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This afternoon (US time) I was asked for comment on the recent statements on #LongCOVID in Australia. Here is the statement I provide:
As a scientist, an Australian and one of the world's leading authorities on LongCOVID I was disgusted to see John Gerrard's irresponsible 1/
As a scientist, an Australian and one of the world's leading authorities on LongCOVID I was disgusted to see John Gerrard's irresponsible 1/
https://twitter.com/DavidJoffe64/status/1768488423806181646
comments regarding #LongCOVID in the media. The most prominent scientific journals in the world have published systematic reviews of the literature highlighting the fact that 7-12% of acute SARS-CoV-2 infections result in Long COVID - a chronic disease state that has no 2/
approved treatments. #LongCOVID can affect people of any age, gender and health status and according to Dr David Cutler, a leading health economist, it is on track to cost the US government $3.7 Trillion dollars. All consensus science points to the fact that Long COVID is a 3/
serious health crisis that requires the immediate attention of public health officials. In John Gerrard's careless, callous and unfounded comments we see a public health official who has failed his people. His dangerous and uninformed comments have placed hundreds of thousands 4/
of Queenslanders at risk of severe and permanent disability. He has placed a politically expedient, personal opinion ahead of four years of high-quality scientific research on the topic and if he had any integrity left he would resign. /end
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