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Many survivors are left with permanent health effects. You may not die, but you may not be able to practice your favorite sports ever again because of permanen

• standardUser 6y ago
  There is no evidence that there are significant long term health implications for the vast, vast majority of people infected by this coronavirus. If you have citations that state otherwise, please share.
  • gdubs 6y ago
    This shouldn’t be dismissed out of hand. Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. The parent comment may be referring to the growing number of “long haulers” who have “recovered” yet seem to be suffering from chronic symptoms. [1] This may be anecdotal, but it’s a growing number of people and worth taking seriously. This is a novel virus, after all. 1: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/06/covid-19-coronavirus-longterm-symptoms-months/612679/ https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/06/covid-19-...
    • orangecat 6y ago
      Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. Not necessarily "absence", but it does provide an upper bound. There are millions of people who have survived the virus. If it was common to be incapacitated for months, we'd have more than anecdotes.
    • rjsw 6y ago
      I have been ill for 4 months now.