As Many As 1/3 Of COVID Cases Long Haul - Biden Orders Research

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Long COVID is the catch-all term for a hydra-headed condition whose symptoms can include brain fog, recurring shortness of breath, pain and fatigue. It is roughly estimated to affect as many as 1 in 3 people who recover from COVID-19, although the severity and duration of symptoms vary. Despite intense investigation, the causes of long COVID are not yet well understood and treatment largely focuses on helping patients cope with their symptoms as they try to rebalance daily routines.

Biden orders research push on long COVID, a still mysterious condition

Iowan’s struggle with long-haul COVID-19 enters third year

"Migraine, memory loss among recurring conditions...

IOWA CITY — Darcy Havel-Sturdevant thought she’d be working by now, two years after being diagnosed with COVID-19. Likewise, she thought she would have been there completely for her daughter, age 3 when she was first diagnosed but now 5.

“Throughout the last two years, she’s been really great with helping me if I need help,” Havel-Sturdevant, 35, of Iowa City said about her daughter, Rayne.

Havel-Sturdevant said she tried to be optimistic that COVID-19 will end for her, but more likely must accept what she called a new baseline for normal living.

IowaWatch has been following Havel-Sturdevant’s bout with COVID-19 this past year because of her extraordinary problems with the infection. She has long-haul COVID, meaning health issues tied to COVID-19 linger long after the infection leaves a person. More than one-half of people surviving COVID-19 suffer effects six months after the infection, an October Penn State University College of Medicine study showed.

Havel-Sturdevant was diagnosed with COVID-19 in April 2020, after first having pneumonia. She had another COVID-19 infection in December 2021. She, and her husband, Gabe, have been vaccinated but Havel-Sturdevant continues to suffer from migraines, memory loss and other medical problems. Moreover, she is caring for her 76-year-old mother, who has cancer and is living with her family."

New research shows long COVID is affecting young people who had mild COVID-19 cases

"“No one expected to see the long-term COVID actually occur in people who were younger,” said Roberts.

The new science also reports higher rates of long COVID in young people who had mild cases of COVID-19.

“I’m very concerned about the potential for that and how it’s going to be detrimental to young people,” said Merritt.

“I want people to know it’s real. These are young people. People in their 20s who are reporting brain fog. They’re showing cognitive decline that you see in people who are 70. So it’s not something to mess around with. You don’t just get COVID and get over it. That’s an incredibly dangerous course to attempt,” said Roberts."
 
"The White House also acknowledged that long COVID appears to be a disability, meaning that patients could be entitled to the protection of federal laws that prohibit discrimination on account of health conditions and seek to create pathways for leading productive lives."
 
I want people to know it’s real. These are young people. People in their 20s who are reporting brain fog. They’re showing cognitive decline that you see in people who are 70. So it’s not something to mess around with. You don’t just get COVID and get over it.
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maybe rare cases.
no way it's close to "1/2" and what severity of infection does it take to get symptoms 6 months later?
 
Most people do not know someone who has died of COVID or who suffers from long haul - so they don't think about it.

As with many diseases, suffering from one is more of a private misery.

People should understand this is real.
 
The obvious and inevitable consequence of listening to Anatta when he said natural immunity was better than the vaccine.

Millions of people believed him and now have long-haul COVID forever.
 
Americans who blew off COVID safety protocols are partly to blame for this suffering.

Even if the disease did not become long haul for them, if they passed it on to someone else who now lives in misery, the irresponsibility of not taking precautions has had tragic consequences.

It's a real world lesson in the golden rule.
 
PoliTalker said:
Most people do not know someone who has died of COVID or who suffers from long haul - so they don't think about it.

As with many diseases, suffering from one is more of a private misery.

People should understand this is real.
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Hey remember back in the day when Anatta was running around telling everyone to infect themselves with COVID because "natural immunity", which he said was permanent, was better than the vaccines?

Cuz I've never forgotten.
 
Oh, but it's just a mild thing for most people, so why worry about it? Who cares if you get it and pass it on. Everybody is going to get it eventually anyway, right? Why all the hysteria?

