Long COVID is a "public health crisis for kids," experts say New research sheds light on the growing burden of pediatric long COVID while it continues to be ignored
“My 7 year old niece, who contracted Covid 4x during the last school year, no longer knows her cousin (my daughter) nor her Granddad.
A few days before her last infection she told my Mom how much she misses Granddad and how he would give her everything!
The week before her last infection she Facetime my daughter and I to recite her Bible verse for the week.
Then she got Covid, started losing things, has problems with word finding, and obvious memory loss.
This happened in May.
My SIL can’t get her in to see a Neurologist until November because all appointments are taken.
Is this the government AND the citizens of this country have decided is ok?”
Studies show that up to 70% of people who get infected from COVID-19 suffer from organ damage—especially adolescents and children.
This takes a while to find; they may not notice symptoms until a year or more later.
And that's just the damage tha
Thread New study documents covid-triggered brain inflammation resulting in the death of a previously healthy 9 year-old girl. From the doubled chance of type 1 diabetes, to brain damage and death, will the mass media ever report on the harm to children from repeat covid infections?
New study:
“12-16% children and youth infected with Omicron met the research definition of #LongCovid at 3 and 6 months after infection, with no evidence of difference between cases of first-positive and reinfection”
Excellent detailed thread on Covid and Kids A 🧵 on children and C-vid.
We are woefully uninformed with regards to the long term effects of this novel pathogen hence it would be wise to protect our children. It is our responsibility. Wear a 😷 . Advocate for clean air. 💉 yourself and your family.
“We are just hoping kids will be OK. I don’t see how they will be. The data suggest they won’t be. But barely anyone is facing this inconvenient truth.” #SARSCoV2 #BringBackMasks #LongCovid #LongCovidKids #COVIDisAirborne #CovidIsNotOver
What does long COVID do to kids? What we've learned after a year of research. “Many of these kids were completely healthy kids prior to the diagnosis and it can completely disrupt their life and their ability to participate in sports and school,” one researcher said.
10-year-old Libby has spoken about the pain of being hardly unable to walk and the "constant headaches" she suffers after developing serious complications from Covid.
https://itv.com/news/wales/2023-04-14/how-long-covid-left-sports-loving-10-year-old-unable-to-stand
#LongCovidKids #LongCovid #Wales @ITVWales
