Do you still have any "side effects" from the pandemic. It's 2025 now so...,,🙂‍↔️

I didn’t have any issues with Covid itself but the lockdown does have some lingering impact on my life.

I’m still a big fan of social distancing!

I made the switch to plastic and rarely use cash.

I’m not as frugal as I used to be. I buy what I need/want when I see it instead of hunting for bargains at a variety of stores.

I still have a couple hundred blue procedure masks on the top shelf of the closet!😷😷😷
 
I lost my sense of taste for 4 days or so then it came back. This was in 2020. In 2022 a relative tested positive and was hospitalized. She lost her sense of smell permanently and her sense of taste also, except she can taste candy and eats chocolates all the time because it's the only thing left she can taste. That must be awful. I can't help but think it's going to impact her health but so far her doctor visits are all ok and no one says a word about it. :oops:
 
Aunt Bea said:
I didn’t have any issues with Covid itself but the lockdown does have some lingering impact on my life.

I’m still a big fan of social distancing!

I made the switch to plastic and rarely use cash.

I’m not as frugal as I used to be. I buy what I need/want when I see it instead of hunting for bargains at a variety of stores.

I still have a couple hundred blue procedure masks on the top shelf of the closet!😷😷😷
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I have a ton of masks for the next pandemic..... should there be one..,I hope not.
 
chic said:
I lost my sense of taste for 4 days or so then it came back. This was in 2020. In 2022 a relative tested positive and was hospitalized. She lost her sense of smell permanently and her sense of taste also, except she can taste candy and eats chocolates all the time because it's the only thing left she can taste. That must be awful. I can't help but think it's going to impact her health but so far her doctor visits are all ok and no one says a word about it. :oops:
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That sure has gotta be hard. I feel sick to my stomach if I eat too much chocolate.
 
I haven’t had Covid but I’ve had lasting effects from living through a pandemic…..psychological side effects.
I still wear masks everywhere I go, which is nearly nowhere.
I haven’t been to any store except for a drug store to get a vaccine in 5 years. I haven’t socialized for 5 years. I do talk to people in the park where I walk now. i haven’t been to a restaurant or movie theater.
I still have my groceries delivered.
I wear a mask in any doctor’s office or hospital.
I am still afraid of Covid.
 
Ruthanne said:

Do you still have any "side effects" from the pandemic.​

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Well, "still" isn't the world I'd use. The "side effect" I carry is a distrust for the whole thing and rather than "still" I'd call it an indication of further strength against it. Do I see it as a "con job" from the very start? I am considering it.
 
MaidMarian said:
I haven’t had Covid but I’ve had lasting effects from living through a pandemic…..psychological side effects.
I still wear masks everywhere I go, which is nearly nowhere.
I haven’t been to any store except for a drug store to get a vaccine in 5 years. I haven’t socialized for 5 years. I do talk to people in the park where I walk now. i haven’t been to a restaurant or movie theater.
I still have my groceries delivered.
I wear a mask in any doctor’s office or hospital.
I am still afraid of Covid.
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Oh. :unsure:
 
My sense of taste is no where as good as it once was but I'm not sure if it was Covid (I may have had an undiagnosed mild case), age or side effect of some medication. Braunschweiger liverwurst still stands out as do assorted peppers.
 
I had covid twice, once in 2022 and once in 2023, with typical symptoms: fever, cough, severe sore throat, body ache. I was vaccinated every year starting when the vaccine was first available in 2020 or (2021?).
I have much less energy ever since although it may not be related to covid. I lost some friends and family during pandemic, so I my low energy may be related to my grief and depression, or it could be just because I am older now. It's very complicated.
 
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Yes I wash my hands more too. I lost my smell during that time but strange thing was, don't think it was covid. Was another respiratory virus I guess but it sure did the dirty deed. It has taken over three years but i think I can say most of my sense of smell is back to normal.

As far as social effects, I think people, especially younger, are less likely to speak to and interact with strangers. I still see people around sometimes, wearing masks. It is much more prevalent in certain geographic areas.
 
AnneTeak said:
i lost my sense of patience for bad customer service and still blaming it on covid. i have no problem telling them that was five years ago, get it together!
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Better get used to that. We're in the early stages of depopulation but don't really see it because the old are living longer. Willing and able workers are getting harder to find though.
 
The lasting "side effect" is that I lost my DIL and her twin to COVID. I think about them daily and miss my DIL, who was like a daughter to me, so much. A good, lasting effect is that my BFF and I talk way more often than we used to. She moved to Florida 30 years ago and work as a musician picked up afterward, so she kept quite busy. COVID slowed her down and we began to have daily phone conversations. We are continuing to talk at least 4 or 5 times a week now.
 
Lost my mother to Covid & I will never get over that.

Even though it's not as bad it still concerns me because people still die from it. I sometimes worry about the vaccine but, it is the only thing that has kept me out of the hospital and from dying from Covid myself.

