What we learned about long COVID 4 years later

Millions of Americans are still experiencing long COVID more than four years since the global COVID-19 outbreak was declared a pandemic.
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  • @amyff294
    @amyff2942 ай бұрын

    Curse on Covid, it has ruined my whole life. I am only 27 years old. I wish I could go back to how I was 😢

  • @kurtm9744

    @kurtm9744

    Ай бұрын

    I hear you. I’m 38. Let’s hang in there and keep our eyes out for treatments.

  • @anthonym3351

    @anthonym3351

    Ай бұрын

    You absolutely can I was there 2 yrs ago and have had a great comeback

  • @shelley7209

    @shelley7209

    Ай бұрын

    @@anthonym3351 not everyone makes a full recovery. So if you did, you’re very very lucky. Most of us on here have permanent injuries… I’ve come to terms my lungs are damaged and it’s for life! They can’t find anything but it’s there.

  • @anabacic100

    @anabacic100

    Ай бұрын

    @@anthonym3351what did you do to get better? I’m 30, had Covid when I was 28, was generally healthy before and eat really well

  • @anthonym3351

    @anthonym3351

    Ай бұрын

    @@anabacic100 Hello, I've been replying to multiple people but it appears what I write is deleted for some reason, I'm not sure why. I can pass on my email if you are interested in discussing further

  • @Gina-dn6xm
    @Gina-dn6xm3 ай бұрын

    No cure... Not enough research Not enough money for research No biomarkers therefore no disability

  • @Peopleidk-cz3krztusdojadjw

    @Peopleidk-cz3krztusdojadjw

    Ай бұрын

    Bro you don’t understand

  • @Gina-dn6xm

    @Gina-dn6xm

    Ай бұрын

    @Peopleidk-cz3krztusdojadjw I have had ME/ CFS for 7 years.

  • @Peopleidk-cz3krztusdojadjw

    @Peopleidk-cz3krztusdojadjw

    Ай бұрын

    @@Gina-dn6xmalso I was kinda getting better when I wrote that cuz sometimes I would be at 0 for like 3 days and I was at 0 pain but it’s been at 0 pain for over 2 weeks!! I’m happy I love everything

  • @Peopleidk-cz3krztusdojadjw

    @Peopleidk-cz3krztusdojadjw

    Ай бұрын

    ⁠@@Gina-dn6xmalso I’m stupid and possibly a child I got no clue what that means all I know is I hope u get better😊

  • @Gina-dn6xm

    @Gina-dn6xm

    Ай бұрын

    @Peopleidk-cz3krztusdojadjw Thanks... I hope all the people with chronic fatigue and / or long covid could be cured.

  • @LekSokor
    @LekSokor3 ай бұрын

    I had long covid in 9 months now and here in Cambodia they don't care about that.

  • @SolaceEasy
    @SolaceEasy3 ай бұрын

    Iron uptake. Mitochondria support. Anti-inflammatory diet. Paced exercise. Tips from a Long-Hauler.

  • @RiDankulous

    @RiDankulous

    3 ай бұрын

    I hope you get well soon.

  • @andrewugale2476

    @andrewugale2476

    3 ай бұрын

    Last tip: Don't reply to people who haven't experienced long COVID symptoms

  • @thomassutherland4330

    @thomassutherland4330

    3 ай бұрын

    The needles are causing harm that's why no one that refused the shots is complaining of long covid

  • @rainman688

    @rainman688

    3 ай бұрын

    @@thomassutherland4330I didn’t get vaccinated and I’ve had ongoing Covid symptoms for 4 months now

  • @thomassutherland4330

    @thomassutherland4330

    3 ай бұрын

    @rainman688 it's not covid if you believe covid you might aswell get vaxed and the tests are dangerous also

  • @gwilkins4617
    @gwilkins46173 ай бұрын

    Long COVID is similar to chronic fatigue syndrome

  • @niblet112

    @niblet112

    3 ай бұрын

    No such thing. All effects of the jab.

