Anxiety due to COVID-19

Ongoing "brain fog" is one of a range of known "long covid" symptoms. It's not a feature of a particular variant, it was well-documented as one of the possible lasting effects of the original strain (but delta's greater infectiousness makes it a bigger risk). Hope it clears up quickly.

Yeah, there's more things to consider with this stuff than just survival rates. And there are plenty of documented cases of young people who had only mild illness then suffering ongoing effects for many months afterwards which were more debilitating than the illness itself. Even if you think your risk of death is low it's still worth taking this stuff seriously.

Here in LA we now have a new variant, in addition to Delta: Mu. I don't know much about it yet, except that it doesn't appear to be as vicious as Delta, but it's still new, so we'll see.

With new variants popping up like this, I'm anxious indeed. Despite being fully vaccinated.

@PitCarver I hope you feel better soon. Brain fog sucks, but let's hope it goes away.

lunatic59 said:

I found this interesting.

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Yeah, we've been hearing about the Mu variant for a few weeks now; it appears to be centered in LA, though I don't know why.

As soon as they gain ground on a different varient, a new one will show up to take it's place

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sullencab said:

What vaccine did you get? There are restrictions for each country, right?

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Different countries have approved different vaccines, and also have different rules about which vaccine may be given to which groups. For example, here is the UK the elderly will almost all have had Pfizer, since that was the first one approved and they were innocculated first. People younger than 40 will mostly have had Pfizer or Moderna (due to a very slight increase of risk of blood clotting in that age group using AstraZeneca(*) these were the preferred vaccines in that age group), and those inbetween will mostly have had AZ (easier to handle and distribute, and ordered in large quantities). The Janssen (J&J) vaccine has been approved but not used yet. Novavax has not yet been approved, I don't know whether Sputnik or Sinovac have even sought approval. The UK have also just announced that they will be using mRNA vaccines (Pfizer or Moderna) for single booster shots for those over 50. Other countries have approved different sets of vaccines (in some cases taking what they can get - and it is shocking, if predictable, how little most of the world has access to).

Then in some countries you may request a particular vaccine, in others you will be offered the one that is felt clinically appropriate.

So yes, there is a lot of variation between countries. In my case as a middle-aged Brit I have had 2 doses of AZ.

(*) When I say "very slight", it's a little less than the increased risk per week for a woman taking oral contraceptives. No real answer has been given to the question of why that risk is an issue requiring a change of policy for a vaccine but brushed over as insignificant for a pill widely taken women in the same age group.

MoodyBlues said:

Yeah, we've been hearing about the Mu variant for a few weeks now; it appears to be centered in LA, though I don't know why.

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It seems to have originated in South America, so most likely LA will have been where whoever travelled while infected and then failed to act responsibly was travelling to.

On the plus side, it doesn't seem to be displacing Delta the way Delta displaced Alpha and Beta.

COVID is terrible…it was very hard for me and my body

sullencab said:

I know it's kind of off-topic but I'm scared of all the reports I've been seeing about COVID-19. I thought it's all okay now, but what's up with the new variants and increased cases? I think I may be having anxiety attacks because of this. Anyone experiencing the same?

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Don't worry, the situation is getting better. Believe in the best and take care of your health.

gorb91841 said:

Don't worry, the situation is getting better. Believe in the best and take care of your health.

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It's not getting better everywhere. LA county reported more hospitalizations yesterday than since the peak of the pandemic. It's still very much a big concern.

The Delta variant has unfortunately made a really negative impact so at this point things are not looking good at all. Here in Illinois it's a mixed bag -- Chicago and most of northern IL is seeing improvements with the infection and death rates leveling off and even dropping in some counties. Southern IL is more conservative and seeing a significant rise in numbers, and that's affecting the overall state average which is going back up again.

OMG it's the coronavirus and we are going to die!!!! Run for the hills I hate to break it to you but the moment you took your first breathe, you started the process of eventually dying. Why are people so paranoid over something they a 98.99% chance of surviving, life is too short, get out there and live it

If everyone was subject to the "something they a 98.99% chance of surviving" then there would be no reason for concern.

I am over 65, have had 2 heart attacks, a bit overweight, and am fighting a bacterial infection that I got in the hospital with the last heart attack.

Pretty sure if I get it I will not just shake it off ....

svim said:

The Delta variant has unfortunately made a really negative impact so at this point things are not looking good at all. Here in Illinois it's a mixed bag -- Chicago and most of northern IL is seeing improvements with the infection and death rates leveling off and even dropping in some counties. Southern IL is more conservative and seeing a significant rise in numbers, and that's affecting the overall state average which is going back up again.

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Hey neighbor. Yeah I think it is a pretty photo down here, at least my families are vaccinated.

lunatic59 said:

We've lost around 800,000 so far and it's less of a big deal to some than a minor traffic accident.

