get shots then be sick...) My youngest had 105+ fever. Pretty sure I'm dealing with long covid, and haven't been the same since... just can't seem to snap out of it, wake up etc... sigh. Oh yeah, my original point, told we couldn't get rsv vax cause it's only being given to high risk people over 65. Why? I thought you were supposed to get it for young kids and those in close contact? Messaging, communication and how things translate to reality (and/or the lack there of) have been /are an absolute failure. Apologies for the ramble. Neurodivergent, ptsd etc with the added long c19 brain fog has been extra fun. Sigh. Thanks for your service, sending you love, encouragement and solidarity 💜
We learned that if we comply we get locked down for 3 years and people are still sick. If we don't do anything and just keep on living life as is, nothing really changes in the numbers. So I guess we will keep on living . Unless you want to shut it down for another few years and really destroy the place.
It’s so disheartening to see so many people be callous to a major public health crisis like this. Politicizing a p^ndemic is one of the worst things to ever happen to humanity
Nearly everything is politizied anymore. They might eventually make what your favorite color is a stance on right or left. But it's not too surprising, if making more money is your politics, anything that means losing any also becomes politics.
Thank you for covering this! I managed to keep from getting it for a long time. Then a month ago, I got covid. I am still basically on bedrest, on several medications for high risk people, and ended up in the hospital 3 times for breathing treatments and chest pain. I'm chronically ill, but everyone acted like I was overreacting. Until my symptoms keep getting slightly better than flaring up worse again. I was given 5 days to recover. Now, doctors have said that they have no clue how long my symptoms will last. Please people, take this seriously. Even if you only get "a little sick", I'd rather no one have to feel these body aches and random fevers. Stay home if you're sick!
Man, I feel you. I’ve been lucky to never get it, even when my Mum had it, and I’ve been chronically I’ll with very similar symptoms even pre Covid. Hoping more research goes into this at least so chronically ill people have ANSWERS.
The shittiest part is that if I do stay home when I'm sick, I will probably lose my job. And that's my livelihood. I'm trying really hard but as an immunocompromised person with other chronic illnesses, I have to make sure I can have my worst disability days off so if I get sick, I have a hard choice to make. Put people at risk or lose my insurance, means of paying rent, etc. It... Really sucks. I wish we could have another lockdown with some money from the government to help us sustain ourselves. Even then, I work in food service which is "essential" (not sure why flipping burgers is considered so essential). It just sucks. Greed is the reason we're in this mess and I just wish anyone we elected held the people responsible accountable.
I haven't watched all of this vid yet but I want to thank you for speaking about it. I'm still isolating and wearing a respirator mask in public but it's very lonely. I still haven't had covid even after 4 years into this pandemic and I plan to keep it that way for as long as possible. I can't convince anyone in my life to stay cautious but I respect those that do continue to try to educate and basically doing the job of Public Health departments and leaders.
USA citizen here. I work as a community social worker, meaning I meet people in their homes and out in the community. Last May, the pandemic protection policies all expired, Biden declared that Covid was over, and the state mandated that my agency return to in-person meetings (during the pandemic, we were permitted to do telehealth meetings if someone was sick). We also had to wipe all mention of Covid out of our documents. For example, if I was unable to meet with a family because they had Covid, I wasn't allowed to document "unable to meet with family due to Covid exposure," I had to write "unable to meet with family due to scheduling conflicts" or something like that. If a family had Covid and I didn't want to go into that house, I had to document that the meeting wasn't held due to my own failing, which we can be penalized for if it happens a lot. I think it's absurd. Not only are we expected to put our health at risk to do our jobs, but we're told to lie and say Covid isn't a factor at all.
This is HORRIFIC I'm so angry on your behalf! It's bs like this which hurts people so much more, they're effectively endangering your livelihood and wellbeing all in the name of pretending things are normal
I wish I could do this in school but literally I would get put in detention 💀💀 which is so fucked up but hey-ho it's not the worst our school's done for disabled kids this year so
It says on the box that masks do not stop or prevent transmission of biological agents or viruses. From the maker of the mask. But don't let that stop you from looking ridiculous
Thank you for continuing to speak on this, I am an Immuno-Compromised person here from the US and I can barely leave the house anymore without getting sick 😢
It took me almost three years, and after four shots, I finally got COVID a little over a year ago. It wasn't too bad for me - other than the horrific cold, I was exhausted constantly. But the worst thing was, the infection brought my disability symptoms out of remission - symptoms that I hadn't experienced for five years or so. I went from functioning as an able-bodied adult, the way I had for years, to the resurgence and worsening of my disability symptoms. It's been frustrating, but the worst of it is the grief. I'm grieving the sheer loss of ability and functionality that I'd enjoyed my entire adulthood. I have to learn how to treat myself, and pace myself, and pay attention to signals I haven't had to in so long.
I found out I was immuno-compromised after the first peak of the p@ndemic (VERY late diagnosis). I had already been wearing a mask and was shocked to realize how little people cared about my safety. It was one hell of a wake up call.
I'm severely clinically vulnerable to covid. At first people around me were careful. Then, they seemed to just stop caring. I caught covid. Now on top of all my original issues I also have lung damage, and can't stay awake for more than six hours. Literally going to have to go sleep after watching this video. My life has been ruined.
I'm so sorry to hear this. I'm very immune compromised and have two serious, genetic diseases that are super rare. I do my best to protect myself, but even when I go to the hospital, they have this garage that is far away from the hospital and you have to take a trolley with lots of people, don't wear masks.😢
@@RWright-q5e it's okay hunni, I'm not yet so oxygen deprived I have to spell the word "deep". I know you are concerned I might suffer the same kind of intellectual impairment as you, but no fear, I have many many more braincells than you to begin with. It would take something AWFUL for me to be reduced to your status 😘
Thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you 🙏 as a disabled immunosuppressed person who already basically has all the illnesses seen in long covid (POTS, MCAS, chronic fatigue) - it's been a LONG FOUR YEARS and I often feel completely gaslit by the entire world for not just being *over* it. My once healthy partner now has long covid, and there's just no help for it, and we really feel like we are drowning sometimes. I'm constantly thankful that my family and a handful of friends are still being cautious, so im not completely isolated from the world
A guy that I graduated with died at 24 from long covid just a few months ago. He was athletic person and seemingly in his prime, but he fought long covid for 2 years according to his obituary. I couldn't believe it when I saw it. It really isn't something that should be treated with so little caution. I find that it is hard to take seriously when being so far removed and hearing so little about it. This video is a big reminder for me, so thank you 💜
I am so close to crying. Thank you for this video. So many creators I used to respect, people who were very big advocates for Covid safety measures, now act like it never even happened and like it's not still happening everywhere in the world and it's so jarring. Thank you. I sincerely hope you can recover easily and quickly and fully without any issues from it💜
Thank you! My mum got covid 4 times from work (a school) and despite having her jabs (and multiple boosters), the last time has left her disabled with long covid and comorbid conditions. She can barely walk down the road, let alone go to work anymore. Her work place has been very understanding, but now that over 6 months have passed, discussion of losing her job has started. It's especially awful because she's working so hard to get better, but the doctors have said there's no real treatment plan for her.
Over thanksgiving, my aunt said that she wouldn’t test for covid if she fell sick because she felt like there was no point. If she got covid, she got covid and she didn’t care if she knew or not. Only after my sister and I mentioned she could infect people who are immune compromised or the elderly, did she slightly question her previous thoughts. Mind you, my aunt isn’t an uneducated individual. She went to an ivy league and is very successful in her line of work. Yet she still feels the need to conform and pretending things are back to normal, even though they are not.
late to this vid but I work in retail and it's better now but like a year ago I'd get soo many comments like "why are you wearing that", "you know you don't have to wear that", "aren't you uncomfortable in that", and one old lady straight up refusing to let me service her and waited for a coworker to come by because she thought i was sick the general public not only not masking but pretending like the people who DO still mask are paranoid weirdos drives me up a wall
Today was the first day I could speak clearly, walk and breathe fully. I had long COVID for over 2 weeks, literally January 1st I was in the hospital. It was the worst sickness I’ve ever had, and I had survived pneumonia at a young age. I thought at certain points I was going to die in my sleep because I couldn’t breathe, eat or drink water. I was isolated from everything and it drove my mental health downward more. I’m lucky to be here, I will continue wearing my mask whenever I’m in public.
You haven't got 'long COVID' if it only lasts for two weeks(!) More like two YEARS. Still, don't let that stop that salient fact get in the way of your victimhood. I know what a valuable currency that is these days.
My friend was trying to make fun of people who still mask after all this time and I said "Well, can you blame them??? People are disgusting". Remembering people catch covid and still happily go to work, parties, and vacations, all while not telling anyone or wearing a mask is exactly why I don't ask questions when I see people wearing masks in 2024.
Recently my girlfriend, who was multi-vaccinated, thought she could be outside without a mask. A guy literally coughed in her face, and she was in bed for two weeks. I really don’t understand how people can be so selfish.@@adams8830
THANK YOU for covering this. The silence and social gaslighting have been genuinely infuriating and have had me questioning my sanity for a while now. It seems like maybe a mainstream conversation is resurfacing about Covid, and videos like this are so important.
It's so validating that you're speaking openly about COVID and your experience with long COVID. As you stated, speaking about it on TH-cam is a good way to get demonitized. When you're still COVID-cautious it makes you feel crazy to still be masking and taking other precautions when nobody else is. Thank you for challenging the silence.
I've had dysautonomia for nearly 10 years now. It's always been incredibly difficult to get specialized care. With long covid turning into and/or causing dysautonomia for a lot of people, there are estimates that the number of people with dysautonomia has doubled. Meanwhile, I had to move from Oregon to Massachusetts to find a specialist, and it still takes me 4 months to get an appointment. My mom (who is an anti-masker) brought Covid into our home 4 times before I moved, with absolutely no regard for my health, even though she had been the one to go with me to my doctor appointments.
it is so frustrating, as a student in high school who lives in the US (a very leftist part too) I feel ostracized whenever I wear a mask. Other students yell in the halls asking if I have "the covids", and pretend they cannot hear a single thing I say. This makes group projects hard because even when I am near yelling, people will pretend not to hear me. I have really bad social anxiety and it just creates a scene where I feel like I need to sink into the ground..
Group projects suck. Ask the teacher if you can do the project on your own. Or better yet, do the entire project on your own and try to get the other students shaken off your project ( or better yet, to fail entirely) on the basis of their malicious or selective deafness.
You seem like a really strong young person to keep at your decisions... even in the face of peer pressure. It happens to me even as a cranky old 50-something person. I just pretend I don't hear THEM if they say anything about my mask. You got this!
