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Claim: Queensland Health Researchers find that long COVID doesn’t exist (David Landsel, Paul Sacca, Brooke Mallory, 2024-03-14)
Evidence (2023-04-18): The Honourable Yvette D'Ath - New research by Queensland Health suggests vaccination could reduce incidence of long COVID - The study was completed when 90 per cent of the state’s population was vaccinated against COVID-19 - Patients surveyed 12 weeks post Omicron infection, in Queensland's highly vaccinated population, reported similar incidence of persistent symptoms as patients who had been infected with influenza In the highly vaccinated population of Queensland, long-COVID symptoms may be no more severe than those seen in influenza, according to new research by Queensland Health. [...] FURTHER INFORMATION - Compared the symptoms of COVID-positive cases and those who tested positive to influenza - The results show long-COVID symptoms can occur in other viral illnesses at the same level of severity - The study is specific to Queensland’s highly vaccinated population and ran between June and September 2022 with more than 3,100 participants
Claim: Queensland Health Researchers find that long COVID doesn’t exist (David Landsel, Paul Sacca, Brooke Mallory, 2024-03-14)
Evidence (2021-07-14): Long COVID and kids: scientists race to find answers [...] As COVID-19 has ripped through communities, children have often been spared the worst of the disease’s impacts. But the spectre of long COVID developing in children is forcing researchers to reconsider the cost of the pandemic for younger people. [...] Long COVID: let patients help define long-lasting COVID symptoms
Claim: Queensland Health Researchers find that long COVID doesn’t exist (David Landsel, Paul Sacca, Brooke Mallory, 2024-03-14)
Evidence (2022-07-11): Queensland Health is investigating the possibility of establishing long COVID clinics as the third wave of Omicron intensifies. - Griffith University researchers are investigating biological links between long COVID and patients diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome - Based on their work, the Griffith team has identified low dose Naltrexone as a possible treatment - Long-COVID suffered back the establishment of clinics for the condition in Queensland [...] Queensland's Chief Health Officer John Gerrard said it was too early to ascertain what the impact of long COVID would be on the Sunshine State, given it had only been subject to Omicron waves when the population was highly vaccinated.
Claim: Queensland Health Researchers find that long COVID doesn’t exist (David Landsel, Paul Sacca, Brooke Mallory, 2024-03-14)
Evidence (2022-08-11): Queensland Health has produced a Long COVID Living Evidence Summary. It aims to provide an easily accessible overview of the wide range of information that has been published on this condition. [...] Download the Long COVID Living Evidence Summary (PDF, 351KB). [...] The prevalence of post-COVID condition or Long COVID in Australia is considered to be low. This is largely attributable to high vaccination rates and the population’s exposure to the Omicron variant. One report in The Lancet for Victoria shows a low prevalence of Long COVID in vaccinated adults following Omicron infection, albeit with a difference between adults who were hospitalised (1.9%) and not hospitalised (0.09%).
Claim: Queensland Health Researchers find that long COVID doesn’t exist (David Landsel, Paul Sacca, Brooke Mallory, 2024-03-14)
Evidence (2024-03-14): The study by Queensland Health researchers suggests that in the highly vaccinated population of Queensland exposed to the omicron variant, long COVID's impact on the health system is likely to stem from the sheer number of people infected with SARS-CoV-2 within a short period of time rather than the severity of long COVID symptoms or functional impairment. [...] To understand more about the impact of long COVID on the Australian state of Queensland, researchers surveyed 5,112 symptomatic individuals aged 18 years and older, comprising those with PCR-confirmed infection for COVID-19 (2,399 adults) and those who were PCR negative for COVID-19 (2,713 adults: 995 influenza positive and 1,718 PCR negative for both but symptomatic with a respiratory illness) between 29 May and 25 June 2022. [...] "In health systems with highly vaccinated populations, long COVID may have appeared to be a distinct and severe illness because of high volumes of COVID-19 cases during the pandemic. However, we found that the rates of ongoing symptoms and functional impairment are indistinguishable from other post-viral illnesses," says Dr. John Gerrard, Queensland's Chief Health Officer.
