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COVID increases risk of diabetes.

This has now been demonstrated in many studies including the largest (more than 16 million) in @TheLancetEndo

Paper

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Perhaps most alarmingly, the authors report that the
risk of type 2 diabetes remained high beyond the first
year after SARS-CoV-2 infection.

This is yet another study showing the long risk horizon of COVID-19

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It is very clear that SARS-CoV-2 can cause new health problems years after the initial infection

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The implications of this new study are sobering.

The pandemic could leave a considerable number of
people with new onset diabetes because of COVID-19.
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The authors estimate that, in England alone, the added
burden of diabetes due to SARS-CoV-2 infection represents a 15% increase in new cases.

This is huge.
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The increased risk of diabetes after SARS-CoV-2 comes at a moment when diabetes rates were already skyrocketing in much of the world.

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This is not good news at all.

Diabetes carries substantial costs for individuals and societies. It is associated with devastating complications, decreased quality of life and early mortality.

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