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"I'm sorry as this does sound like a dismissal, but if there are suggestions about what the system should do differently in this case, I'"

Yes, it's completely inappropriate to say 'just take these weird, possibly life-long systems and deal with it'.

'The answer' is obviously to adjust our policies given the fact that 'a lot of people are having symptoms off-the-record'. Meaning possibly aggressive push for vaccines among youth, and factoring this into 'opening up schedules' etc..




The vaccine policies are important, but not relevant to her case - she already had Covid, and a vaccine would not help her in any way.

The parent post and my response was about "the system" not taking her seriously, about the people where the damage was already done - are there any policy adjustments that would be useful for people like that? For people who now do have these weird, persistent, possibly life-long conditions, is there any better option than "dealing with it"? Denial helps noone, and can be quite harmful.


> The vaccine policies are important, but not relevant to her case - she already had Covid, and a vaccine would not help her in any way

There've been reports that people suffering from long-COVID have seen improvements after getting the vaccine.


I don't know why this is being downvoted. I've read it, too.


HN votes by how "truthy" something sounds - things can get really random the further the subject is from software/tech. Confirmation bias is a bitch.


Then she should get the vaccine. In fact, the CDC says she should: "Yes, you should be vaccinated regardless of whether you already had COVID-19."

What additional actions should be taken by the medical system or the political system at this point for a (supposed) disease that has no known treatment or even any understood cause?

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/faq.html





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