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And Long COVID is shaping up to be our generation’s HIV/AIDS. History rhymes because people don’t ever learn. We deal with one problem or crisis at a time, ins

by andric 3y ago

And Long COVID is shaping up to be our generation’s HIV/AIDS. History rhymes because people don’t ever learn. We deal with one problem or crisis at a time, instead of generalizing what was learned in order to help future generations avoid the same mistakes.

artursapek 3y ago
Are you seriously comparing AIDS to “long COVID”?
- andric 3y ago
  Both AIDS and Long COVID are post-viral, multi-organ, chronic conditions that dysregulate the immune system, through many of the same mechanisms [0]. They are also conditions that severely affects the quality of life of those who are afflicted, increasing the risk of severe life-threatening illnesses [1]. Similar to the early years of the AIDS pandemic (which, I might add, is still ongoing), the harms of Long COVID are not widely understood or acknowledged in clinical practice or among the general population. [0] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9608044/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9608044/ [1] https://www.nature.com/articles/s41579-022-00846-2 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41579-022-00846-2
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- some_random 3y ago
  HIV/AIDS does not just affect gay people, stop spreading this myth.
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some_random 3y ago
I don't think you quite appreciate how fucking bad HIV/AIDS was, and is to this day.
- andric 3y ago
  Why do you think I said Long COVID is shaping up to be like HIV/AIDS? The parallels between the two are stark: How the CDC and NIH bungled public health advice and research funding, how clinicians are ill-equipped to treat it, how the public is clueless about the long-term harms of post-viral immune dysregulation [0]. [0] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9608044/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9608044/
DrThunder 3y ago
Long COVID isn't even legitimate and if it was it's not anywhere near the fatality rate of HIV/AIDS.
- andric 3y ago
  It is legitimate. See: [0] https://covid19.nih.gov/covid-19-topics/long-covid https://covid19.nih.gov/covid-19-topics/long-covid [1] Davis, H.E., McCorkell, L., Vogel, J.M. et al. Long COVID: major findings, mechanisms and recommendations. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41579-022-00846-2#citeas https://www.nature.com/articles/s41579-022-00846-2#citeas

by andric 3y ago

artursapek 3y ago

Are you seriously comparing AIDS to “long COVID”?

andric 3y ago
Both AIDS and Long COVID are post-viral, multi-organ, chronic conditions that dysregulate the immune system, through many of the same mechanisms [0]. They are also conditions that severely affects the quality of life of those who are afflicted, increasing the risk of severe life-threatening illnesses [1]. Similar to the early years of the AIDS pandemic (which, I might add, is still ongoing), the harms of Long COVID are not widely understood or acknowledged in clinical practice or among the general population. [0] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9608044/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9608044/ [1] https://www.nature.com/articles/s41579-022-00846-2 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41579-022-00846-2

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some_random 3y ago
HIV/AIDS does not just affect gay people, stop spreading this myth.
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some_random 3y ago

I don't think you quite appreciate how fucking bad HIV/AIDS was, and is to this day.

andric 3y ago
Why do you think I said Long COVID is shaping up to be like HIV/AIDS? The parallels between the two are stark: How the CDC and NIH bungled public health advice and research funding, how clinicians are ill-equipped to treat it, how the public is clueless about the long-term harms of post-viral immune dysregulation [0]. [0] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9608044/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9608044/

DrThunder 3y ago

Long COVID isn't even legitimate and if it was it's not anywhere near the fatality rate of HIV/AIDS.

andric 3y ago
It is legitimate. See: [0] https://covid19.nih.gov/covid-19-topics/long-covid https://covid19.nih.gov/covid-19-topics/long-covid [1] Davis, H.E., McCorkell, L., Vogel, J.M. et al. Long COVID: major findings, mechanisms and recommendations. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41579-022-00846-2#citeas https://www.nature.com/articles/s41579-022-00846-2#citeas