A thought I've been having - while we should acknowledge that #LongCovid is a real issue and impacts a large proportion of people, we should be careful with the exact numbers we are reporting
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Whenever you see a proportion being proposed (i.e. 1 in 20 people have Long COVID) it's important to understand the denominator Is it everyone? Only those in one study? Who did that study enroll?
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Important note - it's possible I've missed a large prospective study that does answer this question, I've tried to look but please do let me know if one has been published
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Important note #2 - this bias could easily bias the results IN BOTH DIRECTIONS, meaning that there could be less or far more
#LongCovid than reported. There are reasonable arguments both ways!Show this thread
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