Claim: Queensland Health Researchers find that long COVID doesn’t exist (David Landsel, Paul Sacca, Brooke Mallory, 2024-03-14)
Evidence (2023-01-13): Long COVID is a multisystemic illness encompassing ME/CFS, dysautonomia, impacts on multiple organ systems, and vascular and clotting abnormalities. It has already debilitated millions of individuals worldwide, and that number is continuing to grow. On the basis of more than 2 years of research on long COVID and decades of research on conditions such as ME/CFS, a significant proportion of individuals with long COVID may have lifelong disabilities if no action is taken. Diagnostic and treatment options are currently insufficient, and many clinical trials are urgently needed to rigorously test treatments that address hypothesized underlying biological mechanisms, including viral persistence, neuroinflammation, excessive blood clotting and autoimmunity.
Claim: Queensland Health Researchers find that long COVID doesn’t exist (David Landsel, Paul Sacca, Brooke Mallory, 2024-03-14)
Evidence (2024-08-09): Because long COVID is a new entity (it has been in existence for less than 5 years), longitudinal studies to characterize the long-term health trajectories of people with long COVID—up to 10 years, 20 years and 30 years—are needed, to understand rates and predictors of recovery and relapse of the various manifestations. These long-term studies will also help identify any latent consequences of the disease (that is, impacts that have not yet been realized) and secondary consequences (for example, the downstream health effects that emanate from long COVID). For example, understanding whether people with cognitive dysfunction (or brain fog) are at a higher risk of developing neurodegenerative diseases later in life is critical. [...] Various interim definitions of long COVID exist39,278,279,280,281,282,283, but there is not yet a universal consensus on the most optimal definition—which must be sufficiently nuanced to capture the complexity of the condition and its various manifestations. It is unlikely that a single definition will fit all needs. Consensus definitions that are optimized and empirically tested for various applications, including clinical care, epidemiological surveillance, and research, should be developed. Definitions must necessarily evolve to incorporate new understanding as the evidence base for long COVID grows.
Claim: Queensland Health Researchers find that long COVID doesn’t exist (David Landsel, Paul Sacca, Brooke Mallory, 2024-03-14)
Evidence (2024-03-16): Queensland's CHO believes the symptoms of long COVID are real — but he wants people to stop calling it that [...] Given this research, and myriad of other long COVID studies, Queensland Chief Health Officer John Gerrard's plea yesterday for the scrapping of the term long COVID may seem controversial. [...] "Using this term long COVID implies that this virus has some unique, exceptional, and sinister property that differentiates it from other viruses and makes it far worse.
Claim: Queensland Health Researchers find that long COVID doesn’t exist (David Landsel, Paul Sacca, Brooke Mallory, 2024-03-14)
Evidence (2024-03-15): Key Points - Queensland's Chief Health Officer says references to 'long COVID' should be scrapped moving forward. [...] - Dr John Gerrard said the term 'long COVID' wrongly implies there's something unique and sinister about it. References to "long COVID" should be scrapped according to Queensland's Chief Health Officer after new research found long-term symptoms associated with the virus are the same as other viral infections.
Claim: Queensland Health Researchers find that long COVID doesn’t exist (David Landsel, Paul Sacca, Brooke Mallory, 2024-03-14)
Evidence (2024-03-19): The assertion from Queensland’s chief health officer John Gerrard that it’s time to stop using the term "long COVID" has made waves in Australian and international media over recent days. [...] In discussing Gerrard’s conclusions about the terminology, Faux noted that even if only 3% of people develop long COVID (the survey found 3% of people had functional limitations after a year), this would equate to some 150,000 Queenslanders with the condition. He said: [...] Another clinician and researcher, Philip Britton, criticised Gerrard’s conclusion about the language as "overstated and potentially unhelpful". He noted the term "long COVID" is recognised by the World Health Organization as a valid description of the condition.
