Australia is facing a surge in long COVID-19 cases, say doctors at Sydney’s St Vincent’s Hospital, who warned that the burden of the protracted disease would be borne chiefly by women and the critical healthcare and education sectors where they comprise the bulk of employees.
Even after accounting for reinfection “we’re looking at almost half a million people who are going to be suffering long-term symptoms in the coming months”, Kovacic said.He urged Australians to reframe their reasons to take precautions to reduce their chances of infection and make sure they were up-to-date with their vaccinations.
At St Vincent’s Hospital’s long COVID clinic – which has a waitlist exceeding four months – the majority of patients are young, previously fit people, with women outnumbering men.than men. One study involving 1.3 million people suggested women were 22 per cent more likely than men to be diagnosed with the condition.
“Will people just dismiss long COVID as another illness that just affects women? That they’re just complaining about being tired and there’s nothing to worry about?” Hamad said.To meet the WHO definition for These symptoms may come on after a person has initially recovered from their acute COVID-19 infection or persist from the initial illness. They may also fluctuate or relapse over time.
Her body could no longer regulate her heart rate and blood pressure, and she fainted twice before she realised she couldn’t stand for more than a couple of minutes without collapsing.“But I told myself: ‘No, we have patients waiting, the healthcare system is exhausted. We’re desperate and I don’t want to be a burden on my colleagues’,” she said.“Roughly 75 per cent of people living with long COVID will have cognitive impairment. That is insane,” she said.
Can you prove this?
At some point you’d have to hope someone will start a class action case against the chief medical officers and premiers responsible for the completely unnecessary mass infection of the population. The damages should run into the billions the harm they’ve caused.