The billionaire who wants to live forever just admitted he has long covid. Specifically, covid wrecked his lungs. If you haven’t come across him, Bryan Johnson is a 46-year-old tech bro who cashed out a few years ago and now spends all his time trying not to die.
long covid is a whole lot of things. Asthma, diabetes, depression… the identifiable things that sonofabitch virus can do to the human body appear to be legion.
I think it’s just that we never really addressed the fact that you don’t fully bounce back from illness. But then suddenly, everyone got this serious illness, and at the same time we realized “I just don’t feel like I did before, even now that I’ve recovered”
That’s just my personal feeling, it’s not based on much except our attitudes about illness
[edited because I was too snarky and now I feel bad]
I urge you to read the research here if you don’t believe in long covid’s reality, severity, or frequency. But yes, obviously a new chronic and devastating illness will exacerbate any pre-existing conditions; that’s how chronic illness works.
I guess this counts as long Covid, although I associate it more with brain fog and similar symptoms.
Either way, “lung capacity of an 18-year-old” and “15% loss of lung capacity” can’t both be true, unless he’s suggesting he started with super-lungs.
Or he now has the lung capacity of a 15% smaller 18 year old.
a large lung the size of a small lung
“A lung small in the same way a large one isn’t” ~ T. Pratchett
long covid is a whole lot of things. Asthma, diabetes, depression… the identifiable things that sonofabitch virus can do to the human body appear to be legion.
Tbqh I think a lot of the “long covid” symptoms are just things people weren’t treating before.
I think it’s just that we never really addressed the fact that you don’t fully bounce back from illness. But then suddenly, everyone got this serious illness, and at the same time we realized “I just don’t feel like I did before, even now that I’ve recovered”
That’s just my personal feeling, it’s not based on much except our attitudes about illness
[edited because I was too snarky and now I feel bad]
I urge you to read the research here if you don’t believe in long covid’s reality, severity, or frequency. But yes, obviously a new chronic and devastating illness will exacerbate any pre-existing conditions; that’s how chronic illness works.
Didn’t deny long covid was a thing, but I’m glad you agree it isn’t the primary reason why the morbidly obese are developing diabetes.
Wow i gave you the benefit of the doubt and i have to stop doing that.
Something tells me I can guess what you think gave you diabetes.
holy shit fuck off
You gave 'em the benefit of the doubt, but you can take it right back. :-)