Stats Canada just posted a report on Long Covid.
They highlight that the risk of long term symptoms is cumulative, increasing with the number of Covid infections. By three or more infections, 38% of people - more than a third of people - report long term symptoms. They also report that "Black Canadians were most likely to report multiple infections." About half of people with Long Covid report they haven't had any improvement in symptoms over time. Among people working or in school, 20% had to miss work or school, absent an average of five weeks. Almost half the people reported difficulties accessing healthcare services. 11% of people - one in nine - report having Long Covid, and most of them have been sick for over six months so far.
Getting the newest vaccine will help keep you out of the hospital and somewhat prevents Long Covid, but the best thing people can do now is to wear a well-fitting N95 whenever they're inside a public place (hospitals, schools, busses, etc.).
Seriously, do everything you possibly can to avoid getting infected over and over!!
The neoliberal governments are taking advantage of this crisis to privatize the shit out of healthcare. A recent NY Times video explains that, in the UK, the destruction of the NHS started with Thatcher. Our version of that was Mulroney, but Doug Ford had gone to town with the plan: "We're at risk of abandoning the idea of universal healthcare itself, and, if we do, we'll all lose the world's most famous example of an ideal: that healthcare is a human right and a public responsibility."
"Even mild cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection are at risk of becoming Long Covid and these results suggest the threat increases with multiple infections. Overcoming it once doesn't necessarily protect you from subsequent cases that are worse. Best to avoid it altogether. These results are corroborated by scientific studies, including this one by Dr. Ziyad Al-Aly and team."
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