Physics Girl's (Dianna Cowern) husband Kyle posted an update on her health today. She's 33 and was remarkably fit and energetic before getting slammed with Long Covid after a mild Covid case in late May. It really took off in the fall and has left her bedridden. Here's the assessment chart doctors use. It's believe there are several million people in the US in the 30 to 50 range, making work somewhere between difficult and impossible. It also sets the stage for long term/life shortening health problems.
Dianna is a 1 or 2 on this scale. Her husband hopes they can get her to a 10 .. then they can work on longer term goals.
He adds.. mask when you're indoors. Think about other people if you don'd worry about yourself.
ME/CFS Long Covid Rating Scale
100 Fully recovered. Normal activity level with no symptoms.
90 Normal activity level with mild symptoms at times.
80 Near normal activity level with some symptoms.
70 Able to work full time but with difficulty. Mostly mild symptoms.
60 Able to do about 6-7 hours of work a day. Mostly mild to moderate symptoms.
50 Able to do about 4-5 hours a day of work or similar activity at home. Daily rests required. Symptoms mostly moderate.
40 Able to leave house up to 5 days a week. Moderate symptoms. Physically active 3-4 hours a day.
30 Leave house several times a week. Moderate to severe symptoms. Active 2-3 hours a day.
20 Leave house once or twice a week. Moderate to severe symptoms.
10 Leave house occasionally. Severe symptoms.
0 Bedridden. Unable to care for self.
systemic idiocy
Greg on a major problem in the US.
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Perhaps stupid people force the rest of us to better hone our arguments? To avoid complacent rationality? Even serving as object lessons- acknowledging that luck plays as much a role in life as raw skill. We all are stupid sometimes, and should cut each other a bit of slack.
And sometimes stupid is right.
Except the ranks of the stupid have grown so numerous, they now block, rather then incentivize, smart solutions. We’re not concerned with a single dumb act or political/moral disagreements. The lung cancer victim who vapes may be otherwise rational except in this one area, where their mind is clouded by a powerful addiction.
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