This would be funny if it wasn’t so fucking true.
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Hurts too much to make me laugh.
Oh, this reminds me. I was asked to go to a Chiropractic "doctor" this weekend for a check up. That's nonsense to begin with, but I went anyway.
She asked about my back hurting, and I mentioned that I threw it out really badly when I got COVID a year or two ago, and was stuck in bed coughing super hard for a week. Her immediate response was "I've heard the vaccine can do that."
... Like, fucking what? How god damn stupid do you have to be to hear "I threw my back out coughing really hard." and instantly try to insert your anti-science bullshit into the conversation?
Chiropractor. Stupid. Anti-science bullshit.
You repeat yourself.
Oh man it gets worse. Medicine is so fucked now.
My (telehealth) doctor noted my testosterone is a little low and suggested I use another online practitioner for testosterone replacement therapy since they can’t do that from their practice.
She gave me a few places to check out (from her companies list, she didn’t personally vet them).
They all have some anti-science bullshit or “As seen on JRE/Infowars”.
I’m like…yeah, I’m not doing any of that. I’ll try diet, exercise, and proper sleep first. I’m not giving any of them my money, patronage, or information.
I had the same thing except from an in-clinic consult about my general health.
Testosterone supplementing was presented like "Well levels vary to each man but some do a little better with more so it could help your endurance and energy levels."
Ok sure, why not? They're a doctor right? Trust experience? Trust science? All that?
I got a shot 2 or 3 times but then quit it. I'm so freaking glad I did, after I discovered all these accounts about it causing heart problems, possibly reproductive issues, and all this other crap. It was difficult to find someone who was actually glad they did it.
Happy with the hormone levels I've got, thank you very much.
I felt so scammed, like I was just used as some "lead" for another clinic to profit from me over something that potentially would cause a ton of long-term harm.
When looking for a pediatrician for my kid, we shopped around because we don't want an idiot treating them. One doctor's nurse looked us straight in the eyes and said "We follow a strict vaccine schedule for children, will you have a problem with that?".
Yeah, we found our pediatrician that day.
I was super mad when I went to a new dentist after my last one retired and he prescribed me homeopathic medicine.
I hope you used homeopathic payment.
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I was a teenager and was having back issues. My mother sent me to a chiropractor, which I didn't know was a bunch of bullshit back then. She took an X-ray of my spine (how is that legal?) and told me she'd fix the issue in my upper back. I told her the pain was in my lower back and she kept insisting that no, it was an upper back problem that I needed to be treated for.
And that was when I realized it was all bullshit.
Now I know that it was come up with by a guy who said he got the information from a ghost. Seriously.
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Worked through this myself. Not as a nurse or care assistant, but as an NHS binman. Still saw lots of shit I basically cant talk about (not due to emotion but due to Trust policy as its a bit too specific). Saw doctors, nurses, care assistants walking around like zombies after having worked 18 hours straight. Saw morons walk in and film them thinking there was some major conspiracy. Heard the lungs of patients rattling as they struggled to breath. Two workers I knew died. Heard from colleagues how some other morons had "served legal papers" on the staff (thats not how you get "served" here btw) and then saw it on the BBC 6 oclock news. I also saw the hard work of every delivery driver, supermarket worker.
What did I learn? That some people will fight to save your life, even if you've not taken heed of all the advice.
I have a two year old niece now. I'm reminded of when I was a kid in the early 80s and war veterans would come and talk to us about WW2 and Korea. I am thinking it would be good if some of us did the same for these kids in a few years. If we went and talked about what we saw, not the scary/nasty stuff, but the stuff that makes people hopeful for humanity.
I currently live in a province in Canada, that is currently ruled by a government that is governing under what's basically an MO of Covid and vaccine revenge.
There's no hope for humanity. Absolutely none. That's my lesson from Covid. The majority of the people around me, my neighbours, etc, are basically all incapable of logical thought and highly susceptible to disinformation and rogue actors.
