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  • Long COVID: a crucial reason for vax, mask, and distance

    … Long COVID occurs in at least 20-30% of individuals who have been … vaccination is wholly or partly protective against long COVID, whether vaccination occurs before or after COVID-19. A society wanting to minimise the health and cost … Long COVID: a crucial reason for vax, mask, and distance …
  • Covid-19 vaccines still protect us: How do we get the best out of them?

    … Summary The Covid-19 pandemic is continuing in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) … evidence shows that even during the Omicron era, Covid-19 vaccines continue to provide protection against infection, hospitalisation, death, and Long Covid, as well as improving outcomes during pregnancy. NZ …
  • Update on Long-COVID

    … This blog post updates an earlier post on Long-COVID and reports that estimates of prevalence are still wide … and manage the massive burden of the disease that is Long-COVID. An elimination strategy that includes, but is not … but is also key to minimising the damage that Long-COVID is otherwise certain to create for individuals, whanau, …
  • Long COVID Staff Clinic: Caring for carers in Taranaki

    … Summary Long COVID is emerging as a global public health concern. Health … care workers have a relatively high level of exposure to COVID-19 and an elevated risk of Long COVID. This article describes an innovative multidisciplinary … Long COVID Staff Clinic: Caring for carers in Taranaki …
  • Long Covid has high prevalence and impact: Where is the Government response?

    … Summary The continuing high prevalence of Long Covid in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) and its disabling effects … Zealand Health Survey show that 77.7% of adults have had Covid-19, and 9.2% (about 401,000 people) have experienced Long Covid, with nearly half still symptomatic. It affects people …
  • Long COVID: Century-old Lessons We Still Have Not Learned

    … This long-read blog updates what is known about long COVID – now informed by some very large studies and a meta-analysis. The two most concerning aspects of long COVID are its high prevalence (up to 30% of those infected) … to the lowest cumulative mortality in the OECD for the COVID pandemic). During the 1918-19 pandemic, the United …

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