So coronavirus is definitely going to kill a few of us.

[Tellafriend]

You guys can troll me all you want about COVID, but this is my son we are talking about here. As a parent, it is very upsetting to watch this.

It was definitely an after-effect of COVID. His case of COVID wasn't even bad. At its worst point, it wasn't as bad as some colds he's had. However, it hung around for weeks, and when it finally seemed better, the fatigue never improved.

It's not a coincidence that he got chronic fatigue right when COVID ended. There's no treatment for this right now, and nothing to do. He's not sick, just gets tired more easily than before.

By contrast, my COVID symptoms (which were very mild anyway) vanished weeks ago, and it's like I never had it. Zero lasting effects.

I do hope there is more research done soon, and they will come up with a way to flush this virus completely out of the body. Note that some viruses stay with you forever, such as chicken pox.

https://seekingalpha.com/news/381760...rug-developers

[some user]

FTPJesus, are you reading this?? Can you confirm if long covid is real???

I commend Dan Druff for posting about Ben as I have to assume he knew trolling was gonna happen, ironically from the people he politically aligns with. All around bad timing. Coronavirus was “over” until it directly smacked Mr. Druff where it hurts most, his Harvard bound child. Druff, I sincerely hope your kid and anyone elses affected child/loved one recovers from such a terrible potentially debilitating virus.

Its not just Mr. Druffs son, there are never ending stories just like his and its scary. Atleast we can all take solace in knowing that the american for profit health care industry is humming along quite fine, gifting poor people a beautiful lump of freedom laced medical debt after their hospital stay. Atleast we have splitthis to remind everyone about natural doctors, lol.

Kind of is a sad state of affairs to know that no one cares about anyones children (unless they want them aborted lol lol). Mmmmmm american individualism. Because why should anyone care about anyone else? FREEDOM. (which means free to ignore an issue because it doesnt apply to me, the individual) "didnt happen to me, not my problem"

Caring about the community? Boring. Funding more medical research?? Um NO! Well, ok fund it with taxpayer money but make sure its only done for a corporate profit. Health and safety protocols?? LOL NO, reminder: FREEDOM. If people die or suffer long term effects, not my problem. Protecting Jewdonks right to openly spit on people while he talks is more important than some out of control *mask mandate* or creating new regulations about indoor ventilation, yawn.

Remember in 2020 when medical people were literally talking about droplets in the air and how easy it is to transmit viruses? Glad that’s over. Now in 2022 its nice to know that we are so full of individual freedom there are swaths of people that would be offended if their waiter didn’t personally drool over their food before serving it.

Lets be real though, if Jared K*shner was in charge of handling coronavirus, maybe it could actually be cured.

[The Boz]

You guys can troll me all you want about COVID, but this is my son we are talking about here. As a parent, it is very upsetting to watch this.

It was definitely an after-effect of COVID. His case of COVID wasn't even bad. At its worst point, it wasn't as bad as some colds he's had. However, it hung around for weeks, and when it finally seemed better, the fatigue never improved.

It's not a coincidence that he got chronic fatigue right when COVID ended. There's no treatment for this right now, and nothing to do. He's not sick, just gets tired more easily than before.

By contrast, my COVID symptoms (which were very mild anyway) vanished weeks ago, and it's like I never had it. Zero lasting effects.

I do hope there is more research done soon, and they will come up with a way to flush this virus completely out of the body. Note that some viruses stay with you forever, such as chicken pox.

No one (hopefully) wishes ill on your son. But your speculation here isn’t helping anything. Get the kid to a Doctor and let them determine what it is or isn’t, and the best way forward.

Best wishes, definitely sucks for him and you.

[simpdog]

You guys can troll me all you want about COVID, but this is my son we are talking about here. As a parent, it is very upsetting to watch this.

It was definitely an after-effect of COVID. His case of COVID wasn't even bad. At its worst point, it wasn't as bad as some colds he's had. However, it hung around for weeks, and when it finally seemed better, the fatigue never improved.

It's not a coincidence that he got chronic fatigue right when COVID ended. There's no treatment for this right now, and nothing to do. He's not sick, just gets tired more easily than before.

By contrast, my COVID symptoms (which were very mild anyway) vanished weeks ago, and it's like I never had it. Zero lasting effects.

I do hope there is more research done soon, and they will come up with a way to flush this virus completely out of the body. Note that some viruses stay with you forever, such as chicken pox.

Does he have any other symptoms other than being tired/sleeping more? It's quite common for sleeping habits to change and 12-14 yr olds do need more sleep as they are growing/developing.

Few questions below (not trolling)

-does he eat breakfast?
-does he avoid caffeine for the most part? Especially later in the evening?
-does he have some daily physical activities? Involved in sports or exercise?
-try to avoid screen time right before bed?


Hopefully this resolves itself over time if it is long covid.

[Cerveza Fria]

My son has long COVID. Fortunately it's not a terrible case of it -- just persistent fatigue. He used to never take naps or get in bed during the day, and since COVID, he does. He's also had several viral-type illnesses since recovering from COVID, but I think that's separate.

I am trying as a parent not to panic about this, because it might go away on its own, and there might eventually be a cure, because there are a lot of attempts to research this. Also, it isn't life-threatening... just unpleasant.

Some progress has finally been made. Researchers in Boston have found a marker in the blood of kids formerly infected with COVID-19, where the spike protein is still hanging around. They claim that the spike protein was not there in kids without long COVID.

