It’s worth noting Covid remains the only reason the U.S. still has universal mail-in ballot voting.
Long Covid is no different from the after-effects of viruses like flu and people should stop using the term, health experts have said. The Telegraph has more.
? There is no such thing as long Covid, say health officialshttps://t.co/LejRXKtMfK
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) March 15, 2024
The Chief Health Officer of Queensland, Australia, said it was wrong to imply there was something unique about symptoms suffered by people following a bout of coronavirus. Instead, sufferers are simply experiencing the normal effects of recovering from a virus, which can include fatigue, brain fog and shortness of breath – known as post-viral syndrome.
The comments follow new research by Queensland’s public health department, which studied more than 5,000 people suffering Covid-like symptoms between May and June 2022.
Analysis found no evidence that COVID-19 positive adults were more likely to have symptoms a year after their diagnosis when compared to symptomatic adults who were negative for COVID-19.
When the results were compared with nearly 1,000 people who had flu, the numbers reporting issues were similar (3% vs 3.4%).
Dr. John Gerrard, Queensland’s Chief Health Officer, said: “In health systems with highly vaccinated populations, Long Covid may have appeared to be a distinct and severe illness because of high volumes of COVID-19 cases during the pandemic.
“However, we found that the rates of ongoing symptoms and functional impairment are indistinguishable from other post-viral illnesses.
“We believe it is time to stop using terms like ‘Long Covid’. They wrongly imply there is something unique and exceptional about longer-term symptoms associated with this virus.”
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