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People are claiming "long covid" for a virus that's been around for <1 year, so presumably the prevalence of this "long covid" could be studied?
by logicchains 6y ago
People are claiming "long covid" for a virus that's been around for <1 year, so presumably the prevalence of this "long covid" could be studied?
- notahacker 6y agoStudies and reviews are taking place. The NIHR one suggests prevalence of symptoms lasting over a month in the 10-20% range.[1] As with any other early stage research relying heavily on self reported symptoms, the prevalence figures are not well established and the mechanisms causing it not yet understood, but they don't look like flu. [1]https://www.bmj.com/content/371/bmj.m3981 https://www.bmj.com/content/371/bmj.m3981, https://evidence.nihr.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Living-with-Covid-Themed-Review.pdf https://evidence.nihr.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Livin...
- __blockcipher__ 6y agoSymptoms over a month and “long term issues” are not the same thing. Severe COVID-19 can cause radiological abnormalities persisting for 3 months, but these heal. Long COVID is unproven and anecdotal and seems to be more likely to be psychosomatic in most but not all cases.