Covid can survive on groceries for days according to new study

[Ms. Toad]

46. Pancreatitis can be deadly -

And COVID, even mild cases in vaccinated individuals, can cause pancreatitis. It's not a nuisance flu.

I was vaccinated (second booster - I've now had a third) between 2 and 3 weeks before I contracted COVID. Approximately a month later I was hospitalized with pancreatitis for 3+ days. I was also diagnosed with some sort of gall bladder crud (precisely what is not clear, since the diagnosis associated with the test is something only people on death's door get), and several immune deficiencies. The specialist I followed up with said he is seeing a lot of pancreatitis caused by COVID, and diagnosed both the pancreatitis and gall bladder crud as caused by COVID.

Pancreatitis is only one of the serious sequelae to COVID - more are being discovered the longer we are able to watch post-COVID patterns.

That said, I agree as to groceries. COVID is spread primarily through the air - not by contact. There's really no need to be as obsessive as people were at the beginning of COVID. (I was - and still am - obsessive about mask wearing. But I never took any additional steps with groceries to stay safe.)