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Millions of Americans have long Covid. Many of them are no longer working

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This is very irresponsible journalism. The best evidence available suggests most cases of "long COVID" are misattribution:

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullar...

Making a claim as provocative as "millions" of Americans suffering from long-COVID, without any compelling evidence, is dangerous.

Covid is weird. The acute symptoms were nothing, but even a few weeks later I feel some sort of staleness with the vascular system. Working out feels alright, but then the day after I feel extra tired. Anybody have any supplements or solutions? Or just sleep and give it time.

You can try DMG and Cytrulline/Creatine but first I would ensure you simply eat some carbs after workout and then some proteins. If by tired you mean mental as opposed to muscle pain then most likely lack of Magnesium or Potassium

No, I'm a former athlete and workout heavily. I know my body very well, know how to recover, etc. It's a bit of a staleness in the muscles and then a lower energy malaise. Noticeable, but only afterwards. Citrulline may be good.

Look into high-dose niacin, YouTube might be a good place to start, Chris Masterjohn has some good content on niacin therapy.

NR, NMN, or just good old regular Niacin?

> "I couldn't run into a burning building if I can't regulate my temperature," she says. "If I can't control having hypertension, I can't lift up a patient or I'm going to pass out."

> Bishof was terminated from her job for not meeting performance-related probationary standards. Bishof recently filed a discrimination lawsuit against the city

I don't understand how this can possibly be "discrimination". The person freely admits that they can't do the job, and that the nature of the job (fire rescue) means there are no reasonable accommodations that would allow them to do so. Then they turn around and sue for discrimination.

The form of social support this person needs is disability. Suing for discrimination because you can't do the job is a mockery of justice.

Clotted capillaries rupture.

COVID sometimes causes clots in capillaries right? The viral load can land and grow in different places?

How many long covid diagnoses are complications rather than an ongoing infection I wonder.

Edit:

  If someone has to go back 100% when they start feeling a little bit better, they are going to crash and burn fast

^ good advice

'the missing millions' has been a conundrum for economists for past 18 months - where the massive layoffs in 2020, should have led to a high liquidity labour market in 2021, but didn't as thousands of vacancies remained unfilled. The significance of long term illness - maybe permanent debilitation - is likely to have been underestimated

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