Risks of long COVID have been ‘distorted’ due to ‘flawed research’: study

[Kamaji]

Risks of long COVID have been ‘distorted’ due to ‘flawed research’:  study

By Brooke Steinberg
Published Sep. 26, 2023

The risks of long COVID have been “distorted” due to a flawed body of research, according to experts.

Scientists from the US, UK and Denmark are pointing to overly broad definitions and a lack of comparison groups, among other factors in studies looking at the incidence, prevalence and control of long COVID for the distortion.

The paper, published Monday in BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine, investigates the working definitions of the condition provided by multiple global health organizations, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the World Health Organization and the UK National Institute for Health.

None of the definitions required a “causal link” between the virus and a range of symptoms.

The “flaws” have led to consequences such as increased public anxiety, misdiagnoses, increased health-care spending and a “diversion of funds” from those who are actually suffering from long-term effects of COVID-19, researchers suggest.

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2023/09/26/long-covid-risks-distorted-due-to-flawed-research-study/

[Kamaji]

None of the definitions required a “causal link” between the virus and a range of symptoms.

[mountaineer]

What the hell is long covid, anyway? Sounds made up. 

[GtHawk]

What the hell is long covid, anyway? Sounds made up. 

Apparently it is what they call it when Covid symptoms hang on or come back after going away and the list of symptoms are so long and varied that they could be applied to a great many people. Got a summer cold...long covid, allergy issues...long covid, mild bug or flu like symptoms...long covid.