Re:Cellular immunity to SARS-CoV2 found at 6 months in non-h...
by ljf on Monday November 02, 2020 @04:01PM
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The WHO is suggesting that in the UK we have as many people with long covid as have died from it, so talking about 60k - far far higher than we for new ME cases each year.
Also the 'new' symptoms the long covid sufferers face are often very different to the initial illness - my wifes heart function was impacted hugely, only just starting to recover 7 months later.
What is good is that unlike ME, it appears many of the long covid sufferers are recovering, it just takes a long time, similar to SARs - where as for many ME is a life long condition. So I wouldn't draw to many parallels just yet until we know more.
Also the 'new' symptoms the long covid sufferers face are often very different to the initial illness - my wifes heart function was impacted hugely, only just starting to recover 7 months later.
What is good is that unlike ME, it appears many of the long covid sufferers are recovering, it just takes a long time, similar to SARs - where as for many ME is a life long condition. So I wouldn't draw to many parallels just yet until we know more.