Long Covid is overblown and often something else, says Oxford professor
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#3If only half of the people that think they have it (5%) actually have it. Doesn’t that still mean that 2.5% of all COVID cases suffers from persistent issues?
That’s still a fairly high incidence rate. At least to the extend that we can’t really ignore it.
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#4Well, I'm not sure what my sangha member had but she was perfectly healthy, a very active outdoors person, then she got coronavirus, and then was basically bed-ridden for about 10 months. Basically completely weak and chronically fatigued for that period. At least, I am quite sure that her long-term symptoms were due to coronavirus. I'm sure there are many false attributions though, as is bound to happen with such a public disease. For example, I know a lot of people who are convinced they had coronavirus just because they had a cold at this time or that time or whatever.
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Re: Long Covid is overblown and often something else, says Oxford professor
#6If only half of the people that think they have it (5%) actually have it. Doesn’t that still mean that 2.5% of all COVID cases suffers from persistent issues? That’s still a fairly high incidence rate. At least to the extend that we can’t really ignore it.
The article states, "The ONS survey, published last week, found that 5 per cent of people who had tested positive for Covid reported at least one symptom 12 to 16 weeks after their infection."
Only 5% of all COVID cases report persistent symptoms.
And 3.4% of the general population report the same symptoms.
Edit: Comment this is in reply to originally had 50%, now changed to 5%.
Re: Long Covid is overblown and often something else, says Oxford professor
#7I can find a professor that will say: Long Covid is possible responsible for many long lasting, slumbering inflammatory conditions and may potentially be related to effects from Tinnitus to inflammatory fluid build-up anywhere in the body.
I think we still need a lot more research. Those ACE receptors express in many tissues.
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#8My neighbour thinks she has long covid, but she never had covid.
Re: Long Covid is overblown and often something else, says Oxford professor
#9Not had covid, but about 2 years ago had a Parvovirus-B19 infection which triggered a reactive arthritis, which means 2 years later I'm still having steroid injections and my joints are more or less in pain. The medical summary is basically "sucks to be you I guess" but it's a semi-common side effect of a virus infection.
So yeah, all I want to say is that virus infections are not a joke, even if you got through one "fine" it can absolutely have devastating and life long effects on you.
Re: Long Covid is overblown and often something else, says Oxford professor
#10I think the title is misleading. The number of long covid cases is overblown. But, and the professor agrees, long covid can be very real.
But the name `long covid` is also a little misleading. A lot of virus infections can shake up your body so you will need a long time to recover. A great example is the Epstein Barr virus: very contagious and it can take months or even years to recover from it.