The viral ghosts of long Covid

Unexplainable

Vox

Science, Natural Sciences, Life Sciences

4.6 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2021

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Scientists don’t understand why so many people suffer from Covid-19 symptoms for months, well after they stop testing positive. But that’s just the start of the mystery. There are other diseases that cast these long shadows, and they point to a major blind spot in medicine. For more, go to http://vox.com/unexplainable It’s a great place to sign up for our newsletter, view show transcripts, and read more about the topics on our show. Also, email us! unexplainable@vox.com We read every email. Support Unexplainable by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:59.0	This is unexplainable. I know I'm Hasenfeld and I'm here with Julia Blues,
1:17.0	who's a senior health correspondent at Vox. Julia, what's the unanswered question you've been looking into?
1:23.0	So I've been covering the pandemic since the beginning
1:26.0	and I've been looking into this group of coronavirus patients called long haulers.
1:31.0	You've probably heard about them. They basically stopped testing positive and then they stay sick.
1:37.0	Sometimes for a really, really long time.
1:39.0	But I think what a lot of people don't appreciate is just how many of them there are.
1:44.0	It's something like 10% of all COVID cases.
1:47.0	10% of everyone in the world who's tested positive?
1:51.0	That's what the best estimates say and it's at least 10%.
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