With Omicron, it might be less common. Or not.
The percentage of boosted Koreans who get long covid from omicron is very small. It happens, yes, but it is rare. Extremely rare.
I don’t, and you don’t, and others reading this don’t. Or at least they can say the vast majority never got long covid. I’d be surprised if the collective number were above zero. Might be, but it’ll be in the low single digits percentage wise. Maybe 0%. But maybe slightly higher than 0%.
If no one on this board knows a boosted Korean who got long covid from omicron, we can conclude it’s rare. Because we all know loads of Koreans who got the ‘rona. Do the math. Think of your own experience, readers, and see if it jibes with mine. It does.
World-renowned scientist LI, with some cutting edge data analysis, reporting from South Korea.
One need not be a world renowned scientist to see most students and teachers aren't dying from coronavirus. Nor are they getting long covid. Yes, some die, but it is extremely rare. Yes, some get long covid, but it is extremely rare.
"Then, it's not a thing then!"
It happens, but it's not common. Especially among Koreans. Especially among the boosted. Especially among the healthy. Especially among the young. Jesus, man, your article is pre omicron and pre wide scale vaccination. It's also looking at those hospitalized. Asymptomatic people with covid didn't even know they had it and hence weren't hospitalized.
There’s no set definition for extremely rare. 1% could be it. In my opinion it is. Highly unlikely. Regardless, almost all boosted Koreans who got omicron ended up fine. Those who didn’t were anomalies.
From wikipedia: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rare_diseaseDefinitions of rare disease in different countries: Brazil 65 in 100,000 1 in 1,538United States <200,000 in population 1 in 1,659Argentina 1 in 2,000 1 in 2,000Australia 5 in 10,000 1 in 2,000Chile 5 in 10,000 1 in 2,000Colombia 1 in 2,000 1 in 2,000European Union 5 in 10,000 1 in 2,000Mexico 5 in 10,000 1 in 2,000Norway 5 in 10,000 1 in 2,000Panama 1 in 2,000 1 in 2,000Singapore 1 in 2,000 1 in 2,000Switzerland 5 in 10,000 1 in 2,000United Kingdom 1 in 2,000[10] 1 in 2,000Japan <50,000 in population 1 in 2,507Russian Federation10 in 100,000 1 in 10,000Peru 1 in 100,000 1 in 100,0001 in 2000 seems to be the common definition. And this is for ''rare''. For ''extremely rare'' one would need to add at least a zero to that.