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Long Covid

Lately, we don’t talk about Covid as much as we used to, but obviously it hasn’t magically disappeared and apparently it’s still affecting many people even after the coronavirus leaves their body and it’s been named „long covid”. We don’t exactly know numbers of people with this condition, but WHO claims that there’s a tendency for women and patients with severe covid cases to develop long-term health issues. And right now we’re in need of actions like: more studies and data on long covid cases, that then can be used to find treatments, as well as policies from the government and investing in health system and lastly of course we need to encourage people to get vaccinated. The way I see it is that long covid is a common as well as a very serious condition, that isn’t addressed enough. Personally, I had no idea, that it can be that severe and long-lasting. I guess many people with myself included thought, that Covid is just a virus, that has heavy impacts on humans body for maximum of 2 weeks. And as we learn it happens even more then often, that people suffer for a longer period of time than occurring of coronavirus in their system and sometimes even a whole year after. And in my opinion we should start with bringing more awareness to not only covid itself, but the prolonged symptoms, because the rest of the list of solutions will not function without it. Maybe if the situation was addressed more frequently, then maybe more people would have gotten next doses of vaccines and prevent spreading the virus along with leaving people with this exhausting condition.

link: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/oct/12/long-covid-who-director-general-oped-tedros-adhanom-ghebreyesus


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