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it makes no sense for "a lot of people" to be scared of covid. it makes sense for those at risk (the elderly and those with co-morbidities) to evaluate that ris

it makes no sense for "a lot of people" to be scared of covid. it makes sense for those at risk (the elderly and those with co-morbidities) to evaluate that risk and take concrete measures (principally vaccination), then move on. we did not need to be stuck in a fear cycle for over two years for what is a novel cold virus, not the black death.

overtonwhy 4y ago
You need to research long covid: https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/05/more-than-1-in-5-covid-survivors-may-develop-long-covid-cdc-study-suggests/ https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/05/more-than-1-in-5-cov...
- clairity 4y ago
  i don't, especially not on arstechnica of all places. there is active research on the topic but no conclusive evidence that it's any more than a form of negative hawthorne effect and/or hypochondriasis.
- namecheapTA 4y ago
  So do you. Basically made up.
- MontyCarloHall 4y ago
  This is a sensationalized study that only looked at COVID cases that were serious enough to end up on someone’s electronic medical record: >The authors mined electronic health records identif[ying] 353,164 patients diagnosed with COVID-19 between March 2020 and November 2021. They then matched each COVID-19 patient in a ratio of one to five with 1,640,776 control patients. All of the survivors and controls were monitored for at least a month and up to a year. Overall, 38.2 percent of COVID-19 survivors developed a post-COVID condition, compared with 16 percent of uninfected controls. (Also note that the “post-COVID conditions” include things as minor as a persistent cough.) The real headline should be "More than 1-in-5 COVID cases serious enough to be noted in medical records may result in long-term symptoms, greatly ranging in severity." Upwards of 60% of the US had been infected with COVID as of April 2022 [0]. If serious long-COVID symptoms indeed occurred in upwards of 20% of COVID cases, that would mean >12% of Americans are currently suffering from debilitating long-term illness, which would be obvious on a societal level. We simply do not see this. [0] https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20220426/almost-60-percent-infected-by-covid https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20220426/almost-60-percent-i...
rajup 4y ago
I agree with you, but this comment of yours does not follow from the other comment you made up thread.

overtonwhy 4y ago

You need to research long covid: https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/05/more-than-1-in-5-covid-survivors-may-develop-long-covid-cdc-study-suggests/ https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/05/more-than-1-in-5-cov...

clairity 4y ago
i don't, especially not on arstechnica of all places. there is active research on the topic but no conclusive evidence that it's any more than a form of negative hawthorne effect and/or hypochondriasis.
namecheapTA 4y ago
So do you. Basically made up.
MontyCarloHall 4y ago
This is a sensationalized study that only looked at COVID cases that were serious enough to end up on someone’s electronic medical record: >The authors mined electronic health records identif[ying] 353,164 patients diagnosed with COVID-19 between March 2020 and November 2021. They then matched each COVID-19 patient in a ratio of one to five with 1,640,776 control patients. All of the survivors and controls were monitored for at least a month and up to a year. Overall, 38.2 percent of COVID-19 survivors developed a post-COVID condition, compared with 16 percent of uninfected controls. (Also note that the “post-COVID conditions” include things as minor as a persistent cough.) The real headline should be "More than 1-in-5 COVID cases serious enough to be noted in medical records may result in long-term symptoms, greatly ranging in severity." Upwards of 60% of the US had been infected with COVID as of April 2022 [0]. If serious long-COVID symptoms indeed occurred in upwards of 20% of COVID cases, that would mean >12% of Americans are currently suffering from debilitating long-term illness, which would be obvious on a societal level. We simply do not see this. [0] https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20220426/almost-60-percent-infected-by-covid https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20220426/almost-60-percent-i...

rajup 4y ago

I agree with you, but this comment of yours does not follow from the other comment you made up thread.