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markodochartaigh

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54. I have long covid.

Reply to SocialDemocrat61 (Original post)

Tue Dec 30, 2025, 01:09 PM

2 hrs ago

I've been vaxxed and boosted all along. I have Asperger's so social distancing is my superpower. When I got covid I had just stopped wearing a mask. I tracked my exposures because I'm retired and it was easy to do. I kept my exposure to less than an hour a week by severely limiting my time out of the house. I got covid from one trip of less than thirty minutes to Publix. No one was even coughing, that I was aware of. Covid almost killed me and I believe that long covid will take at least a decade off my life.

And almost certainly I got covid because people here in SW Florida have not taken the pandemic seriously.

If you get long covid I bet it will change your opinion of taking simple precautions.

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