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Actually the US is remarkably blase about traffic accidents: your road fatality rate per head of population is exceptionally high for a developed country, and unlike most is not improving.

On Covid there is a strand of thought that wants to "move on" at any cost. Two years ago the idea that 50,000 people might die of this in the UK would have been regarded as a disaster, and a total failure by the government. Currently we have 1,000 covid-related deaths per week and that seems to be simply regarded as acceptable by many, who just want to say it's over and everyone should just live with it (except those who don't, but you aren't supposed to mention them).

I'm not paranoid or anxious, but I'm not going to pretend it's over or ignore the ongoing cost either.

Lord, we praise the unknown individuals that must be carting off the untold masses of the dead from our streets in the middle of the night, for I have not seen a single onen!

GREAT JOB!

As new cases of COVID-19 coronavirus are confirmed in the WHO European Region, citizens are asked to remain under home quarantine. There is no need to worry; you just need to follow the regime and not go out in public places unnecessarily. Everything will be fine.

Okay so here we are almost two and half years after this whole corona virus, Covid 19 scam stuff started.
Yes I said "scam"
Let's travel back in time September/October 2019 a new flu virus has been popping up here and there. It doesn't raise alarms.
November/December 2019 people are becoming more aware of it, but aren't losing their ever loving minds
January 2020 "Houston we might have a problem"
That pesky flu virus that's been floating around, it becomes a thing eventually name covid 19
January comes and goes
February/March 2020. COVID-19 becomes the primary focus , it's covid this, covid that.
At the start of March maybe the end of February the talk of having a national/global lock down begins.
By mid March 2020 the lock downs begin to become a reality and here comes the part were people loose their minds, panic buying erupts, businesses begin closing, one would think the zombie apocalypse had begun.
April/May 2020 the lock downs are in full effect, at least in America. Everyone is wearing a mask (most every one)
May/June 2020 the race to find a vaccine begins (well kind of)
There is one little lingering unanswered question? Exactly what are we dealing with here??
July/August 2020 it's covid 19 information overload, we got data coming in from here, there, from the great beyond , heck even a cousin or aunt, apparently had the inside scoop on this covid-19.
Then come news that a magical vaccine cure might be days or a week or two away. The effective rate is some where between 30 something to 50/60 something percent effective
But then it starts to be reported that on your own you have a horrible 99.98% chance of surviving covid 19 on your own.
This leads to the first time a lot people started to say "hold on a second" "let me get this right on my own I have 99.98% chance give or take a few numbers of actually surving this covid thing with just my natural immunity system?"
Yes
Then the effectiveness of the vaccines becomes the certain point of the news , the effective rate bounces between 37% to 57-59% effective , then into the 60's then around 78-79% possibly somewhere in the 80% it's determined that the vaccine should offer some protection against a virus that oh that's right, you could probably survive against on your own.
As 2020 winds down, the likely hood of you surviving against covid 19 on your own with our a vaccine shot begin to decrease,
By this point people were starting to ask to many questions.
2021 arrives, there multiple vaccines , there are boosters and then the different varieties of the virus start to appear
As 2021 progress world leaders, health and science officials continue to try and control the masses with fear tactics the so called narrative began to crack
First the start of the covid 19 scam, capper, ground zero had always been the lab in china according to government sources.
But then it started to come out that other places had been doing SARS, covid and other contagious disease research more importantly some of it had been done on the effects of a virus spreading globally and the effective it would have.
Then came the news that Dr. Fauci had direct or indirect ties to the Wuhan lab.
Then further complicate matters it came out during the middle of 2021 way back in 2017-2018 some science research group had gone to D.A.R.P.A requesting funding to do research bats, SARS, human/bat interaction gene alterations contagion spread to see potential side effects on human civilization.
D.A.R.P.A apparently look at the research and said okay this is impressive, mission goals and objectives clearly lined out, but then came the question about control and safety , what safe guards would be put in place to control or terminate the project should problems a rise???
When D.A.R.P.A didn't get the answers they wanted , they sent the science group on their way.
Later on same science group would be directly link to the national institute of health (NIH) and to that lab over on Wuhan.
So 2021 slowly draws to a close, uncle Sam is all about the vaccine mandates and how they will save life's
On the other hand we are told if you don't get it, well your probably going to be okay (not to fear because uncle Sam and other world leaders, science, medical health officials are working on a vaccine to protect you from being okay. I am certain that you being okay has a lot of people not okay there's no telling what kind of danger you could be in being okay
So here we are march 2022. Yes we have lost people to covid 19, people have sicken and hospitalized. But guess what??? Life is still happening, the world is still.spining. most people are no longer buying into the whole doom and gloom covid 19 narrative.
And please I beg you if you are doing okay seek help immediately because remember it's not okay to be okay