AeronMelon@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoTIL roughly 200 people still die each month from COVID worldwide.data.who.intexternal-linkmessage-square170linkfedilinkarrow-up1726arrow-down110file-text
arrow-up1716arrow-down1external-linkTIL roughly 200 people still die each month from COVID worldwide.data.who.intAeronMelon@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square170linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareFundMECFS@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 days agoAs always, diagnoses are simplified medical/social constructs that don’t fully capture the reality. and it doesn’t help that there’s loads of prejudice against Long COVID in medicine.
minus-squareYeahToast@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoI wouldn’t say it’s just long COVID there’s prejudice against. It’s a lot of the hidden disorders -ME/CFS, fibromyalgia, POTS, ehlers-danlos syndrome etc etc. I think long COVID has brought more interest and research to some of the other conditions
minus-squareFundMECFS@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoHahhaha. If you check my username, you might be inclined to see I agree. :)
As always, diagnoses are simplified medical/social constructs that don’t fully capture the reality.
and it doesn’t help that there’s loads of prejudice against Long COVID in medicine.
I wouldn’t say it’s just long COVID there’s prejudice against. It’s a lot of the hidden disorders -ME/CFS, fibromyalgia, POTS, ehlers-danlos syndrome etc etc. I think long COVID has brought more interest and research to some of the other conditions
Hahhaha. If you check my username, you might be inclined to see I agree. :)