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I was assaulted by a family member for not giving “IV Ivermectin” to someone with COVID who I had just crash intubated (honestly thought they were going to code, but somehow didn’t) back during the Delta wave.
My view of humanity has gotten pretty pessimistic since COVID. If I had the guts I’d honestly love to go create an insulated community of people who actually think about stuff and want to help each other.
My views on humanity fell off a cliff in 2016. I've always been pretty cynical but that was rock bottom. Imagine my surprise that there was another cliff to fall off of in 2020. And the worst that happened to me was getting called "genocidal" because I don't believe "why not, maybe it works" is scientific enough to justify giving everyone ivermectin.
It is completely despicable to attack a healthcare professional because they don't agree with the conspiracy theory of the day. Let alone a family member. I'm sorry they decided to do that to you.
All this because a lone dimwit didn't want cloth masks to muss his makeup.
Yeah, covid broke my faith in humanity. When we encounter a real global threat that could wipe us off the face of the planet, we will not rise to the occasion and band together.
Climate change, disease, aliens, asteroids, a super volcanic eruption. Just not gonna happen the way it's portrayed in movies.
And it’s this weird thing where a decent percentage of humanity was working super hard to save everyone else—did save most everyone else—and a ton of people are just going on about the “Fauci Ouchie” and nanochips.
The general public has no idea how many people we saved with the mRNA vaccines and critical care medicine. They’re blatantly oblivious to it. The death toll would’ve been monumentally worse without a coordinated effort of public health, healthcare, and research. Yet no one has any idea. COVID was simultaneously one of humanity’s greatest unrecognized accomplishments and one of its greatest blunders.
If you’ve ever read or watched The Expanse series I feel like it’s spot on as far as humanity’s response to disasters.
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My only time with covid nearly took me out, and that was with my both vaccinations(both parts of each). Decided after that to continue wearing masks to large public gatherings.
I've been through some rough surgeries due to certain medical conditions I have, but nothing compares to the aches of covid while your chest feels like it's got multiple weights on it and you're seeing stars with every little small cough. I never want to feel that way again.
Covid awareness? On Lemmy? Getting over a thousand points? It feels like I'm in a dream.
Reminder to everyone that wearing a well fitting n95 mask in public takes very little effort but helps others (who may be immunocompromised, already battling long covid or other conditions, or otherwise vulnerable) and yourself avoid getting sick which can save people from chronic pain, disability, death, and more. Please do what you can to take precautions and prevent the spread of disease!
PS: I recommend 3M's Aura respirators. I know 3M sucks (understatement) but they do make a good and affordable n95. If you have issues with your glasses fogging up with masks on, this one is for you.
This pretty well sums it up. It's hard to believe it's been four years. It used to feel like it'd been ongoing for forever. Now it feels like a dream. What a fucked up thing we went through and how fucked is it that my brain can just sort of "forget". I guess that's how we cope. It isn't evolutionarily advantageous to dwell on the real threats. Only on the stupid social fuckups that happened that embarrassed me.
Why are you talking about it like it's over? Roughly 30000 people are getting long covid per day, right now. That shit is disabling. We're still in a pandemic and we're not taking it seriously, at all.
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Measles, that old-timey disease we didn't really think about as kids because of vaccinations. Welp, that's coming back. Thanks to fucking idiots.
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I still see "heroes work here" banners outside of healthcare facilities and nursing homes. I imagine a number of the low-paid and overworked staff say "fuck you, pay me more" every time they drive by too.
It's got to be pretty god damn insulting for sure.
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I can't believe people are falling for Trump's "Four years ago you were better off" bullshit
April, 2020 unemployment was almost 14%
Even if I wasn't better off financially now, not having that shitstain as president would make be much better off overall.
I mean I'm better off financially, but to be fair that's because of the labor shortage Covid created being so bad that the local power plant started hiring part-time entry level.
I mean... yeah..... I say "Labor Shortage", but I mean "The Labor Force Realizing That They're Working For Too Little For It To Be Worth It!"
But hey I'm poor as fuck, I'll take what I can get... I'm just grateful I finally escaped retail.
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