Are we going to war?

I have always thought the worst thing with the shot that it was tied to politics and it was forced/semi-forced. I never saw it as a 'trust the science' or 'don't thrust the bastards pushing it'.

But as far as not trusting the science and not trusting the political pushing, my "mostest favrotest" part was the ones who said they were not putting something in like that in their body without the years and years of testing required on most any other drug. I totally got the warm fuzzies when I heard that knowing that same group will buy 'their drugs of choice' from Pookie or Ray Ray on the corner, or smoke from someone else's bag, or eat the convenience store speed balls and eat the gas station penis enlargers.

For me, being that I have Neuromyletis Optica/NMO/Devic's (which is close to Multiple Sclerosis but affects the eyes) and I have immune suppressant infusions on the regular, I chose not to have the vaccine early on even though I was at the top of the high-risk groups. I waited until the MS Society recommended the shot.

In January of 2020 my son was a sick as anything we had ever seen. It was not the 'flu' and it was not this or not that. Three days or so deep into him being sick, I got sick. We both had fevers in the 102-104 range, the body aches, the trouble breathing, the whole nine. His lasted a week or so, mine lasted twice that, and it felt like 6-8 weeks before my breathing returned. My blood oxygen stayed in the low to mid 90's for 5-6 weeks and then creeped back to around the 99 mark. At that point Covid was not in the states but I think we just didn't get the memo.

In early 2021 I was positive again, the second time was nothing like the first and it was mostly a middle of the road cold. No biggie. Just after that my son was positive and it was just as bad the second time for him as the first. My mom tested as a precaution, and was positive but had no signs of being sick.

In the spring of 2021 I had it again and this time it was the fever and the breathing. My blood oxygen teetered to the point I probably should have been hospitalized but I opted to stay at home, mostly because the Covid spread there best.

After the spring of 2021 bout I felt like my memory took a hit. I have 12-14 calculations I have to do when processing chemicals at work and after 20+ years if I see the same two number combinations to start I know the result and make adjustments from there. For whatever reason I had to go back to the calculator and at times to the process parameter instructions to get the calculations right. I do not want to offend anyone but I self-diagnosed myself as having 'Post Covid Mental Retardation".

Are my health issues from Covid? from the vaccine? from several years working directly adjacent to a nuclear reactor? working in the industrial enzyme facility mixing any number of chemicals? working in the pharmaceutical industry boiling chemicals to make medicine? is it from going outside in the rain and cold to feed dogs for years and years? is it eating three or four times a week from the grill in a convenience store? (but a kick ass grill to boot), is it starting every single day with a Mountain Dew and a Little Debbie Cake? is it being north of 50 and 80-100lbs over weight?

I think it is mostly karma. I fucked with young people so much so about having their face buried in a phone, never learning how to critically think and actually not knowing people's phone numbers like I did when I grew up. I was anti-phone for the longest, broke down and got a flip phone (which I miss tremendously) and a couple years ago moved to within 10-12 years of the rest of the population. With all that fucking with people I did I can barely remember my own number, much less anyone else's.

It just might be karma.

S

 

Yes. Not early one when it became available but after the MS society suggested it based on my immune system deficiency.

S

 

My wife and my son's wife are two that I know of and a number of people I work with (as this is a conversation we have had often at work).

My mom had it but with no symptoms. She was only tested because she was admitted to the hospital for a heart related issue (from years past).

S

 

I had the exact same symptoms in January of 2020 and then in December 2021 I was positive. Then again in January for 2022. In the spring of 2023 I had the exact same symptoms again but tested negative.

Officially I am 2 out of 4. LOL

S