The perception that the pandemic is no longer a crisis is understandable. But COVID-19 is far from finished as a profound health threat.
Since the second half of 2022 — when nearly all local, state and federal restrictions related to COVID-19 that were adopted in early 2020 came to an end — tens of millions of Americans havewith gusto. Crowded bars, stadiums and trains don’t even raise an eyebrow.
But a massive new study confirms that COVID-19 — specifically, “long COVID,” which can kick in well after an initial infection — remains a significant risk even for those who had the mildest of cases. The findings strongly suggest that barring the emergence of new treatments for long COVID, it will be a daunting health threat going forward to many Americans, especially older individuals.Ziyad Al-Aly, a clinical epidemiologist at Washington University in St.
Given that 103 million Americans and 770 million people worldwide have been diagnosed as having contracted COVID-19, a future of misery could await a stunningly large cross-section of humanity. This illustrates why Eric Topol — the local Scripps Research physician-scientist who has been a national resource providing informed common sense on COVID-19 — has warned
over the dangers of ignoring the risks posed by long COVID and lobbied for more research on treatments.on Al-Aly’s research included mild criticism from some academics who feared he was too ready to extrapolate risks to the general public based on the health records of veterans who were about 90 percent male and had an average age over 60.
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