The growing evidence that Covid-19 is leaving people sicker
The growing evidence that Covid-19 is leaving people sicker The potential impact on heart and brain disease poses challenges to healthcare systems globally
Bruce King on Twitter
"Very few people, even at 6 months, have actually metabolically, functionally recovered.
They may have stopped coughing but they've still got a lot of other things wrong with them.” 👨🏾🔬JN, Nov’21
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) is common in post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC): Results from a post-COVID-19 multidisciplinary clinic
A new study sadly confirms what many of us suspected and health authorities around the world willfully ignored: No less than 43% of #LongCovid sufferers may have #MECFS, a severely debilitating condition without effective treatment.
Study suggests one in eight affected by long Covid
"1 in 8 people who get coronavirus develop at least one symptom of long Covid, one of the most comprehensive studies on the condition to date suggested."
Eric Feigl-Ding on Twitter
EVERYONE STOP AND WATCH—This is what it looks like to live with #longCOVID.
“Everything tastes like dog shit” “I can’t swallow” “My hair is falling out” “My food tastes like it comes from a dumpster housing a dead raccoon🦝”
Long-term mortality following SARS-CoV-2 infection: A national cohort study from Estonia
"People infected with SARS-COV-2 had more than three times the risk of dying over the following year compared with those who remained uninfected... Short-term mortality (up to 5 weeks post-infection) was significantly higher..."
laurie allee on Twitter
Each COVID-19 Reinfection Increases Health Risks
"People who get reinfected with the virus that causes COVID-19 have more health risks with each round of reinfection, a large national database study reveals."
Covid-19 reinfections may increase the likelihood of new health problems | CNN
"Repeatedly catching Covid-19 appears to increase the chances that a person will face new and sometimes lasting health problems after their infection, according to the first study on the health risks of reinfection."
Get Ready for the Forever Plague | The Tyee
"Let’s call it a plague of willful incompetence or an outbreak of epidemiological stupidity...In any case, COVID, a novel virus that can wreak havoc with any organ in the body, continues to evolve at a furious pace."
Jonas R. Kunst on Twitter
A new study "found six distinct clusters of #LongCovid patients, each with distinct profiles of phenotypic abnormalities with enrichments in pulmonary, cardiovascular, neuropsychiatric, and constitutional symptoms such as fatigue and fever."
CDC on Twitter
New @CDCMMWR : Approximately 1 in 5 adults ages 18+ experience a new condition a month or more after surviving #COVID19. More: https://bit.ly/MMWR7121.
Post–COVID Conditions Among Adult...
Post–COVID Conditions Among Adult COVID-19 Survivors Aged 18–64 and ≥65 Years — United States, March 2020–November 2021