I had this experience before. The way to get around it is to say something excessively controversial or excessively offensive and when they react 🤷♀️ It shows all the sudden they can hear you lol the best part is after that you point out that they were actually just pretending they couldn't understand you all that time like they were a five-year-old 😅 It usually puts them in their place
Thank you for this video. I almost cried when I saw it, because the gaslighting is so severe where we live (Finland). We are experiencing it from everyone around us, including medical professionals who even tried to call my partner OCD for masking and trying to have some distance etc. and multiple people have attempted to encourage them to take off the mask at work (a mental health nurse for most notably, which is TERRIFYING) - an immunocompromised, vunerable person who already has covid damage, like myself. We have only one person atm who agrees with us, and it is exhausting to exist like this. Hunting N95 masks when shops barely stock them anywhere anymore, isolating because everyone else is going out constantly unmasked, and going to hospital barely at all because nobody there masks. No one. And if they do, it is surgical mask only... Anyway. Thank you. I'll dhow this to everyone I can. Please never stop reminding people this is real and we are suffering.
I'm also in Finland, I FEEL THIS. I actually have OCD, so everyone is even more likely to just pin me taking covid seriously on mental health issues. I've constantly felt gaslit.
@@liquidteal_ I'm so sorry you have to deal with that. Stay strong, and please don't let them let covid cause harm on you. OCD is already terribly hard to treat and to live with, and I can only imagine how you struggle. Take care, stranger.
It's kinda wild seeing lack of COVID precautions at my job in a clinical diagnostic lab where WE RUN THE COVID PCR TESTS. I'm the only person in the building that masks when they're not sick/exposed, and even then a lot.of people don't mask when potentially sick and it drives me mad. It helps that I'm nightshift and not around people too often, but ya know, hat stuff hangs in the air. COVID has gone around the office a few times since I've been here, and last winter we had everybody get rsv/the flu. One of the guys in my department has had COVID about five times and still does nothing, despite having an infant at home and another on the way. Like, yes, in this specific line of work you don't need need to keep up with the science on variants and vaccines and all that, but like we touch this shit daily don't you wanna know? Also the number of tests we've gotten for.covid has dramatically declined from when I was hired about three years ago. We still get spikes around the holidays and we get positive samples every single day, but nobody's testing so who the fuck knows how many people have it. At least we are encouraged to test if we feel sick and it's very easy for us to do. We can swab ourselves on the job and.get results same day
The most glaring thing that came with moving to a country that actively tries to avoid catching any illness made me realize how messed up it was that my doctors made it seem like I was taking Covid too seriously by masking after the emergency was over despite being diagnosed with an autoimmune disease and having long COVID previously vs Taiwan were masking in the hospital/clinic is common sense because you don’t want to become sick and you don’t want to infect vulnerable people.
My friend's 10 year old daughter was just diagnosed with long covid. Both of my daughters (6 and 9) are now using asthma medication. I just got over the chronic fatigue and constantly passing out from the covid I caught right before christmas (BTW i was all caught up on boosters!), but i still have a wheeze and i can't breathe when it's below -5°C or be around smoke. Covid is most definitely not over.
First of all thank you SO MUCH for talking about this. You are the first TH-camr I have seen talk about covid and long covid and I am so grateful. I have severe long covid and have been bed bound for about a year and have had long covid for two years. I’m so sorry you have long covid. I completely empathized when you said you forget all of your symptoms and I have to keep a list on the fridge for myself and my partner 😅
Same with me with the list! I totally feel this! I’ve been bed bound too and need help getting up walk with a cane etc and I’m struggling to figure out what to do bed bound. I’ve been reading painting a lot but don’t know what to do with myself. So nice to know others know the same struggle. 🫶
Just my thoughts on speaking up. I'm disabled, mentally ill, and gay so I'm not the most privileged person on earth but I have the privilege of being cis, white, and educated. You bet your booty that I speak up any chance I can. I don't have all the privileges but I have enough to flex on my employer for crapping on my coworkers with less privilege and/or higher stakes. Big huge love. Healing and relaxing vibes headed your way.
My own parents intimidate and bully me for wearing a mask. You're so real for doing this video. You're giving a lot of gaslighted people some validation. Thank you.
This is what I'm afraid of happening if I order some of the K95 ones (I only ever had the surgical ones) and start wearing one again bc I know my dad would and my mom might too
@unvaccinated6467 look at you, bringing more interactions to my supportive comment with your antıvaxx stupidity and thus tilting the visibility algorithms in my favor ☺️ keep it up, henny
I'm American, and was so thankful I've been in Canada since their initial lockdowns. I remember friends in the states not even masking up until MONTHS after its been the norm in Canada. A longtime friend and I had a falling out after I saw them front lines in a "anti-mask mandates" protest w their young child, I expressed disappointment that they saw that as a worthy cause all while BLM was happening at the same time and they stayed completely silent. These last few years have really shown ppl's true face, ironically over masks
It's so heartbreaking seeing friends get suckered into those sorts of conspiracies - I really feel for their kid too, they're being put at constant risk from the parent and being raised in that sort of environment... oof I really hope they are ok.
covid has showed me that lots of people that would declare being kind and filled with empathy didn't have enough empathy to suffer through minor inconvenience. I've lost some friends over their callousness. 😷
Thanks for continuing to talk about Covid and how folks in western countries have this disturbing apathy. Also my friend who is a public health advocate in the States said that "any mask is better than no mask" so even if cloth and surgical masks are not even close to effective it is still harmful to push that narrative because the ability to afford or gain access (especially in Black and brown communities here) is still a big issue!
Thanks - I do share that a surgical mask is better than nothing if there's no other choice but still wanted to educate people on the masks which are much more effective for those who can buy them, because there's a risk of people just being like "meh I'll just get my old cloth mask out" whereas I wanted to arm people with the best info :)
Thank you for this comment! I’m waiting for some v flex masks to arrive so in the mean time I am layering my unused surgical masks with cloth masks on top, since a lot of Covid conscious groups say that’s a better alternative than cloth or surgical on their own.
Thank you Bryony. It's difficult to put into words how much I appreciate folks like yourself continuing to bring light to this issue that most seem to want to ignore.
I know this is three months old but this is so needed, especially now that summer is coming and people are traveling more, attending conventions and concerts and just socializing more. And it's amazing that people are not even taking basic precautions when they're sick. So I agree with most of what you say here, with two caveats. I don't think you're the 'vocal, annoying' person or however you described yourself, and I think it's harmful to put it that way. As you said yourself, there are more people than you realize that feel the same way about this that you do, and this means that people simply aren't speaking up. That means that those who are are being helpful and voicing what many are thinking but are too afraid to speak up about; that doesn't make vocal people annoying. The second caveat is that I think men, as well as women, can be affected negatively by dismissive and incompetent medical professionals, as I have, living with a chronic condition. It's not a matter of degree; the way in which men are treated can be gendered as well, for men are often expected to 'grin and bear it' and not communicate their suffering. When they do, they are often dismissed or even ridiculed by male and female professionals alike. I am not saying that males have it worse than females when it comes to health; I am simply saying that men can also be ignored in ways that have to do with their gender. So, I can commiserate in many ways with your experience as a woman, as a man navigating the healthcare system--if that makes sense. I'm sorry this is long! But thank you for this video. The world is much better because of people like you who aren't afraid to speak up.
BTW I wanted to add that I have a very low attention span and can barely sit through a ten minute video, let alone a 30-minute one, but I found myself watching till the very end because your take is so engaging. You skillfully navigate through the myriad social and medical aspects of this ongoing issue that the media has largely ignored, providing a public service. I just wish more people would tune in.
I agree. I’m in New York and so many people have either an eternal cold or allergies. I got covid last year in January and I’m still dealing with long covid. It’s not just a flu, it’s a debilitating illness.
Covid affected my family with my mom passing away partially due to catching it at the care home she lived at. She was in later stage dementia and we had just been told to prepare for her to maybe have 6 months left. Instead we got a couple of weeks. I live with my father and we’ve been lucky and not caught covid. But my sister did and had issues for quite awhile afterwards. Know other friends that have had healthy issues post infection. I’m starting to think about wearing masks again. Definitely getting boosted for sure. When my mum still lived at home i changed and isolated myself a lot to protect my parents since they’re older. My dad being in his mid 70s and my mother was in her mids 60s.
The timing on this… it popped up on my feed just after I tested positive for Covid for the first time. (It’s still unclear to me whether this is the first or second time I’ve gotten it, because I tested negative previously but other family members were positive around the same time) For me ( at least this time) it is just a mild cold and I am so so grateful for that. Watching this and reading the comments reminds me how fucking awful this pandemic has been for so many and my heart goes out to all of you. 😷
thank you for being the first influencer i follow thats spoken out. leftists have failed us disabled people. my family and i are still masking and still coviding.
I appreciate you for making this video and not being afraid to speak up! Last April me and my dad got Covid. It lasted 4 weeks. When I tell you it was the month from hell. And this is coming from someone whose had multiple brain surgeries/has a brain condition and my dad whose had 14 spine surgeries and has CHF. We are no strangers to health issues. It was not just a cold for us. Not even close. And the worst part was feeling so alone. He was worse than me and I had to keep it together to care for him but we both were starting to feel delirious from being so sick and unable to eat. I wouldn’t wish it on anyone! My dad could have died. I am so grateful he pulled through. He just a year ago was in the ICU from post op complications resulting in respiration pneumonia. He was there for 13 days. But he was surrounded by professionals that I trusted could help him. Covid feels so helpless. My thoughts are with anyone who has lost loved ones to this. And fuck Vanessa Hudgens.
I love you but I am going to have to skip this one. I almost lost my mother to COVID back in 2020 and it’s almost like a gut punch to hear some of this sometimes. With that being said, thank you for still covering COVID. And talking about how important it is to keep yourself and the people around you safe from it. It’s so important that people understand that it’s not over.
Thanks, Bryony!! I am still a very covid cautious person, and really only know 2-3 people who dothe same in my large circle. It's exhausting. Hoping people will start acknowledging that being sick all the time is NOT THE VIBE!!!!
Hated seeing consumers cheer at us taking down our plexiglass from the registers. It's also super disheartening that my girlfriend stopped masking up because some coworkers talked her out of it when she is someone who more than likely should try not getting covid. She wants to go out and eat at these busy places and crowded movies like things are back to normal and it pains me so when she can't see the reason why I don't wanna be doing those things with this shit not going away any time soon. I still mask everyday at work even if most there pretend it doesn't exist anymore.
