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[–] 222 points 2 years ago* (64 children)

I know that COVID isn’t regarded to be a serious disease if you’re vaccinated and reasonably healthy, but I had mental fogginess for about 2 months after my infection.

I mostly seemed outwardly okay during that time, but it was a tremendous effort to just do the bare minimum.

I hope he ducks out if there’s even a fraction of those types of symptoms.

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  • [–] 87 points 2 years ago (7 children)

    A roommate of mine was down for almost two months. He still has some mental lapses and foggy moments. That was over three years ago.

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  • [–] 22 points 2 years ago

    Same happened to my wife. Had long haul covid and now has a very hard time learning new things and retaining information for short periods. It’s been hard but she has learned to use better note Tekkno and task management apps to help.

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Isn’t this how planet of the apes story goes?

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  • [–] 63 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I know that COVID isn’t regarded to be a serious disease if you’re vaccinated and reasonably healthy

    Bruh...

    At 81 years old, life is a serious medical condition.

    People of that age die of "little" shit all the time.

    And remember he's saying he just tested positive, it's not why he's been like this for at least the last year it's that he's going to be even worse through the election.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago

    This is the thing with old age that I think most people won't understand until it happens to them. The body's ability to deal with those things severely deteriorates with age. You can be peppy and active one day, and on death's door the next. COVID has proven to be particularly bad for the elderly, but every "minor" ailment or injury is much more serious, and possibly life threatening given the wrong mix of complications. Biden has probably the best chance being in the position he is, and testing positive isn't the same as being symptomatic, but he's by no means free and clear. It'll be interesting to see how this turns out.

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  • [–] 32 points 2 years ago (7 children)

    I didn't get the mental fogginess but even so, I really haven't ever felt that I fully recovered. I used to be an Ironman when it came to getting sick but now it's like I get knocked down every few weeks with some flu-like symptoms.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago

    That happened to me. I got COVID pre-vaccine, and for years after that I got every bug going, including multiple COVID infections. After time this seems to have passed. I have now gone one year without COVID, which is a miracle. I feel like my first infection buggered up my immune system. I think I have finally recovered now. I wish you the best of luck.

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    80 year Olds tend to die from covid. Of the things to be concerned about, his mental sharpness is obviously not even a requirement.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago* (3 children)

    They're going to shove the entire nation's supply of steroids and antivirals down his throat

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago (7 children)

    more than likely he is going to get the antivrals and such they would only used for hospitalized right off the bat. like paxlovid.

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Paxlovid isn't just for hospitals, and for a time it was available for free with any insurance and the barest "medical need." I got COVID in 2023 and got Paxlovid just by asking the doctor nicely.

    (And despite that, my symptoms were awful and it took two months to fully recover. )

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

    You don't need to be hospitalized to get all the antivirals. In fact, that's the whole thing paxlovid is supposed to prevent. Anyone with risk factors can take paxlovid, and it's very effective at preventing severe covid. It should be started as soon as possible, not waiting until someone's already hospitalized. Even in unvaccinated people, if taken early in the course, is 90% effective at preventing severe disease.

    Remdesivir is the one that's generally only for hospitalized patients, though even that can be used pre hospital too.

    Anyways point is, if you get covid, and have risk factors for severe covid, call your doctor or urgent care to get paxlovid to take if you can, especially if you're unvaccinated.

    And yeah between getting diagnosed quickly, getting paxlovid I'm sure, and being immunized, Biden will very likely be fine.

    Edit: yes he started paxlovid https://www.npr.org/2024/07/17/nx-s1-5043814/biden-covid

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    And to add on "risk factors" is incredibly broad. Being overweight or having some very common diseases counts. And that's only if the prescribing medical professional is being a stickler.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago

    I took Paxlovid when I got COVID. Started taking it the day I tested positive. Worked great initially - I was very tired for around a week, sleeping for most of the first two days, but didn't feel completely terrible.

    However, a day or two after I had finished taking it, the symptoms came back much worse and I was pretty sick for another week and a half. Apparently rebound/recurrence of symptoms happens in around one in five people that take Paxlovid.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago

    My experience has been that the antivirals are pretty easy to get just for a regular case. If you catch it, don't assume you can't get them. But do contact your doctor early, as there is a time window. Better to get on them early when you're not feeling that badly than wait until you think you're sick enough to justify it.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago*

    I know that COVID isn’t regarded to be a serious disease

    Generally by capitalists who want their workforce to keep making them money.

    By the millions who actually get it and are left chronically ill (or who don't survive at all), many who aren't "reasonably healthy" yet don't deserve any less consideration - not so much.

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