  • @gwilkins4617

    @gwilkins4617

    3 ай бұрын

    @@niblet112 nah, post viral syndromes have been around forever

  • @clauthequeen

    @clauthequeen

    3 ай бұрын

    How many have died from CFS?

  • @gwilkins4617

    @gwilkins4617

    3 ай бұрын

    @@clauthequeen how many died from long Covid?

  • @Keykeeper02

    @Keykeeper02

    3 ай бұрын

    Not even close

  • @denni_isl1894
    @denni_isl1894Ай бұрын

    Long covid-19 injections.

  • @josecoronell548
    @josecoronell5482 ай бұрын

    reactive, Respiratory ephitelium with clear methaplasia, regrowth of adenoid tissue, shortness of breath and persistent turbinate hypertrophy after 7 months of the infection, every exam has come clear, long covid is not a joke.

  • @marvinrosenthal6158
    @marvinrosenthal61583 ай бұрын

    How is long Covid currently being treated?????????

  • @Nickreading1984

    @Nickreading1984

    3 ай бұрын

    As the joke that it is

  • @stevenap4594

    @stevenap4594

    3 ай бұрын

    I’d be careful saying that to the wrong person lol-

  • @Nickreading1984

    @Nickreading1984

    3 ай бұрын

    ​@@stevenap4594why?

  • @paulanderson7796

    @paulanderson7796

    3 ай бұрын

    @@Nickreading1984 100% with you. Pure psychological manipulation.

  • @hermanwanjohi3436

    @hermanwanjohi3436

    3 ай бұрын

    You've heard the man, by washing dishes. That is how it is currently being treated

  • @vornamenachname1069
    @vornamenachname10692 ай бұрын

    Tips from somebody who battled against post infectious disease syndrome several times with different infections: - don't rely on doctors - learn how to use Google and medical data banks - do genetic testing and don't rely on the report provided by the testing company but do your own research on the raw data (that way, I not only found out about my genes for heriditary hemochromatosis and biotinidase deficiency but also about Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, hemolytic aneamia, interstitial pyelonephritis, Lynch syndrome and high scores for epilepsy. (I have a family history of diabetes type II, pyelonephritis, schizophrenia, colon cancer (Lynch syndrome?), dementia and I myself had epilepsy - so genetic testing was obviously advisable, but testing by actual doctors often is quite poor in quality...) - do check for so-called co-infections (mycoplasma, bartonella, lyme disease, hepatitis C, EBV and so on AND look on how your genes might impact your body's ability to fight them off.) For instance, if you have Ehlers-Danlos then Bartonella or Covid might be a huge problem. - look for food allergies (either yourself or by googling diseases within your family and seeing whether gluten, lactose, casein and such do worsen symptoms) if so, try cutting them out of your diet - try to avoid sugar and have your iron and vitamin parameters checked if you have genetic vulnerabilities - note that "iron overload" and "high ferritin" are not the same even though many doctors still believe so. (there are studies on migraine and schizophrenia showing that intracellular iron and ferritin can be uncoupled and some rare diseases like aceruloplasminemia or so called "neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation" are more "canonical" examples of that.) - look for dental infections (I personally found gut microbiome testing quite good for that as you will have extremely elevated counts of bacteria linked to dental infections, if you have a dental infection that is) - use herbal remedies and usual drugs (like antibiotics) combined but be careful and slow when introducing stuff I cured my Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome to a point where I literally can climb mountains again (I still have the genes, but not the symptoms of postural tachycardia syndrome) In addition, I also might have gotten schizophrenia and hemolytic aneamia in between but that went away with antibiotics which I bought online. I also found out that I rather stay away from vitamin C, gluten and casein and that supplementing with biotin might be good.

  • @MyFriendPeter
    @MyFriendPeterАй бұрын

    Should be how we treat long COVID after 4 years Should be how we treat ME/CFS after 50 years. Instead we are still at square one Thanks for nothing government

  • @stevensuhar8302

    @stevensuhar8302

    Ай бұрын

    You fell for it.

