Thursday, December 30, 2021

Study Raises Questions About “Long Covid”

Study Raises Questions About “Long Covid”
"...The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association on November 8. surveyed nearly 27,000 adults (mean age; 49 years and 4 months) and 
  • asked who (self-described) had COVID-19 and who was suffering from persistent ailments, such as fatigue, breathlessness, and impaired attention.
The researchers then obtained SARS-CoV-2 antibody tests for the people they surveyed to see who in fact was truly infected. 
Sixty percent of those with antibodies had no knowledge they were infected. 
More than fifty percent who said they had COVID -19 showed no antibodies to being infected.
...The researchers write, “self-reported COVID-19 infection was associated with most persistent physical symptoms, whereas laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 infection was associated only with anosmia [loss of sense of smell]. 
...Alex Berenson was one of the first journalists to note the implications of the study. 
“This study should slow, if not stop, the rush to medicalize long Covid. It is yet more proof that the illness is a group of squishy (if painful and difficult) symptoms looking for a name – and more importantly a billing code,” wrote Berenson on Substack, on November 10...Read all.

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