Neighbor is living her best life on Disability with "Long Covid"

[Anonymous]

I love this. Beating the system is awesome.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There will always be scumbags who take advantage. But long covid is real, and many do legitimately suffer.

This. I have friends with long covid and it's changed everything for them.

[Zynoba]

My father has long Covid. He has trouble breathing and gets exhausted quickly. He had a little heart surgery two weeks ago and is now feeling a bit better. The symptoms are not (yet) completely gone. Hopefully it will get better, he used to be very active, but unfortunately he's not anymore. I would like to persuade him to take a cure, he could also lose a few kilos. Then he should hopefully feel better again. So far, no doctor has been able to tell him how to make it better.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There will always be scumbags who take advantage. But long covid is real, and many do legitimately suffer.

I know one woman with long covid. She can barely stand up. Her life is absolutely ruined. She's considering MAID.

What is that?

Medical aid in dying.

Spouse with long COVID. I have no doubt he has also thought about it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Long COVID is a scam

Too bad that the leading medical journals and scientific evidence disagree with you.

Whether the neighbor in question is a crook is another question, but long covid is a thing.

There are clinics at highly reputable medical centers that treat nothing else.

It's a good source of revenue for the center.

If you tried being a patient at one of these places you would see: no, it’s not. There are very few procedures. It’s all med management and a lot of it done via email in “encounters” that are not billed. Very little profit in it.

I know it’s easier to deny than to deal with reality, but the reality is you don’t know what you’re talking about.

[Anonymous]

Sounds like she has recovered from her long COVID. Playing tennis and going to Italy for vacation make that clear. If she can do these things, she can sit in front of a computer and send emails. I’d find a way to report it. I HATE people who scam like this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How much can she possibly be making? Isn’t it like $800/mo?

My guess is her salary is just a bonus, it’s all the benefits (health insurance is a big one) that come along with a Fed job. This woman may have had long COVID but her current activity level seems to indicate she has recovered enough to be able to work from a desk.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How much can she possibly be making? Isn’t it like $800/mo?

My guess is her salary is just a bonus, it’s all the benefits (health insurance is a big one) that come along with a Fed job. This woman may have had long COVID but her current activity level seems to indicate she has recovered enough to be able to work from a desk.

What’s your experience in these kinds of judgements? You don’t know her situation.

She may play tennis for 3 hours a week, but may also need 12 hours a week of other therapies that no employer will accommodate for. She may not be able to sit for prolonged periods of time due to pain or thrombosis risk. She may have cognitive issues. She may need extra rest but “regular office hours” plus any other therapies don’t accommodate for.


You see these people at their best, but I suspect their worst would leave you without words.

Can we stop with judging people against an impossible schedule for work? Maybe she *can* work a desk job but cannot her accommodations for that. Maybe she can’t. You don’t know, so stop with the side eyes. You don’t actually know what her best life looks like. I’m assuming for many people, they best life doesn’t look like a limited life with Long Covid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How much can she possibly be making? Isn’t it like $800/mo?

My guess is her salary is just a bonus, it’s all the benefits (health insurance is a big one) that come along with a Fed job. This woman may have had long COVID but her current activity level seems to indicate she has recovered enough to be able to work from a desk.

What’s your experience in these kinds of judgements? You don’t know her situation.

She may play tennis for 3 hours a week, but may also need 12 hours a week of other therapies that no employer will accommodate for. She may not be able to sit for prolonged periods of time due to pain or thrombosis risk. She may have cognitive issues. She may need extra rest but “regular office hours” plus any other therapies don’t accommodate for.


You see these people at their best, but I suspect their worst would leave you without words.

Can we stop with judging people against an impossible schedule for work? Maybe she *can* work a desk job but cannot her accommodations for that. Maybe she can’t. You don’t know, so stop with the side eyes. You don’t actually know what her best life looks like. I’m assuming for many people, they best life doesn’t look like a limited life with Long Covid.

Oh give it a rest. If she can travel for vacation to italy she can work from home. There is no condition that isn’t serious enough to prohibit recreational travel to Italy but magically prevents one from doing desk work. Sorry, expect more from yourself and others. She’s now a fraud.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How much can she possibly be making? Isn’t it like $800/mo?

My guess is her salary is just a bonus, it’s all the benefits (health insurance is a big one) that come along with a Fed job. This woman may have had long COVID but her current activity level seems to indicate she has recovered enough to be able to work from a desk.

What’s your experience in these kinds of judgements? You don’t know her situation.

She may play tennis for 3 hours a week, but may also need 12 hours a week of other therapies that no employer will accommodate for. She may not be able to sit for prolonged periods of time due to pain or thrombosis risk. She may have cognitive issues. She may need extra rest but “regular office hours” plus any other therapies don’t accommodate for.


You see these people at their best, but I suspect their worst would leave you without words.

Can we stop with judging people against an impossible schedule for work? Maybe she *can* work a desk job but cannot her accommodations for that. Maybe she can’t. You don’t know, so stop with the side eyes. You don’t actually know what her best life looks like. I’m assuming for many people, they best life doesn’t look like a limited life with Long Covid.

