The impact of long Covid on Social Security Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income in the U.S. has been minimal, but that may be changing:
#IDMastodon#Publichealth Prevalence of #longCOVID by race & ethnicity. These findings support @CDC’s definition that #longCOVID “represents many potentially overlapping entities, likely with different biological causes & different sets of risk factors & outcomes.
How can I work out how hard it will be to get up a hill? Is there a formula, a rule of thumb? Like pedal assist makes a 6% feel like a 3% or anything like that?
I'd like some idea of how much it will help me get out and about locally before I spend thousands. But I don't know how to know? There's no showroom or hire anywhere near, so test ride is not an option.
"But people with mild illness can also develop #LongCOVID — and because there are so many more of them, they make up the bulk of those with long COVID, the report found."
There is no known cure for long COVID, according to the report. Recovery can vary dramatically from person to person. Long COVID “appears to be a chronic illness,” the report found, “with few patients achieving full remission.”
💔 “increased risk of heart attacks, strokes and heart rhythm disturbances.. the severity of the infection doesn’t seem to make a difference....The big surprise is how much this can affect younger people.” #Covid#LongCovid
“The effects of repeatedly getting this throughout our lives is going to be much more significant than people are thinking.”
“most governments don’t want to think about long covid and much less long covid and cancer. It cost them so much to deal with covid. So there is very little funding for the long-term effects of the virus”
“I don’t think that’s a wise choice.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2024/06/06/covid-cancer-increase-link/
“We conclude that long Covid is a real condition,” committee chair Paul Volberding, a professor emeritus of medicine at UCSF, said in a video conference Wednesday. “People suffering from it have to be listened to and have to be believed and deserve the best access possible to the management strategies.”
If you want to look at a summary of research directions, this Jan 2023 paper by Davis, McCorkell, Vogel, & Topol captured some of the ongoing work. It’s another nice collection of footnotes for specific topics.
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New report: More than 200 symptoms tied to long COVID.
"While there is evidence that many people with Long COVID symptoms have improved by 12 months, data beyond that time frame is limited but suggestive that recovery might plateau or progress at a slower rate"
"COVID and long COVID are not HIV/AIDS, but our response to both viruses has been to bury them, to cover disabled and high-risk people with dirt. There is silence, skepticism and denial as many of us have become immunocompromised, as thousands have died of complications of long COVID, as millions have died of COVID."
Beautiful essay by #LGBTQ columnist Miles W. Griffis reflecting on AIDS, #longCOVID, and the work of artist David Wojnarowicz.
"#MEAction recognizes that everything seems to cost a little bit more these days...as it is now costing us a little bit more to provide the programming and resources needed for this community. If you have a few extra dollars to give, we would greatly appreciate it."
Extract from comments by Dr Binita Kane in this popular Guardian article today:
"‘I could bench-press 100kg. Now, I can’t walk’: Lucy’s life with #longCovid ."
"Before the pandemic, Lucy Keighley ran a gym, worked as a personal trainer and went on gruelling, exhilarating runs. But after three and a half years of illness, she isn’t sure she will ever recover"