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1 in 37 Americans have COVID. This means that there are ~300K ppl who have COVID right now that will develop long COVID, just as I did. This is what it's like to get long COVID as a healthy young person, and what treatments are available when you have $$ and great insurance:
1 in 37 Americans have COVID. This means that there are ~300K ppl who have COVID right now that will develop long COVID, just as I did. This is what it's like to get long COVID as a healthy young person, and what treatments are available when you have $$ and great insurance:
Detailed Long Covid anecdote
#Long Covid#Anecdote
·x.com·
1 in 37 Americans have COVID. This means that there are ~300K ppl who have COVID right now that will develop long COVID, just as I did. This is what it's like to get long COVID as a healthy young person, and what treatments are available when you have $$ and great insurance:
Long Covid Defined | NEJM
Long Covid Defined | NEJM
“The Covid-19 pandemic has been perceived mainly as a dangerous acute outbreak of infection that killed more than a million people in the United States and 7 million worldwide.1,2 However, in the pandemic’s wake, Covid-19 has left many millions more with a variety of chronic, systemic, and often disabling conditions collectively known as “long Covid.” In the United States alone, survey data indicate that approximately 7% of adults and more than 1% of children — numbering 15 to 20 million Americans and more than 60 million globally — have had long Covid.”
#Long Covid
·nejm.org·
Long Covid Defined | NEJM
German decathlete Eitel to miss Paris in latest Covid-19 case
German decathlete Eitel to miss Paris in latest Covid-19 case

"Today is and will be one of the worst days of my life. What I'm feeling right now is beyond any defeat I've ever experienced in sport. I'm absolutely stunned, devastated and no longer understand the world."

M. Eitel 🇩🇪 is out of the Olympics for Covid

·sports.yahoo.com·
German decathlete Eitel to miss Paris in latest Covid-19 case
The 'slow pool' is being blamed for the historic lack of swimming records at the Olympics. If this lack of records is replicated in the track & field events (and elsewhere), we're going to need a new unifying theory for something that might have slowed down all the athletes
The 'slow pool' is being blamed for the historic lack of swimming records at the Olympics. If this lack of records is replicated in the track & field events (and elsewhere), we're going to need a new unifying theory for something that might have slowed down all the athletes
Or maybe it’s the widespread Covid infection in participants.
·x.com·
The 'slow pool' is being blamed for the historic lack of swimming records at the Olympics. If this lack of records is replicated in the track & field events (and elsewhere), we're going to need a new unifying theory for something that might have slowed down all the athletes
Long COVID: a clinical update
Long COVID: a clinical update
Long COVID can affect multiple organ systems and lead to severe and protracted impairment of function as a result of organ damage.
Long COVID can affect multiple organ systems and lead to severe and protracted impairment of function as a result of organ damage.
#Long Covid
·sciencedirect.com·
Long COVID: a clinical update
Long COVID: a clinical update
Long COVID: a clinical update
Post-COVID-19 condition (also known as long COVID) is generally defined as symptoms persisting for 3 months or more after acute COVID-19. Long COVID can affect multiple organ systems and lead to severe and protracted impairment of function as a result of organ damage. The burden of this disease, both on the individual and on health systems and national economies, is high.
Post-COVID-19 condition (also known as long COVID) is generally defined as symptoms persisting for 3 months or more after acute COVID-19. Long COVID can affect multiple organ systems and lead to severe and protracted impairment of function as a result of organ damage. The burden of this disease, both on the individual and on health systems and national economies, is high.
#Long Covid
·thelancet.com·
Long COVID: a clinical update
Frontiers | Deaths related to post-COVID in Italy: a national study based on death certificates
Frontiers | Deaths related to post-COVID in Italy: a national study based on death certificates
“Post-COVID, might be particularly severe and potentially life-threatening. However, little is known on the impact of post-COVID condition on mortality. Aim of the present study is to assess and quantify Post-COVID deaths in Italy in years 2020 and 2021, based on an analysis of death certificates.”
Post-COVID, might be particularly severe and potentially life-threatening. However, little is known on the impact of post-COVID condition on mortality. Aim of the present study is to assess and quantify Post-COVID deaths in Italy in years 2020 and 2021, based on an analysis of death certificates.
#Long Covid
·frontiersin.org·
Frontiers | Deaths related to post-COVID in Italy: a national study based on death certificates
Long COVID puzzle pieces are falling into place – the picture is unsettling
Long COVID puzzle pieces are falling into place – the picture is unsettling

“Since 2020, the condition known as long COVID-19 has become a widespread disability affecting the health and quality of life of millions of people across the globe and costing economies billions of dollars in reduced productivity of employees and an overall drop in the work force.

The intense scientific effort that long COVID sparked has resulted in more than 24,000 scientific publications, making it the most researched health condition in any four years of recorded human history.”

Since 2020, the condition known as long COVID-19 has become a widespread disability affecting the health and quality of life of millions of people across the globe and costing economies billions of dollars in reduced productivity of employees and an overall drop in the work force. The intense scientific effort that long COVID sparked has resulted in more than 24,000 scientific publications, making it the most researched health condition in any four years of recorded human history.
#Long Covid
·theconversation.com·
Long COVID puzzle pieces are falling into place – the picture is unsettling
Work ability and return-to-work of patients with post-COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis - BMC Public Health
Work ability and return-to-work of patients with post-COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis - BMC Public Health

After Covid infection 40% do NOT return to normal work. Study: “The influence of post-COVID-19 on the working-age population is SUBSTANTIAL, and it is expected to result in enduring strains on economic and healthcare systems.”

·bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com·
Work ability and return-to-work of patients with post-COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis - BMC Public Health
Stability of Aerosolized SARS-CoV-2 on Masks and Transfer to Skin
Stability of Aerosolized SARS-CoV-2 on Masks and Transfer to Skin
“We aerosolized SARS-CoV-2. After 1 hr, we were able to recover infectious virus from fabric masks but not an N95 or surgical mask. When we pressed artificial skin against the masks, we found viral RNA but no infectious virus on the skin.” #MasksWork
#masks
·pubs.acs.org·
Stability of Aerosolized SARS-CoV-2 on Masks and Transfer to Skin
Estimated Effectiveness of the BNT162b2 XBB Vaccine Against COVID-19
Estimated Effectiveness of the BNT162b2 XBB Vaccine Against COVID-19
"Older versions of COVID-19 vaccines offered little, if any, additional protection compared with being unvaccinated, including against COVID-19 hospital admissions, regardless of the number or type of prior doses received."
·jamanetwork.com·
Estimated Effectiveness of the BNT162b2 XBB Vaccine Against COVID-19
COVID-19 can surge throughout the year
COVID-19 can surge throughout the year
US CDC quietly changed its position on Covid yesterday. Now says it is a year-round threat and advises multi layered protection, including clean air.
·cdc.gov·
COVID-19 can surge throughout the year
Doctor paralysed having 'made peace' with death after catching COVID at wedding
Doctor paralysed having 'made peace' with death after catching COVID at wedding
a doctor faced a difficult situation when he was left 'paralysed days after he contracted COVID from attending a wedding with his wife and daughter.
doctor faced a difficult situation when he was left 'paralysed days after he contracted COVID from attending a wedding with his wife and daughter.
·mirror.co.uk·
Doctor paralysed having 'made peace' with death after catching COVID at wedding