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I think the numbers in this article are overstated but are within the ballpark. Covid isn’t the only virus to cause ME/CFS and it isn’t even the worst. MERS is
by cjbgkagh 4y ago
I think the numbers in this article are overstated but are within the ballpark.
Covid isn’t the only virus to cause ME/CFS and it isn’t even the worst. MERS is worse and was studied extensively. It requires a genetic predisposition that appears to only exist in 10% of people. Within that 10% there is a spectrum of severity with half recovering. Unfortunately as someone with the gene mutation for hEDS I’m extremely susceptible to it and do indeed have ME/CFS (predating covid) which to me is largely indistinguishable from LongCovid. I have a strong personal stake and have extensively researched it.
- AstralStorm 4y agoWell, Long Covid is prpbably a worse version of it as it apparently can for reservoirs in susceptible people. So not only are they immune dysregulated, but also sick repeatedly...
- cjbgkagh 4y agoMany viruses hide in reservoirs. EBV is famous for reactivating. ME/CFS appears to be a threshold condition where once you pass a threshold you enter a diseased state and it’s a crapshoot to how bad it gets. From what I’ve seen LongCovid is not worse than ordinary ME/CFS, it appears to be exactly the same.
- nradov 4y agoThat is highly speculative. Severely immunocompromised patients can experience persistent SARS-CoV-2 infections lasting months, but otherwise there is no reliable evidence of such reservoirs. Coronaviruses don't stick around like, for example, herpesviruses.