I cannot tell you all how much you do not want persistent lingering Covid symptoms. If you are a generally healthy person with no chronic conditions, I beg you to take my word that this is not just about not dying of Covid. It’s about a potentially permanent life change. https://twitter.com/mattbc/status/1285396239622836230

I had never really experienced true anxiety until the first few years of having symptoms where doctors can’t tell you if they’re dangerous or how dangerous they are, can’t fix them, repeatedly suggest maybe you’re imagining them, and also, frequently could care less.

We grow up being told you go to the doctor and they fix you. This is not how long-term conditions work, almost ever. And it is *brutal* on your brain.

I know I write a version of this thread a lot. But believe me, that is how much I do not want a single one of you to live through the unending grey area that is chronic illness. It’s like being diagnosed with The Nothing. Please do not walk into it by choice.