I'm very lucky that my current job allows me to work from home several days a week, but I still work full time and the office I work in [when I am at work] is very small and completely enclosed with very little ventilation. As someone who has had a persistent cough and head cold since getting Covid (and potentially has developed new allergies as a result of Covid), I have been wearing a mask almost everyday, but I'm the only person in my office who does so. And while I've been trying to get my next booster, not only do my work hours make it very difficult to get to a practitioner who will give a booster shot as most are only open during work hours, and I cannot overstate how big a barrier this is during a cost of living crisis. In my country (Australia), we've also had a massive dip in our public health funds and most General Practitioners aren't bulk billing anymore and have switched to private practice, meaning there's further barriers to getting effective treatment for anything- Covid-related or otherwise. I will also say as someone who has previously lived in Japan- having actually grew accustomed to wearing masks while living there- and still has friends living over there, there has also been a significant backlash to mask-wearing over there as well, despite it having been the cultural norm prior to the pandemic. I think it's partially because Japan took so much pride in it's low case numbers early in the pandemic- even attributing this to a culture of mask-wearing (as well as quiet speaking voices, for some reason)- they ended up been ravaged by Covid all the same. I also think it's because the U.S., as the ultimate "champion" for Capitalism, has spread it's talking points globally, and the pandemic itself has become part of a larger culture war that's been fuelling the rise of right wing/conservative politics. To say that pandemic is still happening is to try and create barriers for large business- to deny corporate interest and slow the economy- and not even the traditionally collectivist countries are immune to this.
The attempt to erase it worked well, too well, on me at least. I have been completely unaware that covid is still as big as it is. I was under the impression it wasn't as much of an issue anymore. I am fairly isolated just and don't go out as much to begin with because of my circumstances, but from here out I am definitely going to mask when I do go out, even if i only have those disposable surgical masks since something is better than nothing. Thank you so much for making this video. I am honestly angry that I didn't know any of these statistics sooner. Had I known things were still this serious I would have made an effort to mask often and not just when I felt a little sick. This kind of active effort to prevent people from knowing what is actually happening and pretending everything is fine is dangerous.
Thank you for the up to date info! I've just given up on the news and will keep pretending it is 2020 for me and stick my head out again in a few years.... So lonely in the US as High Risk...
I have a friend who has long covid in his 50s. He keeps having new issues pop up and every so often, he gets covid again. Whenever there's a covid outbreak at work, he has to stay home because he can't just get covid again and be okay after.
i think what is needed is to switch from pandemic language to endemic language. there are other endemic diseases that we take precautions against just as a routine thing. and switching to that kind of language might be more successful, and I think a hell of a lot more true.
Just a heads up about surgical masks: the reason they're not as effective is because there are gaps where air gets in. I primarily wear them unless in a more risky situation (like an airport/plane) and tie knots in the ear loops so they're tighter on my face. When I was still teaching last year, I was one of three teachers still wearing a mask. My department head was the only one pressuring me to stop and I'm so glad I didn't because students would regularly come to school sick. I've had covid before and I'm terrified that a second infection could lead to long covid. I'm practically the only person in my city still wearing a mask in public. I've been looking for remote jobs, but am probably going to have to settle for in person and the mask issue makes me nervous. I'm thinking of not wearing one because I really need a job. Hopefully I can find a job where I won't be in close quarters with lots of people.
I'm a Healthcare worker in radiology for a hospital in USA. I can confirm that the hospital is just as wild and contentious as the politics around covid policies.i myself caught COVID last February, most likely after seeing back to back covid patients during that nasty Omicron variant. I too suffered from LongCovid, and am only just now getting back to normal with my own health....only to run RIGHT BACK INTO THE NEXT COVID WAVE! Hooray for me, lol
I'm so sorry you're dealing with that. I'm also in the USA and have seen it be contentious with healthcare providers as well. A year and a half ago one of my kids was in the hospital with what's turned out to be lasting effects of Covid. Ultimately, that was only taken as "hey, it might be long Covid" after we moved cross country. Anyway, I was shocked and appalled that we were the only ones masking that I ever saw in the hospital in over a week. The kid is grown but has communication issues, so we were cycling through to have one of us there at a time to help, so the amount of time I was there was significant. This was on a ward where lots of people were having pulmonary issues. I was amazed -- not even a single doctor masking. To top it off, there were signs on every floor asking people not to get violent with the staff.
i’m smn who has been suffering from severe CFS since 2015. when covid broke out, i was (and still am) utterly terrified how this could make things even worse and put me into bed (or the grave) for good. but even during it’s highest peak (at least when we all still publicly talked about it), so many people in my life belittled me and called me paranoid and i lost even more friends over it (after the initial huge cut that my cfs already brought with it). me and my parents (who i have to live with cause they take care of me), are the only ones who are still masked whenever we go out. mostly people ignore us, some give us funny looks, but occasionally i come across some strangely hostile people who come up to me and cough directly into my face and then laugh about it. like, i am immune compromised since way before covid and people have not been this weird about masked people before (they just assumed you had a reason to do so). my uncle recently died (aneurism, not covid), and my family had to gently prepare his wife and friends that we’ll come masked to the funeral and this is not ment as an offense but as a protection measurement because this funeral will be flooded with people. by some miracle i have avoided covid so far and i am doing everything in my power to keep it that way because i want to keep whatever little quality of life remains to me. i’ve seen too many long covid sufferers and people dying from it and i hate how people just ignore that it is still ravaging lives on a daily basis
While I had no symptoms with covid, I had a terrible chronic condition flare up 3 months later that 1.5 years on I'm still suffering the effects of. It has skyrocketted my anxiety. While travelling recently I kindly asked my parents to mask up. They told me to stop hasselling them. It hurt me so much.
So glad to hear all this being said by someone -- anyone -- else. I feel like I have two lives right now, the one that agrees with all this and is trying to stay brave, and the one where people I love say all their crazy things about this "normal" they live in, their latest plane fight to somewhere, concert attended, stupid business trip, etc. I have to bite my tongue. And feel very alone in my perceptions. I can`t believe the airline CEO`s get to call the shots for public health. There is going to be a big bill coming due for all this, and in the meantime we are kicking a very dangerous can down the road. Stay outspoken!
I’ve been terrified of long covid since 2022, since the first time I got it that year. I mask everywhere I go and so does my boyfriend, but unfortunately he tested positive today, and I’ve been spending a lot of time with him. I’m so worried still, though my anxiety has gotten better, I’m scared I’ll never be the same because I’ll be disabled :(
I’ll add that I’m not immunocompromised, I don’t have any chronic illnesses but healthy people before have gotten covid and become chronically ill from it. I’m so scared I’m going to be one of them.
I've heard people have gotten psychosis from COVID. Literally lost some of their grasp on reality. Extremely scary stuff. I have chronic pain and you should try to protect your health (just know it isn't your fault if you do end up like us, and that we can still lead fulfilling and happy lives).
@@damien678 I think I saw someone I’m following on Twitter go through that, it’s so scary and heartbreaking :( thanks for the consolation, I don’t think I would be as afraid if our world was kinder to those with disabilities and chronic illnesses, it’s mostly the fear of being lonely and left behind that eats away at me. I’m wishing you well ❤️
I was only 7:46 minutes in typing this but just by the title and all your valid points so far people didn’t take this seriously and still don’t. Companies would rather make money and people would rather not think of themselves as germ flinging weapons and not mask up for immunocompromised people (or even so regular people won’t get a cold let along Covid from them) My sisters vertigo and memory has been terrible since getting Covid. Her doctors suggested she apply for disability. My bosses father died from Covid complications. BOTH of my fiancées parents DIED from Covid two weeks apart. They were divorced and didn’t live together. This was after many of the restrictions had been lifted in 2021. My mother in law was a shut in before Covid; and continued to be one after. She only occasionally opened her door for deliveries. We’re not sure how she even got it because no one who visited her had tested positive.
I got it for the first time this summer because the summer camp I agreed to work another summer with decided taking precautions was a mental illness. I even slept in a mask from day one before a single case showed up, used disposable toothbrushes outdoors, only took my mask off to shower. That was the only job I could get after graduating college with my senior year remote so I couldn't get experience. Everyone told me how glad they were I wore a mask, how they would've worn one if the camp owners hadn't made them feel like they shouldn't, and then when cases started popping up and they didn't let us go home, people asked me where the owner-supplied masks were, because even the people supplying them weren't wearing them or making them accessible. I brought my masks from home!! I was doing everything I could!!!! I still got it and they didn't even let me get paxlovid delivered. My favorite thing about being in nature is the water. I love the way it feels, sounds, smells, be it river or lake or rain or ocean. I love swimming and rowing and goofing off in a paddle boat with friends. I love reading on the shore.
I really appreciate you making this. I recently went to stay with my extremely frail 90 year old Grandpa to care for him and while I was there he tested positive for Covid. Luckily his symptoms weren't too bad and we both wore masks around each other, but since coming back home on Sunday, I have been fighting with my family to understand why I am isolating. I literally had 5 days of prolonged exposure and am just arguing that I should stay masked for 10 days and take a covid test after 5 (as per CDC guidlelines -- I'm in the US). They keep saying "I'm sure it's fine" and "that seems like a lot." However, one perk of being unemployed is that I don't have to deal with the fact that at my old job, I had 0 days of paid sick leave!
Thank you for speaking on this!! I am audhd & have always struggle to keep up with life but the struggle has been 10x worse since having covid multiple times. I would LOVE to hear you speak on/dig into the America hospital that denied ventilators to folks with autism on their charts. It may have occurred in other countries as well, but I know for certain it happened in the US.
Also, re 10:14, yeah. Harassment is a real problem. My boyfriend and I were filmed, followed, and verbally attacked by a grown ass man because we were wearing masks. No one there did anything about it. And this was at a hotel, we were uncomfortable for the whole stay because this guy was staying there too, and i was afraid to wear a mask in the lobby for the rest of our stay, or go to breakfast.
I live with my partner, we're both turning 30 this year, we both went through covid two times despite applying every preventive measure possible and barely leaving the house for 3 years (we're both autistic so I gotta admit, it wasn't super difficult for us to stay in) and the way long covid has affected us reminds me a lot about when my parents started aging. They hit their mid 50s and they suddenly started falling ill all the time and their bodies started malfunctioning in the strangest ways that doctors only shrugged about like "guess you'll have to get used to it, that's what aging is". In other words, I feel like we have aged a decade in the span of 2 years. I'm not bitter about all the outside things I missed out on, I'm bitter about being 29 and feeling like I'm in my mid 40s. I can't even describe this feeling, but I'm sure anyone who's dealing with long covid knows what I mean. I'm scared to think of what my actual aging process is going to be like if I'm already so weakened by this shit, feeling like somebody catapulted me years into the future general health wise. I'm trying my hardest, working out, eating well, sleeping as much as possible... Nothing helps. All because I went to get groceries once and people in the store weren't wearing masks. Thank you for making this video, people talking about the reality of things on the internet instead of forcing a smile n telling me that I'm overreacting is my only consolation in this. I genuinely believe once enough years pass, long covid is studied enough, there will be /some/ remedy to this.
