For many sufferers of lingering COVID-19 symptoms, proving they are sick is a big part of the battle

[thackney]

For many sufferers of lingering COVID-19 symptoms, proving they are sick is a big part of the battle
https://www.kcra.com/article/for-many-sufferers-of-lingering-covid-19-symptoms-proving-they-are-sick-is-a-big-part-of-the-battle/36087045
Apr 11, 2021

...Long Covid, also called post-Covid syndrome, is shaping up to be a major, long-term public health issue. In
the U.K. alone, almost 700,000 people reported having symptoms for at least three months after getting
infected with COVID-19, according to a survey done by the U.K. Office for National Statistics in March. A
majority of the 700,000 said their illness was limiting their day-to-day activities and for almost 70,000, the
symptoms have lasted for more than a year.

A separate study published last month showed that seven in 10 people who had been hospitalized for
COVID-19 have not fully recovered five months after being discharged....

..."Anyone who's recovering from Covid is expected to make a good recovery, a full recovery, within four to
six weeks," he said. "In about 10% to 20% of people, the symptoms can linger beyond the four to six week
period and in about 10% of people, the symptoms can persist even beyond 12 weeks, when it becomes a
real problem."...

...The National Health Service (NHS) in England has set up around 70 long Covid clinics. But demand is
much, much higher than the number of places available. Monique Jackson said that while she has been
fortunate to find doctors who were helpful and understanding, she has not been able to get into this type
of clinic....

[thackney]

What to know about long COVID
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/long-covid

...Data from the United Kingdom’s Office for National Statistics found similar results, with roughly 1 in 10 respondents who tested positive for COVID-19 exhibiting symptoms lasting for a period of 12 weeks or longer.

This means that across the world, there may be more than 5 million cases of long COVID.

One 2021 study found that more than three-quarters of COVID-19 patients in a hospital in Wuhan, China, still had at least one symptom 6 months after their discharge from the hospital.

This is consistent with a 2020 study from Italy that found that 87.4% of COVID-19 patients reported experiencing at least one symptom 2 months after their discharge from the hospital.

A 2020 Swiss study also notes that as many as 1 in 3 people with milder cases COVID-19 were still experiencing symptoms after 6 weeks.

Using a statistical model, a preprint 2020 study found that long COVID is more likely to occur in older adults, people with a higher body mass index (BMI), and females....

[Cyber Liberty]

People might be more believing had the Democrats not politicized/weaponized the disease.

[PeteS in CA]

My daughter had a mild case in January. She's one of those people to whom cilantro tastes like soap. Or was, because 3 months post-Covid it still doesn't have much flavor to her. It took me 2-3 months to recover more or less fully from my pneumonia - one of the most serious conditions caused by the virus. Worse and weirder have been documented and reported.