Hey, another article y'all! I'm quoted a LOT. Overall it is a fantastic article, AND I have one important correction :) (1/6) scarymommy.com/covid-longhaul…
If you follow me on this birb app you probably already know what I'm about to correct:
*Anecdotally*, *in adults* -- but supported by my observations and the expert clinicians w/whom I've spoken about this -- the majority of patients have a really bad time of it at first... (2/6)
*Anecdotally*, *in adults* -- but supported by my observations and the expert clinicians w/whom I've spoken about this -- the majority of patients have a really bad time of it at first... (2/6)
... but improve to a better baseline after the first, nightmarish year. Note that there are no studies to prove this to be the case: it's based off of our observations. Second, note that this is not true for everybody... (3/6)
There appears to be a progressive form, which I DID mention in my quote but is missing from the article: people who stay very, very ill or even get worse, no matter what is done. We are not certain why. Finally... (4/6)
...in the same pgph my quote has been moved around to imply that I'm saying that when you reach this better baseline you might have symptoms but you'll be okay... that quote was in a different section and the implication in context was that DISABLED PPL CAN LIVE A GOOD LIFE. (5/6
That is all, thank you :) (6/6)
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