The burden of Long Covid “so large as to be unfathomable”
There&#x27;s a popular opinion I&#x27;ve seen on HN that &quot;long Covid&quot; isn&#x27;t a real phenomenon but it&#x27;s pretty easy to reject that out of hand.  There have been several studies, including a recent quadruple blinded one (where participants, care providers, investigators and outcomes assessors are all blinded to treatment&#x2F;control groups) that show some interventions have statistically significant benefits to treating it;<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.thelancet.com&#x2F;journals&#x2F;laninf&#x2F;article&#x2F;PIIS1473-3099(23)00299-2&#x2F;fulltext" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.thelancet.com&#x2F;journals&#x2F;laninf&#x2F;article&#x2F;PIIS1473-3...</a><p>It&#x27;s obviously a real thing, post-viral syndrome&#x2F;fatigue are well known illnesses and there&#x27;s every reason to think some percentage of Covid cases would end up similarly.