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by treprinum 1056 days ago
Full tilt meant 200m walk in the park -> instant PEM. When you have no clue what is going on, stop applying your basic recipes on new health issues from pandemics, you would literally harm other people that could suffer because of your silliness. Imagine this condition being more like being at 3/4 of slow dying from asphyxia on Mt. Everest. It felt like I was 70 years older and started understanding what old people go through when their body stops functioning properly. I am pretty sure there is some oxygenation issue as when I went to high mountains and left the gondola at the top of the mountain, I almost passed out from lack of oxygen and that was only like 6,000ft difference. That corrected once I went back to the valley so I could limp back to my hotel.
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> When you have no clue what is going on, stop applying your basic recipes on new health issues from pandemics, you would literally harm other people that could suffer because of your silliness.

How can my comment harm people? It didn't say that walking (any distance) is the only or the lowest exercise possible nor did I say that lack of exercise is the only explanation to begin with. Actually the opposite is implied and taking a walk was an example for something that is usually not considered exercise.

I was reacting to your edit when it became clear you didn't consider that just a short slow walk can send LC people to a bed for a week, i.e. physical activity is not an answer for people suffering from it.