Claim: Queensland Health Researchers find that long COVID doesn’t exist (David Landsel, Paul Sacca, Brooke Mallory, 2024-03-14)
Evidence (2024-03-19): A GP expert is speaking out after Queensland’s CHO said the term ‘long COVID’ can cause ‘unnecessary fear’ and should be scrapped. [...] The Queensland Health study says it is time to stop using the term ‘long COVID’ as it has potential to cause unnecessary fear and hypervigilance, which can impede recovery. [...] The Queensland Health paper was released amid growing calls for more investment in long COVID research and treatment, including multidisciplinary clinics with virtual access and living guidelines.
Claim: Queensland Health Researchers find that long COVID doesn’t exist (David Landsel, Paul Sacca, Brooke Mallory, 2024-03-14)
Evidence (2024-03-15): The study found long COVID is a syndrome "indistinguishable from seasonal influenza and other respiratory illnesses, with no evidence of increased moderate-to-severe functional limitations a year after infection", the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) said. [...] Queensland Chief Health Officer John Gerrard said the amount of attention on long COVID symptoms was simply down to the high level of the virus throughout the community. [...] "So the authors' assertion that long COVID is the same as flu-related post-viral syndrome is not proven, even if long COVID is indeed a post-viral syndrome (which it is).
Claim: Queensland Health Researchers find that long COVID doesn’t exist (David Landsel, Paul Sacca, Brooke Mallory, 2024-03-14)
Evidence (2024-03-14): ‘Long Covid’ should be scrapped over fears its ‘probably harmful’: QLD chief health officer [...] One of the nation’s top health authorities is calling for the term "long Covid" to be scrapped as new research suggests it is no more "sinister" than the long-term effects of the flu. Long Covid emerged as a term during the heart of the pandemic when it was determined a small minority of people experienced long-lasting symptoms for a number of months after recovering from the initial viral infection.
Claim: Queensland Health Researchers find that long COVID doesn’t exist (David Landsel, Paul Sacca, Brooke Mallory, 2024-03-14)
Evidence (2024-03-22): Claims that long COVID doesn’t exist misrepresent study by Queensland Health researchers [...] Misrepresents source: Neither the study nor Queensland’s public health agency claimed that long COVID doesn’t exist. On the contrary, the study found that a proportion of people with COVID-19 do experience long-term symptoms, only that these are similar to those experienced by people who had other viral infections. Queensland’s Chief Health Officer is on record stating that the long-term symptoms experienced by some COVID-19 patients are real. [...] In this review, we show why claims that the study found long COVID doesn’t exist grossly misrepresent the study and the position of Queensland’s Chief Health Officer.
Claim: Queensland Health Researchers find that long COVID doesn’t exist (David Landsel, Paul Sacca, Brooke Mallory, 2024-03-14)
Evidence (2024-03-15): Queensland's Chief Health Officer says it's time to stop using the term 'long COVID' The term "long COVID" should be scrapped, according to Queensland's Chief Health Officer, because it creates unnecessary fear — and is "probably harmful". [...] Long COVID 'does exist'
Claim: Queensland Health Researchers find that long COVID doesn’t exist (David Landsel, Paul Sacca, Brooke Mallory, 2024-03-14)
Evidence (2024-03-14): The term "long COVID" should be tossed aside like a stack of expired N95 masks — that’s according to health experts in one country, who found that the moniker can cause "unnecessary fear." [...] "We believe it is time to stop using terms like ‘long COVID,’" said Dr. John Gerrard, Queensland’s chief health officer, who oversaw the newly released study. [...] Editors Note: An earlier version of this article attributed a quote to Dr. John Gerrard, Queensland’s chief health officer, as saying there’s "no such thing as ‘long COVID.'" However, the study’s conclusion was that "long COVID ‘indistinguishable’ from other post-viral syndromes a year after infection" and there’s "no evidence of worse post-viral symptoms or functional impairment a year after infection."
