Podcast: Long COVID: Current research on risk factors, pathophysiology, and emerging treatments

Directed at Australian GPs. (Would be good if certain NZ GP leaders also listened).
Prof Brendan Crabbe | 54min

https://www.healthed.com.au/long-covid/

 

Thanks for posting that, @SNT Gatchaman. I just listened to it and it was fascinating. But as usual, I don't know how much of it was well-founded! Is Long Covid now accepted as an ongoing Covid infection hidden away in the body? If it is, does it always show up on inflammation markers? Would better antivirals be a cure?

 

Yes. I’m a little worried the story of long COVID will echo the story of ME.

Lots of people start claiming it’s caused by persistent virus with insufficient evidence. Over time, with lack of replication and strong evidence the house of cards gets toppled. Then, psychosomatisers come in and fill the void.

 

No. There are one or two papers claiming that but the data don't look very convincing to me at least.
This seems to be the usual sort of oversold 'educational' material coming from a researcher wanting to make waves of some sort for whatever reason.

I have only listened to a few minutes but the patronising tone giving the impression of 'expert knowledge' is typical. The reality is that nobody has got anywhere yet in explaining LC.

 

It feels to me one of the largest problems in medicine is a lack of humility.
It seems exceedingly rare to hear “we don’t know”.