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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think many are hypochondriacs who don’t understand basic math or statistics or what actually supports good health (such as exercising, diet, being outside, social connections, etc)

Many are fat and out of shape. They might drink alcohol regularly or be on prescription medication.  This is all much more dangerous to the health of a non-elderly person than Covid. I find it strange. [/quote]

Actually a lot of previously healthy people now have long Covid, and many people are also disabled from it. I'm not on social media posting about precautions, but it's frustrating when people act like Covid is nothing. [/quote]
It's interesting- I personally know dozens of people who have had Covid, but I don't know a single person who has long Covid. When I hear people say that long Covid is common, I just don't see it.  [/quote]

There’s entirely too broad of a definition of “long COVID.” It includes any symptoms at least a month after initial infection. Well, if you’ve ever been actually sick with anything, you know it’s possible and not even uncommon to have coughing and congestion for a good long while after an illness. I coughed for about 6 weeks with Covid and that was my only symptom after the initial infection, but by some definitions I had “long Covid.” And then it also includes really vague, non-specific symptoms that could be anything, could be unrelated, or could be psychosomatic like “fatigue,” “headaches,” and “brain fog,” whatever that is …

It does seem like real, post-viral symptoms were more common with early infections in 2020 especially spring/summer 2020 with the more serious strains as opposed to now where we have vaccines (even though imperfect) and more treatments. [/quote]

Whose definition are you referring to? And the broadness is part of the problem. My friend has long COVID and it's made it difficult for her to run marathons. I get how frustrating that is as I can't run at all due to an injury, but I can handle that. Disabling long COVID is of course very scary, but does not appear to be very common.[/quote]

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