Japanese reporter describes agonizing long-term effects of COVID-19

Japanese reporter describes agonizing long-term effects of COVID-19

Did she describe whether or not she being fully vaccinated or not?

There is some research that found that antihistamines, particularly diphenhydramine, is very effective in addressing long term effects of COVID:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S155541552100547X

No mention of being vaxxed or not. These symptons are associated with having the jab.

Wishing her well from now.

lol @vic.M trying to push his anti-vax stand with misinformation.

"No mention of being vaxxed or not. These symptons are associated with having the jab."

She couldn't get the jab because she caught covid in Jan 2021. Japan didn't begin vaccinations for health care workers until Feb 2021. Please stop with your misinformation.

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/02/17/national/vaccination-rollout-begins/

Did she describe whether or not she being fully vaccinated or not?

Of course she wasn't at the time. She tested positive in January 2021, when vaccines were a new thing in USA and not anywhere in Japan nor Korea.

Maybe she had the jab after being tested positive, wrongly believing that the vaccines would help alleviate her symptoms. Get well.

Journalism, eh!

It was her job to write that.

While there are a few people that suffer 'long covid' the vast majority of people will recover quickly after contracting the virus whether jabbed or not.

In my office a lady was hospitalised after getting her covid jab so yeah there will be people who have negative reactions to either the jab or the virus.

When the the vaxx is becoming unpopular and people are reluctant to have a booster for example the media( controlled by the government & big pharma) will roll out their scare tactics to push people to get them.

I don't believe much of what the biased media has to say .

I don't believe much of what the biased media has to say .

All media has bias.

Just saying =)

Even if you're vaccinated you can still benefit from having basic things ar hand like vitamin D, quercetin and zinc.

You won't benefit from them if you're not lacking them.

These basic things are necessary for maintaining health in general.

You lack some things, you could be susceptible to some things.

Be careful how much you intake, more is not always better.

No mention of being vaxxed or not. These symptons are associated with having the jab.

2021 Feb just started vaccinating health care workers, so no she was highly unlikely to be jabbed.

Remdesivir, like all Big Pharma products, has serious side effects

yes it does, only should be used while under medical supervision in hospital, serious liver damage

is just one of the side effects

https://www.drugs.com/mtm/remdesivir.html

Did she take Remdesivir or any other such product?

That should be included in the article.

Remdesivir, like all Big Pharma products, has serious side effects.

Please read the article. Her Covid symptoms were mild. Remdesivir is only administered to people who are hospitalized suffering with severe Covid symptoms. To refresh your memory here is what she wrote:

"My symptoms remained mild, however, and I returned to work the following month as a 33-year-old female reporter in the domestic news department of Kyodo News."

I know well the malaise she is talking about. I had what my physician in hindsight recognizes as a really early case of Covid-19 in November 2019, right at the beginning of the pandemic. There was no test but I had all the classic symptoms and tested negative for everything else like flu and pneumonia. It was the sickest I had ever been, worse than a case of pneumonia I had when I was younger (and that was bad). I had a cough and fatigue that lasted until the following August. I could not take anything even close to a deep breath without having a coughing fit. Ten months of feeling awaful. My wife, our little boy and I just had it again in January despite being fully vaccinated and boosted thanks to an inconsiderate co-worker in my wife's place of employment (our area has a 40% positivity rate, people are just being stupid) and my wife and I both have a lingering cough and fatigue, her worse than me. For some of us Covid isn't "just the flu". It kicks your butt and lingers for many months.

She should not have returned to work until her symptoms were finished !

To report on your own massive inconsideration of others is truly a magnamic and stupendous achievement.

Iam not impressed !

Maybe she had the jab after being tested positive, wrongly believing that the vaccines would help alleviate her symptoms. Get well.

maybe nothing, unless she was a healthcare worker she wasnt eligible for the shot, and no taking the vaccine after youve already contracted the virus is of little use, many antivaxxers last few days in hopsital have been requesting the jab, which as any medical doctor knows is ineffective

Even if you're vaccinated you can still benefit from having basic things ar hand like vitamin D, quercetin and zinc.

You won't benefit from them if you're not lacking them.

True, but many people do not have sufficient levels, especially vitamin D in winter. She tested positive in mid Jan.

The treatment calls for poking a cotton swab soaked in a zinc chloride solution into the nose and throat and rubbing the affected area to eliminate congestion by the action of zinc destroying bacteria, thus relieving inflammation.

The FLCCC protocols includes nasal rinse/gargle with diluted povidine-iodine; probably just as effective (if not more) but without the poking.

What happened to “if you’re young and healthy” narrative of the anti-vaxxers?

Even if you're vaccinated you can still benefit from having basic things ar hand like vitamin D, quercetin and zinc.

You won't benefit from them if you're not lacking them.

True, but many people do not have sufficient levels, especially vitamin D in winter. She tested positive in mid Jan.

Wow that was big, you actually acknowledging that these things you mention are not actually specifically beneficial for covid but only the lack of which are detrimental for health.