I still wear my mask due to my COPD and my need to at least try to protect myself from it. I get made fun of but I really don't care.

I am still basically self isolating. I am not fond of being in crowds or out in public without a mask anymore.

I am also not fond of people's hateful attitudes and opinions of those of us who get vaccinated and try to protect ourselves. I still hear the word sheeple and it still makes me mad. I am just disappointed in the fact that getting vaccinated for anything has turned into such a political ordeal rather than the health benefit it can be for some.

People's attitudes have changed enough to where I don't really like talking to people much anymore or being around others as much. I mostly prefer to keep to myself. Everything I do except work is at home alone.
 
Who_so_ever said:
Side effects..... I feel like mine have more to do with the lockdown than the pandemic.
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In many ways, I think that lockdown caused more problems that the pandemic. We were fortunate that none of us caught covid, but the problems with shortages in the stores, restrictions in movement, the behaviour of officious, ill educated police etc, just made a bad situation worse.
 
The biggest side effect of the Pandemic and subsequent shut down of most areas of the economy is out of control inflation.

It was the most irresponsible action ever taken - forcing everyone to stay home and let businesses suffer significant, difficult to overcome losses.

So the predictable result was an increase in prices in the years following in an attempt to make up for drastic losses.

Once prices go up, they don't come down again. All sectors of the economy realized that people will pay the prices regardless of how high they get.

As long as business losses were within reasonable limits, capitalism was working. But once the balance was thrown off, capitalism has to scramble to make up for the losses.

The socialists in this country were celebrating the downfall of the capitalist system. Suddenly you can't find workers because people can no longer live on wages that were once sustainable for both employer and employee.

I freaked out when I first saw the mandates (in the name of protecting public health) that kept people from patronizing businesses on a regular basis which had long sustained those businesses.
 
Oldeagle66 said:
The lockdown was actually a very peaceful time for me. I enjoyed no one being around and got a lot of quiet walking around done. I really didn't mind covid.
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Same here. I'm a natural homebody, my friends call me a hermit and for once I didn't have to make up excuses not to go anywhere other than the supermarket once a week -- which was where I caught Covid and was in the hospital for a few days.

I lost 13 pounds but gained them back, I lost a lot of
OldFeller said:
The biggest side effect of the Pandemic and subsequent shut down of most areas of the economy is out of control inflation.

It was the most irresponsible action ever taken - forcing everyone to stay home and let businesses suffer significant, difficult to overcome losses.

So the predictable result was an increase in prices in the years following in an attempt to make up for drastic losses.

Once prices go up, they don't come down again. All sectors of the economy realized that people will pay the prices regardless of how high they get.

As long as business losses were within reasonable limits, capitalism was working. But once the balance was thrown off, capitalism has to scramble to make up for the losses.

The socialists in this country were celebrating the downfall of the capitalist system. Suddenly you can't find workers because people can no longer live on wages that were once sustainable for both employer and employee.

I freaked out when I first saw the mandates (in the name of protecting public health) that kept people from patronizing businesses on a regular basis which had long sustained those businesses.
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hair which I did not gain back, it's still thinner than it was although still long and "blonde."

Another thing I liked about it was having a chance to make my clean freak tendencies fly. Nothing in the house escaped the bleach.

Fritz said:
I still wear my mask due to my COPD and my need to at least try to protect myself from it. I get made fun of but I really don't care.
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At least some of us have learned the value of a mask. I wear one if I'm out when I have a cold or bronchitis, and I always wear one if I go to the doctor. I once had a woman in Kroger turn and pointedly sneer at me when I was wearing a mask. I was tempted to pull my mask down and cough at her.
 
OldFeller said:
The biggest side effect of the Pandemic and subsequent shut down of most areas of the economy is out of control inflation.

It was the most irresponsible action ever taken - forcing everyone to stay home and let businesses suffer significant, difficult to overcome losses.

So the predictable result was an increase in prices in the years following in an attempt to make up for drastic losses.

Once prices go up, they don't come down again. All sectors of the economy realized that people will pay the prices regardless of how high they get.

As long as business losses were within reasonable limits, capitalism was working. But once the balance was thrown off, capitalism has to scramble to make up for the losses.

The socialists in this country were celebrating the downfall of the capitalist system. Suddenly you can't find workers because people can no longer live on wages that were once sustainable for both employer and employee.

I freaked out when I first saw the mandates (in the name of protecting public health) that kept people from patronizing businesses on a regular basis which had long sustained those businesses.
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I agree with you about the economic losses suffered by most. I lost over £7K (more than 10%) from my modest pension funds and since then the pension funds never recovered at all. So in the end I shut down my pension funds and put the money into a savings account at the bank. At least that way they'll earn some interest rather than just staying the same, and thus losing value through inflation.
 

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