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In the UK a recent survey of medical staff has 35% of them suffering Long Covid, those are the ones still employed there are many who have been fired as their L
by PaulKeeble 2y ago
In the UK a recent survey of medical staff has 35% of them suffering Long Covid, those are the ones still employed there are many who have been fired as their Long Covid is too severe to work. It's notable only 10% have been diagnosed by their colleagues, a substantially higher percentage the for non medical Long haulers.
We are at about 20% in the countries still bothering to count and the front line roles like teachers and medicine are getting hit faster. Most of this is since 2022 and overwhelming Omicron onwards. In the past year for example the number of kids with Long Covid doubled.
It's not just fatigue either despite what the BBC is presenting, it's completely systemic in every organ including the brain. PEM and the crashes it causes can permently reduce how much energy you have and if you keep doing that you can die as your gastrointestinal system looses the ability to digest food.
There are no treatments, there is no research money now either. You get Long Covid you are on your own there is no medical help to be had and no government acknowledgement there is a problem and your chance of a diagnosis from healthcare is very small.
- teractiveodular 2y agoThose are some pretty extraordinary numbers. Do you have any cites to back them up?
- PaulKeeble 2y agoThis is the NHS questionnaire study https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39358009/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39358009/ This on 10-20% of infections leading to long Covid https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(23)00493-2/fulltext https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6... Here is one prevalence study from Australia. There are loads of these https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.5694/mja2.52473 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.5694/mja2.52473 Then there is the global estimate of about 400million https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-024-03173-6 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-024-03173-6
- meiraleal 2y ago> In the UK a recent survey of medical staff has 35% of them suffering Long Covid Did they also ask how many people felt tired and in need of vacations? Love me some capitalism, re-framing labor exploitation again.