Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[Goat]

Or only a wool would say the word derp.

Wouldnt know Charles.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Just before anyone gets carried away that it's all over or just like the flu.

Nearly half of people infected with COVID-19 experienced some 'long COVID' symptoms

Around the world, 43% of those infected with COVID-19 experienced post-COVID conditions, according to a new analysis by the University of Michigan School of Public Health that looked at data from 50 studies and 1.6 million people. "I was really surprised to see the results of this meta analysis, an

news.umich.edu

 

[grandjoeblue]

Just before anyone gets carried away that it's all over or just like the flu.

Nearly half of people infected with COVID-19 experienced some 'long COVID' symptoms

Around the world, 43% of those infected with COVID-19 experienced post-COVID conditions, according to a new analysis by the University of Michigan School of Public Health that looked at data from 50 studies and 1.6 million people. "I was really surprised to see the results of this meta analysis, an

news.umich.edu

50% seems a bit high. I know at least 40 people who have had it including a range of ages and fitness levels and only 1 person had a fatigue issue for months.

Somewhere around 40% of infections are asymptomatic so how can 50% of all infections have long COVID?

 

[Bruce Wayne]

50% seems a bit high. I know at least 40 people who have had it including a range of ages and fitness levels and only 1 person had a fatigue issue for months.

Somewhere around 40% of infections are asymptomatic so how can 50% of all infections have long COVID?

With all due respect, an analysis of 1.6 million confirmed cases is perhaps more reliable than your unscientific sample of 40 people

• Fatigue (23 percent) and memory problems (14 percent) were cited as the most common symptoms of individuals with post COVID-19 condition.
• Some lingering post COVID-19 symptoms remain in roughly 34 percent of non-hospitalized COVID patients while the rate jumps to 54 percent for hospitalized COVID patients.

 

[grandjoeblue]

With all due respect, an analysis of 1.6 million confirmed cases is perhaps more reliable than your unscientific sample of 40 people

I must have met the luckiest sample in the world then. Will be interesting to see if 50% of other posters and their friends/families have had long COVID.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

I must have met the luckiest sample in the world then. Will be interesting to see if 50% of other posters and their friends/families have had long COVID.

Maybe, yeah. I do question, however, whether people are even aware of the long Covid symptoms, and also whether they share them with those around them. It seems likely to be a much less reliable form of sampling than actual scientific research.

 

[grandjoeblue]

Maybe, yeah. I do question, however, whether people are even aware of the long Covid symptoms, and also whether they share them with those around them. It seems likely to be a much less reliable form of sampling than actual scientific research.

Don't really get this bit either:

• Global prevalence for post COVID-19 conditions at 30, 60, 90 and 120 days after infection were estimated to be 37, 25, 32, and 49 percent.

Surely the percentage should drop between 60 days and 120 days? Not increase?

 

[Spadge Vernacular]

Just before anyone gets carried away that it's all over or just like the flu.

Nearly half of people infected with COVID-19 experienced some 'long COVID' symptoms

Around the world, 43% of those infected with COVID-19 experienced post-COVID conditions, according to a new analysis by the University of Michigan School of Public Health that looked at data from 50 studies and 1.6 million people. "I was really surprised to see the results of this meta analysis, an

news.umich.edu

I must have met the luckiest sample in the world then. Will be interesting to see if 50% of other posters and their friends/families have had long COVID.

My missus is still struggling with fatigue for over a month now. I am at the end of week 3 and am still constantly knackered and am finding getting a good nights sleep almost impossible (probably why I am so tired) but hope this will pass soon.

 

[Spadge Vernacular]

Don't really get this bit either:

• Global prevalence for post COVID-19 conditions at 30, 60, 90 and 120 days after infection were estimated to be 37, 25, 32, and 49 percent.

Surely the percentage should drop between 60 days and 120 days? Not increase?

This should link to the paper

https://academic.oup.com/jid/advance-article-pdf/doi/10.1093/infdis/jiac136/43386904/jiac136.pdf

 

[ds3000]

I work in a hospital and we are now seeing people with interstitial lung disease as a result of the original two strains, the scarring caused by Covid pneumonia is permanent and over time the lungs become fibrosed. It’s not pretty.

 

[witchdoc187]

My missus is still struggling with fatigue for over a month now. I am at the end of week 3 and am still constantly knackered and am finding getting a good nights sleep almost impossible (probably why I am so tired) but hope this will pass soon.

you're just old mate. Ive felt like that for years.

 

[RAFUH]

Don't really get this bit either:

• Global prevalence for post COVID-19 conditions at 30, 60, 90 and 120 days after infection were estimated to be 37, 25, 32, and 49 percent.

Surely the percentage should drop between 60 days and 120 days? Not increase?

You are assuming a linear progression. Long COVID could be relapsing and remitting or chronic symptoms with exacerbations, etc.
This is why we do the research - to find these things out.

 

[grandjoeblue]

You are assuming a linear progression. Long COVID could be relapsing and remitting or chronic symptoms with exacerbations, etc.
This is why we do the research - to find these things out.

I understand that it wouldn't be completely linear but a jump from 25% after 60 days to 49% after 120 doesn't seem completely right? Surely 25% of people post COVID don't start to get issues 2 to 4 months after having it? How would you even identify at that point that the issue is related to an infection so long ago?

 

[RAFUH]

I understand that it wouldn't be completely linear but a jump from 25% after 60 days to 49% after 120 doesn't seem completely right? Surely 25% of people post COVID don't start to get issues 2 to 4 months after having it? How would you even identify at that point that the issue is related to an infection so long ago?

Absolutely possible. Many examples of diseases that do this. It is what relapsing & remitting means.

And lets not forget, COVID is a new disease. We are still learning about it - even more so long COVID

 

[Goat]

My Mother in law has good and bad days, but shes still very much feeling the effects 7 weeks after she stopped testing positive.