  • @trollegen5365

    @trollegen5365

    Ай бұрын

    real

  • @ElaineBlazosek
    @ElaineBlazosek3 ай бұрын

    DISMANTLING THE VIRAL THEORY, Dr. Robert O. Young. An excellent, in depth detailed Scientific Article on the History of Virology. A Brilliant Summation that every American should read

  • @sallyweiner4180
    @sallyweiner41803 ай бұрын

    Thank you❤

  • @IOSAShorts
    @IOSAShorts2 ай бұрын

    ABC News, Your videos always make me happy, so I subscribed!

  • @alooga555
    @alooga5553 ай бұрын

    I never contracted COVID-19, and I had two family members who came down with the bug living with me.

  • @niblet112

    @niblet112

    3 ай бұрын

    I never got sick until I went out and mingled with a room full of jabbed people. Every new booster they had people got sick around them.

  • @MrRicardobotti

    @MrRicardobotti

    3 ай бұрын

    @@niblet112 that makes sense. Yes, people who got jabbed, thought they were invincible and stopped being careful and contracted covid, they got it very mildly and because they were jabbed, ( a vaccine doesn't act as a shield against chryptonite) they had little and no symptoms. And of course an unvaccinated person would easily contract it even in severe form. This is not due to the vaccine itself, it's due to people who were vaccinated contracted the virus in a very mild or no simptom form sometimes, because the thought they were "immune to chryptonite". And of course they spread the virus. The vaccines made them asymptomatic... or very mild. Anyways this has nothing to do with vaccines. Long covid pop up even to someone who was jabbed 100 times or not jabbe or asymptomatic.

  • @stevensuhar8302

    @stevensuhar8302

    Ай бұрын

    ​@niblet112 My experience also. I'm unvaccinated, never had covid. My girlfriend, same thing. They got fooled.

  • @invertus9411

    @invertus9411

    17 күн бұрын

    Same here. 2 family members got vaxxed and got covid/sick. I was living close quarters with them, with no vaccination and did not get sick.

  • @thisone3519
    @thisone351927 күн бұрын

    Anyone else unvaxxed and long covid free?✋️😊

  • @thgradedropout

    @thgradedropout

    20 күн бұрын

    👍

  • @charlesritter6640
    @charlesritter66403 ай бұрын

    We have learned that nobody wants any more covid shots, that's what we've learned

  • @FeverYonge

    @FeverYonge

    3 ай бұрын

    what does that have to do with the above these people develop serious issues when the vaccine was not even present

  • @Keykeeper02

    @Keykeeper02

    3 ай бұрын

    What about people like myself who never received the vax?

  • @dickjohnson7845

    @dickjohnson7845

    2 ай бұрын

    @@Keykeeper02 You made a wise choice

  • @Keykeeper02

    @Keykeeper02

    2 ай бұрын

    @@dickjohnson7845 but yet I'm going on my 7th month of being ill after a COVID infection

  • @dickjohnson7845

    @dickjohnson7845

    2 ай бұрын

    @@Keykeeper02 Yes, it's called post viral syndrome. It can occur with any viral infection, flu, COVID, etc. It's not a new pathology or disease state.

  • @anubhavdawer4417
    @anubhavdawer441723 күн бұрын

    Good to see media is covering LC. abc! You earned my respect.

  • @longcovidrecoveryprotocol
    @longcovidrecoveryprotocol28 күн бұрын

    I had a severe case of Long Covid with all organ systems affected. It nearly claimed my life. Luckily, I figured a way out of this condition.

  • @ChuckLu-en3ul
    @ChuckLu-en3ul3 ай бұрын

    0:08 If every case is TOTALLY different it ain't the same thing then.... Are they about to rollout Covd 24 ?????

  • @ghydeon

    @ghydeon

    3 ай бұрын

    you would be right if everyone has the same dna... really smart comment buddy.

  • @GrandChampionTurdPolisher
    @GrandChampionTurdPolisher3 ай бұрын

    Nothing knocks the wind from your sails like viewing from the bleeding edge of your own mortality for while, eh, computer?

  • @skullandbones1832
    @skullandbones18322 ай бұрын

    👽

  • @JamesHarris-ky3qb
    @JamesHarris-ky3qb3 ай бұрын

    What we learned was truth is an illusion

  • @niblet112

    @niblet112

    3 ай бұрын

    What we learned is create a crisis and profit.

