A new study finds the risks of developing long COVID declined over the first two years of the pandemic. But unvaccinated adults were more than twice as likely to get long COVID compared with those who were vaccinated.

The intense scientific effort that long COVID sparked has resulted in more than 24,000 scientific publications, making it the most researched health condition in any four years of recorded human history.

Long COVID is a term that describes the constellation of long-term health effects caused by infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus. These range from persistent respiratory symptoms, such as shortness of breath, to debilitating fatigue or brain fog that limits people’s ability to work, and conditions such as heart failure and diabetes, which are known to last a lifetime.

  • rhacer@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago

    In December I got COVID for the 4th time. Yes I’m vaxxed. No I’m not boosted.

    Prior to this bout I was working out 30 minutes a day. Since this bout I can barely climb a flight if stairs without getting winded.

    It really sucks.

    • MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net
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      3 months ago

      Yes I’m vaxxed. No I’m not boosted.

      You… do realize that efficacy wears off over time, and after about 6 months or so it doesn’t actually do much?

      • FoxyFerengi@lemm.ee
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        3 months ago

        When I got it covid they told me to not get a booster for six months. Because the infection acts as a booster in a sense.

      • rhacer@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        3 months ago

        I’m well aware, I’m also not convinced about the efficacy of the vaccine.

        First COVID Feb 2020. Vaxxed May 2020 Second COVID July 2020

        The right told me herd immunity would protect me. They were wrong. The left told me the vax world protect me. They too were wrong.

        • Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works
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          3 months ago

          Every time you expose yourself to the virus is another roll of the dice.

          Efficacy is just an average of everyone’s experience. Some people use a mask every time they go out, and infrequently leave their home. Other’s are regularly exposed to the virus by choice, or by necessity.

        • ryrybang@lemmy.world
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          3 months ago

          You should listen to doctors, not the “right” or “left.” It’s clear from your comment you are not taking a doctor’s advice.

        • daellat@lemmy.world
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          3 months ago

          The left never told you the vaccine would be an impenetrable wall. Especially infection is kinda hard to prevent. The vaccines drastically reduce hospitalization and death though.

    • mightyfoolish@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      I also know people who get it over and over again. All they do is go to work and then go home. They see a few people on the weekend but mostly just their grandchildren. I used to blame them for it (not out loud of course) but now I just think they are just more susceptible to covid than most others.

      Either way, I hope you fell better soon. Hopefully, after a few months, you can get a booster which may raise your immunity.

    • NegativeInf@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      And just so no one thinks the vaccines are causing it based on your comment alone,

      7.7 percent among unvaccinated adults

      • meco03211@lemmy.world
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        3 months ago

        The idiots don’t understand this. I know one that will go apoplectic at a singular case of something bad happening to a vaccinated person (regardless of whether it was due to the vaccine itself, covid, or completely unrelated) and cry about how bad they are. I’ve shown him numbers from the very same article or study he’s trying to cite and he ignored it.

    • FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      3 months ago

      The source you are citing literally says this

      “the number is likely much higher due to many undocumented cases. The incidence is estimated at 10–30% of non-hospitalized cases, 50–70% of hospitalized cases2,3 and 10–12% of vaccinated cases4,5”

      Please fix your comment

    • BreadstickNinja@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      3 months ago

      I’m vaccinated plus three boosters, and I’m struggling with it now after COVID last fall. Sucks to be in that lucky 3.5%.

        • BreadstickNinja@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          3 months ago

          I’m lucky that mine isn’t as severe as it could be. I’m not bedbound and I work from home, which I can still do, though on some days I need to lie down for a couple hours midday and work into the evening to make it up.

          But I can’t do the things I used to enjoy like hiking, cycling, going to the gym. Even non-active stuff like chess - the brain fog affects how well I can calculate and I’ve lost a ton of rating after six years of steady improvement. Immune system is fucked and I keep getting skin infections. Can’t digest food very well, can’t even chew very well due to inflammation in my jaw. Can’t sleep more than 4-5 hours a night. The nervous system impacts everything.

          So basically it still lets me do my job and pay my mortgage but everything I did for fun is out of reach. Not a great quality of life.

  • Grass@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    but has anyone verified this claim I keep hearing from coworkers and nosy people about going keto for 4-6 months somehow fixing it? Its a big commitment I don’t have time for right now but would be worth it if it actually works.

  • diffusive@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    I got my first Covid in the summer 2022, it was horrible and it was just the tip of the iceberg. I went from working out 5-6 days at week (for 50-70min) to waking up already exhausted. I tried to rest, I tried to work out regardless (and it was super hard to recover) I was always exhausted. This has a toll on all aspects of my life, relationships got severed by me not being available, work was ok (thank goodness I am at a seniority level lower than I actually am) but not great. I went to the doctors but there is no test for long covid so they started testing me for everything and, of course, got lost in all possible imperfection of my body

    In December 2023 I got my second Covid. It wasn’t that bad and, incredibly, after that I started to slowly (over months) to recover. I am still not at the level I used to be before (I get tired much more easily) but now I can have a normal life.

    Yes, I had 3 vaccines doses before my first Covid… and, even if in my country the Covid vaccine is discouraged for people that aren’t old enough, I keep on doing.

    Some people are just more susceptible and it is not the “cold” that some people think it is