OP link:

"And then, I’ve started getting these things called ice pick headaches recently, in the last few months since my second COVID infection. And those are these stabbing pains that go through the pupil of your eye. And, it is just what they are titled. It feels like someone is taking an ice pick or a very sharp instrument and just going straight through your pupil to the back of your head. And, there are these shrill pains that last for maybe 30 seconds to a minute and then they can go away. Or, it can be consecutive, of like a few of these in a row. But because they just come on so abruptly, there’s no medication that really helps with them. At least that’s what my neurologist told me. So, you just kind of have to deal with it."
 
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"The White House also acknowledged that long COVID appears to be a disability, meaning that patients could be entitled to the protection of federal laws that prohibit discrimination on account of health conditions and seek to create pathways for leading productive lives."
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I haven't yet read the entire article but will do so here shortly. I'm curious as to what, if anything, being vaccinated as to do with whether or not you're one of the unlucky long-Covid patients. Are vaccinated people less likely to develop lingering conditions, more likely, or does it make any difference?
 
LV426 said:
The obvious and inevitable consequence of listening to Anatta when he said natural immunity was better than the vaccine.

Millions of people believed him and now have long-haul COVID forever.
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He's not the only one who has claimed that. Remember good old Sister Stretch, who informed us that if you just take your vitamins and eat right, you have nothing to worry about? Plus why vax when the infection itself is "better" at conferring immunity? So she ended up getting it, ran right off the bat to a clinic where she was injected with the experimental monoclonal antibody therapy, and declared herself "cured." She hasn't posted since Jan. 11. Hmm.

Darth was the same. He hasn't posted since Sept. of last year.
 
ThatOwlWoman said:
He's not the only one who has claimed that. Remember good old Sister Stretch, who informed us that if you just take your vitamins and eat right, you have nothing to worry about? Plus why vax when the infection itself is "better" at conferring immunity? So she ended up getting it, ran right off the bat to a clinic where she was injected with the experimental monoclonal antibody therapy, and declared herself "cured." She hasn't posted since Jan. 11. Hmm.

Darth was the same. He hasn't posted since Sept. of last year.
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I hadn't realized Stretch hasn't posted since 1/11, same for Darth.

Are they both dead, do you think?
 
LV426 said:
I hadn't realized Stretch hasn't posted since 1/11, same for Darth.

Are they both dead, do you think?
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I hope not, but don't know. It's not like either one to be gone for so long, especially when we are all in desperate need of being informed about the Rapture and when Trump is going to be reinstalled as IMPOTUSx2. lol
 
I know 4 people who died from Covid. That includes my doctor and my wife's 51-year-old cousin and a couple of friends. I do not know long haulers. I take Covid seriously and got the 2nd booster yesterday. My wife has leukemia, so she is particularly vulnerable.
 
Hello Nordberg,

Nordberg said:
I know 4 people who died from Covid. That includes my doctor and my wife's 51-year-old cousin and a couple of friends. I do not know long haulers. I take Covid seriously and got the 2nd booster yesterday. My wife has leukemia, so she is particularly vulnerable.
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I've got an acquaintance in his 50's who got COVID early on, while Trump was still claiming it was nothing, about to go away. He ended up with long COVID. Said it's terrible. He's a strong guy, but this wipes him out. Fine one day, think it's all gone, then any day without warning different symptoms come on. Headaches, coughing, pain all over, feeling totally out of energy. He can never expect to have a good day, never knows. Still suffering with it two years later.
 
Hello Walt,

Walt said:
Maybe it is Covid that cannot let us go.

Well, it is mostly killing those who chose to die from it, Republicans, so maybe it really is not a major problem for the rest of us anymore.
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The people with long haul COVID certainly wish it would let them go.
 
PoliTalker said:
The people with long haul COVID certainly wish it would let them go.
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When the rain does not stop, and the river starts rising, there are two types of people. There are those who fill sand bags as quickly as they can, trying to hold back the river, knowing there is a real chance they will fail. And there are those who announce they are tired of the whole thing, and demand the river rises on some other day.
 
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