Disturbing facts about long COVID
Get a better understanding of this new form of COVID pain and suffering
Just as COVID-19 can affect each person differently, research is beginning to shed light on how patients recover from the virus and the type of timeline that can unfold—including just how common lingering symptoms can be. In a recent study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), an analysis of medical records for 353,164 patients found that one in five people under the age of 65 developed long COVID after their initial infection, increasing to one in four patients who were 65 or older.
And further research has also shown that certain types of people may be more likely to develop long COVID. In a recent unpublished study from genetic testing company 23andMe that has not been peer-reviewed, an analysis of data from over 100,000 COVID patients found that those with histories of cardiometabolic disease—which includes hypertension, type 2 diabetes, high cholesterol, and coronary artery disease—saw their chances of developing long COVID increase by 90 percent. Results also echoed those from previous studies that showed a difference between sexes, finding that "women are at least twice as likely to be diagnosed with long COVID compared to men even when controlling for age, ethnicity, and related health conditions."
But besides those who may develop long-running symptoms, research is also beginning to paint a clearer picture of exactly how the virus continues to affect people. During an appearance on CBS News's Face the Nation on June 5, Walter Koroshetz, MD, co-chair of the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) long COVID initiative, described how the lingering condition played out for patients examined in his research since it began in February 2021—including what was one of its most common signs.
"The great difficulty is the fact that the heterogeneity of the symptoms is quite vast. But I think there are some characteristics that make it very unusual. People develop usually more than one symptom. There's usually a cluster of symptoms," he explained. "Fatigue is just pretty much [where] most of the people have trouble."
However, Koroshetz explained that the over 4,000 participants included in his more than year-long study experienced a range of issues when experiencing long COVID that went well beyond feeling sapped of energy.
"There are neurological troubles, trouble concentrating, sleeping, sometimes peripheral nerve trouble, [a] sense of the bubbling on your skin. Some people have pulmonary difficulties with continued sense of shortness of breath and a cough. Some people have cardiovascular trouble. A lot of trouble with exercise and tolerance. There's digestive track trouble as well," he listed.
"Long Covid following a Covid infection" is a marketing scam designed to cover up post-inoculation injuries. It will be used to explain away the exploding enormous array of post-jab chronic illnesses, disability, and insurance claims.
I appreciate the article. I can only offer my parents' experience as an example. My dad, 78 and Mom, 81 got Covid in 7/2021. They suffered for about 2 weeks before finding a legitimate doctor at an independent urgent clinic (Dr. Berliner at the Chestatee Emergent Medical Care in Dawsonville, GA for those who may need a reference in that area). By this time, my mom, who suffers from coronary artery disease, became increasingly affected by severe brain fog and oxygen was slowly dropping to 84%. We wanted to avoid the hospital at all costs. Once they were seen by Dr. Berliner, he immediately gave each of them a steroid injection. According to my mom, this "gave me my life back!" Then he prescribed HCQ, zinc, azithromycin, budesonide, among other things. Within days they were almost completely better. The only lingering effects were that my mom's hair has thinned, my dad said he got "Covid toe"--whatever that is, and it took several months for Dad's sense of taste/smell to return. They were, and have remained, unvaccinated, by the way. All in all, it remains the greatest tragedy that those who contracted Covid did not get early treatment and the virus was allowed to rampage through their bodies unchecked. I know if my parents had gotten early treatment immediately, they wouldn't even have suffered the symptoms that they did! I completely agree with GBE: this "Long Covid" is being used to hide an enormous array of vaccine injuries. How can we now trust any "studies" by the CDC purporting to quantify the mess THEY made?