This video was posted to our sub today and received a lot of appraisal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAFeGANSti8&feature=emb_imp_woyt (571 upvotes, 262 comments)
The post was also reported for misinformation by some users and rightly so. The uploaded video was cut in a way that takes Dr. Walensky's statement out of context. Here you see the original video on the TV show's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxZT7ra-oxs (start at around 2:33). The reporter mentioned a study on vaccine efficacy in her question and Walensky then speaks about said study. In that study, 75 percent of deaths occurred in people that had at least 4 comorbidities. She did not speak about all Covid deaths. In the next sentence, she used that figure to encourage people to get vaccinated.
We took down the original post because the video was manipulated. It is said in the end of the longer video that a shorter version was broadcast on January 7, so it might be the case that the clip that was uploaded on the sub was taken from there. For me, it seems very likely that someone manipulated the video on purpose with the intent to put her response out of context. And that's just disgraceful. We could be happy that the importance of comorbidities is mentioned at all. We could have a good discussion about the whole interview. But someone decided to create fake news instead. I don't know whether the shortened video was shared here out of ignorance or in bad faith. Without the report, I would have thought the short video was real myself. But I must say that I feel embarrassed that this cheap fake received hundreds up upvotes here before it was taken down. You can discuss about the original video here. But most of all I'd like to remind everyone of a few things:
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Be careful what to believe. Especially if it's a short clip and someone is acting "out of character", consider the possibility that it's taken out of context. Check your sources.
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If you see something that's wrong, don't just report it, but preferably explain what's wrong about it. A lot of posts get reported for misinformation out of bad faith. We consider every report, but if it just says "misinformation" but it seems alright to us, it's easy to assume someone just didn't like the post or was trolling. It helps us a lot if you shortly explain WHY you consider something as misinformation.
#Lord, please don’t tell me the cure for COVID is crack.
H/T, IET
I’ve posted here before, but as a refresher, my dad passed in September due to Covid pneumonia. He was 45 years old, healthy, and the best dad in the world. For whatever reason, Covid wreaked havoc on his body and he passed less than 3 weeks after testing positive.
It’s hard telling people, especially seeing my age they don’t expect my dad to already be gone. Because of the current state of the pandemic, when I see fit I tell people my dad passed of Covid. Just to let them see the faces of those who have lost someone due to this disease. But I am always met with the same response
“was anything else wrong with him?”
I swallow my words I wish I could scream at them. They’re looking for an excuse, a reason to justify my dads death. When I say no, they get quiet.
Even if my dad did have a comorbidity. Let’s say he was a smoker for 20 years, drank 4 shots every night, and was obese, that doesn’t suddenly justify the senseless loss of life.
https://twitter.com/TheOmniLiberal/status/1483232977475682305?t=9Ea0uxqmDauRxI2QmfawGA&s=19
As someone with a covid comorbidity (no, not obesity or one I could have done anything about), I feel like it's reasonable for me to be scared of getting covid. I also feel like it's reasonable for me to not be happy when people tell me the pandemic is over and/or getting covid is inevitable - probably a lot easier to say when it doesn't have a good chance of killing you.
No one said there would be piles of bodies in the streets, and no one is using "disabled" to mean literally every disability like a foot missing or whatever. This feels like a weird emotional response from Destiny.
(to be fair though the person who posted it linked PayPal and is cringe)
BPD has a really high rate of comorbidity with other mental health issues. What else have you been diagnosed with, and how does it affect your BPD? How does your BPD affect your other diagnoses? I feel this is a discussion that needs to be had, because a lot of people don’t understand how BPD often isn’t acting alone. It’s a big enough hurdle on its own, so what are your other hurdles?
Do you have two or more out of these three? -Hirsutism (coarse, dark hair growing on chin/elsewhere) -Irregular periods -Cysts on ovaries
I was browsing studies on nih.gov this morning and realized there appears to be almost a comorbidity of sorts. One study mentioned that in the UK, people with PCOS seem to be twice as likely to have ASD, and people with ASD seem to be twice as likely to have PCOS.
The cortisol connection is what prompted my search. PCOS often gets exacerbated by higher cortisol (a stress HORMONE) and autistic people have statistically more heart issues due to the constant barrage of stress (cortisol!) from "ordinary" things like phone calls, social interactions, sensory bombardment, etc.
I'd LOVE to hear your thoughts!
