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Since the beginning of this pandemic, other people who have survived COVID-19 have suffered a variety of symptoms that have persisted for months, from headaches and dizziness to dizziness, trouble sleeping, mental confusion, and many more.
These lingering effects, which can persist for months or even years, are now prolonged COVID.
This week at Down to Business, Inez Jabalpurwala, global head of VineX, an organization that studies the brain health of viruses, explains how long COVID lives, our health care system, our workforce, and much more.
Surveys have shown that between 10 and 30% of COVID survivors suffer from prolonged COVID, which means that already 5% of them may be affected.
Part of what makes prolonged COVID difficult to diagnose is that it includes a wide diversity of physical and mental symptoms, and that’s also why, like many chronic illnesses, it’s ignored as psychosomatic or imaginary.
On the positive side, Jabalpurwala said that the long COVID provides an opportunity to examine such diseases, which are not only genuine but can have a debilitating effect on our lives and economy.
Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, and YouTube, where you can also subscribe to get new episodes every Wednesday morning.
If you have any questions about the screen or would like us to talk about topics, please email us – downtobusiness@postmedia. com.
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