Great news! #LongCovid
thelancet.com/journals/laninf/…

Until recently the best data we had concluded that #Covid per hospitalization does 15% damage to the body (Long covid frequency) than that of influenza hospitalizations(causing #longflu ). These were from Covid data from

patientcareonline.com/view/lon…
nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM…

This new study shows however shows that while that was true for Original and delta combined, Omicron has a significantly lower impact on the organ systems, and is now even the tiniest bit less dangerous than long flu!

thelancet.com/journals/laninf/…

#Covid damage per hospitalization was 14% more from 2020 to 2022 compared with damage from the flu. These were the original and delta strains.

patientcareonline.com/view/lon…
nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM…

However new data shows the Impacts of #omicron #LongCovid is just slightly less likely and damaging than #longflu

#covid data is back up on the cdc website. As of this week, there have been 43k deaths over the past year. By april, unless something horrible happens. It looks to be around 30k. That's around moderate flu death level and the #longcovid equivalent of #longflu.
ATM i have no reason to disbelieve the data, we had a massive spike last winter, so the yearly numbers have been on a 1k decline nearly every week since Christmas.
Sadly i expect it to stop being trustworthy once #rfkjr takes over

Well its the last official #CDC report on #COVID we can trust. 2024 have 47k deaths from Covid. 2 years over the last 15 years, the #Flu caused 51k deaths each year. Covid is officially on flu level dangerous and less lethal that the worst strains. #Longcovid causes 14% more damage to hospitalized patients than #longflu , however 50% more people hospitalized die from covid. This means that if we work backwards from death rate, there were 31k hospitalizations. This means that the impacts of long covid matched that of a 35K hospitalization/death rate year.

From this data, we can tell that there will always be 2 spikes, one in the back to school times and one around the holidays. However from spring to early fall, and mid to late fall it should be as safe for nearly all people to go unmasked as they did prior to the pandemic. The lethality keeps dropping, the risks are better understood, however...

We are now losing any data we have on how to know how to protect ourselves, so we are walking into the future as blind as when the Spanish flu hit us, and we all covered it up for war time reasons and only neutral Spain reported it accurately so it got that name.

From this data you have to decide for yourself what is safe and what is not. I've been doing these posts for a while now, But without this data I can no longer say anything about it. Take care of each other, be respiratory disease aware around the vulnerable, and look out for each other, mask up when sick and probably during spike season as well. From here on out we are flying blind. May god have mercy on us if he exists.

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Late to the game here. Didn't realize this study existed. It shows that Long #covid is a bit worse than #longflu in terms of damage. #LongCovid does 14.5% more damage than long #flu except for #heart damage which is slightly more common than covid. Its not a lot worse but its also not nothing. I'm glad to see that they've quantified this research now so we know what risks we are dealing with.

Looking forward to a couple of years from now when I'm over this cold!  

#covid #flu #longcovid #longflu #longlongflu
#viruses #fuckviruses

@morgfair i really, really, really want to see studies on the possibility of 'unspecific' conditions like fibromyalgia and certain expressions of ADHD being consequences of #LongFlu

dyslexIA/dysgraphia with mix of ADHD

didn't the CDC under Reagan & Bush stop referring to #flu #pandemics and rebranded flu #epidemics as seasons?

yes, i know of "C doesn't C"; but it cannot be coincidental that 1979 is the last time USA's CDC called a flu pandemic and wasn't until Clinton that the practice was resumed.

also, see how Reagan/Bush refused for years to call AIDS a pandemic.

if there's #longCovid, there has to be #longFlu

@Brad

source: https://archive.cdc.gov/www_cdc_gov/flu/pandemic-resources/pandemic-timeline-1930-and-beyond.htm

Influenza Historic Timeline 1930 and Beyond | Pandemic Influenza (Flu) | CDC

Everything you need to know about the flu illness, including symptoms, treatment and prevention.

#LongFlu vs. #LongCovid :

"Demnach war das Risiko schwerwiegender Langzeitfolgen nach einer Corona-Infektion höher als nach einer Grippe, das Sterberisiko um 51 Prozent höher."

"Mediziner müssten sich stärker bewusst machen, dass Vireninfektionen eine bedeutende Ursache für chronische Krankheiten sind."

Noch immer #NichtNurEineGrippe .

#Corona #COVID19
https://www.zeit.de/gesundheit/2023-12/long-flu-grippe-langzeitfolgen-studie

Long Flu: Auch Grippe kann laut Studie schwere Langzeitfolgen haben

Nach Corona-Infektionen leiden viele Menschen an Long Covid, wenn Symptome lange auftreten. Laut US-Forschern ist das bei Klinikpatienten auch nach einer Grippe möglich.

ZEIT ONLINE

Die Erfahrungen mit #LongCovid haben Forschende bewogen, der Möglichkeit von #LongFlu nachzugehen. Ergebnis: Wir müssen virale Infektionen vollkommen neu betrachten und sehr viel ernster nehmen.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/dec/14/long-flu-study-finds-flu-patients-at-higher-risk-of-longer-term-illness

‘Long flu’: study finds flu patients at higher risk of longer-term illness

Like Covid, flu carries significant risk of ongoing disability and disease, researchers say

The Guardian