Despite research and advocacy, the medical and social paradigm for Long COVID remains patient responsibility. You miscalculated risks, entered crowded spaces that public health policy left unventilated, mounted an insufficient immune response or fought too hard, under-researched or over-researched and scared yourself sick, returned to exercise or work too soon or too late, ate the wrong things or not the right things, moved far from family or didn’t find a partner to commit to you in sickness and health. Despite research and advocacy, the medical and social paradigm for Long COVID remains patient responsibility. You miscalculated risks, entered crowded spaces that public health policy left unventilated, mounted an insufficient immune response or fought too hard
It's awful, I'm so sorry. I'm glad to see more people writing about the day-to-day reality of long covid, but also wish nobody had to go through it.