Oh my god!!!! Thank you for covering this ♥️ It's been so heartbreaking seeing my family detoriate as they get covid again and again and don't see why it's an issue 🥲
Glad someone said something. I'm tired of people saying COVID is over or "back in the days of COVID" like dude it's not gonna go away. I joke about it but it's too real that if my coworkers or customers come in sick we're all fucked.
My company insisted on having my entire department (200-300) fly to town during this peak sickness season for an internal conference that ran fine virtually during covid, and it was implied that my job was at risk after I submitted a formal request in writing to be exempt. Capitalism really don't give a fuck about us out here
I’m chronically ill and disabled and my elderly parents, in their 60s, don’t really wear masks anymore. Luckily we only had one actual case and nobody else in the house got it, but I’m nervous AF. Even though our area hardly has any cases. I’ve been scared to leave the house, and nervous about masking in public. (I still have lots of nice ones though and keep one or two on me that I can put on, in the fun colours) I will be starting school again soon, community college, and have felt so guilty about “not continuing on with my life” and returning to former normal. My school luckily mandates vaccination to register for classes and takes things seriously. But yeah…I’m so worried about getting it. I already can’t work and can barely do school with all my disabilities since I have both mental and physical disabilities and many places only accommodate one or the other, and many online formats do not have fast enough communication or clarification on instructions for me to be able to do them. (Also they almost never format to accommodate for disabilities from what I’ve seen. Would love to be wrong!) Im hoping things change so I can actually have community.
Thanks foe another incredibly informative video. I think oceanic scenery is one of my favorites 😷🪸 I'm absolulety sharing this with my family. Hopefully it doesn't turn into a disheartening debate!! 🤞
This is insane! My family and I have been lucky enough to not catch Covid with many of them and close friends being immune compromised. Sanitizing the house upon the lockdown, masking whenever outside and every year I’ve been getting my flu and Covid vaccines when they become available. The idea we could still catch it and the possibly life long affects if someone survives is one thing but our governments just claiming the pandemic is over and trying to get everyone back to normal is face palmingly sad
Excellent video! So sorry you caught long covid. Have still been masking myself, but don't see too many other people doing so. I hope we'll reach a point where it's normal for people to just politely mask when sick. People had a similar aversion to seatbelts for ages and have now adapted to it.
Im not even halfway in, and just have to say thank you. Thanks for bringing awareness to this. As someone who's life has still been "on hold" to destroyed, to varying degrees.... my 5yo hasnt been able to start school, since we live in a high risk area with rural local governments that dont play fair.... Thats what has maybe been the most difficult, definitely most infuriating... to watch almost everyone, including the mf cdc act like covid is over.. changing guidelines to suite the whims of our country's corporate overlords etc etc. To have most of my family and friend relationships ruined by the selfishness and self righteous judgement that too many so proudly display. Its too much to bear at times... so truly, thank you Sending love, encouragement, and solidarity to the rest of the "forgotten".... the "too much trouble" and "hypochondriacs"....
I don’t remember if I answered the original questions that you’re referring to here or not but I have been coughed at wearing a mask in public on more than one occasion.
In the US, the vaccine is now $185 unless you have insurance (which very many people- some of the most vulnerable- can't afford). My mother currently has COVID pneumonia (she doesn't live near us).
Babe that feeling you get (luna tearing up clip) is called Betrayal. It sucks when you realize people you love refuse to move in solidarity with you. It's heartbreaking when someone won't take a few seconds to grab a mask before leaving the house. Betrayal. I have long covid (alpha wave, since 2020). I get angry and sad at how much people's behavior contributes to my isolation. Just tired as fuck in Michigan. Anyone else covid cautious in Michigan?
Im from the US and I work in healthcare and have been masking for four whole ass years now, everyone around me gives me the excuse “I don’t want to” and it’s so infantile like neither do I??? Yet I’m an adult who understands responsibility. My partner works in healthcare as well and at their workplace they are the only one who masks and their coworkers actively mock them for it. I got exposed to Covid at the end of November and got sick a week later, I took so many at home tests that all came back negative. But now I have long Covid. I’ve been so dizzy for months now, I’ve got crazy vertigo and fatigue but I have to keep working because I’m a caregiver I have people who rely on my showing up to help them! Besides I missed so much work I’m really hurting for money now
my brother has the worst cough right now and its made me go back to masking in public (at least in indoor spaces) because i’m literally tired of getting sick for preventable reasons
I have developed raynauds, severe erythromelalgia (could be a different condition but doctors are at a loss), and worsened preexisting POTS since I caught COVID in May 2022. Ive only had it once to my knowledge. I have developed other problems but are less clear in if they are a direct or indirect or unaffiliated connection to when I got COVID. Doesnt help how much COVID denialism especially affects the female sex considering we are significantly more likely to develop autoimmune diseases for some unclear reason than the male sex. There is so much we CAN do to help mitigate but it just wont happen under capitalism. Our governments abandoned us. And people really don't have awareness of this and even if they do, the peer pressure to be "normal" trumps societal health. Makes me feel insane 💀
I really get the forgetful part of that. Like to my knowledge i have never had covid but my memory is so shit that i have to keep notes and ask my mom to help when i talk to my therapist . Like i literally cant remember anything
You might have cognitive fog? It's a symptom of long covid, but other things cause it as well. Most common ones I know about are lyme disease (you can get this from tick bites) and mold toxicity (you can get this if you're exposed to mold). Maybe you've already ruled things out, but if not, it might be worth looking into.
In my country, you only get tested if you end up in hospital. All autumn, people were talking about how low the infection numbers were, and I was completely gobsmacked. Unless you’re testing, HOW can you possibly know that? I’ve had two confirmed cases of covid, and two suspected. Thankfully, pretty mild, despite having asthma. (Vaccines FTW!) But not knowing how many times I’ve had it and what it’s potentially done to my health is doing my head in. My mother (82) got infected in July in the hospital while recovering from a heart attack. I was terrified.
I'm literally obsessed w u!! You're so beautiful! I always look forward to your videos and hearing your points, they always teach me more. 😷 Just finished your vid. I felt like I was the only one still concerned ab covid. Ty for doing the work u do, gonna go get my boosters and figure out how to get those masks.
Thank you again to everyone who reached out to me on IG with your experiences 🤍
It really will take everyone to help end this and look out for eachother. In a sick twist of irony, I've caught covid again, even though i mask everywhere indoors, on Tuesday i was shopping to create a care package for someone dealing with a horrible tragedy, but as i was the only one masking in the shops, i caught it, and only showed symptoms on sunday. Sorry if I'm slow to reply to people, I'm really struggling but really appreciate all your views and comments!
Take all the time you need!! (heart emojis)
I hope you recover soon and get some better treatments/better care! Thank you for reporting on this! I hardly hear anything about it!
I’m so sorry to hear, Byron. Wishing you swift and complete healing. To the community at large, in addition to masking I’ve use a netti pot nightly. Regardless, I caught COVID for the first (known) time in December. Since then, I’ve added salt water gargles, as well as iodine nasal and throat rinses (found on Amazon). I’m an eye doctor, not a scientist, but I think these precautions *may* help lower any viral load you acquire. Best wishes for health and happiness, take good care all. 🫶🏻
Best wishes for your recovery ❤️🩹
if you want a cheaper CO2 monitor, Smart Air sells one for around $70 USD. I have a QP lite that’s around $100 USD. I hope you recover well and take a good rest.
Being immunocompromised is tough in two major ways. Being physically stuck indoors cos nobody cares about covid safety is one thing but the slow realisation that none of your friends or family are willing to do any slight thing to protect people like you, is the real kicker. Betraying you and themselves in one fell swoop. Thank you for talking about this!
I'm not immunocompromised but I'm very disabled and high risk, I feel you. The worst thing is seeing your friends disregard basic safety and think they know better because they're healthier. Also, seeing several of these people getting long covid /immune damage and still not taking it seriously. It's horrifying
Yeah it really hurts when its those you're closest to who disregard safety... it feels like people don't care and act like you're overreacting, when it's actually the difference between life/death
Many people still mask and vacc but it's a losing battle
OMG, you can't handle that everybody isn't living in fear and shame anymore. Get GOD. Nothing, absolutely nothing in this world happens by mistake. If you get sick, it is because you are supposed to . NEVER was anyone getting anyone else sick. Dr, Fauci's science was utter BS. He will be charged for his crimes against humanity. He already is. Your Phizer owned news is just never going to tell you the Truth. If you are so afraid, please don't come out and blame us. You had your day. Masks hurt far more than help. Leave the kids alone.
I’m immunocompromised and haven’t had any vaccines or had Covid once. The people who’ve had all the vaccines seem to have had the most Covid.
I work in an ER and people are spreading this like wildfire along with h1n1 and RSV. We learned NOTHING
thank you for your service!!! ER workers are so unappreciated
So true, and people in the US are happy with that no matter how many die, they are sick of it mentally, so it doesn't exist. Just go to work.
Ugh. I tried to get my young boys and I the rsv vax (when we got our updated), my 5yo is sick/symptomatic most of the time and gets hit hard when infection hits hard. We just had our first round of covid after Thanksgiving (my 3rd grader is the only kid at his school still masking, bless his heart, but he hates being sick and would rather wear masks and get shots then be sick...) My youngest had 105+ fever. Pretty sure I'm dealing with long covid, and haven't been the same since... just can't seem to snap out of it, wake up etc... sigh.
Oh yeah, my original point, told we couldn't get rsv vax cause it's only being given to high risk people over 65. Why? I thought you were supposed to get it for young kids and those in close contact?
Messaging, communication and how things translate to reality (and/or the lack there of) have been /are an absolute failure.
Apologies for the ramble. Neurodivergent, ptsd etc with the added long c19 brain fog has been extra fun. Sigh.
Thanks for your service, sending you love, encouragement and solidarity 💜
You are so wrong! This is another divide and conquer technique. Please just stay home all flu season.
We learned that if we comply we get locked down for 3 years and people are still sick. If we don't do anything and just keep on living life as is, nothing really changes in the numbers. So I guess we will keep on living . Unless you want to shut it down for another few years and really destroy the place.
It’s so disheartening to see so many people be callous to a major public health crisis like this. Politicizing a p^ndemic is one of the worst things to ever happen to humanity
Nearly everything is politizied anymore. They might eventually make what your favorite color is a stance on right or left.
But it's not too surprising, if making more money is your politics, anything that means losing any also becomes politics.
@@safeeffective385that is interesting! I did not know that. How did you learn about that?
They can’t acknowledge the truth that it’s the experimental vax that’s why people being gaslighted and ignored
Yeah, it's terrible, but if the shotcallers and their politician lackeys politicize something it's because we allow them to do so.
