Fred Ermlich
1 min readSep 20, 2021

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If you catch covid, go home to bed. Well, if I ruled the world, that's what I'd rule. And I already applied it to myself. My initial bout of covid-19 - I went to bed and regarded it like a flu bug. Sure it almost killed me, but so did a glacier once, and my motorcycle many times. I know, unfair advantage 'cuz I ain't afraid to die - actually I plan on it happening.

I had long-term covid after the initial bout, and a couple of reinfections with the variants. For the reinfections I wasn't tired, just sick, so I went on long walks.

I would never pollute a hospital with coronavirus spores. It would be irresponsible.

All in all the long term covid reprogrammed my body to do most things better. Sure, it seems that my heart got damaged, but even that could be good. A heart attack would be a good way to die.

No I'm not as weird as I sound. Maybe not. The world looks different when you don't experience fear.

Thanks for responding, Linda Caroll.

... Fred

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Fred Ermlich

Living in rural Panamá — non-extractive, non-capitalistic. Expat USA. Scientist, writer, researcher, teacher. STEM mentor +languages. Gargoylplex@protonmail.com