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FakeNoose

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22. So many of the Covid deaths (including the unvaccinated deaths)

Reply to Tomconroy (Original post)

Mon Dec 13, 2021, 12:10 PM

Dec 2021

... were actually long-hauls that didn't make it. It makes one wonder whether it's better to survive Covid and have these lingering effects, or is it better just to succumb and be done with all of it? I don't know the answer because luckily I haven't been infected. But it's certainly a DAMN GOOD REASON to get vaccinated, and not become a long-haul.

The cost of the long-haul effects of Covid will break our insurance system, unless we make rapid changes to how this will be paid for. Just sayin'

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Is Long Covid Even Real? [View all] Tomconroy Dec 2021 OP

He isn't saying what you are saying. As he says, long covid definitely exists. And as Scrivener7 Dec 2021 #1

I didn't say it doesn't exist. I agree with everything the doctor says Tomconroy Dec 2021 #3

I know this, I was exhausted for weeks after I was Covid free bottomofthehill Dec 2021 #2

This is a story about a former colleague of mine Travel Hat Dec 2021 #4

Lingering symptoms are common to many respiratory illnesses. Tomconroy Dec 2021 #5

Long haul syndrome is affecting people Phoenix61 Dec 2021 #8

Subject needs much more real scientific study. Tomconroy Dec 2021 #13

UC Davis isn't real enough for you? Phoenix61 Dec 2021 #15

No. That sentence tells you basically nothing. Tomconroy Dec 2021 #16

Again, UC Davis isn't real enough for you? nt Phoenix61 Dec 2021 #17

I answered you. Stop being rude. Tomconroy Dec 2021 #18

Did you even bother to read the article? Phoenix61 Dec 2021 #19

The study has the flaws outlined in the NPR article. Tomconroy Dec 2021 #20

To give a more detailed answer: because there is no definition Tomconroy Dec 2021 #21

Two articles re the mystery illness & scientific research: appalachiablue Dec 2021 #6

This is an NPR article that points out some of the flaws in Tomconroy Dec 2021 #7

More Than A Million Americans WHITT Dec 2021 #9

Step number one will be a definition of long Covid which would Tomconroy Dec 2021 #10

Except WHITT Dec 2021 #11

They are going to spend a billion bucks to try to figure it out Tomconroy Dec 2021 #12

... WHITT Dec 2021 #14

So many of the Covid deaths (including the unvaccinated deaths) FakeNoose Dec 2021 #22