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rthm_health @rthm.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Is #LongCovid a national security issue? The CHARM 2.0 study conducted reveals striking findings about Long COVID’s impact on even the fittest among us. Among 899 young, healthy Marines, nearly 25% developed Long COVID. Swipe to learn more about this study. 🔗: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

A new study finds 1 in 4 US Marines Infected with COVID Have Long COVID a Year Later https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanam/article/PIIS2667-193X(24)00236-9/fulltext

Findings:

The study enrolled 899 otherwise young, healthy US Marine participants, and 88.8% had a SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Almost a quarter (24.7%) of the infected individuals developed Long COVID, and had significantly decreased physical fitness test scores up to approximately one year post-infection.

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanam/article/PIIS2667-193X(24)00236-9/fulltext

Study Author Conclusions:

“In this longitudinal study we identified that Long COVID is common in young, healthy adults and causes prolonged physical and mental health symptoms and decreases in subjective and objective performance measures.”

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanam/article/PIIS2667-193X(24)00236-9/fulltext

“This study tells me that we are likely significantly underestimating the prevalence of Long COVID in the population at large. This study should be a warning to governments that Long COVID is a national security concern, and should be a priority for funding and public health policy as such.” Jennifer Curtin, MD

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanam/article/PIIS2667-193X(24)00236-9/fulltext