3% of the 41 million cases the US has recorded, so probably lowballing it with the number of unreported/asymptomatic cases. I think someone would have noticed 1.2 million bedridden people, no? Even in countries with smaller populations and much better healthcare systems you don't see these numbers? Sweden should have around 5000 people crippled and bed ridden according to these numbers, I can't find anything to suggest this is the case.
I think the maths Tomas uses to get to 2-3% crippling long covid falls down at the "10% of people who get Covid will get long covid" The definitions used in most studies of "long covid" are so vague as to be useless. One recent study of long covid in children in the UK found that over 50% of the control group (who didn't have covid) reported having all the qualifying symptoms of long covid at the 6 month mark.
Where did you get the number '1.2 million'?
3% of the 41 million cases the US has recorded, so probably lowballing it with the number of unreported/asymptomatic cases. I think someone would have noticed 1.2 million bedridden people, no? Even in countries with smaller populations and much better healthcare systems you don't see these numbers? Sweden should have around 5000 people crippled and bed ridden according to these numbers, I can't find anything to suggest this is the case.
I think the maths Tomas uses to get to 2-3% crippling long covid falls down at the "10% of people who get Covid will get long covid" The definitions used in most studies of "long covid" are so vague as to be useless. One recent study of long covid in children in the UK found that over 50% of the control group (who didn't have covid) reported having all the qualifying symptoms of long covid at the 6 month mark.