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COVID has many other long-term side-effects besides death (fatigue, muscle and joint pain, respiratory problems, etc). These side-effects are present in younger

COVID has many other long-term side-effects besides death (fatigue, muscle and joint pain, respiratory problems, etc). These side-effects are present in younger people as well. For me, mere possibility of these side-effects outweigh the risks, which are negligible for MRNA vaccines.

splittingTimes 5y ago
Vaccines help to reduce risk of hospitalisation and death, But are there studies that show that vaccination prevents long covid, too?
- Gh0stRAT 5y ago
  Besides nearly eliminating the risk of hospitalization and death, the vaccines also greatly reduce the odds of contracting COVID-19 in the first place which logically would lead to a reduction in long covid. (contracting covid is a prerequisite for experiencing long-covid)
  - lthornberry 5y ago
    Long covid is also more likely to result from more severe initial cases.
    - splittingTimes 5y ago
      I thought many people with mild symptoms got long covid, too.
- vlovich123 5y ago
  Not quite yet. The work has just started [1]. There's anecdotal evidence [2] that some people report improvements in long COVID symptoms after taking the vaccine (I have 0 background in chemistry/biology so I'll defer to domain experts to determine whether there's even a plausible mechanism of action for that). I thought there were preliminary studies showing the vaccine is effective at prevention of infection, not just in reduction of severity of symptoms. Assuming that, a good prior to hold IMO (until we have such research) would be that it also prevents long COVID. However, since I can't find where I heard this, may be smart to withhold judgement one way or the other. That being said, what the sibling commentor pointed out seems plausible also to me to put into the prior (i.e. if long COVID is correlated with serious illness, then plausibly the vaccine would also prevent long COVID by reducing the serious response in the first place) [1] https://news.yale.edu/2021/05/10/study-determine-how-covid-19-vaccine-affects-people-long-covid https://news.yale.edu/2021/05/10/study-determine-how-covid-1... [2] https://www.yalemedicine.org/news/vaccines-long-covid https://www.yalemedicine.org/news/vaccines-long-covid

splittingTimes 5y ago

Vaccines help to reduce risk of hospitalisation and death, But are there studies that show that vaccination prevents long covid, too?

Gh0stRAT 5y ago
Besides nearly eliminating the risk of hospitalization and death, the vaccines also greatly reduce the odds of contracting COVID-19 in the first place which logically would lead to a reduction in long covid. (contracting covid is a prerequisite for experiencing long-covid)
- lthornberry 5y ago
  Long covid is also more likely to result from more severe initial cases.
  - splittingTimes 5y ago
    I thought many people with mild symptoms got long covid, too.
vlovich123 5y ago
Not quite yet. The work has just started [1]. There's anecdotal evidence [2] that some people report improvements in long COVID symptoms after taking the vaccine (I have 0 background in chemistry/biology so I'll defer to domain experts to determine whether there's even a plausible mechanism of action for that). I thought there were preliminary studies showing the vaccine is effective at prevention of infection, not just in reduction of severity of symptoms. Assuming that, a good prior to hold IMO (until we have such research) would be that it also prevents long COVID. However, since I can't find where I heard this, may be smart to withhold judgement one way or the other. That being said, what the sibling commentor pointed out seems plausible also to me to put into the prior (i.e. if long COVID is correlated with serious illness, then plausibly the vaccine would also prevent long COVID by reducing the serious response in the first place) [1] https://news.yale.edu/2021/05/10/study-determine-how-covid-19-vaccine-affects-people-long-covid https://news.yale.edu/2021/05/10/study-determine-how-covid-1... [2] https://www.yalemedicine.org/news/vaccines-long-covid https://www.yalemedicine.org/news/vaccines-long-covid