Studies across 14 nations show 25% to 30% rate of long COVID.
"Long COVID was defined as the presence of patient-reported symptoms 180 days after COVID-19, the authors said."
“The majority assume LC only comes in the form of fatigue etc, which is demonstrably untrue. This is just one way in which the disease can present itself.
This causes many to believe the number of LC cases to be far lower than reality & even believe they don’t have it themselves.”
“Study Finds Cases of ME/CFS Increase Following SARS-CoV-2 Infection 4.5% of people who had COVID-19 met diagnostic criteria for myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome.”
ABC 5 News Cleveland: 'Study shows impact of Long COVID on Ohio workers, need for clinicians to fill gaps'
“Due to this reduced capacity to work, it is estimated that Long COVID resulted in a minimum of $170 billion in lost wages in the USA in 2022"
Demystifying Long COVID International Conference 2024.
Mini-thread as most content is repeated from earlier this year. 🧵”
“Every time you get the virus is another chance to end up with Long Covid.
‘It gets really ugly very quickly,’ said Arijit Chakravarty, a COVID researcher in Massachusetts, ‘because what it means is that if you wait long enough, everyone is at risk of getting it.’”
“‘We just want to be heard’: Long COVID patients still feel invisible Scores of long COVID patients reached out to the Globe after a recent story on doctors finding new ways to manage the condition…more than 75 Boston Globe readers who reached out to share their experiences after reading a front-page story profiling a handful of doctors, including at the Brigham, who are using experimental treatments to help patients suffering from the little understood disease. Long COVID afflicts an estimated 7 percent of the population, or close to 18 million Americans.”
