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'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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'Long Covid': Why are Some People not Recovering?
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(Score: 2) by slinches on Tuesday October 13 2020, @05:53PM
You're right. Of course there are better ways to handle it that strike an appropriate balance between health and socio-economic impacts. It would have to evolve over time as new information is learned and could be communicated and would be far more effective if there was a mutual trust between the people and their government. It would also help if the people trusted each other and had a real common bond through their nationality, so that they see each other as neighbors trying to improve their community rather than enemies trying to destroy it.