Your posts before make it sound like they are miracle preventives for covid

Justasking

All viruses have longer lasting effects for a few. It’s the same for flu, pneumonia, bronchitis etc. It’s been greatly exaggerated by the media.

in a study, many who claimed they had Long Covid were found to never have had Covid, others were confusing with other ailments, to join the bandwagon so to speak.

‘It does occur, however it is not the big issue some make out.

There is some research that found that antihistamines, particularly diphenhydramine, is very effective in addressing long term effects of COVID:

Diphenhydramine is extremely drowsy-inducing. In fact, in Japan, it is used solely in over-the-counter sleep aids, not as an anti-histamine.

In the US, it is still marketed as an antihistamine (Benedryl). But, it has been surpassed by others, such as Fexofenadine, Loratadine, and Cetirizine (Allegra, Claritin, and Zyrtec)

I would be concerned that continuous usage might make the user feel just as weak, tired, and foggy-headed as the long Covid itself.

True, but many people do not have sufficient levels, especially vitamin D in winter. She tested positive in mid Jan.

Wow that was big, you actually acknowledging that these things you mention are not actually specifically beneficial for covid but only the lack of which are detrimental for health.

Your posts before make it sound like they are miracle preventives for covid

I don't know why you would get that impression. I have been very consistent since 2020, that many people do not have enough vitamin D, especially in winter, and that people with dark skin in the west have a very high rate of vitD deficiency (and Covid hospitalization/death). Only very recently some countries raised their vitD RDAs, previous ones were way too low and only meant to prevent rickets.

Those who truly have sufficient levels of vitD, zinc, and other nutrients do not suppliments. Those who are truly healthy will not get long Covid. The health and lives of so many people would have been spared with proper education. But interestingly, those who have been most aggressively pushing the vaccines, were also most aggressively trying to discredit these safe and effective measures....

True, but many people do not have sufficient levels, especially vitamin D in winter. She tested positive in mid Jan.

Wow that was big, you actually acknowledging that these things you mention are not actually specifically beneficial for covid but only the lack of which are detrimental for health.

Your posts before make it sound like they are miracle preventives for covid

I don't know why you would get that impression. 

Well it doesn't matter now.

What matters is that you acknowledged that those things are actually not miracle preventatives for covid =)

She should not have returned to work until her symptoms were finished !

So according to you she shouldn't have returned to work until 6 months later? Maybe a year? Taxes, pension, insurance, rent, food and the rest of the living expenses don't stop just coz you're sick.

Kyo wa heiwa dayo ne

She should not have returned to work until her symptoms were finished !

To report on your own massive inconsideration of others is truly a magnamic and stupendous achievement.

Iam not impressed !

You are not very medically knowledgeable, either. She is no longer contagious. That means there is no "massive inconsideration of others". None. At all.

As far as whether or not it is "truly a magnamic and stupendous achievement", you would have to explain what "magnamic" means, first.

Thanks for sharing your experience Ms. Akita.

So sorry but Its good to know the long term effects of Covid-19 because few "smart people" still take it as common cold.

John

Journalism, eh!

It was her job to write that.

Yes. As a journalist, it is her job to write articles.

It's not clear what your point is, other than that rather obvious observation.

Good, informative article. The people above asking is she was vaxxed or not or trying to make the excuse that it was side effects from Remdesivir are just out anti vaxxer, IVM, Vitamin D lovers looking for any excuse to deny long Covid.

The very dates of the diagnosis should tell you that she was unvaccinated.

Raw Beer: You are not a doctor. The FLCCC 'protocols' you keep referring too also recommend mask wearing - which last I checked you vehemently opposed.

@ Zoroto she was hospitalised BECAUSE of a serious reaction after having her moderna vaxx.

The hospitalisation was a direct result of the vaccine !!!

@ falseflagsteve that's right !

If she was infected with bacteria in the back of her nose and throat, adapted antibiotic treatment would be efficient.

Why also force her to not telework if she gets in pain ?

Many Japanese surely not telling of the after effect of covid to not lose face.

I got covid end november 2019 and took me half a year to recover, never fully to my prior athlete condition.

Wish her best recovery.

Having reaction to vaccine is because you are allergic to the main component used in vaccine solution. It happens but if treated immediately, ther eis no issue, not after effect.

Plezse compare the risk between being hospitalized once for a few days, and having the long covid effects described that you cannot treat.

I had a colleague also who had some pain for a few days after jab. So what ?

I had a day of high fever after a vaccine (not the anti-covid one). So what ?

Better ready than sorry.

That’s just underlined my opinion that such so-called ‘living with the viruses’ is no option and shouldn’t ever be have promoted to become one. You still might say, but I am not affected or those are only a handful of cases. No, the viruses will spread into all organs and corners of your body and if your constitution sinks enough by other influences, diseases or age, you will be affected and similarly suffer like the person in the article. You’d better don’t wish for that and think it over more than once if you can stand it and continue to live with the viruses instead of extinguishing them with a hard but final ZeroCovid attempt.

