"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is analyzing more than 100 deaths that could be attributed to long Covid by looking at death certificates from across the country over the last two years, according to two people familiar with the matter."
I wonder why it took them this long to wonder if this is real? Long Covid has been known to weaken and seriously impact the health of Covid victims for long amounts of time.
It would only seem to be logical to conclude that it could also lead to death. This is why everyone should be very scared of getting Long Covid-the chances of dying from it are higher than the original infection, I think.
(I added a long list of long COVID symptoms and URLs in my reply to this comment.. and there are likely many more still being found)
Of course it is not a "death sentence." And yes, of course some people have and will die from long COVID. These who barely make it home have shown us that... in this very site ... many times over.. (Here's looking at you QT)
Besides nearly robbing them of their lives it robbed them of a well functioning immune system that is left vulnerable to any new infection. The people highlighted on here did not even care enough about their own health, let alone the mental and financial health of their families, to get the shot. Do you think they are returning home thinking "I better eat better, sleep more, quit smoking and drinking, lose weight and heal myself so I can get back to work and never do that to my family again?? Nah! They are often right back shit posting, whining about their medical care, suing and leaving their health in the hands of Jesus...
Why did they wait so long to decide Long COVID is real? "They" didn't. The medical community knew soon after it began in North America and the exchange of info from Italy and Britain was extensive. If you mean how to treat it, well that is another story. "They" are still trying to figure out how to treat COVID as it mutates... and they cannot be faulted for that... although many are trying.