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'Long Covid': Why are Some People not Recovering?

posted by Fnord666 on Monday October 12 2020, @02:59PM   Printer-friendly

takyon writes:

'Long Covid': Why are some people not recovering?

For most people, Covid-19 is a brief and mild disease but some are left struggling with symptoms including lasting fatigue, persistent pain and breathlessness for months.

The condition known as "long Covid" is having a debilitating effect on people's lives, and stories of being left exhausted after even a short walk are now common.

So far, the focus has been on saving lives during the pandemic, but there is now a growing recognition that people are facing long-term consequences of a Covid infection.

Yet even basic questions - such as why people get long Covid or whether everyone will fully recover - are riddled with uncertainty.

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  • (Score: 5, Touché) by epitaxial on Monday October 12 2020, @05:52PM (5 children)

    by epitaxial (3165) on Monday October 12 2020, @05:52PM (#1063633)

    My car has a flat tire and won't start. Clearly the flat tire is causing the engine to fail.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 12 2020, @06:46PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 12 2020, @06:46PM (#1063654)

    So you would conclude there is no reason to fix the flat tire since it isnt causing the engine issue? What is that supposed to mean?

  • (Score: 2) by Tork on Monday October 12 2020, @07:20PM

    by Tork (3914) on Monday October 12 2020, @07:20PM (#1063664)
    What if your tire flapping around caused vibrations in the engine that disconnected something vital to the starter?
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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 12 2020, @08:34PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 12 2020, @08:34PM (#1063694)

    Connecting this [wikipedia.org] to an ignition lockout wouldn't be difficult.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 13 2020, @12:16AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 13 2020, @12:16AM (#1063781)

    Fix the tire. Then you can at least push it (or have it towed) to where you can fix the engine. Even if not related, you should fix the obvious problems to make fixing the less obvious problems easier. Seems like common sense. Right?

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 13 2020, @06:02AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 13 2020, @06:02AM (#1063897)

      You sound like a vitamin C addict to me. We should ban vitamin C.