iamwhatiseem
Diamond Member
Long Covid. Never heard of it?
isn't that interesting considering the CDC's own data states as many as 1-5 adults may have "Long Covid"??
How is it possibly the media isn't talking about it?
And THAT - is why I put this in Politics.
What is Long Covid? - essentially it is a generic name given to the phenomena of millions of people continuing to have symptoms, primarily, coughing/difficulty breathing/long term presence of mucus in the bronchial tubes etc. etc. There are many-many people who have had these symptoms for months.
There are currently 39 clinical studies the world over trying to understand just what is long Covid, and why is it happening.
And some early results of the study are showing.... it may be the vaccine that is doing it.
catalyst.phrma.org
www.cdc.gov
isn't that interesting considering the CDC's own data states as many as 1-5 adults may have "Long Covid"??
How is it possibly the media isn't talking about it?
And THAT - is why I put this in Politics.
What is Long Covid? - essentially it is a generic name given to the phenomena of millions of people continuing to have symptoms, primarily, coughing/difficulty breathing/long term presence of mucus in the bronchial tubes etc. etc. There are many-many people who have had these symptoms for months.
There are currently 39 clinical studies the world over trying to understand just what is long Covid, and why is it happening.
And some early results of the study are showing.... it may be the vaccine that is doing it.

Word of the Month: Long COVID
Long COVID, also called post-COVID conditions, is defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as health problems lasting four or more weeks after first getting COVID-19.


Impact of COVID-19 vaccination on the risk of developing long-COVID and on existing long-COVID symptoms: A systematic review
Low level of evidence (grade III, case-controls, cohort studies) suggests that vaccination before SARS-CoV-2 infection could reduce the risk of subsequent long-COVID. The impact of vaccination in people with existing long-COVID symptoms is still controversial, with some data showing changes in...
www.thelancet.com
Nearly One in Five American Adults Who Have Had COVID-19 Still Have "Long COVID"
National Center for Health Statistics