Claim: Queensland Health Researchers find that long COVID doesn’t exist (David Landsel, Paul Sacca, Brooke Mallory, 2024-03-14)
Evidence (2024-03-15): This was published 6 months ago ‘Long COVID’ doesn’t exist as we know it, according to new research Long COVID is indistinguishable from other post-viral syndromes and the term should be ditched, say researchers who found similar rates of long-term impairment between people who caught COVID-19 and those who were sick from other respiratory illnesses. [...] The researchers concluded there was no evidence that a COVID-19 infection made impairment more likely. Gerrard said long COVID appeared to be a severe and distinct disease simply because of the huge number of infections during the pandemic.
Claim: Queensland Health Researchers find that long COVID doesn’t exist (David Landsel, Paul Sacca, Brooke Mallory, 2024-03-14)
Evidence (2024-03-14): From: European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious DiseasesLong COVID ‘indistinguishable’ from other post-viral syndromes a year after infection · Authors say it is time to stop using terms like ‘long COVID’ as they wrongly imply there is something unique and exceptional about longer term symptoms associated with the virus · Comparison with influenza and other respiratory illnesses in Australian state of Queensland during Omicron wave finds no evidence of worse post-viral symptoms or functional impairment a year after infection. [...] The study by Queensland Health researchers suggests that in the highly vaccinated population of Queensland exposed to the Omicron variant [1], long COVID’s impact on the health system is likely to stem from the sheer number of people infected with SARS-CoV-2 within a short period of time, rather than the severity of long COVID symptoms or functional impairment. [...] "In health systems with highly vaccinated populations, long COVID may have appeared to be a distinct and severe illness because of high volumes of COVID-19 cases during the pandemic. However, we found that the rates of ongoing symptoms and functional impairment are indistinguishable from other post-viral illnesses", says Dr John Gerrard, Queensland’s Chief Health Officer. "These findings underscore the importance of comparing post-COVID-19 outcomes with those following other respiratory infections, and of further research into post-viral syndromes."
Claim: Queensland Health Researchers find that long COVID doesn’t exist (David Landsel, Paul Sacca, Brooke Mallory, 2024-03-14)
Evidence (2024-03-15): Long Covid is no different from the after-effects of viruses like flu and people should stop using the term, health experts have warned. [...] Dr John Gerrard, Queensland’s chief health officer, said: "In health systems with highly vaccinated populations, long Covid may have appeared to be a distinct and severe illness because of high volumes of Covid-19 cases during the pandemic. [...] "We believe it is time to stop using terms like ‘long Covid’. They wrongly imply there is something unique and exceptional about longer-term symptoms associated with this virus."
Claim: The CDC found a 236% increased risk of autism in African-American boys associated with the MMR vaccine (Brian Hooker, 2020-01-27)
Evidence (2020-01-27): CDC data did not show an increased risk of autism in African-American boys associated with the MMR vaccine. This claim is based on a study that was later retracted due to its methodological flaws which produced spurious results. Overwhelming scientific evidence shows that vaccines do not cause autism.
Claim: The CDC found a 236% increased risk of autism in African-American boys associated with the MMR vaccine (Brian Hooker, 2020-01-27)
Evidence (2020-01-27): This claim began with a study published in Aug. 2014 by Brian Hooker (who holds a doctorate in chemical engineering, but does not have a background in epidemiology), which reported "a statistically significant increase in autism cases specifically among African American males who received the first MMR [vaccine] prior to 36 months of age"[1] after reanalyzing the findings of a 2004 epidemiological study by scientists working at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)[2]. [...] Snopes fact-checked this claim in 2014, and found it to be false: "Did collected data actually prove that the MMR vaccine produces a 340% increased risk of autism in African-American boys? The answer is no, it did not." [...] REFERENCES - 1 – Hooker BS. (2014) Measles-mumps-rubella vaccination timing and autism among young African American boys: a reanalysis of CDC data. Translational Neurodegeneration. [Note: This study was retracted.]
