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Post by Deleted on Jul 2, 2022 12:56:19 GMT
Is there any good info on long covid yet? I keep hearing people say 10-30% get it etc, but everyone I know has had covid (50+ people) mostly multiple times and the only 2 people I know with long term symptoms had og covid that fucked them over for 6 months but are better now.
I haven't seen anything in the news about long covid really, and with 2.5 years of data we should be better informed now
If 10% of people every time had long covid with people I know getting covid every 3 months I would have expected to see a much larger rise in hospital admissions and news articles.
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Post by kal on Jul 2, 2022 13:00:37 GMT
Is there any good info on long covid yet? I keep hearing people say 10-30% get it etc, but everyone I know has had covid (50+ people) mostly multiple times and the only 2 people I know with long term symptoms had og covid that fucked them over for 6 months but are better now. I haven't seen anything in the news about long covid really, and with 2.5 years of data we should be better informed now If 10% of people every time had long covid with people I know getting covid every 3 months I would have expected to see a much larger rise in hospital admissions and news articles. No way its 10-30%. Depends on how you define ‘long covid’ but even if you define it as any persistent symptoms beyond a week or two it’s still nothing like that high, and that will still only be in known cases of covid. I’d be surprised if it’s even 1% of all infections. |
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Post by Frog on Jul 2, 2022 13:25:03 GMT
I think everyone at work has pretty much had it and almost everyone I know on top of that. One has long covid and been off for 7 months now but that's because it's a physical job. They are trying to find him a different role in the company.
All in all it adds up to about 200 people and one has long term effects. Anecdotal I know but a big enough sample to cast doubt on the up to 30% claim
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Post by Rich on Jul 2, 2022 13:52:06 GMT
The nursery sent an email around this week saying they were seeing lots of cases. Boy had a bit of a fever last night, and just tested positive. 🙁
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Post by 😎 on Jul 2, 2022 14:04:54 GMT
“Long Covid” is such a nebulous term it’s not possible to gauge. It has no formal definition or range. The one attempt the WHO made about a year ago was roundly rejected by pretty much everyone for being shit.
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Post by 😎 on Jul 2, 2022 14:08:38 GMT
Also, you can anticipate there being very little info on long Covid for a long time yet. Long flu exists, for instance, and the whys behind that are still quite a mystery.
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Post by Jambowayoh on Jul 2, 2022 14:15:34 GMT
The nursery sent an email around this week saying they were seeing lots of cases. Boy had a bit of a fever last night, and just tested positive. 🙁 Ah shit, sorry to hear about your little one. I hope he gets better soon. |
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Post by Rich on Jul 2, 2022 14:30:51 GMT
Cheers. He's getting all the calpol he can take, and doesn't seem to bad except when it starts to wear off and fever creeps back in. I know it's generally not thought to be to serious in babies/children and ask of his cousins have had it at some point and been fine, but it's still not nice knowing he has it.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 2, 2022 15:34:46 GMT
wow, you're still around after your daddy left! Ooh you showed him. It's starting to go around my daughters nursery now. Seems a matter of time before she gets it. Somehow she hadn't had it before and has been for 3 negative tests during the height of it. I can see you're sensitive so I'll back off now. Best of wishes to your daughter though. Hope she stays healthy. |
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Post by Trowel 🏴 on Jul 2, 2022 15:59:06 GMT
Is there any good info on long covid yet? I keep hearing people say 10-30% get it etc, but everyone I know has had covid (50+ people) mostly multiple times and the only 2 people I know with long term symptoms had og covid that fucked them over for 6 months but are better now. I haven't seen anything in the news about long covid really, and with 2.5 years of data we should be better informed now If 10% of people every time had long covid with people I know getting covid every 3 months I would have expected to see a much larger rise in hospital admissions and news articles. No way its 10-30%. Depends on how you define ‘long covid’ but even if you define it as any persistent symptoms beyond a week or two it’s still nothing like that high, and that will still only be in known cases of covid. I’d be surprised if it’s even 1% of all infections. Latest ONS estimate is 3.1% www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/bulletins/prevalenceofongoingsymptomsfollowingcoronaviruscovid19infectionintheuk/1june2022 |
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Post by Trowel 🏴 on Jul 2, 2022 16:00:02 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jul 2, 2022 16:10:54 GMT
That one was 2020 though, a best guess one. I haven't seen anything recent. On another note my mate just tested positive trying to get into NZ. Fully N95 masked up in flights, absolutely paranoid and all precautions, and picked it up on the plane. He is not a happy bunny. He complained to the staff on the flight itself about other people not using masks properly and was told not to worry |
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Post by スコットランド on Jul 2, 2022 16:14:02 GMT
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Post by スコットランド on Jul 2, 2022 16:15:02 GMT
That one was 2020 though, a best guess one. I haven't seen anything recent. On another note my mate just tested positive trying to get into NZ. Fully N95 masked up in flights, absolutely paranoid and all precautions, and picked it up on the plane. He is not a happy bunny. He complained to the staff on the flight itself about other people not using masks properly and was told not to worry I’d be pissed off too, a flight that long you have to let your guard down at some point . |
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Post by Sarfrin on Jul 2, 2022 16:15:26 GMT
How does he know he picked it up on the flight?
