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I believe that what you describe is your genuine experience. For you, long-covid has been a very big deal. That wasn’t really the question though. The question

I believe that what you describe is your genuine experience. For you, long-covid has been a very big deal. That wasn’t really the question though. The question isn’t, is long-covid a gut punch to anybody? It sure does seem to be so. The question is how many people is it affecting very badly, and is it radically different than other post-viral syndromes like flu sufferers have? Im trying to put the risk profile in proper context that I can understand. If for example ordinary influenza has an effect as bad as yours in say 1 in 500,000 patients, and Covid has an effect like that in say 1 in 400,000 patients, we can start to put the risk into a proper context that people can understand. That’s the type of clear and digestible comparison that I think we’re missing.

whatshisface 5y ago
>Self-reported symptoms of the disease persisted for 1 to 2 months after initial diagnosis in up to 13% of patients; 4.5% experienced symptoms beyond 2 months, and 2.6% for 3 months or longer, according to mobile app data from U.K., U.S., and Swedish populations. >In potentially more reliable clinic-based assessments, 33% to 98% of survivors have symptoms or complications for at least a month. https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/covid19/94524 https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/covid19/94524
- svnt 5y ago
  This doesn’t really answer the question either. The severity sought is absent. The bigger issue though is self-reported symptoms of disease are present in over 50% of people who never had the disease, in other similar studies. Clinic-based symptoms or complications for at least a month means those individuals were monitored for at least a month, which leaves out everyone I know who had it and lived.
- nradov 5y ago
  That doesn't mean anything. I had a bad cold back in early 2019 and some symptoms persisted for more than a month. So what.
- justsomehnguy 5y ago
  > Self-reported And how many of them were in a dire need of attention?

whatshisface 5y ago

>Self-reported symptoms of the disease persisted for 1 to 2 months after initial diagnosis in up to 13% of patients; 4.5% experienced symptoms beyond 2 months, and 2.6% for 3 months or longer, according to mobile app data from U.K., U.S., and Swedish populations. >In potentially more reliable clinic-based assessments, 33% to 98% of survivors have symptoms or complications for at least a month. https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/covid19/94524 https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/covid19/94524

svnt 5y ago
This doesn’t really answer the question either. The severity sought is absent. The bigger issue though is self-reported symptoms of disease are present in over 50% of people who never had the disease, in other similar studies. Clinic-based symptoms or complications for at least a month means those individuals were monitored for at least a month, which leaves out everyone I know who had it and lived.
nradov 5y ago
That doesn't mean anything. I had a bad cold back in early 2019 and some symptoms persisted for more than a month. So what.
justsomehnguy 5y ago
> Self-reported And how many of them were in a dire need of attention?