Coronavirus: Long Covid does not exist – Subversive study Australian doctors

Subversive is an Australian physician for him, as they explain that long COVID does not differ from the other syndromes occurring after viral infections, such as flu and suggest that the use of the term should be stopped, because it suggests that it is something special and may create over-stress. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines as long COVID or post COVID the existence of symptoms three or more months after initial coronavirus infection, not explained by another cause. However, the new study comes to overturn what we knew. According to the WHO definition, these symptoms may have occurred during the initial infection and may continue. Or they may first occur after initial recovery. They may also have exacerbations and depressions, while generally affecting the patient’s daily functionality. However, scientists from Queensland Health, the state of Queensland’s public health sector in Australia, say that after flu, similar problems arise. Real symptoms, but… “Let’s get something straight. The symptoms that some patients describe after COVID-19 are real. This is not disputed,” Queensland chieftain Dr. John Gerrard said at a press conference. “What we are saying is that the frequency of these symptoms is not greater after COVID-19 than with other respiratory viruses. Therefore the use of the term long COVID is misleading and I believe it is harmful.” Queensland Health performed a study in 5,112 adults with respiratory infection symptoms. Between May and June 2022 all of them had undergone molecular control with PCR. The audit showed that: The 2,399 suffered from COVID-19 995 had flu 1,718 had neither (control group) A year after molecular control, the doctors re-took contact with the participants to check their health course. Overall 16% said they still had symptoms. And 3.6% said that because of them they had moderate to severe disruption in their everyday lives. New findings The findings of the study will be presented in detail in April at the European Conference of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID 2024) in Barcelona. In summary announced earlier, researchers say they found no evidence that long COVID is a separate pathology. In particular, patients with a history of COVID-19 who had continued disorder in their everyday life were close to those who had a history of flu. This disorder was: 3% of patients who had passed COVID-19 3.4% of patients who had passed flu 4.1% of patients in the control group Scientists have found no difference in individual symptoms. The proportion of those reported one or more of the most frequently was the same (94%) in patients with a history of flu or COVID-19. These patients may have had: Fatigue Deterioration of their symptoms after physical stress Brain fog (bubbled mind) Changes in taste and smell The number of patients These findings suggest that rather long COVID was not considered a separate pathology because it was more severe. It just appeared to too many people in a short time, Dr. Gerrard told reporters. “We think it’s time to stop using terms like long COVID,” he stressed. “They erroneously indicate that there is something unique and special about the prolonged symptoms associated with coronavirus. This terminology causes unnecessary fear and, in some cases, excessive vigilance, which may hinder recovery.” Source: iatropedia.gr