  • @goodasgold2012
    @goodasgold20123 ай бұрын

    What's the common thread???..one fact. The actual vaccine mRNA received? There's something all these people have? Like the first vaccine wholesale approved under a emergency decree...the mRNA remedy's thing's are evolving.

  • @DrLisa-zr2sp

    @DrLisa-zr2sp

    3 ай бұрын

    I never had a Covid vaccine, I got Covid July 2020. I have Long Covid...Covid can CAUSE Long Covid...

  • @MrRicardobotti

    @MrRicardobotti

    3 ай бұрын

    No, vaccines had nothing to do, I've had long covid since the end of january 2020. No vaccines back then. Vaccines didn't make it any better or any worse. ( They're not intended to do that anyway). So no, long covid has been around longer than vaccines.

  • @live-to-ride

    @live-to-ride

    2 ай бұрын

    @@MrRicardobotti Why would someone get a jab if they had a previous infection?

  • @MrRicardobotti

    @MrRicardobotti

    2 ай бұрын

    @@live-to-ride because the strands of the virus change as the flu virus mutates to adapt and be more efficient, a lot of viruses COVID included adapt to be more efficient and survive. And secondly, immune response triggered by infection wanes so you can get reinfected. So there are 2 factors : your immune response is weak after 3 or 4 months, plus the virus mutates, so basically even if the body has defenses left, it doesn't completely identify the enemy, so it could take a long rime to produce new antibodies to fight it. So I need my immune system to be on alert for the new variant not for the one I already fought. That's what the vaccine does. It increases the defenses ..it's not a power shield. Then they make fighting more effective they don't keep you from getting the virus the help with the heavy artillery once the virus is in your body. You don't expect the vaccine to protect you from the virus by making it bounce off from your skin.

  • @MrRicardobotti

    @MrRicardobotti

    Ай бұрын

    @@live-to-ride because viruses mutate, change to adapt to new circumstances, to be more efficient and survive the attack of our antibodies and infect us. And as it mutates it becomes stronger, and the antivius I created for the first Covid can't fight or recognize a mutated version of it. That's why just as the influenza vaccine that changes every year, jabs that change along with the virus or trying to predict the next mutation help the immune system create antibodies that can recognize the mutated enemy. Add to that that antibodies against covid, have a short lifespan so after infection, you're protected 1. during 4 months from the virus YOU received only and not from the other versions, 2. if a new highly mutated version comes up because people are stupid and keep infecting each other, the new mutations can still harm you.

  • @gab4690
    @gab46903 ай бұрын

    Keep that fear going.

  • @MrRicardobotti

    @MrRicardobotti

    3 ай бұрын

    I've had long convid since before vaccines were available, month before long covid was even a thing. Do you want to know what 4 years with long covid are like. Ask me and maybe I can scare you by only telling you my experience.

  • @wintensity
    @wintensity3 ай бұрын

    Long Pfizer 🤣

  • @niblet112

    @niblet112

    3 ай бұрын

    Exactly.

  • @MrRicardobotti

    @MrRicardobotti

    3 ай бұрын

    No. I've had long covid since January 2020. No vaccine back then.

  • @FeverYonge

    @FeverYonge

    3 ай бұрын

    That guy in Germany who took more than 300 shots. He is totally fine lol, so everyone is different

  • @niblet112

    @niblet112

    3 ай бұрын

    @@FeverYonge hmm so you believe that story without question??? Every single source that pushes that story is western media!!!!! Enough said

  • @Keykeeper02

    @Keykeeper02

    3 ай бұрын

    Except for the ppl like myself who were never vaxxed

  • @OsiasWarfare
    @OsiasWarfare3 ай бұрын

    Why are doctors now speaking out about the jab? Are they trying to justify their guilt?

  • @MrRicardobotti

    @MrRicardobotti

    3 ай бұрын

    What guilt? I recovered from covid by the end of january 2020 and have had long covid symptoms since then. So many I could write a book. No guilt to admit ..long covid was here before long covid was a thing. The jabs? didn't make it any worse or any better. Am I better? yes but my friend LC is still with me and pays me visits every other month. It's not invalidating but very annyoing and of course it means there's something inside me ... still.

