Originally Posted by jyl
(Post 11383366)
I am sorry for everyone struggling w/ long Covid. Thanks for sharing your info and hang in there.
For what its worth, I'm starting to read about research into Long Covid treatments, and it sounds like there's a lot of activity and some hints of progress.
On a economic basis, I'm wondering if one effect of Covid is an increase in medical and disability costs, and a reduction of the labor force, of unknown duration.
I haven't looked up numbers, but I think Covid has disproportionately hit certain demographics and occupations that might be more likely to have jobs with significant physical demands, that would be particularly hard to do with long Covid effects.
That is like retail, healthcare, first responders, etc. Over 900 Secret Service officers have gotten Covid. And now with schools reopening and not much pediatric vaccination, children are getting Covid at a high rate - right now, 22% of new Covid cases are in kids.
Meanwhile, progress in getting Americans vaccinated has slowed a lot, in some states and counties many people seem to have lost interest in getting vaccinated, and the antivaxxers are still spouting away which makes Putin and China happy.
I'm not hearing much talk about this in media or from public figures. Many people seem to think that as you as you get over the acute Covid symptoms, it's all good - hey, you're immune, congrats! - and that it doesn't matter if young kids get Covid - they almost always have mild cases, so who cares? Let's have a Covid sleepover, whee!
I'm thinking there is still a lot we are learning about Covid, and some of it is going to be not-good-at-all. If we walk into a winter Covid surge with Delta, while Covid spreads through schoolkids like disease usually does, can we just look at the death rates staying low, and figure its all fine?
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