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In reply to the discussion: CDC study shows three-fourths of people infected in Massachusetts covid-19 outbreak were vaccinated [View all]Ms. Toad
(34,130 posts)33. Long haul COVID does occur in mild, even asymptomatic, cases.
Why can asymptomatic people get long-haul symptoms?
Its not entirely known why asymptomatic people can have long-haul symptoms. But even if you dont experience noticeable side effects, it doesnt mean COVID-19 isnt taxing on your body: your immune system could still be going into overdrive and the virus could still be causing damage throughout your body.
Its not entirely known why asymptomatic people can have long-haul symptoms. But even if you dont experience noticeable side effects, it doesnt mean COVID-19 isnt taxing on your body: your immune system could still be going into overdrive and the virus could still be causing damage throughout your body.
https://www.henryford.com/blog/2021/05/asymptomatic-long-haulers#:~:text=But%20now%2C%20research%20is%20showing,after%20they've%20tested%20negative.
Many people who experience long-term symptoms from the coronavirus did not feel sick at all when they were initially infected, according to a new study that adds compelling information to the increasingly important issue of the lasting health impact of Covid-19.
The study, one of the first to focus exclusively on people who never needed to be hospitalized when they were infected, analyzed electronic medical records of 1,407 people in California who tested positive for the coronavirus. More than 60 days after their infection, 27 percent, or 382 people, were struggling with post-Covid symptoms like shortness of breath, chest pain, cough or abdominal pain.
Nearly a third of the patients with such long-term problems had not had any symptoms from their initial coronavirus infection through the 10 days after they tested positive, the researchers found.
The study, one of the first to focus exclusively on people who never needed to be hospitalized when they were infected, analyzed electronic medical records of 1,407 people in California who tested positive for the coronavirus. More than 60 days after their infection, 27 percent, or 382 people, were struggling with post-Covid symptoms like shortness of breath, chest pain, cough or abdominal pain.
Nearly a third of the patients with such long-term problems had not had any symptoms from their initial coronavirus infection through the 10 days after they tested positive, the researchers found.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/08/health/long-covid-asymptomatic.html
It's one of many reasons treating COVID 19 so cavalierly - as if death is the only thing to worry about - makes me so angry. We should be trying to prevent COVID (by layers of protection), not just saying if it doesn't kill me the vaccine was a success so I don't have to worry about myself (guess that's their choice) or anyone else (that's damn selfish).
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CDC study shows three-fourths of people infected in Massachusetts covid-19 outbreak were vaccinated [View all]
BumRushDaShow
Jul 2021
OP
reread my post I was clear. I said almost always stops severe illness or death with delta
mucifer
Jul 2021
#39
Those percentages would be meaningful if all the vaccinated were infected with the Delta variant.
NH Ethylene
Jul 2021
#97
In Illinois it's a few hundred people. They mostly have pre existing conditions and 6 million
mucifer
Jul 2021
#87
Thanks. In order to have "long haul" I'm assuming one would have to be symptomatic and pretty
Dream Girl
Jul 2021
#26
They seem to conflate people who were not hospitalized with "asymptotic" people, then they drag in
Dream Girl
Jul 2021
#106
This is a limited sub sample (nine cases) that can't be generalized without further research
Fiendish Thingy
Jul 2021
#43
Yes, in the Israel study, it seems like only 2 out of orginal 39 people developed true long COVID
LymphocyteLover
Jul 2021
#54
It's true."Those who are vaccinated did everything right, but some are going to go on to long-COVID"
PSPS
Jul 2021
#36
I am more concerned about others in the DU community who may accept your claims as facts. Nt
Fiendish Thingy
Jul 2021
#59
You should indeed provide support for claims that can cause unnecessary panic
FBaggins
Jul 2021
#144
Put on a mask? Wat does the have to do with anything. Someone posted that asymptotic
Dream Girl
Jul 2021
#103
In medical parlance, "long haul" is being called "PASC" (Post-Acute Sequalae of SARS-COV-2)
BumRushDaShow
Jul 2021
#107
If it was neutralized, how would it reproduce in the host at the same rate as in the unvaccinated?
JudyM
Jul 2021
#10
"211 people" - is now up to 882 total so far, with 653 (74%) fully vaccinated
BumRushDaShow
Jul 2021
#49
Yes, but those are the people who were most likely just the residents of Provincetown
BumRushDaShow
Jul 2021
#114
More here about 1000 times more contagious than the variant we dealt with earlier.
JudyM
Jul 2021
#7
"clear that the vaccines do work, as hoped, against severe illness and death"
IronLionZion
Jul 2021
#37
I'll stay masked and watch for announcement on boosters. Fact is that while science is doing a good
Hoyt
Jul 2021
#62
It really seems that it was foolhardy if not downright irresponsible for the CDC to change their
CentralMass
Jul 2021
#77
I'm among those that used my concept of common sense and continued to wear a mask.
CentralMass
Jul 2021
#86
The CDC Director promised to publish info for state, County, and local Health Departments
BumRushDaShow
Jul 2021
#91
When the CDC changed their guidelines on masks the other day I started wearing a mask again.
totodeinhere
Jul 2021
#105