Climate change and long COVID

[Amw66]

The Sick Times are looking at what climate change means for those with long COVID

Changes to weather patterns and extreme events have wider impacts for chronically ill .
Seeking input from people in American South who have had to cope recently with ice storms , but also previous events .

It's worth wider discussion

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[BrightCandle]

The hotter summers have been a real issue the past few years, I have found my peak survival temperature is 27C (I would prefer 25), beyond that I can't get up and my breathing shallows. I had to get a portable AC for those extreme heat days but the issue is the noise and being stuck out of bed, can't just rest properly those days at all. The portable doesn't cope well above 32C either so I likely need a proper installed mini split at some point to solve my issues but it's too expensive.

My minimum temperature is 18C, my hands and feet go numb below that and I can't hold things or stand properly. Heating is easier and hasn't been an issue so far other than gas prices and just the cost of it.

At the moment it's the heat events causing me issues not so much the storms but if it rains badly enough I won't be in a state to save much of the contents.

 

[Kitty]

in another decade I do believe it will change more

Yep. Parts of the world will become unliveable before too long, which will create even more refugee crises as people (many of them from the poorest communities of southeast Asia) are forced out of their homes.

Alternatively we could do something to prevent it.

 

[Hutan]

A note from the moderators:

The topic of this thread is premised on the observation that the world's climate is changing. We suggest that if you disagree with this observation, you ignore this thread.

Debates about whether climate change is real or its cause are outside the scope of the forum and distract from the valid consideration of the impacts of climate change and extreme weather on people with ME/CFS and similar conditions.

We have removed some off-topic posts.

 

[Zibby]

A note from the moderators:

The topic of this thread is premised on the observation that the world's climate is changing. We suggest that if you disagree with this observation, you ignore this thread.

Debates about whether climate change is real or its cause are outside the scope of the forum and distract from the valid consideration of the impacts of climate change and extreme weather on people with ME/CFS and similar conditions.

We have removed some off-topic posts.

I went ahead and deleted the rest of my post, this topic is not for everyone it appears and sorry if I stepped on toes. I don’t live in the the EU - didn’t realize that was going to be a problem, I’ll go back and read the rules.