Oh give it a rest. If she can travel for vacation to italy she can work from home. There is no condition that isn’t serious enough to prohibit recreational travel to Italy but magically prevents one from doing desk work. Sorry, expect more from yourself and others. She’s now a fraud.

NP. You are just dead wrong, and equating disability with "physical disability only." There are so many other disabilities that impact the ability to work, but you're too stubborn to listen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How much can she possibly be making? Isn’t it like $800/mo?

My guess is her salary is just a bonus, it’s all the benefits (health insurance is a big one) that come along with a Fed job. This woman may have had long COVID but her current activity level seems to indicate she has recovered enough to be able to work from a desk.

What’s your experience in these kinds of judgements? You don’t know her situation.

She may play tennis for 3 hours a week, but may also need 12 hours a week of other therapies that no employer will accommodate for. She may not be able to sit for prolonged periods of time due to pain or thrombosis risk. She may have cognitive issues. She may need extra rest but “regular office hours” plus any other therapies don’t accommodate for.


You see these people at their best, but I suspect their worst would leave you without words.

Can we stop with judging people against an impossible schedule for work? Maybe she *can* work a desk job but cannot her accommodations for that. Maybe she can’t. You don’t know, so stop with the side eyes. You don’t actually know what her best life looks like. I’m assuming for many people, they best life doesn’t look like a limited life with Long Covid.

Oh give it a rest. If she can travel for vacation to italy she can work from home. There is no condition that isn’t serious enough to prohibit recreational travel to Italy but magically prevents one from doing desk work. Sorry, expect more from yourself and others. She’s now a fraud.

Well, obviously her employer didn’t offer her “work from home” as an accommodation, or she’d probably be… (wait for it)…working from home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There will always be scumbags who take advantage. But long covid is real, and many do legitimately suffer.

As real as the health reasons provided to shut down the businesses and muzzle people 🤣

[Anonymous]

Can you report her? Sounds like fraud.
When I had Covid I was so exhausted I couldn’t WATCH a tennis match on TV. She is fine and now defrauding the gov’t.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How much can she possibly be making? Isn’t it like $800/mo?

My guess is her salary is just a bonus, it’s all the benefits (health insurance is a big one) that come along with a Fed job. This woman may have had long COVID but her current activity level seems to indicate she has recovered enough to be able to work from a desk.

What’s your experience in these kinds of judgements? You don’t know her situation.

She may play tennis for 3 hours a week, but may also need 12 hours a week of other therapies that no employer will accommodate for. She may not be able to sit for prolonged periods of time due to pain or thrombosis risk. She may have cognitive issues. She may need extra rest but “regular office hours” plus any other therapies don’t accommodate for.


You see these people at their best, but I suspect their worst would leave you without words.

Can we stop with judging people against an impossible schedule for work? Maybe she *can* work a desk job but cannot her accommodations for that. Maybe she can’t. You don’t know, so stop with the side eyes. You don’t actually know what her best life looks like. I’m assuming for many people, they best life doesn’t look like a limited life with Long Covid.

Oh give it a rest. If she can travel for vacation to italy she can work from home. There is no condition that isn’t serious enough to prohibit recreational travel to Italy but magically prevents one from doing desk work. Sorry, expect more from yourself and others. She’s now a fraud.

Unless she's going by boat an overseas flight is not a great idea if you're at risk of blood clots. It involves a lot of sitting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How much can she possibly be making? Isn’t it like $800/mo?

My guess is her salary is just a bonus, it’s all the benefits (health insurance is a big one) that come along with a Fed job. This woman may have had long COVID but her current activity level seems to indicate she has recovered enough to be able to work from a desk.

What’s your experience in these kinds of judgements? You don’t know her situation.

She may play tennis for 3 hours a week, but may also need 12 hours a week of other therapies that no employer will accommodate for. She may not be able to sit for prolonged periods of time due to pain or thrombosis risk. She may have cognitive issues. She may need extra rest but “regular office hours” plus any other therapies don’t accommodate for.


You see these people at their best, but I suspect their worst would leave you without words.

Can we stop with judging people against an impossible schedule for work? Maybe she *can* work a desk job but cannot her accommodations for that. Maybe she can’t. You don’t know, so stop with the side eyes. You don’t actually know what her best life looks like. I’m assuming for many people, they best life doesn’t look like a limited life with Long Covid.

Oh give it a rest. If she can travel for vacation to italy she can work from home. There is no condition that isn’t serious enough to prohibit recreational travel to Italy but magically prevents one from doing desk work. Sorry, expect more from yourself and others. She’s now a fraud.

NP. You are just dead wrong, and equating disability with "physical disability only." There are so many other disabilities that impact the ability to work, but you're too stubborn to listen.

What conditions would prevent you from working a desk job but not prevent you from traveling to Italy? And don’t say diminished cognitive skills because then she should not be employed anymore in her current position (because she can no longer perform it) and should be on social security and Medicaid (assuming someone with time for tennis and can afford a family trip to Italy could qualify). So stop making excuses for someone who is clearly milking the system.