Long COVID - A Significant Public Health Threat

gwb-trading said:
Long COVID-19 linked with autoimmune diseases, Canadian study shows
https://globalnews.ca/news/9147833/long-covid-autoimmune-diseases-canadian-study/
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Within the next year, we're going to see more studies involving Covid-19/Military Veterans, and Vaccines/Military Veterans.

Recently, while traveling through the United States, I visited a few veterans that were former military officers that were wounded in Iraq. They took my son and me to the veteran hospital that they continue to use to this day for any of their medical care.

While I was there, I decided to get a checkup on a knee injury that I had as a result of a hockey puck slap shot to that knee the past winter in a hockey game with my sons.

I volunteer for blood chemistry tests because they were doing many studies on veterans that have been vaccinated, not vaccinated, and many other things related to the Covid Pandemic. Those that said they were vaccinated had to show proof of vaccination status in which they documented the type of vaccine, dates of the vaccine, and location of the vaccination.

There was a list of studies I signed off on in which I gave them permission for follow-up phone calls, to access my medical records, and so on. They were doing these studies in partnership with universities.

Before I left each Veteran Hospital that visited with my former military friends...the Doctors sent me to the medical record office to get a CD of my records from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
  • I was a little shocked by the list of studies being performed and "Autoimmune Diseases" was on that very large extensive list. Further, they told me every time I visit any VA Hospital in the future...
I can go to the medical records office and get an updated CD that's dated with the results of any VA studies that I participated in and any new studies that I approved that were related to the current visit...those results will be given to me on CD at my next visit or I can phone call to request the updated CD to be mailed to me where I'm located such as here in Québec, Canada.

For those curious, I have private health insurance that covers me in the United States whenever I visit the states. Yet, for any none serious medical care (e.g. knee injury from a hockey game)...I prefer to visit the VA Hospital instead of the local hospital because the VA Hospital is much faster (less waiting time), respectful, and very private.

Last of all, veterans that have been diagnosed with Long Covid...it fits within the other independent studies of Long Covid in the general population. In contrast, Veterans with vaccine adverse events (AEs) is low as in < 0.2% of the veteran population and so far...similar correlation with VAERS.

The vaccines has been 95% effective in preventing serious Covid illnesses that result in Hospitalization of Death among U.S. veterans.

wrbtrader
 
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Oh the delicious irony:

For those curious, I have private health insurance that covers me in the United States whenever I visit the states. Yet, for any none serious medical care (e.g. knee injury from a hockey game)...I prefer to visit the VA Hospital instead of the local hospital because the VA Hospital is much faster (less waiting time), respectful, and very private.

wrbtrader has me on block so I can’t quote him directly. Anything else you would like to add about the Canadian healthcare system, eh?
 
BeautifulStranger said:
wrbtrader has me on block so I can’t quote him directly. Anything else you would like to add about the Canadian healthcare system, eh?
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wrb is one of the original burrow creatures, lol.
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BeautifulStranger,

You're not part of a private message conversation nor part of any other public conversation I have about veterans or healthcare for veterans but I was made aware of your post in this thread.

If someone posts something in error involving veterans/VA Hospitals...I do take the time to politely correct them even if they're on my ignore/block. Had your message post been rude, misinformation/disinformation attack...I would not have bothered to reply.

With that said, I was recently traveling in the United States with one of my teenagers to visit universities he's considering attending. In combo, we were also visiting Indigenous relatives and veteran friends throughout the United States that I had served with from my unit in the military.

One particular veteran friend lives in Nashville, Tennessee. I then drove up to visit another veteran friend that lives in Louisville, Kentucky.

The local hospital that you cited is a few blocks from his house. It is Norton Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky. Apparently, it's a huge hospital network in Louisville. Also, him and his wife have some issues with the local VA Hospital in Louisville involving new construction issues.

Yet, his family and him prefer to drive about 1 1/2 hours away (going east) for their medical care at the VA Center called Thomson-Hood Medical Center in Wilmore, Kentucky. His wife uses the VA services too because she's his "caregiver" and prefers respect, privacy, and shorter wait times for his care.
  • We're all veterans and are children of Veterans that served at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Some of us live abroad in other countries as I do while not using the United States as our primary residence.
In my prior message post that you cited, I made no comparison to hospitals here in Québec, Canada when I was talking about different hospitals in the states while I was traveling in the United States.

I have a lot of respect for the U.S. Veterans Affairs (VA Hospital system) and the Québec Hospitals because both were greatly involved in life saving care when I was hospitalized (coma) in France many years ago.

I have Universal Public Healthcare in Canada and private healthcare insurance outside of Canada. The VA Healtcare system is a welcome plus and is something I've had my entire life considering I'm a veteran of a veteran...military family...many generations of veterans.

wrbtrader
 
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4 out of 5 people with long COVID have trouble performing day-to-day activities: CDC
Younger adults were more likely to report long COVID than older adults.
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/peopl...rforming-day-day-activities/story?id=91040703

Most people suffering from long COVID are experiencing some trouble performing day-to-day activities, new federal data shows.

As of Sept. 26, 81% of adults with ongoing symptoms of COVID lasting three months or longer -- or four out of five adults -- are experiencing limitations in their daily activities compared to before they had the virus.

Additionally, 25% said they were experiencing significant limitations.

The data was published Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics.

The NCHS has been issuing the experimental Household Pulse Survey to ask about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic since April 2020 but included a question last month, in the survey sent to more than 50,000 people, on how long COVID has reduced people's ability to carry out day-to-day activities.

Young adults between ages 18 and 29 had the highest share of people currently with long COVID who have trouble performing daily tasks, at 86.3%. Meanwhile, those between ages 40 and 49 had the lowest share, at 76.1%.

When current long COVID patients were broken down by race/ethnicity, Black Americans were the most likely to report problems performing day-to-day activities, at 84.1%. This was also the racial group most likely to report significant limitations, along with white Americans.

The data showed that Asian Americans have the smallest share of long COVID patients with trouble performing daily tasks, at 76.7%.

The survey did not report data for most states. However, of the 14 states with data, Texas had the highest percentage of long COVID patients with activity limitations at 87.6% and Kentucky had the lowest percentage at 69%.

Long COVID occurs when patients who have cleared the infection still have symptoms lasting more than four weeks after recovering. In some cases, these symptoms can persist for months or even years.

Patients can experience a variety of lingering symptoms including fatigue, difficulty breathing, headaches, brain fog, joint and muscle pain, and continued loss of taste and smell, according to the CDC.

It's unclear what causes people to develop long COVID but research is ongoing.

The data showed that 14.2% of survey participants said they had experienced long COVID at some point during the pandemic.

Adults under age 60 were more likely to say they had the condition than older adults, and females were more likely to report long COVID than males.

A review from Johnson & Johnson's Office of the Chief Medical Officer for Women's Health published in June 2022 analyzed data from studies involving 1.3 million patients and found women are 22% more likely to develop long COVID than men.
 
As outlined previously -- strokes, heart attacks, and sudden deaths are much more common in those who did not get vaccinated and caught Covid. However even the vaccinated who recently had Covid -- even a mild case -- can land up with these side effects. There is a common thread with these issues -- most of these people including athletes recently had Covid including athletes like J.J. Watt. Those who are vaccinated and never caught Covid are at much lower risk for these issues.

Strokes, heart attacks, sudden deaths: Does America understand the long-term risks of catching COVID?
https://fortune.com/2022/10/06/stro...ong-term-risks-catching-covid-carolyn-barber/
 
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