There is still no cure, but this at least (probably) allows for identification of long COVID, as well as identification of when it's cured. That's an important step.

Here's the article: https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/07/...ovid-patients/


I do not have any long COVID symptoms, and it's been about four weeks since I recovered.

Have you had him tested for a vitamin deficiency?

[1dollarboxcar]

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[Sloppy Joe]

You guys can troll me all you want about COVID, but this is my son we are talking about here. As a parent, it is very upsetting to watch this.

It was definitely an after-effect of COVID. His case of COVID wasn't even bad. At its worst point, it wasn't as bad as some colds he's had. However, it hung around for weeks, and when it finally seemed better, the fatigue never improved.

It's not a coincidence that he got chronic fatigue right when COVID ended. There's no treatment for this right now, and nothing to do. He's not sick, just gets tired more easily than before.

By contrast, my COVID symptoms (which were very mild anyway) vanished weeks ago, and it's like I never had it. Zero lasting effects.

I do hope there is more research done soon, and they will come up with a way to flush this virus completely out of the body. Note that some viruses stay with you forever, such as chicken pox.

Can't believe you let your merry band of retards make fun of you over this. Guess dealing with retarded sociopaths is the price you pay these days as a Republican.

I dealt with waves of fatigue and limited lung capacity for a few months after my initial bout; both cleared up after a few months. Hoping the same for your son. My taste has returned after being non-existent during recent second bout, but still have tongue blisters, which just suck more than anything.

[BCR]

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Amazing man he was to send back something that didn’t exist when he was in office.

He left office in September of 2020.

[sonatine]

druff apologies if this has been asked before but im not reading this tardalanche for free;

has your son has a chest mri?

in particular has anyone assessed the integrity of his lung/heart tissue?

[dwai]

You guys can troll me all you want about COVID, but this is my son we are talking about here. As a parent, it is very upsetting to watch this.

It was definitely an after-effect of COVID. His case of COVID wasn't even bad. At its worst point, it wasn't as bad as some colds he's had. However, it hung around for weeks, and when it finally seemed better, the fatigue never improved.

It's not a coincidence that he got chronic fatigue right when COVID ended. There's no treatment for this right now, and nothing to do. He's not sick, just gets tired more easily than before.

By contrast, my COVID symptoms (which were very mild anyway) vanished weeks ago, and it's like I never had it. Zero lasting effects.

I do hope there is more research done soon, and they will come up with a way to flush this virus completely out of the body. Note that some viruses stay with you forever, such as chicken pox.

Can't believe you let your merry band of retards make fun of you over this. Guess dealing with retarded sociopaths is the price you pay these days as a Republican.

I dealt with waves of fatigue and limited lung capacity for a few months after my initial bout; both cleared up after a few months. Hoping the same for your son. My taste has returned after being non-existent during recent second bout, but still have tongue blisters, which just suck more than anything.

nobody making fun of his kid, I'll say this I've read quite a few articles about long covid being debunked and people that "suffer" from it have mental illness, cause it's not proven it exists

HOWEVER, that doesn't mean I think Druff is making this up, but I am saying, you give a kid an out(any preteen-teenage kid, not just druff's kid)to avoid any activity and just say oh dad sorry my long covid is acting up, I'll just play video games instead of going outside, a little sus

I think simpdog brought up some good questions

[Sloppy Joe]

I'll say this I've read quite a few articles

[dwai]

I'll say this I've read quite a few articles

show my long covid exists outside of hypochondriac delusions, fat trannies or munchhausen and or munchhausen by proxy individuals

[Dan Druff]

Yes, Benjamin had levels tested since the long COVID started, and nothing looked abnormal.

The long COVID is basically an extension of the COVID he got in early January. Everything got better except the fatigue part. It would be a gigantic coincidence if he got an unrelated issue at the exact same time, especially since so many others are reporting the same thing.

This is where the right is sometimes stupid about COVID. Rather than admitting it is/was a real thing which caused/causes real harm, they seek to equate it to a cold or flu. While COVID has evolved to become far less serious than the original and Delta versions, there's still the long COVID risk, at least for those who got the early forms of Omicron like Ben. (There is a current theory that the present BA.4/BA.5 versions are even milder, and are less likely to cause both short and long term issues.)

The right should have instead been focusing on stupid shit the left was doing -- shutting down parks and beaches, mask mandates unbacked by science, school closures, forcing COVID positive people into nursing homes and killing tens of thousands, etc. You can be opposed to all that while still admitting that COVID was a serious matter in 2020-2021, and still does some unexplained damage in 2022.

I would love it if Ben fully recovered like I did, but it just didn't happen. He's not faking anything, and this is not likely to be an unrelated problem which just happened to appear right after his COVID illness went away.

[sonatine]

The right should have instead been focusing on stupid shit the left was doing

ohhhhhhhhhhh.

[ok25]

The right should have instead been focusing on stupid shit the left was doing

ohhhhhhhhhhh.

Hi I'm Sonatine

[ok25]

[ok25]

Energy bill price rise may cause heart attacks and strokes, says TV GP
There could also be an increase in chest infections, mental health problems and ill-health in children

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/u...cause-22971008

[ok25]

LOL @ Trusting Pfizer

[ok25]

ohhhhhhhhhhh.

Hi I'm Sonatine

Hey gayjami who do you think this is a pic of?

[The Boz]

Fauci and crew pushing for indoor masking again. Sorry clowns, we aren’t going back.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/coron...b0aa392d45f437