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Old 25-10-2021, 12:20   #7835
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Re: Coronavirus

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Originally Posted by OLD BOY View Post
Infections are largely circulating amongst the young people, Andrew, whereas the bulk of hospital admissions are elderly or otherwise frail patients.

The infection rate is no longer as relevant as it was.
The (over) 200,000 people suffering from Long COVID whose
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"ability to undertake their day-to-day activities had been “limited a lot”"
may disagree with you…

https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulat...k/7october2021

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Health secretary Sajid Javid has expressed alarm at the rising numbers of people suffering long Covid symptoms, telling a private meeting of health officials that the problem was “huge” and “getting bigger”.

The meeting was given an update on long Covid treatment, with NHS England bosses revealing 10 per cent of all clinic appointments were being taken up by NHS staff in a sign of the potential longer term impact of coronavirus and the risk it could undermine already depleted staffing levels.

NHS staff are most likely to be affected by long Covid, followed by staff in social care and teachers. As many as 125,000 NHS staff may be affected by persistent symptoms.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/h...-b1934861.html

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37% of people had at least one long-COVID symptom diagnosed in the 3-6 month period after COVID-19 infection. The most common symptoms were breathing problems, abdominal symptoms, fatigue, pain and anxiety/depression.
https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2021-09-29...-covid-symptom
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