By chance I had a long meeting today with a respiratory specialist, our meeting was unrelated but of course we got talking COVID.
He thinks there is a huge problem developing, it's going to smash the health systems of the USA and other nations including our own if COVID isn't taken more serious by the youth.
As each week passes more and more long term effects and being found in those who have had infections, not just those who were ill, but also those who were asymptomatic. They weren't looking for this earlier so they didn't see it, but once they started doing proper trials which include a mix of ill, asymptomatic, recovered and healthy people the result is becoming alarming. Chronic long term health conditions, like lethargy, headaches, insomnia, fatigue, joint and bone pain, cardiovascular and lung function effects.
Disturbingly, these effects are not restricted or stronger in a specific age group, it is showing up equally in infants through to 80 year olds. The worst case, and I realise that it is probably an over-estimate, could mean 35% of those infected will live with some ongoing chronic effect of getting SARS-CoV-2.
If it's correct, this time next year, there will be otherwise fit young individuals struggling to play sport, not knowing why, never having made the connection because they were never really sick! Our elite athletes better be taking this seriously too.
He thinks there is a huge problem developing, it's going to smash the health systems of the USA and other nations including our own if COVID isn't taken more serious by the youth.
As each week passes more and more long term effects and being found in those who have had infections, not just those who were ill, but also those who were asymptomatic. They weren't looking for this earlier so they didn't see it, but once they started doing proper trials which include a mix of ill, asymptomatic, recovered and healthy people the result is becoming alarming. Chronic long term health conditions, like lethargy, headaches, insomnia, fatigue, joint and bone pain, cardiovascular and lung function effects.
Disturbingly, these effects are not restricted or stronger in a specific age group, it is showing up equally in infants through to 80 year olds. The worst case, and I realise that it is probably an over-estimate, could mean 35% of those infected will live with some ongoing chronic effect of getting SARS-CoV-2.
If it's correct, this time next year, there will be otherwise fit young individuals struggling to play sport, not knowing why, never having made the connection because they were never really sick! Our elite athletes better be taking this seriously too.
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"