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Ok-Training-7587 t1_j8uz1ap wrote

Reply to comment by socokid in Scientists find people with Long Covid have 2 major cytokines of the immune system (IL-8, IFN-γ) reduced by 100% by sagdiyev1

That stat can’t be true. HALF? We’d see it all around us

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opknorrsk t1_j8v31ko wrote

I've seen many people that don't want to believe they have long covid because "it cannot last that long" etc, but have headaches, persistent fatigue etc.

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Ok-Training-7587 t1_j8w2evy wrote

not half though

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2drawnonward5 t1_j8wsqhj wrote

We're talking about long COVID, not chicken pox. You've lived your whole life surrounded by people masking their problems so why would it surprise to know many people are sick?

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Ok-Training-7587 t1_j8wu4n1 wrote

yes, everyone is feeling terrible and they're all hiding it from me

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2drawnonward5 t1_j8wwdv6 wrote

Everyone would be ridiculous. The point is you don't see so you can't know.

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OkGrapefruitOk t1_j8wbf3g wrote

"Up to half" doesn't mean half. It means various studies have found different amounts and the highest was a half.

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sharkman1774 t1_j8y22jk wrote

Here is a link to the study that this study cites about prevalence of long covid

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pete_68 t1_j90211c wrote

It says "up to half". This is kind of a tough number to get a handle on and it depends on how you look at it and what time frame. At this moment, of the people who have had COVID, only 11% currently have long COVID symptoms and an additional 17% have HAD long COVID at some point, so that's 28%. Most people who get long COVID have their symptoms resolve within a year.

But in June of 22, that number was 35% (19% current 16% ever).

So it may be based on a specific time period during a certain outbreak.

But again, the vast majority of long COVID cases resolve within a year.

Source: Kaiser Family Foundation

Edit: I forgot to mention, there's also been some discussion that a large number of long COVID cases go unreported. My own daughter had long COVID and we never reported it. It was mild and it eventually resolved itself, but we never took her to a doctor for it, so it never ended up in the stats, so that might be factored in as well.

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