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Originally Posted by Replaced_Texan
That's the real issue. I know personally about a dozen people who have had it. About half have had symptoms more than 12 weeks, and very few are back to 100 percent. It's a pretty debilitating disease. The respiratory issues later are pretty bad, and the cardiac are to be seen. Most are in their 30s and 40s, some in their 20s.
We are getting better at treating it, though. Hospitalization length of stay is down, and we're seeing more people walk away. But the death rate is still higher than in March, April, May.
Death is definitely not the only long term issue with this.
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And the bottom line is we do not know what the long term effects are from getting it once. Even if you get a clean bill of health after the first bout, let's say CXR is back to clear and no inflamatory markers, we do not know the underlying long-term effects and whether any antibodies can prevent you from getting it again even if you take every possibe precaution.
At my office, it was actually one of those superspreader locations where at least one entire floor got it. Now, everyone is being encouraged to work back in the office (face time or your work doesn't count) where mask usage in common areas is right around 0% and where the air conditioning doesn't work.
