As COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations creep up during a summer wave of heightened virus activity, updated vaccines are still likely weeks away.
Why it matters:
- Americans have largely tuned out COVID, but the latest COVID uptick is a reminder that the virus continues to circulate and mutate — though the threat is far below pandemic-era levels.
- Health officials face a challenge convincing a pandemic-fatigued public to get an updated COVID shot, as vaccine uptake has declined with each successive booster.
So you have references I can read about long flu?
Since it’s the same and all
It’s not the same disease.
It’s the same kind of disease - an endemic seasonal virus.
We can agree on that, right?
The flu is dangerous, just look up studies, we’ve been researching this for decades.
Any viral disease can potentially turn into a ‘long’ disease. Long covid is just a meme at this point with a lot of people ‘having’ it with some unclear issues, and only a small subset of them actually having verifiable issues.
‘I got the covid, and now I have brain fog!’ - yes, or you might just have a psychosomatic issue because nocebo.
I do agree that there are people that actually get terrible symptoms over a long while.
And you got your medical degree from…?
There are loads of studies actively studying the vascular effects of covid over the long term while there are no such studies for the flu. This is because no one has the long flu. However, chronic issues from covid are observable and proven.
You are playing down a serious health hazard.