> Asking because I've had "long covid" since long before there was a COVID
Well that isn’t “Long Covid” then. Symptoms can come from a variety of causes, and just because you suffered some of the same symptoms unrelated to a Covid infection doesn’t mean that others won’t experience similar symptoms after Covid.
So what are the percentages of people who will have long-term symptoms from Covid, how does that compare in severity and frequency to other respiratory diseases, and if it wasn't something people cared about before Covid, why do they care now?
> how does that compare in severity and frequency to other respiratory diseases
I’m not sure and that’s a very wide question, but the main difference is we have never had such a large amount of the population get a respiratory disease so quickly because of the transmissability.
> if it wasn't something people cared about before Covid, why do they care now?
Some people cared about it before Covid, and now more people care about it because it’s becoming more prevalent with the spread of Covid.
I mean to ask the same question - why didn’t people really care about respiratory viruses until about 2 years ago?
Well that isn’t “Long Covid” then. Symptoms can come from a variety of causes, and just because you suffered some of the same symptoms unrelated to a Covid infection doesn’t mean that others won’t experience similar symptoms after Covid.