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New Covid vaccines are on the way as 'Eris' variant rises
(www.reuters.com)
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Yeah, long COVID seems to hit people randomly, and it seems even vaccination status doesn't make a huge difference.
And before you know it you've spent a year in bedcare.
It seems that way if you don't know anything, yes.
It's not totally random. I've noticed it affects self-centered and narcissistic people more frequently, almost like it's one more justification to be a perpetual victim.
Didn't think I'd see the "disabled people are just looking for attention" card being played on Lemmy but here we are.
I think they're saying that unvaccinated people are more likely to get more severe cases of covid and therefore are more likely to get long covid.
I read it as anti-vaxxers, COVID conspiracy idiots, and maybe conservatives in general, not disabled people.
Why would anti-vaxxers or COVID conspiracists be talking about having Long COVID? They're more likely to represent it as a minor cold, not talking publicly about being disabled by illness.
Because once it actually significantly affects them they're more likely to suddenly care about it.
You know what's wild? My alzheimer's patients almost always have the most healthy bodies and rarely complain about pain. They're not overweight. They don't get CHF. They pass through COVID and other illnesses with mild symptoms.
Your simplified strawman contains a seed of truth.
Ah yes. Your tiny sample size.
From a disabled person. Fuck off. COVID sucked and continues to affect me.
You don't know my sample size. I promise it's much bigger than your twitter samples.
Source- Trust me bro
Oh, that's not the only thing they are confused about 🙄
I responded to your comment.
Twitter. The heck makes you think I use Twitter. 😹 Try again. Asshole.
tiny sample size. The heck makes you think I have a tiny sample size. 😹 Try again. Asshole.
This conversation is incredibly stupid and tedious. I will continue to reflect the quality of the posts you send me.
I feel sorry for your patients who have you as their caregiver.
They love me because it's my job to help them reach acceptance.
Oh sweetheart. Unless you account for a heck of a lot of people. Hundreds to thousands isn't a very large sample size when you take into account the amount of people with disabilities there is in the world. And you also have to account for figures of people with undiagnosed disabilities too.
So yes. Your sample size is akin to your IQ.
Low.
My sample size is larger than most studies you could cite.
You keep saying you have a large sample size but you won't say how large. Why should anyone believe you?
I don't care if you believe me.
Then why are you bothering?
If you look back, the people addressing me have been arguing about why I shouldn't believe my sources, and they're using nothing but degrading insults and authoritarian arguments to try to sway me. My responses have all been appropriate. Nobody has asked for clarification or explanation. They just read my claims and reacted with their own narcissistic responses. I don't care if you all remain ignorant of the truth.
"I have a huge sample size but I'm not even going to say how large" is not an appropriate response.
Allow me to rephrase for people like you. "I am confident in my research and experience, and I have no desire to explain years of work to the willfully ignorant."
All kinds of people are confident despite being very wrong. Confidence is not a substitute for evidence. Neither is insulting people.
Yeah, that applies to every response in this thread.
Does it? You insulted me by calling me willfully ignorant. I didn't insult you or make it personal at all, so that sounds like it applies to your responses, not mine. And how is insulting me appropriate when you claim all of your responses are appropriate when I did not do you the same discourtesy?
You are willfully ignorant. You only have the very vaguest idea of the dynamic of the mind body interaction I briefly described, and now you're devoting all of your will to painting me as an antagonist simply because I responded to hostility and ignorance with the same instead of patiently spoon feeding you information that you'll promptly disregard or manipulate to reinforce your existing beliefs of who and what you think you've encountered.
See, you think I owe it to other people to drag them kicking and screaming to what I know is the truth, and I know that's pointless. All I can do is communicate with people on the level they project onto me. If you wanted to ask questions and have a constructive conversation, you'd have done that from the beginning.
What are you even talking about now? I didn't say anything about the mind body interaction. I didn't bring it up or discuss it. How is that me being willfully ignorant?
I meant if you want to talk about ignorance, you seem to be totally ignorant of what I've said to you so far since you think it involves something I never even mentioned.
You didn't say anything about it, correct. I did in the very first post. I know what you've said so far, and you don't seem to realize that it's irrelevant because we're having two different conversations. You've been a pedantic and condescending asshole since your arrival, and I've been responding. You THINK you're correcting me, but you've yet to consider what you're correcting because you're arguing more with your assumptions than you are with me.
Okay, you've used up your two insult limit. Time to block you. I will not tolerate Reddit behavior on Lemmy. Goodbye.
"I only hear about things from people who talk about things"
It's true that the narcissists love to post about their long COVID too. It's like being a celebrity.