War, genocide, disease, homelessness, and general strife are always covered up or used as political leverage.
Thank you for covering this! I managed to keep from getting it for a long time. Then a month ago, I got covid. I am still basically on bedrest, on several medications for high risk people, and ended up in the hospital 3 times for breathing treatments and chest pain. I'm chronically ill, but everyone acted like I was overreacting. Until my symptoms keep getting slightly better than flaring up worse again. I was given 5 days to recover. Now, doctors have said that they have no clue how long my symptoms will last. Please people, take this seriously. Even if you only get "a little sick", I'd rather no one have to feel these body aches and random fevers. Stay home if you're sick!
Man, I feel you. I’ve been lucky to never get it, even when my Mum had it, and I’ve been chronically I’ll with very similar symptoms even pre Covid. Hoping more research goes into this at least so chronically ill people have ANSWERS.
The shittiest part is that if I do stay home when I'm sick, I will probably lose my job. And that's my livelihood. I'm trying really hard but as an immunocompromised person with other chronic illnesses, I have to make sure I can have my worst disability days off so if I get sick, I have a hard choice to make. Put people at risk or lose my insurance, means of paying rent, etc. It... Really sucks. I wish we could have another lockdown with some money from the government to help us sustain ourselves. Even then, I work in food service which is "essential" (not sure why flipping burgers is considered so essential). It just sucks. Greed is the reason we're in this mess and I just wish anyone we elected held the people responsible accountable.
I'm so sorry, it's honestly awful and I hate how downplayed it gets. I really hope you manage to recover without ongoing symptoms long term
I haven't watched all of this vid yet but I want to thank you for speaking about it. I'm still isolating and wearing a respirator mask in public but it's very lonely. I still haven't had covid even after 4 years into this pandemic and I plan to keep it that way for as long as possible. I can't convince anyone in my life to stay cautious but I respect those that do continue to try to educate and basically doing the job of Public Health departments and leaders.
USA citizen here. I work as a community social worker, meaning I meet people in their homes and out in the community. Last May, the pandemic protection policies all expired, Biden declared that Covid was over, and the state mandated that my agency return to in-person meetings (during the pandemic, we were permitted to do telehealth meetings if someone was sick). We also had to wipe all mention of Covid out of our documents. For example, if I was unable to meet with a family because they had Covid, I wasn't allowed to document "unable to meet with family due to Covid exposure," I had to write "unable to meet with family due to scheduling conflicts" or something like that. If a family had Covid and I didn't want to go into that house, I had to document that the meeting wasn't held due to my own failing, which we can be penalized for if it happens a lot. I think it's absurd. Not only are we expected to put our health at risk to do our jobs, but we're told to lie and say Covid isn't a factor at all.
That's so fucked up and disturbingly dystopian, especially since social workers are around the people most affected by COVID.
Actually f*cked up you can't even say COVID anymore, WTAF?
That's horrifying!
This is HORRIFIC I'm so angry on your behalf! It's bs like this which hurts people so much more, they're effectively endangering your livelihood and wellbeing all in the name of pretending things are normal
Oh god that is awful. Aren't you proud to live in the USA.
Disabled person who never stopped masking, thanks for talking about this! I hate it! I wish everything was safer and less… eugenics-core.
That's it, it's eugenics. Except it doesn't only affect those they consider dispensable.
I wish people would stop staring at me when I still wear a mask out in public 😭
Great job. Which city are you from.
I wish I could do this in school but literally I would get put in detention 💀💀 which is so fucked up but hey-ho it's not the worst our school's done for disabled kids this year so
It says on the box that masks do not stop or prevent transmission of biological agents or viruses. From the maker of the mask. But don't let that stop you from looking ridiculous
Thank you for continuing to speak on this, I am an Immuno-Compromised person here from the US and I can barely leave the house anymore without getting sick 😢
Same in England! 😢
@@hayleyjones3222 I commiserate with thee
Same in Germany. And the nederlands.😢
Did you get c19 injections?
@@7QHook I'm up to date, yes
It took me almost three years, and after four shots, I finally got COVID a little over a year ago. It wasn't too bad for me - other than the horrific cold, I was exhausted constantly.
But the worst thing was, the infection brought my disability symptoms out of remission - symptoms that I hadn't experienced for five years or so. I went from functioning as an able-bodied adult, the way I had for years, to the resurgence and worsening of my disability symptoms. It's been frustrating, but the worst of it is the grief. I'm grieving the sheer loss of ability and functionality that I'd enjoyed my entire adulthood. I have to learn how to treat myself, and pace myself, and pay attention to signals I haven't had to in so long.
I found out I was immuno-compromised after the first peak of the p@ndemic (VERY late diagnosis). I had already been wearing a mask and was shocked to realize how little people cared about my safety. It was one hell of a wake up call.
I'm severely clinically vulnerable to covid. At first people around me were careful. Then, they seemed to just stop caring.
I caught covid.
Now on top of all my original issues I also have lung damage, and can't stay awake for more than six hours.
Literally going to have to go sleep after watching this video.
My life has been ruined.
I'm so sorry to hear this. I'm very immune compromised and have two serious, genetic diseases that are super rare. I do my best to protect myself, but even when I go to the hospital, they have this garage that is far away from the hospital and you have to take a trolley with lots of people, don't wear masks.😢
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It's okay. Take a D-E-E-P breath...
@@RWright-q5e it's okay hunni, I'm not yet so oxygen deprived I have to spell the word "deep".
I know you are concerned I might suffer the same kind of intellectual impairment as you, but no fear, I have many many more braincells than you to begin with.
It would take something AWFUL for me to be reduced to your status 😘
Thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you 🙏 as a disabled immunosuppressed person who already basically has all the illnesses seen in long covid (POTS, MCAS, chronic fatigue) - it's been a LONG FOUR YEARS and I often feel completely gaslit by the entire world for not just being *over* it.
My once healthy partner now has long covid, and there's just no help for it, and we really feel like we are drowning sometimes.
I'm constantly thankful that my family and a handful of friends are still being cautious, so im not completely isolated from the world
A guy that I graduated with died at 24 from long covid just a few months ago. He was athletic person and seemingly in his prime, but he fought long covid for 2 years according to his obituary. I couldn't believe it when I saw it. It really isn't something that should be treated with so little caution. I find that it is hard to take seriously when being so far removed and hearing so little about it. This video is a big reminder for me, so thank you 💜
Cool story bro! Lol.
long covid ? or the v*x ?
How many jabs he get
I am so close to crying. Thank you for this video. So many creators I used to respect, people who were very big advocates for Covid safety measures, now act like it never even happened and like it's not still happening everywhere in the world and it's so jarring. Thank you. I sincerely hope you can recover easily and quickly and fully without any issues from it💜
Thank you! My mum got covid 4 times from work (a school) and despite having her jabs (and multiple boosters), the last time has left her disabled with long covid and comorbid conditions. She can barely walk down the road, let alone go to work anymore. Her work place has been very understanding, but now that over 6 months have passed, discussion of losing her job has started. It's especially awful because she's working so hard to get better, but the doctors have said there's no real treatment plan for her.
Maybe it was the jabs then ...
Over thanksgiving, my aunt said that she wouldn’t test for covid if she fell sick because she felt like there was no point. If she got covid, she got covid and she didn’t care if she knew or not. Only after my sister and I mentioned she could infect people who are immune compromised or the elderly, did she slightly question her previous thoughts.
Mind you, my aunt isn’t an uneducated individual. She went to an ivy league and is very successful in her line of work. Yet she still feels the need to conform and pretending things are back to normal, even though they are not.
late to this vid but I work in retail and it's better now but like a year ago I'd get soo many comments like "why are you wearing that", "you know you don't have to wear that", "aren't you uncomfortable in that", and one old lady straight up refusing to let me service her and waited for a coworker to come by because she thought i was sick the general public not only not masking but pretending like the people who DO still mask are paranoid weirdos drives me up a wall
thank you for making this video!! it's very important for people to understand
Today was the first day I could speak clearly, walk and breathe fully. I had long COVID for over 2 weeks, literally January 1st I was in the hospital. It was the worst sickness I’ve ever had, and I had survived pneumonia at a young age. I thought at certain points I was going to die in my sleep because I couldn’t breathe, eat or drink water. I was isolated from everything and it drove my mental health downward more. I’m lucky to be here, I will continue wearing my mask whenever I’m in public.
Imagine how much worse it would have been had without the vaccine (or so I’ve heard)
You haven't got 'long COVID' if it only lasts for two weeks(!) More like two YEARS.
Still, don't let that stop that salient fact get in the way of your victimhood. I know what a valuable currency that is these days.
@@RWright-q5e touch grass
I haven't watched this yet, but thank you so much for making this. I feel so isolated and like I'm losing my mind for still bring so vigilant.
You're not alone
@@MaryanaMaskar ❤
@@safeeffective385dude, why are you asking random commenters the same question over and over again? That’s creepy, man.
You're not alone!!! ❤
@@AnnikaVictoria24 ❤
This helped me feel less alone, including the comments. Tysm for this
An ex-friend asked me if I was going to wear my mask forever. I said probably. Everywhere I go now, maybe 1% are wearing masks. Crazy.
My friend was trying to make fun of people who still mask after all this time and I said "Well, can you blame them??? People are disgusting". Remembering people catch covid and still happily go to work, parties, and vacations, all while not telling anyone or wearing a mask is exactly why I don't ask questions when I see people wearing masks in 2024.
Recently my girlfriend, who was multi-vaccinated, thought she could be outside without a mask. A guy literally coughed in her face, and she was in bed for two weeks. I really don’t understand how people can be so selfish.@@adams8830
@@safeeffective385 They didn't mention vaccines at all? What are you on about?
Wow you're so brainwashed
Definitely in AL MS states
THANK YOU for covering this. The silence and social gaslighting have been genuinely infuriating and have had me questioning my sanity for a while now. It seems like maybe a mainstream conversation is resurfacing about Covid, and videos like this are so important.
My faith in humanity keeps getting tested
It’s so hard to look out for your fellow man when they actively mock and attack you for caring
Thank you so much for tackling this horrific truth.
It's so validating that you're speaking openly about COVID and your experience with long COVID. As you stated, speaking about it on TH-cam is a good way to get demonitized. When you're still COVID-cautious it makes you feel crazy to still be masking and taking other precautions when nobody else is. Thank you for challenging the silence.
I've had dysautonomia for nearly 10 years now. It's always been incredibly difficult to get specialized care. With long covid turning into and/or causing dysautonomia for a lot of people, there are estimates that the number of people with dysautonomia has doubled. Meanwhile, I had to move from Oregon to Massachusetts to find a specialist, and it still takes me 4 months to get an appointment.
