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This doesn't mention long covid, which is still a huge open question with worrying results: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(21)0

This doesn't mention long covid, which is still a huge open question with worrying results: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(21)00324-2/fulltext#seccesectitle0013 https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5... > People who had recovered from COVID-19, including those no longer reporting symptoms, exhibited significant cognitive deficits versus controls when controlling for age, gender, education level, income, racial-ethnic group, pre-existing medical disorders, tiredness, depression and anxiety. The deficits were of substantial effect size for people who had been hospitalised (N = 192), but also for non-hospitalised cases who had biological confirmation of COVID-19 infection (N = 326). Analysing markers of premorbid intelligence did not support these differences being present prior to infection. Finer grained analysis of performance across sub-tests supported the hypothesis that COVID-19 has a multi-domain impact on human cognition.

nradov 5y ago
What do you think we would find if we repeated the same research for patients who had been infected with influenza, RSV, coxsackievirus, mononucleosis, HCoV-OC43, etc.?
tailius 5y ago
Florida took the approach of "people will get it. (shrugs)" and look what happened. LC has been associated with permanent organ damage. I think that's a reason to worry because of the disability adjusted life years (DALY) involved.
_Algernon_ 5y ago
Are there any studies yet that say something about the risks of long covid when vaccinated?
- tim333 5y ago
  Not much but one in Israel followed 1,497 fully vaccinated health care workers. 39 got covid, 7 had symptoms 6 weeks in.
stolenmerch 5y ago
This isn't totally surprising and has been studied previously with other respiratory illnesses. [1] There is also a correlation with severity of symptoms as shown in this paper and other cited sources. I'm not going to speculate too much, but one would hope that as severe cases decline, so too should these cases of "long covid". [1] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31718695/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31718695/
derbOac 5y ago
I agree it's not getting nearly as much attention as it should in policy discussions (which the linked piece essentially is). Too much is focused on infection per se, hospitalization, and death, as if those are the only three outcomes to care about.
JohnTHaller 5y ago
I have two friends under 40 on beta blockers due to long haul Covid-19 symptoms. Another friend who had a stroke after infection. Lots of other less serious long terms affects among friends and family. My sense of smell is still broken a year and a half after recovery.
mrfusion 5y ago
Do we know if this is different than people hospitalized with other viruses? It’s just common sense that if you get a serious illness there can be long term effects.

nradov 5y ago

What do you think we would find if we repeated the same research for patients who had been infected with influenza, RSV, coxsackievirus, mononucleosis, HCoV-OC43, etc.?

tailius 5y ago

Florida took the approach of "people will get it. (shrugs)" and look what happened. LC has been associated with permanent organ damage. I think that's a reason to worry because of the disability adjusted life years (DALY) involved.

_Algernon_ 5y ago

Are there any studies yet that say something about the risks of long covid when vaccinated?

tim333 5y ago
Not much but one in Israel followed 1,497 fully vaccinated health care workers. 39 got covid, 7 had symptoms 6 weeks in.

stolenmerch 5y ago

This isn't totally surprising and has been studied previously with other respiratory illnesses. [1] There is also a correlation with severity of symptoms as shown in this paper and other cited sources. I'm not going to speculate too much, but one would hope that as severe cases decline, so too should these cases of "long covid". [1] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31718695/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31718695/

derbOac 5y ago

I agree it's not getting nearly as much attention as it should in policy discussions (which the linked piece essentially is). Too much is focused on infection per se, hospitalization, and death, as if those are the only three outcomes to care about.

JohnTHaller 5y ago

I have two friends under 40 on beta blockers due to long haul Covid-19 symptoms. Another friend who had a stroke after infection. Lots of other less serious long terms affects among friends and family. My sense of smell is still broken a year and a half after recovery.

mrfusion 5y ago

Do we know if this is different than people hospitalized with other viruses? It’s just common sense that if you get a serious illness there can be long term effects.