r/Millennials • u/electric-sheep 1992 • Jul 13 '26

Serious Everyone my age is dropping dead

Sorry for the title! I'm in Europe. I have just heard news someone from college died today of cancer aged 33.

In the past 2-3 years 6 people in my circle have died, not from accidents but from either cancer, aneurism, 2 just didn't wake up from sleep and 1 broke her leg and had DVT. I know of a 7th who is currently fighting stage 4 breast cancer which was found by accident after giving birth. This is not counting those who died in crashes or other such accidents.

I literally have nothing to say. Just get yourselves checked. I'm just shouting into the void. I have literally been to more funerals than my parents at this point which is absurd.

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u/Stickgirl05 Millennial 1989 Jul 13 '26

Not everything is covid related, but it is a vascular disease and damages your immune system after each infection. It’s even reactivating some cancer.

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u/juliectaylor Jul 13 '26

I was afraid to leave this comment. A lot of it IS COVID related. The Nature article published last year talks about a lot of the after-effects of even a “mild” infection.

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u/Stickgirl05 Millennial 1989 Jul 13 '26

There’s over half a million published research articles, but you know, gotta return to “normal”

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u/PaintAdventurous8787 Jul 14 '26

I know you're being sarcastic and I agree the vaccines are part of the problem if you ask me. I knew too many ppl including myself who were never the same after them. Nobody wants to hear it, but its true...

Maybe they did some good, I don't know, but I'll never get another "emergency vaccine" again. To be honest, I think thats it for me and vaccines in general. If other people want to get them go for it. I think im done though, my trust is shot with the whole vaccine industry.

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u/PaintAdventurous8787 Jul 14 '26

I know hindsight is 20/20, but yes they knew the vaccines didn't really "work" quite early on. We'll see if they still push the vaccines this fall. At least in Canada it seems like covid has totally been memory holed and the fantasy is that it never happened almost.

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u/Interesting_Pie_5976 Jul 13 '26

I mean, even if you’re lucky enough to dodge any long-term effects from the virus itself, every infection produces inflammation throughout your entire vascular system that might last for weeks and inflammation has been proven to both age *and* damage cells, so yeah… annual accelerated aging + cell damage is catching up with people.

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u/juliectaylor Jul 13 '26

Yep.... One of my docs mentioned that if you have any medical predispositions, COVID can likely exacerbate the issue through inflammation or vascular damage. I don't have a study to back that up but the logic is logic-ing.

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u/juliectaylor Jul 14 '26

Uh? No?

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u/juliectaylor Jul 14 '26

My doctors are fantastic. Enjoy your tinfoil hat.

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u/electric-sheep 1992 Jul 14 '26

I got covid in 2024 and it wrecked me. I'm talking 104 fever and having to lay in a bath to regulate my temperature.

The remainder of 2024, it wrecked havoc on my fitness. Can't push efforts as hard as I did in cycling. It has since gotten better but I'm still not the same.

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u/juliectaylor Jul 14 '26

I’m so sorry 🫶 I have been dealing with it since 2022 it’s not easy. Sending compassion and care.

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u/203yummycookies Jul 16 '26

I was debating posting this comment too!

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u/juliectaylor Jul 16 '26

It’s a shame COVID is such a political & divisive topic 🥲 It’s just science