Richard Quest: I got Covid-19 two months ago. I'm still discovering new areas of damage

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

The cough has come back, without warning and seemingly for no reason; so has the fatigue. True, neither are as debilitating as when I had the actual virus, but they are back.

Like many others, I am now coming to realize that I am living and suffering from the long tail of Covid-19.

I got infected back in mid-April. The onset of symptoms came quickly. I suddenly noticed I was feeling very tired and I had a new cough. I got tested and the morning after I received a phone call from the medical center, I had tested positive for coronavirus.

The virus is like a tornado. When it lands, it swirls through the body, causing chaos, confusion, coughs, wreaking damage to each organ it touches. Some won't survive its visit. For those that do, when it has gone, one surveys the damage to the human landscape and realizes it's much greater than first thought. My symptoms were on the milder side: I never had breathing difficulties, or loss of sense or smell. I was wiped-out tired and I always had "the cough," which has now returned.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/richard-quest-i-got-covid-19-two-months-ago-im-still-discovering-new-areas-of-damage/ar-BB16qcwM?li=BBnb7Kz

But Trump feels we need to learn to live with the virus.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Direct link:

https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/07/health/richard-quest-covid-wellness-intl/index.html

[winetourdriver01]

2. ongoing

I caught it six months ago, and the scenario is remarkably similar to what you have dealt with. My kidneys and lungs ache now, that is pretty much all the time. How many millions will be dealing with this "tail" as you so aptly call it, and will the health care infrastructure be able to handle it? God help us.

[FirstLight]

3. There will be a continuing wave of disabilities in all survivors...

Death is not the worst thing that can happen with this virus, and that will become more and more apparent in the years to come.

There will need to be an entire "Department" created to deal with the lingering disabilities ...And no doubt probably some crossover to ADA and Work requirements to allow for the damage to a large swatch of the population, many of whom are under 40.

[appalachiablue]

4. Difficult to fathom, the ugly reality that didn't have to be this way.

K & R for the post