NIAID will host “Workshop on Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19” on Dec 3-4 2020

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Registration is now open for this online, NIAID-hosted workshop:

Workshop on Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19
December 3, 2020—December 4, 2020
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Eastern Time

Videocast

The workshop will be hosted on the Zoom platform; however, due to space restraints on Zoom, we will also videocast the meeting (https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=38878.)

Questions?

If you would like to ask the speaker or breakout group a question, please email: postacuteCOVID19seq@niaid.nih.gov with your question and the speaker or breakout group’s name. We will answer as many questions as possible within our time constraints.

Individuals with disabilities who need a reasonable accommodation to participate in this event should contact: Christina McCormick, christina.mccormick@nih.gov.

Register By December 1, 2020, 12:00 PM

Go to https://cvent.me/MQAxOa to register.
 
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I tuned in for snippets. I had to turn off when the CDC guy was told we need to track long COVID and he said that was not possible as we don't have studies and agreement on how to diagnose. Where has that happened before I wonder.

One positive impression I had is that with all the work going on studying acute COVID cases there is going to be a lot more baseline data that will help longCOVID research. Some of the deep dives into Tcell analysis for example were fascinating. No idea what they were talking about.
 
And a New York Times article, which is sadly naive of all context. If minimal attention had been given to this problem it would not have been necessary to cram years of neglected work into mere months. Now it is urgent. It was always urgent, but now it is... urgenter?


Covid Survivors With Long-Term Symptoms Need Urgent Attention, Experts Say

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/04/health/covid-long-term-symptoms.html?smid=tw-share

In a two-day meeting sponsored by the N.I.H., officials acknowledged an insufficient understanding of the issues and warned of a growing public health problem.
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There is an urgent need to address long-term symptoms of the coronavirus, leading public health officials said this week, warning that hundreds of thousands of Americans and millions of people worldwide might experience lingering problems that could impede their ability to work and function normally.

In a two-day meeting Thursday and Friday, the federal government’s first workshop dedicated to long-term Covid-19, public health officials, medical researchers and patients said the condition needed to be recognized as a syndrome, given a name and taken seriously by doctors.

“This is a phenomenon that is really quite real and quite extensive,” Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, the nation’s top infectious diseases expert, said at the conference on Thursday.
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Hmmm... that damn s-word. Not ideal.
Such symptoms — ranging from breathing trouble to heart issues to cognitive and psychological problems — are already plaguing an untold number of people worldwide. Even for people who were never sick enough to be hospitalized, the aftermath can be long and grueling with a complex and lasting mix of symptoms.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently posted a list of some long-term symptoms, including fatigue, joint pain, chest pain, brain fog and depression, but doctors and researchers said they still know little about the extent or cause of many of the problems, which patients will develop them or how to address them.
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Work should have started decades ago. Medicine knows nothing here as a choice, made with extreme foolishness. Denial has consequences.
 
Have not seen many reactions so far. But I'll take as a good sign that the only reaction I have seen is rather positive.





I seem to remember he had tweeted something to the effect that LC has effectively challenged the notion of "all in the mind" but either I mixed up who tweeted it or he deleted it. Oh well.
(It was somebody else)
 
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