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Are there 100s of millions already disabled by it? You hear of it, but I feel like if the disabling was in hundreds of millions it would get more attention than
by azinman2 2y ago
Are there 100s of millions already disabled by it? You hear of it, but I feel like if the disabling was in hundreds of millions it would get more attention than it does.
- spondylosaurus 2y agoCommenting as a placeholder to come back to check for replies later because I'm also curious. And for a bit of comparative context (which I always find helpful), the population of California is about 40 million. So a hundred million is about two and a half Californias.
- pjc50 2y agoOn the other hand, ONS UK estimates about 3% https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/bulletins/prevalenceofongoingsymptomsfollowingcoronaviruscovid19infectionintheuk/30march2023 https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthan... , and 3% of eight billion is 240m people. We already know that disability in general tends to be rendered invisible unless it's a really widespread condition, and long covid symptoms are themselves invisible to others.