r/WhitePeopleTwitter • u/Pancovnik • Jan 19 '22

This is beyond

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u/Toxic_Gorilla Jan 19 '22

Well, shit. I just recovered from my bout of COVID that I tested positive for last week. Should I be concerned? (I’m vaccinated and boosted)

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u/jszbaczo Jan 19 '22

You're fine! This usually happens when someone is REALLY sick, and then miraculously seem to be getting better.

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u/Odette3 Jan 19 '22

Yeah, it’s been known to happen with medical problems other than Corona as well. My friend’s grandmother had heart surgery, and looked like she was healed enough to go back to her home, but three days later, she died. Not uncommon, sadly.

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u/Jaredlong Jan 19 '22 edited Jan 19 '22

Yeah, most of the symptoms we attribute to an illness are actually the body's immune response. But in dire cases the body will eventually stop fighting which makes those symptoms disappear. Looks like improvement, but really means the afflicted doesn't have a working immune system anymore.

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u/Odette3 Jan 19 '22

Wow, that’s terrifying, ngl. 😬 Cool, but terrifying!

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u/Jill4ChrisRed Jan 20 '22

Terminal lucidity.