News
Welcome to the News community!
Rules:
1. Be civil
Attack the argument, not the person. No racism/sexism/bigotry. Good faith argumentation only. This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban. Do not respond to rule-breaking content; report it and move on.
2. All posts should contain a source (url) that is as reliable and unbiased as possible and must only contain one link.
Obvious biased sources will be removed at the mods’ discretion. Supporting links can be added in comments or posted separately but not to the post body. Sources may be checked for reliability using Wikipedia, MBFC, AdFontes, GroundNews, etc.
3. No bots, spam or self-promotion.
Only approved bots, which follow the guidelines for bots set by the instance, are allowed.
4. Post titles should be the same as the article used as source. Clickbait titles may be removed.
Posts which titles don’t match the source may be removed. If the site changed their headline, we may ask you to update the post title. Clickbait titles use hyperbolic language and do not accurately describe the article content. When necessary, post titles may be edited, clearly marked with [brackets], but may never be used to editorialize or comment on the content.
5. Only recent news is allowed.
Posts must be news from the most recent 30 days.
6. All posts must be news articles.
No opinion pieces, Listicles, editorials, videos, blogs, press releases, or celebrity gossip will be allowed. All posts will be judged on a case-by-case basis. Mods may use discretion to pre-approve videos or press releases from highly credible sources that provide unique, newsworthy content not available or possible in another format.
7. No duplicate posts.
If an article has already been posted, it will be removed. Different articles reporting on the same subject are permitted. If the post that matches your post is very old, we refer you to rule 5.
8. Misinformation is prohibited.
Misinformation / propaganda is strictly prohibited. Any comment or post containing or linking to misinformation will be removed. If you feel that your post has been removed in error, credible sources must be provided.
9. No link shorteners or news aggregators.
All posts must link to original article sources. You may include archival links in the post description. News aggregators such as Yahoo, Google, Hacker News, etc. should be avoided in favor of the original source link. Newswire services such as AP, Reuters, or AFP, are frequently republished and may be shared from other credible sources.
10. Don't copy entire article in your post body
For copyright reasons, you are not allowed to copy an entire article into your post body. This is an instance wide rule, that is strictly enforced in this community.
view the rest of the comments
It just seems like another flu at this point. Which is why nobody cares
Nobody caring is the real problem. The flu is a problem as well.
I meant more that people care about it as much as other seasonal stuff
You might be right that it "seems" like that and that nobody cares, but it's pretty terrifying IMO.
The symptoms, severity, and duration of long-COVID really suck.
There's a growing body of research suggesting that long-COVID causes a significant reduction in brain tissue.
It's one of those things were if you're unlucky enough to get long covid and unlucky enough to get something severe out of it it really sucks, but also vast majority aren't that unlucky so most aren't that terrified of it.
And with how seemingly up to chance getting the whole covid is to begin with, it's not something people are actively afraid of, imo for a reason since not much you can do, other than getting boosters maybe but even that doesn't guarantee anything.
It's absolutely fine if you and others aren't concerned.
However, the study I linked says that more than 10% of Covid patients develop long covid. Of those cognitive impairment is measurable 141 days post-infection on average, and 26% show impairment after 9 months. We're really not talking about a small portion of a small portion.
As discussed in the other publication I linked, the best way to mitigate your risk is with vaccinations.
The more recent studies I've found (from 2024 or so) have put the risk much lower than 10%. The risk was much higher early on and has got much smaller over time. Not to mention the by far most common symptom was fatigue or dry cough lasting for a short time. Which, after having been sick, yeah.
It's understandably not a risk that keeps many people up at night. At least not more than say influenza A, that can cause seizures and shit. Not at all often, which is why it doesn't really worry people, unless they're otherwise at heightened risk.
I had forgotten why I don't get involved in discussions about COVID.
It's s topic that can definitely be upsetting to some.
I'm not upset, thanks.
Oh I thought because of what you said earlier
Yeah long flu is such a bastard
First time it sucked, I had my throat really sore for some days. Second time it was less severe than my regular flu though.