A new CDC study published in JAMA today, shows COVID is still killing a substantial number of Americans, with over 100K deaths annually between 2022-2024.
‘Although the Public Health Emergency ended, this study suggests it remains a major driver of mortality among older adults.’
We did it Joe! We killed hundreds of thousands of people after the orange guy left and blue maga doesn’t give a shit because they’re red maga in blue hats. bu.edu/articles/2022/…
I’m not arguing with either one of the political cults and vaccine comments.
Best thing I can do is block, keep quiet and shoo them along into the loving arms of their heavenly father while they argue about whose team is dying more than the other.
No, Alain, it shouldn’t. It’s the year 2026 and many of stopped saying;
“More of them died than us, so it’s ok. Go blue team!”
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Meta analysis of 429 studies and 2M people found a 36% pooled prevalence of LongCOVID globally.
29% rate among non-hospitalized with memory issues, muscle weakness, dyspnea, joint pain the most common symptoms. Stratified by year, prevalence was still 34% in 2024 v 38% in 2021.
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More Than One-Third of Individuals With COVID-19
Experience Long COVID
Jessica Nye, PhD |
Systematic review and meta-analysis published in Open Forum Infectious Diseases reported a pooled prevalence of long COVID as 36% worldwide.
A total of 429 studies
There are several healthcare industry reports showing various sales trends with data driven factors provided.
The latest is loss of taste and smell (anosmia) expecting to reach $4.1B by 2034 with increasing LongCOVID cases and viral infections (COVID) being the major catalysts.
Even for those without login credentials, the summary repeatedly explains that North America makes up 42% of this trend and they use terms like “rising post COVID” and “surge post infection (COVID)”.
These data drive the push to spend on new diagnostics and therapeutics.
Research based on this continued growth (if you want to call it that) is driving collaboration between universities, AI and pharmaceutical.
Seems odd that if LongCOVID rates were “decreasing” and COVID was no biggie, you’d see this type of market strategy and spending.
Just had an appointment with one of my Doctors and we’re going to try something new on top of my antiviral experiment. It should be covered by insurance so I said “well that’s a relief for once,” to which he replied;
“LongCOVID is very expensive my friend, I’d try to avoid it.”
For reference, after we finished the pharmacy called and said this med would cost $340 with insurance, or $300 without. My double experiment is costing more than most luxury cars, except I don’t drive a luxury car, I’m just trying to get back to normal.
So here’s the rub;
Letting millions of people get infected as much as they like, leads to million of people developing new health issues, most of which will be chronic, thus putting money directly into big pharma’s and Uncle Sam’s pocket.
There will be no operation Warp Speed to deal with this.
As time goes on, I realize that either I’m a bad example of what LongCOVID can be, or advocacy is and I do feel a need to eventually back away. For example;
I specifically use the word “flare” which is NOT interchangeable with “crash,” but unfortunately people assume they are…
The way I’d describe flare ups would be like an extreme, sudden immune response. It’s like an engine going from dormant to 100Mph. I’ll feel a deep bruising in my thighs, down to the bone, my eyes get glassy and watery and I feel like I’m sort of inflamed and hyper stimulated..
It’s almost like feeling infected all over again or being poisoned. It’s really painful and sudden but it doesn’t do anything to my energy or baseline etc.
I’ve had this happen when I’m actually in work meetings or zoom calls. Can you imagine your eyes turning glassy while…
I know most of you don’t have LongCOVID and are avoiding it like the plague it is. Trust me, you’re right, the deniers are wrong.
Just had a flare up from hell the past 2 days and NOTHING touched it. Out of nowhere, it just stopped like I’m back in 2020. It’s so bizarre…
To go from one extreme to the other, plays harsh tricks with your mind and thought process. I’m built for it and certainly not complaining because I know a lot of people don’t even get 5 mins of remission, but it’s surreal. I’d say I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy but…
That would be a lie, those days are gone. Some of the people on this app can get fucked and touch grass, whichever order they prefer. That they claim “COVID is over” and life has moved on, yet always find themselves looking at and trolling ppl with LongCOVID is ironic, and…
In 2022, an economic researcher for the Federal Reserve Bank of New York wrote an article about LongCOVID causing a surge in disability and becoming a workplace fixture. Citing Census Bureau data, the CDC and NIH, he suggested future COVID waves could continue disabling workers.
His data and suggestion back in 2022, continues to correlate with what is seen today.
This is the US Department of Labor Statistics via FRED, disabled workers, 16 years and older.
Same thing for the general population, 16 years and older per their last update.
The people who are never wrong; actuaries, insurers and the economic researchers.
The people who are always wrong; Twitter accounts.