A fifth of asymptomatic Covid patients develop long Covid: study

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The analysis by non-profit FAIR Health encompassed insurance claims from 1.96 million Americans -- the largest population of patients ever studied for long Covid -- from February 2020 to February 2021.

The study found that across all ages, the most common post viral conditions were in order of frequency: pain, breathing difficulties, high cholesterol, general discomfort and fatigue, and high blood pressure.

The odds of dying 30 days or more after initially being diagnosed with Covid were 46 times higher for patients who were hospitalized with Covid and discharged compared to those who weren't hospitalized.

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210615-a-fifth-of-asymptomatic-covid-patients-develop-long-covid-study

[johng]

"The biggest drawback of the new study is it lacks a control group of people who never got Covid, which would help determine the extent to which Covid caused the conditions as opposed to being coincidental.

The causes of long Covid, which is also known as long haul Covid, post-Covid syndrome or post-acute sequelae of Covid, remain unknown."

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55 minutes ago, johng said:

"The biggest drawback of the new study is it lacks a control group of people who never got Covid, which would help determine the extent to which Covid caused the conditions as opposed to being coincidental.

The causes of long Covid, which is also known as long haul Covid, post-Covid syndrome or post-acute sequelae of Covid, remain unknown."

Funny how the same people who draw all sorts of alarming speculations and conclusions from the virtually random data from VAERS or who fret about a few deaths in a million are utterly skeptical when it's reported that the death rate 30 days or more after being discharged from the hospital for people with covid  is 46 times that of the people who weren't hospitalized. And given that they couldn't compare those rates against people who didn't have covid, what are the odds that those with covid who weren't hospitaliized have a worse health record than those never afflicted? I think what you adhere to is a double standard squared.

[Caldera]

If I had to guess, I'd say Long Covid is 90% mass hysteria and 10% a real thing.

 

I don't deny that it exists, but what is really stopping someone who had Covid from claiming they have developed Long Covid, considering how vaguely it is defined and how broad the symptoms are?

 

I'd like to see the following study done: Long Covid prevalence in countries where it allows you to take paid sick leave, vs. elsewhere.

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8 minutes ago, Caldera said:

If I had to guess, I'd say Long Covid is 90% mass hysteria and 10% a real thing.

 

I don't deny that it exists, but what is really stopping someone who had Covid from claiming they have developed Long Covid, considering how vaguely it is defined and how broad the symptoms are?

 

I'd like to see the following study done: Long Covid prevalence in countries where it allows you to take paid sick leave, vs. elsewhere.

I guess to your way of thinking the fact that 46 times as many hospitalized & recovered Covid patients  died as non-hospitalized Covid patients means they probably scared themselves to death?