Tag: Long Covid

Long Covid joins a long list of syndromes "without clinical explanation", leading to questions of what really lies behind it and to what extent it is actually psychogenic or sociogenic.

A study in Nature into heart problems after Covid finds they are much worse in the vaccinated – but this important finding is hidden in the appendix.

An Italian study followed 56 patients who were admitted to the ICU for Covid. One year later, the vast majority reported good quality of life, indicating that most discharged patients make a good recovery.

In a recent study, respondents were asked about 18 different symptoms. With the exception of anosmia, believing that one had had Covid was associated with reporting symptoms, but actually having had Covid was not.

We're publishing a guest post on the Daily Sceptic by John Collis, a retired nurse practitioner, asking whether more than one virus could be responsible for the symptoms of COVID-19? Could mononucleosis be playing a part?

In April, the ONS estimated that 12% of people who test positive end up getting long COVID. That estimate has now been revised down to 2.5%. And when it comes to children younger than 11, the figure is less than 1%.

More than half the people suffering 'from' long Covid might not have the condition and may simply by suffering from normal bouts of ill health instead, according to new ONS research.

The latest findings of UCL's CLoCk study into 'Long Covid' in children and young people have been published, and the lead author has been spinning them on the BBC.

Lockdown Sceptics' in-house doctor says the latest NHS England data packet provides many reasons to be hopeful. So why the continued doom-mongering?

Estimates for the prevalence of long COVID range from 0.04% to 1.7%. Given all the evidence, those at the low end are more plausible, especially if we’re talking about something of clinical significance.