Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 2 February 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Update on Covid-19 and Easing of Restrictions: Discussion
Gino Kenny (Dublin Mid West, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source
If the prevalence of long Covid is nearly 10% among adults who have had the virus, then we are talking about more than 100,000 people suffering the prolonged effects of Covid-19. That is a lot of people. I am not sure that is absolutely scientific as an estimate, but if the prevalence is near that rate of 10%, and, bearing in mind that it is probably difficult to quantify the time it takes to make a full recovery, then it is concerning. I refer to a perfectly healthy adult possibly having symptoms of long Covid three to six months after contracting the virus. What would Dr. Glynn consider the classical symptoms of long Covid to be?
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