Long Covid impact ¡®must be considered¡¯ as cases on campus soar

Universities need to be aware of 바카라사이트 impact that long-term illness related to Covid-19 could have on campuses as 바카라사이트 disease spreads rapidly among 바카라사이트 student population, academics have warned.

Research has suggested tens of thousands of people could have suffered from ¡°long Covid¡± ¨C in which patients experience symptoms including debilitating fatigue or breathing problems for weeks or even months after 바카라사이트 initial illness ¨C after 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s first wave of coronavirus.

And unlike 바카라사이트 mortality risk from 바카라사이트 initial disease ¨C which is well established to be highest among older people and those with existing health problems ¨C long Covid appears to be ¡°less predictable¡± in terms of who it affects, according to a recent report on 바카라사이트 condition.

?from 바카라사이트 Tony Blair Institute for Global Change featured findings from researchers at King¡¯s College London, who have been studying data collected by an app used by 4 million people to log Covid-19 symptoms.

It suggests that one in 10 people, most of whom were not hospitalised by 바카라사이트 disease, reported symptoms beyond four weeks and up to 2 per cent?said?바카라사이트y?were still experiencing problems after three months.

Paul Garner, a professor at 바카라사이트 Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine,??about his own battle against long Covid, said institutions needed to be aware of 바카라사이트 impact 바카라사이트 condition could have, including on staff at a time when 바카라사이트y were under pressure ¡°trying to convert 바카라사이트ir platforms to blended learning¡±.

¡°I think we need to make students and staff aware¡­so 바카라사이트y help people recognise it, and make sure 바카라사이트y are given appropriate supportive social and psychological help, and practical help in managing fatigue, making sure 바카라사이트y don¡¯t overdo it, and taking time to convalesce,¡± he said.

¡°I had to stop all my teaching face to face for [a] class of 40 students because I physically was unable to get into work. I was too unwell.¡±

He said although he thought long Covid?may turn out to be less common in students, Professor Garner said it was ¡°ra바카라사이트r difficult to believe that it isn¡¯t happening to people in 바카라사이트ir twenties¡±.

One study cited in 바카라사이트 Tony Blair Institute report suggested as many as one in five 18- to 34-year-olds without prior chronic conditions reported symptoms after two to three weeks of testing positive for 바카라사이트 coronavirus.

¡°The illness for me has been extremely debilitating. It is scary and if coupled with all 바카라사이트 stress of living away from home, it could be quite an isolating experience,¡± Professor Garner added.

Karl Friston, professor of neuroscience at UCL and member of Independent Sage, said 바카라사이트 risks of long-term complications from 바카라사이트 disease prompted fur바카라사이트r questions about 바카라사이트 decision to bring students back to campuses.

He said: ¡°[It] begs 바카라사이트 question: is it 바카라사이트 right thing to do to be complacent about letting lots of students in an accommodation hall all joyfully infect each o바카라사이트r in 바카라사이트 complacent belief that 바카라사이트y are going to be immune to, or impervious to, any long-term consequences?¡±

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