American sprinter Noah Lyles ran 200-meter race Covid positive

[just444]

After his stunning defeat in 200-meter race at the Olympics today, USA sprinter Noah Lyles confirms he tested positive for Covid-19 earlier this week https://t.co/7o2UXFiRk9
- CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) August 8, 2024

sourceHe tested positive on tuesday after having symptoms

Comments

[screw_reality]

The most often repeated advice I've seen to avoid developing long covid is rest, rest, rest. You need absolute rest while you have an active infection and for several weeks afterward. Attempting to return to your normal activity level, especially something taxing like strenuous exercise, is increasing the likelihood that you will develop long term problems.

Olympic athletes pushing through active infections and continuing to compete are likely cutting their careers short. And potentially destroying their health completely.

[totteringg]

He’s a 27 year old sprinter and it’s the Olympics. This is probably the pinnacle of his athletic career. From a personal, selfish perspective, it makes total sense for him to push through. The problem is him risking the health of others.

[devopet]

Thanks for this reminder. I have it now and am frankly bored and was thinking maybe I could get back online for work or do chores around the house but part of me can also tell I still need to sit on my ass and kee resting.

[screw_reality]

I know it can be a tall order for a lot of people because of work obligations and a lack of adequate sick leave, but get as much good rest as you can. You deserve to be safe and to recover well. ❤️

[genbu_no_miko24]

Yep me and my fam recovered from it 2 weeks ago and I did notice rest was the best cure.

[evilgerbil]

Unfortunately this is not the mindset of a competitive athlete, based on my husband's experience and that of his friends. It's all about glory now, even if you die tomorrow. I wish we'd stop glorifying people competing when ill or injured.

[triggered]

I can confirm. I had long covid and I put it down to not resting when I had Covid cause the infection was really mild so I was doing a million things around the house.

Then I noticed I was getting worse over time to the point I was bed bound for months. I’m over the worst of it but I still have issues with my heart, lungs, cognitive issues and fatigue

[screw_reality]

I’m very sorry this happened. I’m hoping some headway can be made with research and potential treatments.

I was genuinely surprised to see a story acknowledging long COVID on my local news recently. There’s a very frustrating wall of silence around these things that’s really going to bite us in the ass. It’s bad enough to have one segment of deniers blaming it all on vaccines, but then we have so many medical practitioners that don’t take it seriously or bother to look at any current research.

[minnymoe]

I have long covid as well - the fatigue and PEM are the worst and I still can't shake it after 2 years.

I hope you get well soon 🧡

[triggered]

It’s awful isn’t it? Sorry you’re suffering too.

Have you tried the spoon theories? It really helped me at times

I hope you recover soon too 🫶🏻

[slinkydinks]

I think, if anything, seeing him collapse after that sprint should be plenty of evidence of how serious COVID can be and is. A lot of people have been trivializing COVID's severity in news article comments, saying "it's just a flu," "excuses, excuses," or even "wow, he still medaled even with COVID!" But like... This dude is an elite athlete, and it incapacitated him, please take this virus more seriously.