Well-known, famous people with Covid-19 and Long Covid

Guardian: Lobbyist turned psychotherapist Derek Draper dies aged 56

Long Covid is still not well understood: the condition is still being studied and the NHS has set up services to help those worst affected.

But according to data released by the Office for National Statistics in February last year, the last dataset available, about six in 10 people with long Covid in the UK were likely to have had symptoms for a year or more.

The data also revealed an estimated 2 million people living in private households in the UK were experiencing self-reported long Covid, with symptoms including extreme fatigue, shortness of breath, loss of smell, muscle aches, problems with memory and concentration, chest pain, insomnia, and heart and lung problems. Other common features include joint pain, depression, anxiety, diarrhoea, stomach aches and loss of appetite.
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Emma Samms, Long Covid SOS patron, writes about living with an Invisible Illness - Long Covid

Please don’t tell me I’m looking well. Of course, when I’ve prepared for you to see me, I am looking well. As an actress, it’s my job. I know all the makeup tricks. I can even act like I’m well if I really try.
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I used to be fit and healthy. I was known for having a high pain-threshold. I danced with a broken rib, for goodness sake! This new, hobbled lifestyle doesn’t suit me one bit. I resent that my brain is now preoccupied with calculations of what requires the most energy and how to avoid it. If I’m standing by the kettle, waiting for it to boil, would it be easier to sit down, rather than lean on the counter? Or would the effort of standing up from the chair, once the kettle has boiled, use more energy overall?
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If I’m standing by the kettle, waiting for it to boil, would it be easier to sit down, rather than lean on the counter? Or would the effort of standing up from the chair, once the kettle has boiled, use more energy overall?
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Lean on the counter, definitely. In the early days of ME I carried on having a couple of friends round to play darts in my cellar. I quickly learnt that sitting down and standing up again between turns exhausted me, leaning against the wall in the corner between turns was definitely the lesser of two evils. I don't try to play darts at all now and feel much better for it.
 
TiredSam said:
Lean on the counter, definitely. In the early days of ME I carried on having a couple of friends round to play darts in my cellar. I quickly learnt that sitting down and standing up again between turns exhausted me, leaning against the wall in the corner between turns was definitely the lesser of two evils. I don't try to play darts at all now and feel much better for it.
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The trouble for me is that it is the muscles at the backs of my legs that are most affected, so the best option for me is to kneel on the stool that is near the cooker, for example, when cooking.

I also often suffer brain fog when standing, so shopping would be much easier sitting down.
 
Mij said:
The billionaire who wants to live forever just admitted he has long covid. Specifically, covid wrecked his lungs.

https://www.donotpanic.news/p/the-billionaire-who-wants-to-live
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I've heard Bryan Johnson on the radio this year, talking about the extraordinary lengths he is going to to live healthily and so extend his life. That's a really interesting article about him suffering long term consequences from Covid-19 in 2022.
 
Hutan said:
:) The post-infection illness is probably because of his perfectionism. Or alpha personality. Or hyper vigilance.

There's always a reason that blames the ill person, that's the joy of the BPS theory.
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You missed out that the illness is also probably an excuse to do nothing. So it is due both to people wanting to do too much and also wanting not to do anything.
 
Martin Griffiths: UN relief czar says long COVID is forcing him to step down

“The truth is that my health has been affected by long Covid and this has limited my strength to undertake the breadth of travel essential to my position,” Griffiths, the under-secretary-general in the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, or OCHA, wrote in a parting note to his agency’s staff, which was obtained by Devex. “Because I cannot be sure to regain that strength fully, I need to step aside for someone to be selected and to take over.”

Griffiths, a former British diplomat and humanitarian, has served for years as a leading U.N. troubleshooter, heading U.N. peace efforts in Yemen and serving in U.N. humanitarian posts for UNICEF, Save the Children, and ActionAid. He was appointed to the U.N.’s top humanitarian relief job in May 2021 and took up the new task in July of that year.

“Within 10 days I was in Tigray, Ethiopia, at the time the global epicenter of crises,” Griffiths recalled in his note, paying homage to the corps of humanitarian relief workers he has led for the past three years.

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(I guess it was the pandemic stress that got him...)
 
Zurich Insurance’s responsible investment head resigns because of long Covid | Archived

According to LinkedIn, [Johanna] Köb has been head of responsible investment at the company since 2017 and implemented a responsible investment strategy for the company’s $200bn (CHF 182.1bn) portfolio of assets.
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Köb joined Zurich Insurance Company in 2013 as a responsible investment analyst following a year interning at Robeco. She also sat on the board of Impact Principles and was co-chair of the steering committee for the green and social bond principles at the International Capital Markets Association.
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In her announcement, Köb also thanked her colleagues for their support during her ongoing illness and took the opportunity to raise awareness about her condition.
‘Four years into the pandemic and despite millions missing, there is still no curative treatment for long Covid,’ she wrote.
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Fans Say Lady Gaga 'Should Be in Prison" After Performing with the Middle of the Crowd While Sick With COVID

She even continued to walk directly through the audience after testing positive for COVID-19

In a video uploaded to X, she explained that she disclosed the diagnosis to every member of her team, assuring them that they didn't have to work or perform that day if they weren't comfortable with it, but that she was going to go on with the show. "I just didn't want to let all the fans down," she explained, further defending the decision by suggesting that "the fans were all putting themselves in harm's way every day coming to the show" anyway. :emoji_thinking:

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