I'm interested to hear a little perspective from some of you who do a lot more research and studying on Covid, what is currently understood regarding long term effects? There are plenty of people out there who cleared the infection almost a year ago now, so have there been some studies done on this at a population level?

I have friends my age (30s) who still practice quite a bit of caution, not because they're afraid of dying or getting sick, but because of potential long term side effects that they feel are still not known. I'm not sure if this is prudent, or hypochondria.

Thanks for any insight.

What we know:

No one is more than a year out from having Covid, so it's impossible to say if there will be effects longer than that.

All viral infections carry the risk of long term effects and other severe outcomes. These things are rare to very rare, but if 300 million people get infected, 1 in 10,000 events become very common.

There is also the long term effects that happen from the treatment of Covid.

My dad went into the Hospital on July 13th, finally got to come home December 26th. A majority of those 5 months was spent in Rehab facilities. Insurance finally kicked him out but he still has minimal use of his arms and legs.

All from being in a coma for over a month while being treated. That has completely turned our lives upside down. My mom cannot work anymore because he is totally dependent for just about everything.

Some doctors have said they aren't sure if he'll ever get back to his old self, some have said it just may take a long time.

He goes to see a neurologist in February, I have no found any research on Covid linked to nerve damage but who knows.

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Duncan Idaho said:

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The randomness of it all is why I have been/will continue to take it seriously.

I've lost family members to it. I've had family members show extremely minor symptoms.

I've had co-workers get it and keep working. I've had co-workers get it and been out for a couple of weeks.

I mentioned this before but one of my coworkers is still experiencing "brain fog" more than a month out from "recovery".

Honestly, there isn't much I miss from the before times aside from going onsite to clients for projects but I got promoted to a new role, so that wouldn't be happening anymore anyway.

I finally cracked the code on homemade pizza, so I pretty much have no reason to go to a restaurant ever again outside of a social event.

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This sounds great and all, but most of us prefer not to spend the rest of our days as pizza making hermits. No offense.

Aust Ag said:

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Seeing reports this morning that one in three recovered Covid patients end up back in the hospital within 5 months, and around one in eight dies. Many develop long-lasting effects (heart, liver kidney, etc).

Not good. I would have to assume most were older , but it doesn't say.

Source: UK Office for National Statistics.

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This has to be some scare tactic journalism... they are probably pulling from a small group of patients that spent at least a month on the ventilator. It's also somewhat likely if these were among the most serious cases that they had some undiagnosed issues prior to getting COVID.

I bet if they follow around the group long enough that 1 in 8 dead will eventually rise to 8/8 (might take another 50 years but why not omit that detail).