COVID-19 intensifies across California

January 8, 2024 2:36 PM

with the worst probably still to come Even people who are younger face “about a 20% increased risk of heart attacks and stroke” within six months of a COVID illness, “which for people who are in their 30s and 40s is a pretty big increase,” Hudson added. So although for some COVID infections might feel like a regular cold, “it can potentially have longer-lasting impacts that we’re only really starting to understand.”
posted by folklore724 (2 comments total)

“about a 20% increased risk of heart attacks and stroke” within six months of a COVID illness

which to be clear doesn't mean there's a 20% chance such will happen, but that it's 20% more likely than normal. It would be helpful to clarify what the norm is (ie: how likely any normal person would be to have a heart attack or stroke within a normal six month period).
posted by philip-random at 3:01 PM on January 8 [2 favorites]

I definitely had two very minor cardiac events within three months of my sole covid infection and a half dozen tiny migraine aura events up to a year afterwards. Never having had either before or since leads me to suspect causality. So yeah it’s not really a respiratory disease? it’s a fuck you up with blood clots disease.
posted by seanmpuckett at 3:11 PM on January 8 [1 favorite]