New research suggests there are hundreds of millions of people likely suffering from long Covid. | Getty Images.
“We are just left to rot,” said Chantal Britt, founder and president of Long Covid Switzerland. “That’s why all those organizations are popping up: There is no official help.”Some studies suggest long Covid could affect as much as 30 percent of people who are infected — a fact that is not often publicly discussed when governments talk about which preventive measures are appropriate at this stage of the pandemic.
“In terms of government … I don’t even think it’s even being discussed,” said Wachuka Gichohi, a long Covid advocate in Kenya who started the Long Covid Kenya Support Group on Facebook. Governments have pointed to the circumstances that have made action difficult: little comprehensive evidence about the cause of the disease and few proven cures. And many countries don’t have the resources to try to address long Covid, while also dealing with new infections and making up for lost time fighting diseases, such as tuberculosis, HIV and malaria.
“It seems that there is a political cost of the pandemic, a cost that most governments are unwilling to bear,” Cesar Medina, a leader of one of Mexico’s long Covid advocacy groups, said in a WhatsApp message. The concern isn’t just for people who have long Covid. Advocates have said it’s irresponsible to not discuss the threat the little-understood syndrome poses to the population — especially as the number of cumulative infections grows, fueled by increasingly contagious variants.
LongDeutschland there were always untrained and unmotivated people, long before covid. first called fatique syndroms, thanks to covid infections they jumped on that train… lucky to get covid?
We have a drug it is safe, it won’t cure long Covid but it helps regain some energy. It’s called Ampligen and has already been through phase 3 trials and then some. It should be made legal tomorrow
Yeah I bet…as they should…but gov'ts are notoriously bad…at long time care and support of folks…so fingers crossed...
Lies. Just a government scam to hook people on assistance by making them think all their problems come from Covid. scamdemic
Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. Let Mother Nature take care of us. If we did nothing when COVID broke out, nature would have protected us and the virus would be in submission. Like ALL other viruses. It is a wonder mankind has made it this far. Mother Nature Rules
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