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Seems Wikipedia agrees, so that's something: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fold_change https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fold_change In which case a 60% increased
by BaseballPhysics 3y ago
Seems Wikipedia agrees, so that's something:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fold_change https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fold_change
In which case a 60% increased probability is a very significant increase. Seems like a valid thing to test for when assessing someone for long COVID, given it still remains somewhat of a diagnosis of exclusion.
- dekhn 3y agoit's a relative risk, and the underlying absolute risk was very small, so even if 60% sounds big, testing everybody isn't the right solution.
- renaudg 3y agoIIRC the absolute risk of long Covid is 7-15% per infection, which is anything but very small.
- dekhn 3y agoif that's true, and people get reinfected periodically, then basically everybody will have long covid :) but not really. what you're seeing is that some fraction of the populace is susceptible to long covid (risk factor or genetic).