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'Long Covid': Why are some people not recovering?
For most people, Covid-19 is a brief and mild disease but some are left struggling with symptoms including lasting fatigue, persistent pain and breathlessness for months.
The condition known as "long Covid" is having a debilitating effect on people's lives, and stories of being left exhausted after even a short walk are now common.
So far, the focus has been on saving lives during the pandemic, but there is now a growing recognition that people are facing long-term consequences of a Covid infection.
Yet even basic questions - such as why people get long Covid or whether everyone will fully recover - are riddled with uncertainty.
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'Long Covid': Why are Some People not Recovering?
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(Score: 3, Insightful) by sjames on Monday October 12 2020, @10:03PM
That's a big problem with a lot of disabilities. What little safety net we have in the U.S. is so inflexible that one gets the idea that it is designed to look for excuses rather than to help people who need it.
Many real disabilities feature good days and bad days as well as days that start out good and turn bad and even days that start out bad and get better. Unfortunately, most employers expect you to show up every day and be productive all day and will fire you if you can't manage that but any help for disability sees any hint of a good day (or part of a day) evidence that you need no help at all.
Then you have the people who delight in finding 'cheats' They get a picture of someone on disability who is out and about, apparently not screaming in agony and parade it around as evidence of a cheat. The part they don't report (or actually know or even try to find out) is that the picture was taken on the only day that week the person was able to get out and that after the 2 hours they were out, they basically collapsed in bed for the rest of the day.