COVID disability, long haul

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Source: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/06/lon...-know-as-who-publishes-formal-definition.html

"Common symptoms include fatigue, shortness of breath, cognitive dysfunction but also others ... which generally have an impact on everyday functioning. Symptoms may be new onset, following initial recovery from an acute COVID-19 episode, or persist from the initial illness. Symptoms may also fluctuate or relapse over time.”
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Most people who get Covid-19 suffer the common symptoms of a persistent cough, fever and shortness of breath, and recover within a few days or weeks.

However, for some, the symptoms can last much longer.

The WHO estimated that 10% to 20% of Covid-19 patients experienced lingering symptoms for months following infection. These prolonged symptoms can include persistent fatigue, breathlessness, brain fog and depression.
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In the U.K., for example, an estimated 970,000 people (1.5% of the population) had self-reported long Covid on Aug. 1, according to data compiled by the Office for National Statistics.

Prevalence of the post-viral syndrome was greatest in people aged 35 to 69 years old, females, people living in the most deprived areas, those working in health or social care and those with another activity-limiting health condition or disability.​

Not commonly talked about, this debilitating condition lingers on and on and on.

Bob Wilson

 

[SouthernDude]

Oh please. I highly doubt this is actually true. I bet it's more or less older people experiencing normal cognitive decline or from mass hysteria over the virus.

Lol. plus this study comes from a self-reported survey. That is hardly scientific.

"This analysis is based on self-reported long COVID. Self-reported measures are subjective and reflect systematic differences between socio-demographic groups in terms of their likelihood to report symptoms given an underlying level of severity, as well as differences in severity"