  • @thomassutherland4330

    @thomassutherland4330

    3 ай бұрын

    @MrRicardobotti the tests and shots hurt you not Bogus 19

  • @MrRicardobotti

    @MrRicardobotti

    Ай бұрын

    @@thomassutherland4330 let me give you a summary. There were no shots available yet and I already had long covid ( january 2020) I repeat ...the jabs did not exist yet.

  • @thomassutherland4330

    @thomassutherland4330

    Ай бұрын

    @MrRicardobotti the pcr test is not for covid you may have been sick with something but not covid now you have the shots and are ill end of story

  • @Stephen_Eee
    @Stephen_Eee3 ай бұрын

    Long vaccine injury sounds more plausible to me, but hey, what do I know, i don't even know if im allowed to say this

  • @aquablue02

    @aquablue02

    3 ай бұрын

    Yep that and or ADE Aja antibody dependent enhancement. That’s what happened to all the animals when they did mRNA trials years ago. It didn’t end well for them.

  • @MrRicardobotti

    @MrRicardobotti

    3 ай бұрын

    Wish it was that but no. I've had long covid since january 2020 no vaccines back then. Jabs don't make it any better or any worse. (they're not intended to either). But it's real. When will it stop in my case? I don't even know. I'm far far better now. But things keep happening, it can leave you alone for a month or two...and then something strange happens, your hair falls off, you get palpitations, then you're ok for a month...then you get strange smells like rotten meat or cigarette, then you're ok for a couple of weeks...then you start losing balance.... then you're ok..this is being ok for me this is normality.

  • @Stephen_Eee

    @Stephen_Eee

    3 ай бұрын

    @@MrRicardobotti I wonder if there's anycross over, considering what was in the jabs was supposedly taken from the first round of COVID. I got it in 2022 July(weird it took so long bc my wife, an ER nurse was around it ALL the time)...weakest cold ever and a week of being tired...the variety of symptoms it caused in others, to me seems unlike any other virus we've had, some people lose smell for looong time and others absolutely nothing. I lean more conspiracy minded, unfortunately, not extreme flat earth nonsense, but I distrust media and govand the censorship over even saying MR NA...idffn know...don't think they'd ever admit if it was V. Injuries either. Hope you get better man!

  • @MrRicardobotti

    @MrRicardobotti

    3 ай бұрын

    @@Stephen_Eee There's a lot yet to be discovered about Covid, we're just scratching the suface. There's a lot of diseases that do not have symptoms until late into their onset, when it's already too late. Think about HiV, or Herpes,which manifests itself only at times and then stays dormant until your immune system is weak. Some kinds of agressive cancers. I can honestly tell you that by the end of January when nobody spoke about long covid, my body was telling me I had something left inside, I wanted to feel healthy again but I coughed every day at different times during the day and I had the feeling "I ain't over with you yet". I knew something was stuck inside and won't let go of me. I tried to cast the feeling aside, but things kept happening. My layman theory is that it's never 100% gone and can strike at any time or not at all. Like herpes zoster, it depends on how strong your defenses are ore where in your defenses it can find a loophole. And it will, at one point strike, or remain domant until you're old enough that your defenses are weak. My point is ....no symptomps doesn't mean it doesn't exist or it isn't dangeours. You don't really measure how grave it is by measuring symptoms. It could be a late stage.

  • @Keykeeper02

    @Keykeeper02

    3 ай бұрын

    ​@@MrRicardobottiI took never go the vax and have been suffering since August 2023

  • @sands2727
    @sands272723 күн бұрын

    Liars 😂😂😂😂😂

  • @sutats
    @sutats3 ай бұрын

    Out of job actors.

  • @roppee33
    @roppee333 ай бұрын

    jabbiedy jab!

  • @jerrybergsteinbaum8008
    @jerrybergsteinbaum80083 күн бұрын

    Youre vaccine injured. Get over it.