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[-] RIP_Cheems@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

I mean, no disease will never not be lethal, but that is considerable better than it was.

[-] pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online -4 points 9 months ago

Depends on what you consider better. I'd rather be dead than permanently disabled from long covid.

[-] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 7 points 9 months ago

Well that's certainly a take.

I don't think it's unreasonable to not want to be alive if you have no quality of life.

[-] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Long covid doesn't usually make you a vegetable or something. So it sounded quite extreme

Being a vegetable isn't the only negative QoL out there. If I have to take several breaks just walking to the mailbox, that doesn't sound like any sort of quality of life to me.

[-] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago

If you are out of shape you'd rather die than carry on living? Quite drastic if you ask me.

But what's the likelihood of getting long covid and/or otherwise getting such a debilitating condition that you'd rather die? Can't be too common

Struggling to walk to the mailbox because a virus permanently disabled you is not the same as being out of shape.

And I'm not pulling this example out of my ass. My shrink's daughter in law was a mountain climber, trail runner, etc. and after covid she can't walk to the mailbox without having to stop for a breather.

And she had covid 2 years ago.

[-] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee -2 points 9 months ago

It'd mean you're really out of shape. It's not a very common effect of covid though.

And I'm not pulling this example out of my ass. My shrink's daughter in law

Right.

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