My mom (who is an anti-masker) brought Covid into our home 4 times before I moved, with absolutely no regard for my health, even though she had been the one to go with me to my doctor appointments.
I never stopped wearing a mask in public, but almost everyone else had apparently just “moved on”, despite the illness still sweeping around. 😷
Yep that is so evil. Which city are you from
it is so frustrating, as a student in high school who lives in the US (a very leftist part too) I feel ostracized whenever I wear a mask. Other students yell in the halls asking if I have "the covids", and pretend they cannot hear a single thing I say. This makes group projects hard because even when I am near yelling, people will pretend not to hear me. I have really bad social anxiety and it just creates a scene where I feel like I need to sink into the ground..
Oh, sweetie, I am so sorry. I would have hoped your peers would better than that. I guess it is not just us adults behaving so badly. 🤗
Group projects suck. Ask the teacher if you can do the project on your own. Or better yet, do the entire project on your own and try to get the other students shaken off your project ( or better yet, to fail entirely) on the basis of their malicious or selective deafness.
You seem like a really strong young person to keep at your decisions... even in the face of peer pressure. It happens to me even as a cranky old 50-something person. I just pretend I don't hear THEM if they say anything about my mask. You got this!
Average age of death from covid was 82. Stop being such a coward.
I had this experience before. The way to get around it is to say something excessively controversial or excessively offensive and when they react 🤷♀️ It shows all the sudden they can hear you lol the best part is after that you point out that they were actually just pretending they couldn't understand you all that time like they were a five-year-old 😅 It usually puts them in their place
Thank you for this video. I almost cried when I saw it, because the gaslighting is so severe where we live (Finland).
We are experiencing it from everyone around us, including medical professionals who even tried to call my partner OCD for masking and trying to have some distance etc. and multiple people have attempted to encourage them to take off the mask at work (a mental health nurse for most notably, which is TERRIFYING) - an immunocompromised, vunerable person who already has covid damage, like myself.
We have only one person atm who agrees with us, and it is exhausting to exist like this. Hunting N95 masks when shops barely stock them anywhere anymore, isolating because everyone else is going out constantly unmasked, and going to hospital barely at all because nobody there masks. No one. And if they do, it is surgical mask only...
Anyway. Thank you. I'll dhow this to everyone I can. Please never stop reminding people this is real and we are suffering.
I feel you. I live exactly like this. I only have surgical masks available to me, but I insist on wearing them indoors all the time.
I'm also in Finland, I FEEL THIS. I actually have OCD, so everyone is even more likely to just pin me taking covid seriously on mental health issues. I've constantly felt gaslit.
@@liquidteal_ I'm so sorry you have to deal with that. Stay strong, and please don't let them let covid cause harm on you. OCD is already terribly hard to treat and to live with, and I can only imagine how you struggle. Take care, stranger.
Masks don't work
It's kinda wild seeing lack of COVID precautions at my job in a clinical diagnostic lab where WE RUN THE COVID PCR TESTS. I'm the only person in the building that masks when they're not sick/exposed, and even then a lot.of people don't mask when potentially sick and it drives me mad. It helps that I'm nightshift and not around people too often, but ya know, hat stuff hangs in the air. COVID has gone around the office a few times since I've been here, and last winter we had everybody get rsv/the flu. One of the guys in my department has had COVID about five times and still does nothing, despite having an infant at home and another on the way. Like, yes, in this specific line of work you don't need need to keep up with the science on variants and vaccines and all that, but like we touch this shit daily don't you wanna know? Also the number of tests we've gotten for.covid has dramatically declined from when I was hired about three years ago. We still get spikes around the holidays and we get positive samples every single day, but nobody's testing so who the fuck knows how many people have it. At least we are encouraged to test if we feel sick and it's very easy for us to do. We can swab ourselves on the job and.get results same day
The most glaring thing that came with moving to a country that actively tries to avoid catching any illness made me realize how messed up it was that my doctors made it seem like I was taking Covid too seriously by masking after the emergency was over despite being diagnosed with an autoimmune disease and having long COVID previously vs Taiwan were masking in the hospital/clinic is common sense because you don’t want to become sick and you don’t want to infect vulnerable people.
My friend's 10 year old daughter was just diagnosed with long covid. Both of my daughters (6 and 9) are now using asthma medication. I just got over the chronic fatigue and constantly passing out from the covid I caught right before christmas (BTW i was all caught up on boosters!), but i still have a wheeze and i can't breathe when it's below -5°C or be around smoke. Covid is most definitely not over.
@@safeeffective385 we all vaccinate, yes. My friend's daughter has had covid a couple of times now, though.
First of all thank you SO MUCH for talking about this. You are the first TH-camr I have seen talk about covid and long covid and I am so grateful. I have severe long covid and have been bed bound for about a year and have had long covid for two years. I’m so sorry you have long covid.
I completely empathized when you said you forget all of your symptoms and I have to keep a list on the fridge for myself and my partner 😅
Same with me with the list! I totally feel this! I’ve been bed bound too and need help getting up walk with a cane etc and I’m struggling to figure out what to do bed bound. I’ve been reading painting a lot but don’t know what to do with myself. So nice to know others know the same struggle. 🫶
Just my thoughts on speaking up. I'm disabled, mentally ill, and gay so I'm not the most privileged person on earth but I have the privilege of being cis, white, and educated. You bet your booty that I speak up any chance I can. I don't have all the privileges but I have enough to flex on my employer for crapping on my coworkers with less privilege and/or higher stakes. Big huge love. Healing and relaxing vibes headed your way.
My own parents intimidate and bully me for wearing a mask. You're so real for doing this video. You're giving a lot of gaslighted people some validation. Thank you.
This is what I'm afraid of happening if I order some of the K95 ones (I only ever had the surgical ones) and start wearing one again bc I know my dad would and my mom might too
@@saltiestsiren if it's your money, they can't say shit about how you spend it. Go for it. Stay safe and stay strong, buddy 💪
@@saltiestsirenget over your irrational fear of covid
@unvaccinated6467 look at you, bringing more interactions to my supportive comment with your antıvaxx stupidity and thus tilting the visibility algorithms in my favor ☺️ keep it up, henny
@@Unvaccinated69I don’t think being afraid of a virus that killed over 7 million people is “irrational”
I'm American, and was so thankful I've been in Canada since their initial lockdowns. I remember friends in the states not even masking up until MONTHS after its been the norm in Canada. A longtime friend and I had a falling out after I saw them front lines in a "anti-mask mandates" protest w their young child, I expressed disappointment that they saw that as a worthy cause all while BLM was happening at the same time and they stayed completely silent. These last few years have really shown ppl's true face, ironically over masks
I'm mad I've not seen the irony of seeing people true colours over *masks* until now, dammit
I have felt this with my own family.
It's so heartbreaking seeing friends get suckered into those sorts of conspiracies - I really feel for their kid too, they're being put at constant risk from the parent and being raised in that sort of environment... oof I really hope they are ok.
covid has showed me that lots of people that would declare being kind and filled with empathy didn't have enough empathy to suffer through minor inconvenience. I've lost some friends over their callousness. 😷
I'm so sorry, that feeling truly hurts so much and I know it too well, sadly
Stop trying to force medical procedures on people and then calling them selfish
@@Unvaccinated69 wearing a mask and staying at home when sick is not a medical procedure
@@aleksandrawilkos1278 no its an authoritarian mandate that makes no sense.
@@aleksandrawilkos1278 masks don't work. Quarantining healthy people more long periods has more negative consequences than benefits
Thanks for continuing to talk about Covid and how folks in western countries have this disturbing apathy. Also my friend who is a public health advocate in the States said that "any mask is better than no mask" so even if cloth and surgical masks are not even close to effective it is still harmful to push that narrative because the ability to afford or gain access (especially in Black and brown communities here) is still a big issue!
Thanks - I do share that a surgical mask is better than nothing if there's no other choice but still wanted to educate people on the masks which are much more effective for those who can buy them, because there's a risk of people just being like "meh I'll just get my old cloth mask out" whereas I wanted to arm people with the best info :)
Thank you for this comment! I’m waiting for some v flex masks to arrive so in the mean time I am layering my unused surgical masks with cloth masks on top, since a lot of Covid conscious groups say that’s a better alternative than cloth or surgical on their own.
Thank you Bryony. It's difficult to put into words how much I appreciate folks like yourself continuing to bring light to this issue that most seem to want to ignore.
I know this is three months old but this is so needed, especially now that summer is coming and people are traveling more, attending conventions and concerts and just socializing more. And it's amazing that people are not even taking basic precautions when they're sick. So I agree with most of what you say here, with two caveats. I don't think you're the 'vocal, annoying' person or however you described yourself, and I think it's harmful to put it that way. As you said yourself, there are more people than you realize that feel the same way about this that you do, and this means that people simply aren't speaking up. That means that those who are are being helpful and voicing what many are thinking but are too afraid to speak up about; that doesn't make vocal people annoying. The second caveat is that I think men, as well as women, can be affected negatively by dismissive and incompetent medical professionals, as I have, living with a chronic condition. It's not a matter of degree; the way in which men are treated can be gendered as well, for men are often expected to 'grin and bear it' and not communicate their suffering. When they do, they are often dismissed or even ridiculed by male and female professionals alike. I am not saying that males have it worse than females when it comes to health; I am simply saying that men can also be ignored in ways that have to do with their gender. So, I can commiserate in many ways with your experience as a woman, as a man navigating the healthcare system--if that makes sense. I'm sorry this is long! But thank you for this video. The world is much better because of people like you who aren't afraid to speak up.
BTW I wanted to add that I have a very low attention span and can barely sit through a ten minute video, let alone a 30-minute one, but I found myself watching till the very end because your take is so engaging. You skillfully navigate through the myriad social and medical aspects of this ongoing issue that the media has largely ignored, providing a public service. I just wish more people would tune in.
I agree. I’m in New York and so many people have either an eternal cold or allergies. I got covid last year in January and I’m still dealing with long covid. It’s not just a flu, it’s a debilitating illness.
Covid affected my family with my mom passing away partially due to catching it at the care home she lived at. She was in later stage dementia and we had just been told to prepare for her to maybe have 6 months left. Instead we got a couple of weeks.
I live with my father and we’ve been lucky and not caught covid. But my sister did and had issues for quite awhile afterwards. Know other friends that have had healthy issues post infection.
I’m starting to think about wearing masks again. Definitely getting boosted for sure.
When my mum still lived at home i changed and isolated myself a lot to protect my parents since they’re older. My dad being in his mid 70s and my mother was in her mids 60s.
Thank you so much for saying this. Everything I can’t complain about you spoke on I’m so thankful.
