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            • long-hauler
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            • Although the World Health Organization reports that 80 percent of COVID infections are “mild or asymptomatic,” and most patients recover after one or two weeks, thousands of people now say they’ve been coping with serious symptoms for a month or longer. In online support groups, these people call themselves “long-haulers.” Fritinancy Word of the Week
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            • Even though the world is consumed by concern over COVID-19, the long-haulers have been largely left out of the narrative and excluded from the figures that define the pandemic. I can pull up an online dashboard that reveals the numbers of confirmed cases, hospitalizations, deaths, and recoveries—but LeClerc falls into none of those categories. She and others are trapped in a statistical limbo, uncounted and thus overlooked. - The Atlantic by
            • Coronavirus 'long haulers' are sick for months. This doctor is one of them - Today by
            • Dr Jake Suett, an intensive-care doctor in Norfolk, who was himself ill for several weeks, wrote an open letter calling on the government to push for more research into long-haul symptoms, and also to raise awareness among not only health professionals but also employers, who may see their staff off work for longer than two weeks. - BBC by
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            • malade(s) au long cours
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            • De plus en plus de personnes disent souffrir d'un "Covid persistant". Souvent soignés à domicile, ces malades se plaignent de la persistance ou de la résurgence de symptômes multiples, plusieurs semaines après avoir été infectés. Problèmes respiratoires ou cardiaques, perte de goût ou d'odorat, fatigue persistante, douleurs thoraciques ou articulaires, diarrhées, phlébites… JDD - by Veronica Montserrat
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            • Atteints de ce qu'ils décrivent comme un Covid-19 persistant, des patients se sont regroupés en un collectif baptisé "Les malades du Covid-19 au long cours". Ils demandent des actions pour mieux être soignés, dans une tribune. - JDD by Veronica Montserrat
            • Ils se sont baptisés les « Covid-longs », les malades « au long cours » ou les « après J20 », ces patients qui souffrent de symptômes persistants longtemps après leur infection par le coronavirus. - courrier picard by Veronica Montserrat
            • Caroline Hodak, malade au long cours du Covid, est venue ce mardi sur RMC témoigner des soucis de certains malades du Covid-19 qui gardent des symptômes. - BFM by Veronica Montserrat
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