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Pigs_in_the_Porridge t1_jcdgzu4 wrote

Reply to comment by mikarala in Finished Song of Achilles, moving on to Circe! by Ssnnooz

Details here. Sounds really rough.

Anyone who thinks long covid is a joke (not you) should consider what possible reason a best-selling author of critically acclaimed literature would have for pretending to be very ill.

https://www.today.com/health/coronavirus/madeline-miller-long-covid-struggle-rcna53499

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ckoocos t1_jce6wbi wrote

Thank you for sharing. I hope her health improves soon.

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Neverstopstopping82 t1_jcfecbw wrote

I haven’t heard anyone joke about long covid. I’d have to wack them upside the head if I did.

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[deleted] t1_jchl6pb wrote

It’s mostly a push from conservatives to make sure disability payouts don’t increase. People with very low empathy and enough short-sightedness to not consider what would happen if they found themselves chronically ill with LongCovid…

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