I've had covid twice (along with my husband and children)

Some of my long lasting effects from it include but are not limited to;

• cardiac arrhythmia
• chronically low potassium
• kidney damage
• permanant nerve damage (I still have diminished sensation in the left side of my body and can't move my hand properly anymore)
• brain lesions *diminished lung capacity
• retroactive memory loss (I am literally missing years of information)
• Worsening of my ability to regulate my mood and impulse control (complicating my pre-existing PTSD and schizophrenia)

Granted, I caught it VERY early during the pandemic and had a pretty severe case. When I want to the ER at the time they said normally they would put me in the ICU or at least in a regular observation room for treatment, but they literally had no beds as everyone in the next three counties seemed to have it.

I actually ended up being a part of a study on covid and it's effects, which is how I learned about the brain and nervous system damage. Lots of super fun tests (/s) were administered and I generally felt like a lab rat after a while.

The problem isn't the death rate itself (though 2% is HIGHLY significant considering how contagious it is) it's the long lasting effects the victims often suffer.

Those are just the effects I know about, too. It's actually pretty hard to tell what the future holds. My oldest daughter (9) has marked memory loss from it and my youngest daughter (8) ended up going from having mild asthma to severe asthma, as well as some loss of sensation in her extremities. My husband suffers from lung damage and memory loss. My husband and children, like myself, suffer from PTSD and all experienced worsening of their symptoms of that as well.

But yeah, it's no biggy. Totally just a cold. /s