The timing on this… it popped up on my feed just after I tested positive for Covid for the first time. (It’s still unclear to me whether this is the first or second time I’ve gotten it, because I tested negative previously but other family members were positive around the same time) For me ( at least this time) it is just a mild cold and I am so so grateful for that. Watching this and reading the comments reminds me how fucking awful this pandemic has been for so many and my heart goes out to all of you.
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Brilliant video! I am Sharing, and I have subscribed! Thank you!!
This is the third video of yours ive watched after the office siren video and the job search one. Ive been enjoying your videos!
thank you for being the first influencer i follow thats spoken out. leftists have failed us disabled people. my family and i are still masking and still coviding.
thank u for covering this! love ur content mwah
I appreciate you for making this video and not being afraid to speak up! Last April me and my dad got Covid. It lasted 4 weeks. When I tell you it was the month from hell. And this is coming from someone whose had multiple brain surgeries/has a brain condition and my dad whose had 14 spine surgeries and has CHF. We are no strangers to health issues. It was not just a cold for us. Not even close. And the worst part was feeling so alone. He was worse than me and I had to keep it together to care for him but we both were starting to feel delirious from being so sick and unable to eat. I wouldn’t wish it on anyone! My dad could have died. I am so grateful he pulled through. He just a year ago was in the ICU from post op complications resulting in respiration pneumonia. He was there for 13 days. But he was surrounded by professionals that I trusted could help him. Covid feels so helpless. My thoughts are with anyone who has lost loved ones to this. And fuck Vanessa Hudgens.
Wow! So glad you and your dad are alive. Stay safe.
I was sick for 2 months, ended up in the ER, and almost a year later have really bad short term memory. It’s no joke.
Who's Vanessa hudgens?
RE: Your last sentence... you wish!
@@RWright-q5e wow..good one.
I love you but I am going to have to skip this one. I almost lost my mother to COVID back in 2020 and it’s almost like a gut punch to hear some of this sometimes. With that being said, thank you for still covering COVID. And talking about how important it is to keep yourself and the people around you safe from it. It’s so important that people understand that it’s not over.
Ty for this video. I’ve been feeling so alone about this.
Thanks, Bryony!! I am still a very covid cautious person, and really only know 2-3 people who dothe same in my large circle. It's exhausting. Hoping people will start acknowledging that being sick all the time is NOT THE VIBE!!!!
Thank you so much for this! This will be really helpful for me to share with people! Thank for masking and helping keep us all safe ❤
Hated seeing consumers cheer at us taking down our plexiglass from the registers. It's also super disheartening that my girlfriend stopped masking up because some coworkers talked her out of it when she is someone who more than likely should try not getting covid. She wants to go out and eat at these busy places and crowded movies like things are back to normal and it pains me so when she can't see the reason why I don't wanna be doing those things with this shit not going away any time soon. I still mask everyday at work even if most there pretend it doesn't exist anymore.
Plexiglass doesn't stop airborne viruses. The illusion of safety
I'm very lucky that my current job allows me to work from home several days a week, but I still work full time and the office I work in [when I am at work] is very small and completely enclosed with very little ventilation. As someone who has had a persistent cough and head cold since getting Covid (and potentially has developed new allergies as a result of Covid), I have been wearing a mask almost everyday, but I'm the only person in my office who does so. And while I've been trying to get my next booster, not only do my work hours make it very difficult to get to a practitioner who will give a booster shot as most are only open during work hours, and I cannot overstate how big a barrier this is during a cost of living crisis. In my country (Australia), we've also had a massive dip in our public health funds and most General Practitioners aren't bulk billing anymore and have switched to private practice, meaning there's further barriers to getting effective treatment for anything- Covid-related or otherwise.
I will also say as someone who has previously lived in Japan- having actually grew accustomed to wearing masks while living there- and still has friends living over there, there has also been a significant backlash to mask-wearing over there as well, despite it having been the cultural norm prior to the pandemic. I think it's partially because Japan took so much pride in it's low case numbers early in the pandemic- even attributing this to a culture of mask-wearing (as well as quiet speaking voices, for some reason)- they ended up been ravaged by Covid all the same. I also think it's because the U.S., as the ultimate "champion" for Capitalism, has spread it's talking points globally, and the pandemic itself has become part of a larger culture war that's been fuelling the rise of right wing/conservative politics. To say that pandemic is still happening is to try and create barriers for large business- to deny corporate interest and slow the economy- and not even the traditionally collectivist countries are immune to this.
The attempt to erase it worked well, too well, on me at least. I have been completely unaware that covid is still as big as it is. I was under the impression it wasn't as much of an issue anymore. I am fairly isolated just and don't go out as much to begin with because of my circumstances, but from here out I am definitely going to mask when I do go out, even if i only have those disposable surgical masks since something is better than nothing. Thank you so much for making this video.
I am honestly angry that I didn't know any of these statistics sooner. Had I known things were still this serious I would have made an effort to mask often and not just when I felt a little sick. This kind of active effort to prevent people from knowing what is actually happening and pretending everything is fine is dangerous.
Covid isn't an issue anymore. The infection fatality rate has been negligible since omicron. This youtube channel is horseshit
Thank you for the up to date info!
I've just given up on the news and will keep pretending it is 2020 for me and stick my head out again in a few years....
So lonely in the US as High Risk...
You're not alone ❤
I have a friend who has long covid in his 50s. He keeps having new issues pop up and every so often, he gets covid again. Whenever there's a covid outbreak at work, he has to stay home because he can't just get covid again and be okay after.
i think what is needed is to switch from pandemic language to endemic language. there are other endemic diseases that we take precautions against just as a routine thing. and switching to that kind of language might be more successful, and I think a hell of a lot more true.
Just a heads up about surgical masks: the reason they're not as effective is because there are gaps where air gets in. I primarily wear them unless in a more risky situation (like an airport/plane) and tie knots in the ear loops so they're tighter on my face.
When I was still teaching last year, I was one of three teachers still wearing a mask. My department head was the only one pressuring me to stop and I'm so glad I didn't because students would regularly come to school sick. I've had covid before and I'm terrified that a second infection could lead to long covid. I'm practically the only person in my city still wearing a mask in public. I've been looking for remote jobs, but am probably going to have to settle for in person and the mask issue makes me nervous. I'm thinking of not wearing one because I really need a job. Hopefully I can find a job where I won't be in close quarters with lots of people.
I'm a Healthcare worker in radiology for a hospital in USA. I can confirm that the hospital is just as wild and contentious as the politics around covid policies.i myself caught COVID last February, most likely after seeing back to back covid patients during that nasty Omicron variant. I too suffered from LongCovid, and am only just now getting back to normal with my own health....only to run RIGHT BACK INTO THE NEXT COVID WAVE! Hooray for me, lol
I'm so sorry you're dealing with that. I'm also in the USA and have seen it be contentious with healthcare providers as well. A year and a half ago one of my kids was in the hospital with what's turned out to be lasting effects of Covid. Ultimately, that was only taken as "hey, it might be long Covid" after we moved cross country. Anyway, I was shocked and appalled that we were the only ones masking that I ever saw in the hospital in over a week. The kid is grown but has communication issues, so we were cycling through to have one of us there at a time to help, so the amount of time I was there was significant. This was on a ward where lots of people were having pulmonary issues. I was amazed -- not even a single doctor masking.
To top it off, there were signs on every floor asking people not to get violent with the staff.
Omicron wasn't a nasty variant.
i’m smn who has been suffering from severe CFS since 2015.
when covid broke out, i was (and still am) utterly terrified how this could make things even worse and put me into bed (or the grave) for good.
but even during it’s highest peak (at least when we all still publicly talked about it), so many people in my life belittled me and called me paranoid and i lost even more friends over it (after the initial huge cut that my cfs already brought with it). me and my parents (who i have to live with cause they take care of me), are the only ones who are still masked whenever we go out. mostly people ignore us, some give us funny looks, but occasionally i come across some strangely hostile people who come up to me and cough directly into my face and then laugh about it. like, i am immune compromised since way before covid and people have not been this weird about masked people before (they just assumed you had a reason to do so).
my uncle recently died (aneurism, not covid), and my family had to gently prepare his wife and friends that we’ll come masked to the funeral and this is not ment as an offense but as a protection measurement because this funeral will be flooded with people.
by some miracle i have avoided covid so far and i am doing everything in my power to keep it that way because i want to keep whatever little quality of life remains to me.
i’ve seen too many long covid sufferers and people dying from it and i hate how people just ignore that it is still ravaging lives on a daily basis
While I had no symptoms with covid, I had a terrible chronic condition flare up 3 months later that 1.5 years on I'm still suffering the effects of. It has skyrocketted my anxiety. While travelling recently I kindly asked my parents to mask up. They told me to stop hasselling them. It hurt me so much.
So glad to hear all this being said by someone -- anyone -- else. I feel like I have two lives right now, the one that agrees with all this and is trying to stay brave, and the one where people I love say all their crazy things about this "normal" they live in, their latest plane fight to somewhere, concert attended, stupid business trip, etc. I have to bite my tongue. And feel very alone in my perceptions. I can`t believe the airline CEO`s get to call the shots for public health. There is going to be a big bill coming due for all this, and in the meantime we are kicking a very dangerous can down the road. Stay outspoken!
Covid isn't an issue anymore
I’ve been terrified of long covid since 2022, since the first time I got it that year. I mask everywhere I go and so does my boyfriend, but unfortunately he tested positive today, and I’ve been spending a lot of time with him. I’m so worried still, though my anxiety has gotten better, I’m scared I’ll never be the same because I’ll be disabled :(
I’ll add that I’m not immunocompromised, I don’t have any chronic illnesses but healthy people before have gotten covid and become chronically ill from it. I’m so scared I’m going to be one of them.
I've heard people have gotten psychosis from COVID. Literally lost some of their grasp on reality. Extremely scary stuff.
I have chronic pain and you should try to protect your health (just know it isn't your fault if you do end up like us, and that we can still lead fulfilling and happy lives).
@@damien678 I think I saw someone I’m following on Twitter go through that, it’s so scary and heartbreaking :( thanks for the consolation, I don’t think I would be as afraid if our world was kinder to those with disabilities and chronic illnesses, it’s mostly the fear of being lonely and left behind that eats away at me. I’m wishing you well ❤️
@@magicalgirl4get a grip
I was only 7:46 minutes in typing this but just by the title and all your valid points so far people didn’t take this seriously and still don’t. Companies would rather make money and people would rather not think of themselves as germ flinging weapons and not mask up for immunocompromised people (or even so regular people won’t get a cold let along Covid from them)
My sisters vertigo and memory has been terrible since getting Covid. Her doctors suggested she apply for disability. My bosses father died from Covid complications. BOTH of my fiancées parents DIED from Covid two weeks apart. They were divorced and didn’t live together. This was after many of the restrictions had been lifted in 2021. My mother in law was a shut in before Covid; and continued to be one after. She only occasionally opened her door for deliveries. We’re not sure how she even got it because no one who visited her had tested positive.
