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What have we become? This fear and alienation over less than 1% chance of dying?

I have no idea what you've become. I've learned to understand that there are not binary outcomes dies / is perfectly fine, but a spectrum in between from "won't do well for a long time, maybe forever" up to "all well after a few days".

Try explaining disabilities to one of these people and their head explodes. Even RPGs have stats and hp, not just a two sided coin...

I am disabled.

You're overlooking the somewhere between 1% and 30% chance of becoming disabled from Long Covid. I've been unable to sustain vigorous activity since March 2020, and it's dropped me from the workforce. I used to be on my feet making gears 8 hours per day.

There's more to this than the risk of dying. It would be far, far better for my family, financially, if I had died.

> You're overlooking the somewhere between 1% and 30% chance of becoming disabled from Long Covid.

As a Daoist how can I not see the good in this? Maybe now now that everyone knows they can suffer a chronic disease they will find a cure for those of us suffering with ME/CFS for all these years?

This is the arrogance that amazes me. Suddenly everyone cares about chronic disease. the ME/CFS community has been crying for help for years. Am I glad this happened to you or anyone? No. But as I said, maybe some good will come out of it.

By the way, if you want to get out of your situation the only answer is nutrition.

How ironic that you say this given that the professor mocks exactly this argument

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