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susie golding runs the covid long-haulers support group canada facebook page, which has nearly 13,000 members. she fears that failing to properly help people like her with persistent brain fog will have dire consequences down the road.
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a royal columbian doctor said last week the new westminster hospital’s icu was starting to fill with young people, who have not been vaccinated yet and seem to be hit hard by the new variants. last month, dr. sharry kahlon at surrey’s post-covid clinic said there is anecdotal evidence that younger people, some in their 30s , are increasingly suffering from long-term systems.
the st. paul’s clinic patients are about half male and half female, even though some studies suggest the so-called long covid seems to affect women more .
exactly what percentage of covid-19 patients will get at least one lingering symptom still isn’t clear. australian research suggests it is roughly 40 per cent , while a british study pegged it as high as 50 to 60 per cent , although greiner isn’t convinced those numbers are accurate.
he prefers research generated from the international covid symptom study app, which has gathered data from more than 4.6 million virus patients worldwide. it found most people reported being healthy again in 11 days or less, but 13 per cent had symptoms that lasted four weeks, 4.5 per cent for eight weeks and 2.3 per cent for longer than 12 weeks .
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a recent british study with a limited number of participants concluded there was “a small overall improvement in long covid symptoms” after patients were vaccinated. greiner has not seen enough evidence to support the theory, but noted his clinic will collect data on when its long covid patients get vaccinated and track whether that affects their recovery.
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