I got it for the first time this summer because the summer camp I agreed to work another summer with decided taking precautions was a mental illness. I even slept in a mask from day one before a single case showed up, used disposable toothbrushes outdoors, only took my mask off to shower. That was the only job I could get after graduating college with my senior year remote so I couldn't get experience. Everyone told me how glad they were I wore a mask, how they would've worn one if the camp owners hadn't made them feel like they shouldn't, and then when cases started popping up and they didn't let us go home, people asked me where the owner-supplied masks were, because even the people supplying them weren't wearing them or making them accessible. I brought my masks from home!! I was doing everything I could!!!! I still got it and they didn't even let me get paxlovid delivered.
My favorite thing about being in nature is the water. I love the way it feels, sounds, smells, be it river or lake or rain or ocean. I love swimming and rowing and goofing off in a paddle boat with friends. I love reading on the shore.
Slept in a mask? Ffs get a grip
OMG, finally someone is TALKING about this! Thank you!!
I really appreciate you making this. I recently went to stay with my extremely frail 90 year old Grandpa to care for him and while I was there he tested positive for Covid. Luckily his symptoms weren't too bad and we both wore masks around each other, but since coming back home on Sunday, I have been fighting with my family to understand why I am isolating. I literally had 5 days of prolonged exposure and am just arguing that I should stay masked for 10 days and take a covid test after 5 (as per CDC guidlelines -- I'm in the US). They keep saying "I'm sure it's fine" and "that seems like a lot." However, one perk of being unemployed is that I don't have to deal with the fact that at my old job, I had 0 days of paid sick leave!
Thank you for speaking on this!!
I am audhd & have always struggle to keep up with life but the struggle has been 10x worse since having covid multiple times.
I would LOVE to hear you speak on/dig into the America hospital that denied ventilators to folks with autism on their charts. It may have occurred in other countries as well, but I know for certain it happened in the US.
You are a force of light, dont stop! people. need to wake up to the truth
Also, re 10:14, yeah. Harassment is a real problem. My boyfriend and I were filmed, followed, and verbally attacked by a grown ass man because we were wearing masks. No one there did anything about it. And this was at a hotel, we were uncomfortable for the whole stay because this guy was staying there too, and i was afraid to wear a mask in the lobby for the rest of our stay, or go to breakfast.
I live with my partner, we're both turning 30 this year, we both went through covid two times despite applying every preventive measure possible and barely leaving the house for 3 years (we're both autistic so I gotta admit, it wasn't super difficult for us to stay in) and the way long covid has affected us reminds me a lot about when my parents started aging. They hit their mid 50s and they suddenly started falling ill all the time and their bodies started malfunctioning in the strangest ways that doctors only shrugged about like "guess you'll have to get used to it, that's what aging is". In other words, I feel like we have aged a decade in the span of 2 years. I'm not bitter about all the outside things I missed out on, I'm bitter about being 29 and feeling like I'm in my mid 40s. I can't even describe this feeling, but I'm sure anyone who's dealing with long covid knows what I mean. I'm scared to think of what my actual aging process is going to be like if I'm already so weakened by this shit, feeling like somebody catapulted me years into the future general health wise. I'm trying my hardest, working out, eating well, sleeping as much as possible... Nothing helps. All because I went to get groceries once and people in the store weren't wearing masks.
Thank you for making this video, people talking about the reality of things on the internet instead of forcing a smile n telling me that I'm overreacting is my only consolation in this. I genuinely believe once enough years pass, long covid is studied enough, there will be /some/ remedy to this.
Oh my god!!!! Thank you for covering this ♥️ It's been so heartbreaking seeing my family detoriate as they get covid again and again and don't see why it's an issue 🥲
Glad someone said something. I'm tired of people saying COVID is over or "back in the days of COVID" like dude it's not gonna go away. I joke about it but it's too real that if my coworkers or customers come in sick we're all fucked.
Thank you I'm so sick of people being in denial over this
Thank you for this, and for doing so much to help other people feel less alone and let them know that they're seen and they matter.
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My company insisted on having my entire department (200-300) fly to town during this peak sickness season for an internal conference that ran fine virtually during covid, and it was implied that my job was at risk after I submitted a formal request in writing to be exempt. Capitalism really don't give a fuck about us out here
Plus so many people are brainwashed as hell.
Capitalism is great educate yourself
Thank you for making this!! 😷🌼
-long covid sufferer
I’m chronically ill and disabled and my elderly parents, in their 60s, don’t really wear masks anymore. Luckily we only had one actual case and nobody else in the house got it, but I’m nervous AF. Even though our area hardly has any cases. I’ve been scared to leave the house, and nervous about masking in public. (I still have lots of nice ones though and keep one or two on me that I can put on, in the fun colours) I will be starting school again soon, community college, and have felt so guilty about “not continuing on with my life” and returning to former normal. My school luckily mandates vaccination to register for classes and takes things seriously.
But yeah…I’m so worried about getting it. I already can’t work and can barely do school with all my disabilities since I have both mental and physical disabilities and many places only accommodate one or the other, and many online formats do not have fast enough communication or clarification on instructions for me to be able to do them. (Also they almost never format to accommodate for disabilities from what I’ve seen. Would love to be wrong!)
Im hoping things change so I can actually have community.
Thanks foe another incredibly informative video. I think oceanic scenery is one of my favorites 😷🪸
I'm absolulety sharing this with my family. Hopefully it doesn't turn into a disheartening debate!! 🤞
This is insane! My family and I have been lucky enough to not catch Covid with many of them and close friends being immune compromised. Sanitizing the house upon the lockdown, masking whenever outside and every year I’ve been getting my flu and Covid vaccines when they become available. The idea we could still catch it and the possibly life long affects if someone survives is one thing but our governments just claiming the pandemic is over and trying to get everyone back to normal is face palmingly sad
5 months late but this video is so important! Thank you for speaking up about covid and for being a fellow weirdo who masks everywhere 😷
Excellent video! So sorry you caught long covid. Have still been masking myself, but don't see too many other people doing so. I hope we'll reach a point where it's normal for people to just politely mask when sick. People had a similar aversion to seatbelts for ages and have now adapted to it.
Im not even halfway in, and just have to say thank you. Thanks for bringing awareness to this.
As someone who's life has still been "on hold" to destroyed, to varying degrees.... my 5yo hasnt been able to start school, since we live in a high risk area with rural local governments that dont play fair....
Thats what has maybe been the most difficult, definitely most infuriating... to watch almost everyone, including the mf cdc act like covid is over.. changing guidelines to suite the whims of our country's corporate overlords etc etc.
To have most of my family and friend relationships ruined by the selfishness and self righteous judgement that too many so proudly display.
Its too much to bear at times... so truly, thank you
Sending love, encouragement, and solidarity to the rest of the "forgotten".... the "too much trouble" and "hypochondriacs"....
I don’t remember if I answered the original questions that you’re referring to here or not but I have been coughed at wearing a mask in public on more than one occasion.
In the US, the vaccine is now $185 unless you have insurance (which very many people- some of the most vulnerable- can't afford). My mother currently has COVID pneumonia (she doesn't live near us).
I’ve been waiting for a video like this, thank you!❤😍
Babe that feeling you get (luna tearing up clip) is called Betrayal.
It sucks when you realize people you love refuse to move in solidarity with you. It's heartbreaking when someone won't take a few seconds to grab a mask before leaving the house.
Betrayal.
I have long covid (alpha wave, since 2020). I get angry and sad at how much people's behavior contributes to my isolation.
Just tired as fuck in Michigan. Anyone else covid cautious in Michigan?
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Betrayal lmao
Im from the US and I work in healthcare and have been masking for four whole ass years now, everyone around me gives me the excuse “I don’t want to” and it’s so infantile like neither do I??? Yet I’m an adult who understands responsibility. My partner works in healthcare as well and at their workplace they are the only one who masks and their coworkers actively mock them for it. I got exposed to Covid at the end of November and got sick a week later, I took so many at home tests that all came back negative. But now I have long Covid. I’ve been so dizzy for months now, I’ve got crazy vertigo and fatigue but I have to keep working because I’m a caregiver I have people who rely on my showing up to help them! Besides I missed so much work I’m really hurting for money now
More people need talk about this! Thank you! 👏
my brother has the worst cough right now and its made me go back to masking in public (at least in indoor spaces) because i’m literally tired of getting sick for preventable reasons
Masks don't prevent infection
I have developed raynauds, severe erythromelalgia (could be a different condition but doctors are at a loss), and worsened preexisting POTS since I caught COVID in May 2022. Ive only had it once to my knowledge. I have developed other problems but are less clear in if they are a direct or indirect or unaffiliated connection to when I got COVID.
Doesnt help how much COVID denialism especially affects the female sex considering we are significantly more likely to develop autoimmune diseases for some unclear reason than the male sex.
There is so much we CAN do to help mitigate but it just wont happen under capitalism. Our governments abandoned us. And people really don't have awareness of this and even if they do, the peer pressure to be "normal" trumps societal health. Makes me feel insane 💀
Take cold showers for the raynauds
I really get the forgetful part of that. Like to my knowledge i have never had covid but my memory is so shit that i have to keep notes and ask my mom to help when i talk to my therapist .
Like i literally cant remember anything
You might have cognitive fog? It's a symptom of long covid, but other things cause it as well. Most common ones I know about are lyme disease (you can get this from tick bites) and mold toxicity (you can get this if you're exposed to mold). Maybe you've already ruled things out, but if not, it might be worth looking into.
@@This_Is_Just_To_Say ive had it for too long for it to be from covid but it might be worthwhile to bring it up on my next doctor visit. Ty lol
thank you for this video. i don’t understand why people have just forgotten about it ugh
In my country, you only get tested if you end up in hospital. All autumn, people were talking about how low the infection numbers were, and I was completely gobsmacked. Unless you’re testing, HOW can you possibly know that? I’ve had two confirmed cases of covid, and two suspected. Thankfully, pretty mild, despite having asthma. (Vaccines FTW!) But not knowing how many times I’ve had it and what it’s potentially done to my health is doing my head in. My mother (82) got infected in July in the hospital while recovering from a heart attack. I was terrified.
The vaccine sucks
I'm literally obsessed w u!! You're so beautiful! I always look forward to your videos and hearing your points, they always teach me more. 😷 Just finished your vid. I felt like I was the only one still concerned ab covid. Ty for doing the work u do, gonna go get my boosters and figure out how to get those masks.
Thank you so much for highlighting this important issue. I 1000% agree with you. Keep up the great work. XO