How have I NOT heard of world class performers getting covid and maybe also ocasionally getting hospitalized for covid? And having long covid symptoms where they cant sing and dance like they used to? (hexbear.net)

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I have long covid from the single time I've ever had covid. I'm not a singer or a dancer, but if I got all the right training, I think my long covid symptoms limits my ability to physically endure performing a concert. These superstars are constantly sharing air with thousands of people in single nights. In airports, at shows, dance practice, parties, meetings. Are they hiding the news? Do they just view it as the flu and don't think it's worth reporting? What's happening?

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[-] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

Yeah, between how infectious covid is, how many new variants have been showing up, and how short immunity lasts (6 months give or take), there is no real seasonality with covid. Generally it drops off in spring because everyone spreads it to everyone else in winter, and then varies wildly the rest of the year.

And it can negatively effect the immune system for a while, so it opens people up to worse infections from other diseases, along with opportunistic bacterial and fungal infections. We just had one of the worse flu seasons in 15 years, and one of the worse whooping cough outbreaks since the 50s. The news has been reporting this stuff, but you have to look for it. I don't think it penetrates most peoples algorithm bubble by default.

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