I have been in and out of doctors offices for years due to my chronic pain. Just one year after my initial fibro diagnosis, I was also diagnosed with ADHD. I have since started treatment for ADHD and have noticed an alleviation of my fibro symptoms as well! Life seems a little less unbearable overall. I am interested in learning more about the link between these two disorders, as they have both greatly affected my life and I’m sure many others!
I have ADHD and DID and when my ADHD medication wears off at night my brain is SO fucking loud with ... I guess it's the noise of my parts. But I can't really hear anything, it just feels loud...? It's hard to explain.
The only way I can tease the voices apart is to email my therapist but I feel so bad because I send him so many emails. I never expect a response and he has said multiple (hundreds probably lol) times that he doesn't mind but I feel so bad that he has to read that shit. If I don't email him I feel like my brain will explode.
Does anyone have any tips for shutting it the fuck up?
Hey it has been sometime I have been here. So I recently realised that many of the symptoms that led to a BP2 diagnosis may be pointing towards something else. Perhaps ADHD? Got psychometric testing done. But the result was inconclusive. I wasn’t happy with the testing centre either since they kept on referring to ADHD by the obsolete term ADD and seemed to be not updated with new studies as to how it may present diff in women, that too adult women.
Anyway, with all the new info, I’m doubting my BP2 diagnosis as a whole now. My hypomania lasts only few days afaik, and now I think it is just the hyperfocus of ADHD? My psych says it is difficult to separate one from another by precisely pinning down the symptoms with the disorder. Yet, after listening to me has put me on Atomoxetine (stattera/attentrol) in addition to the usual BP2 meds.
Have any of you had to face the same thing where your BP2 is not very typical and have had to doubt the diagnosis?
When I think of a comorbidity I think of an existing condition that contributed to making COVID worse. If pneumonia is listed as a contributing cause of death I assume it was caused by COVID. If that is true, then 50% of deaths have no PRIOR comorbidity. (15% none listed and 35% pneumonia listed). Can someone correct my logic?
Meaning other concurrent mental health diagnoses (or your suspicions if undiagnosed). I'm sure plenty of us have a whole laundry list, I'm just curious if there are any patterns with the folks on this sub.
I'll start with diagnoses I do/have had:
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Panic Disorder/Agoraphobia
Major Depressive Disorder
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
History (and current pattern of) Alcohol/Substance Abuse
Hello everyone. I'm wondering if I can connect with other autistics who are also struggling with/managing chronic disabilities?
I am type 1 diabetic and recently have had some appointments with my new specialist. I'm finding it really difficult to communicate with my doctors and nursing staff.
First of all, my fatigue and autistic burnout plays a huge role in my care for my chronic illness. I have a lot of bad experiences with the medical system and so interacting with medical specialists generally gets me on edge super fast. I feel like I'm constantly snapping for the system being so inefficient and stupid.
My energy level is already really low from work and day to day life. Then I have to struggle to schedule appointments for the medication I NEED. Once I get the necessaries, my doctors also expect me to come in for routine care, which is the appointment I had today.
The appointments are, of course, only available during 9-5 hours, which contributes even more to my burnout since I still have to work 8 hours. My appointment got changed to office visit from teleconference and I had to scramble to change it back because I was not ready to take an extra hour off work for driving, parking and navigating a huge hospital campus, being exposed to more people/covid risk when I could have stayed home.
I let my doctor know how busy I am and how much of a struggle it is to do anything extra care wise, but I don't think the message hits home. I probably just sound stressed and impatient. I'm not officially diagnosed and so I don't think they understand it's part of my autistic burnout.
I'm general I find appointments to be a huge waste of time, since the doctor will usually just tell me to get tests and come back, or just refers me to another specialist, which means co-pay + more hours out of my day.
I've also had technical issues related to my equipment before and have just been referred to call a hotline for help (haha funny... I'm supposed to wait hours on the phone just to tell tech support their product is glitching out?).
And even though medical equipment is improving, the UI is still ancient and there's some issues that drive me insane so much I almost don't want to use it. I've even emailed the company personally to tell them how they could improve user function and I basically got the finger.
I've asked nurses for directions and instructions and they have consistently misread my emails, and then given very unhelpful answers (ie. asks for addre
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Does Eczema commonly have comorbidities?
It seems like in my late 20s/early 30s my skin just went to shit. Severe acne, HS, Rosacea, Eczema and skin allergies. My skin was perfect my whole life until it wasn't :(
Is it common to have this all happen together? Is it due to age? My mind keeps trying to connect the dots and find some overarching cause that I can resolve, because all this can't occur by mere chance?? But I'm starting to think that's not the case, unfortunately, and its just age and I'm screwed.
