Re:The UK’s delta surge is collapsing
by nostromo on Monday August 02, 2021 @07:40PM
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Vaccinated people don’t get “long covid” in appreciable numbers.
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There is no data to support this claim.
There is no data to support that they do.
That’s not how making claims works
Yes there is. The risk is halved, not zeroed.
Vaccination only reduces the risk of long covid (as defined by "still symptomatic after 28 days") by about half. It helps but it's no silver bullet.
In the UK we're not vaccinating under 18s in volume - not yet anyway. I really don't want my kids to take part in the Great Adolescent Long Covid Experiment.
Re:The UK’s delta surge is collapsing
by jinpa_zangpo on Tuesday August 03, 2021 @08:25AM
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Long Covid is not a problem in children according to this study:
Hopefully! Although I think "no clear evidence yet" isn't the same as "no problem". From the article itself there is a lack of clarity/conclusiveness:
"Children can experience SARS-CoV-2 postviral syndromes, but it is unclear to what extent these individuals are affected by long COVID"
We've been learning new stuff about COVID for 18 months now. I suspect we'll continue learning more about it for a long time to come. And I'm not keen to bet my kids' wellbeing on "it'll be fine" if I can avoid it (and they may yet catch it anyway - one can't wrap them in cotton wool).
Just saying - I prefer caution over complacency really.