What matters is that you acknowledged that those things are actually not miracle preventatives for covid =)

I never claimed there was anything miraculous about it. I've always said that if one is truly healthy, your immune system can handle SARSCoV2. Resources should be used to properly educate people to address this, rather than the constant vaccinate, mask up, and stay home narrative.

What matters is that you acknowledged that those things are actually not miracle preventatives for covid =)

I never claimed there was anything miraculous about it. I've always said that if one is truly healthy, your immune system can handle SARSCoV2. Resources should be used to properly educate people to address this, rather than the constant vaccinate, mask up, and stay home narrative.

It's good that you are doubling down on it so it's very clear =)

Those who are truly healthy will not get long Covid

According to the best available science this is completely wrong, just something you like to believe so you oppose the scientific knowledge that clearly demonstrate even young and healthy people can get COVID and even die from it. Repeating your personal belief does nothing to support it, it just makes it clear that you have absolutely no support from any institution of science or medicine in the world.

Specially important is that vaccination and non-pharmacological measures do reduce very importantly the risk of the infection, and this applies to everybody in general, including young and healthy people.

@Garthgoyle

So are you saying its ok to continue working after you have tested positive for covid and still have symptoms of a virus that kills people ?

Japanese have health insurance most do.

And who's to say how long her symptoms continued for or if she was vaccinated or not or who's vaccine she received.

She didn't say !

And she didn't say exactly how many days she was gone from work or if she went out at all after she became aware she was infected.

Iam sorry but my opinion is that if you test positive for covid 19 and return to work feeling like a fever and unable to do your job properly - then you should not be working or placing others in danger of Not only your performance but of transmission of a lethal virus !

Thus she was being inconsiderate and irresponsible .

And especially because she has long covid .

And how long exactly she means as several months ?

That is my opinion !

Keep pulling on this thread and it stands to reason that the current infection is being driven by endogenously synthesized spike proteins moreso than any free floating viral particles. 

Sorry but that is nonsense, infection requires a pathogen, not a protein, and there is absolutely no evidence that the vaccine produce any kind of intellectual problem, that is the actual COVID disease and its well described mental component. Expecting media to report on something that is untrue just because you like to believe it is not rational.

@Raw Beer: I've been taking Vit D and Zinc every day without a break for over 20 years. I've also been vaccinated and will get boosted.

You have claimed many times over the last two years that all we have to do is take Vit D, Zinc and some other supplements then we will be just fine. How old are you? Do YOU have or hade had any underlying conditions? Have you Had Covid, confirmed by a PCR?

I don't think your old wives tales count for very much and are totally Disrespectful to those who are not fortunate to have a 'perfect' immune system like yourself.

Kyo wa heiwa dayo ne

Iam sorry but my opinion is that if you test positive for covid 19 and return to work feeling like a fever and unable to do your job properly - then you should not be working or placing others in danger of Not only your performance but of transmission of a lethal virus !

Thus she was being inconsiderate and irresponsible .

And especially because she has long covid .

And how long exactly she means as several months ?

That is my opinion !

And you are entitled to express it! (No matter how ridiculous it may be because the reasoning behind it is based on beliefs that contradict data and logic.)

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@ Zoroto she was hospitalised BECAUSE of a serious reaction after having her moderna vaxx.

The hospitalisation was a direct result of the vaccine !!

She's an anomaly. Her reaction has more to do with her physical condition and medical history than with the vaccine itself. The numbers of major side effects is very low and those requiring hospitalization after getting the vaccine is so low, it's statistically insignificant when compared to the total number of vaccinations which is in the 100's of millions.

All the scientific data which is readily available point to vaccinations being very safe. Research for mRNA vaccines has been going on for more than 20yrs specifically as a response to flu variants appearing like SARs and Avian flu. Yet the anti-vaxxers mislead people claiming it's a completely new technology and untested.

https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/coronavirus/is-the-covid19-vaccine-safe

There's also mounting evidence that variants such as Delta and Omicron mutated in the unvaccinated.

https://www.healthline.com/health-news/unvaccinated-people-are-increasing-the-chances-for-more-coronavirus-variants-heres-how#Tough-times-ahead?

Makes sense as the longer the virus sticks around, the chances for variants increase.

And my friend having lost his sense of smell and taste with fever and malaise for a week and to whom I took food every second day; completely recovered.

And I, having caught Omicron in Japan recovered within a week to take an international flight back to the UK passing temperature checks and a test on the second day of landing with no side effects.

So, not negating that some have had a difficult conditions, there are many that haven’t…

Simply put- data is designed to record and keep track of changes in whatever science field - this is because of the indisputable fact that everything changes.

Therefore it is futile to push an opinion based on a scientific fact of data that will undoubtedly change in the future.

sakurasuki

Did she describe whether or not she being fully vaccinated or not?

Irrelevant, as the vaccinations do not prevent infection. Also, some people have long-term effects from the mRNA shots.... it is a personal choice to weigh the risk. People should stop pretenting it is a simple situation with a simple solution.