COVID Is Not "Just a Cold"

Make sure you read this if you have any concern at all for your own health or that of your loved ones:

Every COVID Infection Increases Your Risk of Long COVID, Study Warns

"Vaccines ensure bouts of COVID are far less deadly than they were at the pandemic's start, yet multiple studies now suggest even seemingly mild cases of the coronavirus have a cost. With every single infection, our risk of long COVID increases.

"While this risk starts (relatively) low for most of us, particularly those vaccinated and in younger people or children, there are concerning signs it may not stay low. If each new invasion of our bodies allows this insidious virus a greater chance to cause damage, such small risks will eventually add up to a big one.

"Even if you only experience the symptom of the initial infection mildly.

"'Each subsequent COVID infection will increase your risk of developing chronic health issues like diabetes, kidney disease, organ failure and even mental health problems,' physician Rambod Rouhbakhsh warned journalist Sara Berg in an American Medical Association podcast earlier this year.

"'This dispels the myth that repeated brushes with the virus are mild and you don't have to worry about it. It is akin to playing Russian roulette.'"

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As Benjamin Franklin is famous for saying, "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure".