#CountlongCovid 10%? 20%? 30%? [THREAD]
🔎To better understand #LongCovid prevalence, I made a figure based on 27 articles with 9 preprints (thanks @ahandvanish)
% are not comparable as
- population differ (%hospitalized)
- symptoms measured at different time
- Biais & sample
3 - We need standardized study in the general population to efficiently measure #LongCovid in both patients with PCR+ and -, variety of symptoms, non hospitalized, AND with a follow-up.
poke @Dr2NisreenAlwan
đź”˝look at this thread for links to the studies
2- @trishgreenhalgh is arguing that #LongCovid should be defined independently of tests as they were not available at the start & don’t translate symptoms
we need to handle this uncertainty of longcovid by sharing honestly with the patient that lots of things are still unknown
3- @timspector - 4 millions people downloaded the covid app
- 10% of people who had covid have symptoms for more than a month
- 60 000 people with symptoms lasting over 3 months in UK