A 49-year-old prison officer, who spent six days on a ventilator with Covid-19, has expressed concern about growing public complacency, warning younger people that “nobody is invulnerable to this”. Five months on, he still suffers from long-term effects from being critically ill with the virus. The married father of two has had to endure debilitating fatigue some days when he cannot get out of bed. “Every day varies from being absolutely exhausted to very tired.”One of the strangest long-term effects from the illness is the short-term memory loss. “I am more worried about some of the long-term effects of Covid-19 than I was in March.

Source: The Irish Times September 11, 2020 02:48 UTC