Re:Vaccine hopes rise as Oxford jab prompts immune response ...
by breakfastduck on Monday October 26, 2020 @11:14AM
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Yes, my colleague is one of them. He has still not recovered after 8 months and is unable to work.
However, they stating they're also counting 8-10 weeks as long term, so the stats are obviously way inflated. I'd really like to know the number of people having the extreme effects, without the media trying to inflate the figure.
There are plenty of anecdotes to be found of people reporting debilitating long-covid symptoms for 6 months so far. That's "still sick since I had it back in March/April".
(It hasn't been around for a year so nothing can be said about that timescale yet.)
That's significant enough that public health officials are talking openly about it as a concern, so it's not just a few isolated anecdata.
There are some reports suggesting neurological impairment. Along with observed blood changes (thickening), which is concerning regarding long term damage for rational reasons. If that turns out to be true, that sort of damage tends to never completely recover. Rather you learn to adapt and live with it.