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Post by スコットランド on Jul 2, 2022 16:17:34 GMT
3% of population , not of Covid infected, not that it will change that much. Could mean 5% I suppose. |
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Post by Jambowayoh on Jul 2, 2022 16:19:58 GMT
That one was 2020 though, a best guess one. I haven't seen anything recent. On another note my mate just tested positive trying to get into NZ. Fully N95 masked up in flights, absolutely paranoid and all precautions, and picked it up on the plane. He is not a happy bunny. He complained to the staff on the flight itself about other people not using masks properly and was told not to worry But that's no indication he picked it up on the plane, he could have picked it up literally anywhere. That's just how it goes. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 2, 2022 16:22:17 GMT
That one was 2020 though, a best guess one. I haven't seen anything recent. On another note my mate just tested positive trying to get into NZ. Fully N95 masked up in flights, absolutely paranoid and all precautions, and picked it up on the plane. He is not a happy bunny. He complained to the staff on the flight itself about other people not using masks properly and was told not to worry But that's no indication he picked it up on the plane, he could have picked it up literally anywhere. That's just how it goes. Apart from the flight and the taxi to the airport he had self isolated in prep. Could have been the airport. |
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Post by Jambowayoh on Jul 2, 2022 16:25:07 GMT
So yeah from the moment he left his place that was it. I mean that's just the way things are unfortunately, you're just going to get Covid.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 2, 2022 16:34:24 GMT
Ooh you showed him. It's starting to go around my daughters nursery now. Seems a matter of time before she gets it. Somehow she hadn't had it before and has been for 3 negative tests during the height of it. I can see you're sensitive so I'll back off now. Best of wishes to your daughter though. Hope she stays healthy. Heh. |
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Post by スコットランド on Jul 2, 2022 16:36:41 GMT
So yeah from the moment he left his place that was it. I mean that's just the way things are unfortunately, you're just going to get Covid. Don’t get your point tbh. |
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Post by Jambowayoh on Jul 2, 2022 16:42:34 GMT
The point is that you can plan and try to control as much as you want but most people are going to get Covid someway or another. Yes and I know you are going to say you haven't had it yet and you take alllllllll the precautions but it is inevitable if life involves you having to interact with the outside world.
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Post by スコットランド on Jul 2, 2022 16:44:59 GMT
The point is that you can plan and try to control as much as you want but most people are going to get Covid someway or another. Yes and I know you are going to say you haven't had it yet and you take alllllllll the precautions but it is inevitable if life involves you having to interact with the outside world. I’m doing all the interacting and nooo Covid . /Does “no limits “ dance. |
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Post by Jambowayoh on Jul 2, 2022 16:46:04 GMT
Okie dokes
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Post by cubby on Jul 2, 2022 16:50:43 GMT
Luck is an underrated factor.
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Post by 😎 on Jul 2, 2022 16:51:58 GMT
No Covid *that you know of*
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Post by スコットランド on Jul 2, 2022 16:53:00 GMT
No Covid *that you know of* I’m Scottish, my pathetic unhealthy genes would have meant Covid giving me quite a slap. |
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Post by スコットランド on Jul 2, 2022 17:01:59 GMT
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Post by Reviewer on Jul 2, 2022 17:22:10 GMT
Long covid can be as little as a bit of a cough 4 weeks later. It seems a bit pointless worrying about it at the moment.
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Post by 😎 on Jul 2, 2022 17:42:22 GMT
One of the biggest challenges right now in terms of identifying post-Covid syndrome stuff across population (aside from the lack of definition), is that it’s tied up in this significant overlap of, for lack of a better term, inflated hypochondria. Because it’s all self reported there’s people who have legitimate long term symptoms, but also people who have existing conditions that they’re now paying attention to and mistakening for long Covid, and those who are worried that every cough, ache and headache is part of it too. It’s a catch 22 in that proper legitimate population health studies may not be possible until the hype and scare settles down.
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