Claim: The CDC found a 236% increased risk of autism in African-American boys associated with the MMR vaccine (Brian Hooker, 2020-01-27)
Evidence (2018-01-06): Autism spectrum disorder affects children of all races and nationalities, but certain factors increase a child's risk. These may include: - Your child's sex. Boys are about four times more likely to develop autism spectrum disorder than girls are. [...] Problems with social interactions, communication and behavior can lead to:
Claim: The CDC found a 236% increased risk of autism in African-American boys associated with the MMR vaccine (Brian Hooker, 2020-01-27)
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Claim: The CDC found a 236% increased risk of autism in African-American boys associated with the MMR vaccine (Brian Hooker, 2020-01-27)
Evidence (2022-11-24): Furthermore, the multiple civil lawsuits that have been filed against vaccine manufacturers by anti-vaccine activists clearly prove the claim is false, as Vaxopedia points out. [...] "MMR vaccine increased autism rate by 236% in African-American boys compared to Caucasian boys" [...] "And, of course, there’s no biologically plausible reason why there would be an effect observed in African-Americans but no other race and, more specifically than that, in African-American males. In the discussion, Hooker does a bunch of handwaving about lower vitamin D levels and the like in African American boys, but there really isn’t a biologically plausible mechanism to account for his observation, suggesting that it’s probably spurious."
Claim: The CDC found a 236% increased risk of autism in African-American boys associated with the MMR vaccine (Brian Hooker, 2020-01-27)
Evidence (2024-10-09): MMR vaccine [edit]The MMR vaccine as a cause of autism is one of the most extensively debated hypotheses regarding the origins of autism. Andrew Wakefield et al. reported a study of 12 children who had autism and bowel symptoms, in some cases reportedly with onset after MMR.[191] Although the paper, which was later retracted by the journal, concluded that there was no association between the MMR vaccine and autism, Wakefield nevertheless suggested a false notion during a 1998 press conference that giving children the vaccines in three separate doses would be safer than a single dose.[191][192] Administering the vaccines in three separate doses does not reduce the chance of adverse effects, and it increases the opportunity for infection by the two diseases not immunized against first.[8][10] In 2004, the interpretation of a causal link between MMR vaccine and autism was formally retracted by ten of Wakefield's twelve co-authors.[193] The retraction followed an investigation by The Sunday Times, which stated that Wakefield "acted dishonestly and irresponsibly".[194] The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, and the U.K. National Health Service have all concluded that there is no evidence of a link between the MMR vaccine and autism.[195][196][197]
Claim: The CDC found a 236% increased risk of autism in African-American boys associated with the MMR vaccine (Brian Hooker, 2020-01-27)
Evidence (2015-02-03): On 24 August 2014 a CNN iReport claiming intentional suppression of data relating to 340% increased risk of autism among specific populations of African-American boys following MMR vaccinations went viral. The story seemed to disappear mysteriously, further fueling the notion that an intentional coverup was underway. [...] What got lost in the brouhaha over Dr. Thompson's "confession," allegations about a "cover-up" at the CDC, and threats of whistleblower lawsuits was what should have been the main point: Did collected data actually prove that the MMR vaccine produces a 340% increased risk of autism in African-American boys? The answer is no, it did not. [...] For a thorough analysis of the flaws and misinformation associated with the current CDC autism "cover-up" conspiracy theory, we recommend the posts on the subject at ScienceBlogs, which note of the claim at the heart of this matter (i.e, allegedly suppressed proof of a 340% increased risk of autism in African-American boys after MMR vaccination) that:
Claim: The CDC found a 236% increased risk of autism in African-American boys associated with the MMR vaccine (Brian Hooker, 2020-01-27)
Evidence (2024-07-19): - ASD is reported to occur in all racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic groups. [Read Article] - ASD is nearly 4 times more common among boys than among girls. [Read Article] [...] Search through a collection of information from peer-reviewed autism prevalence studies.
Claim: The CDC found a 236% increased risk of autism in African-American boys associated with the MMR vaccine (Brian Hooker, 2020-01-27)
Evidence (2014-08-08): Measles-mumps-rubella vaccination timing and autism among young African American boys: a reanalysis of CDC data - PMID: 25114790 - PMCID: PMC4128611 - DOI: 10.1186/2047-9158-3-16 [...] Results: When comparing cases and controls receiving their first MMR vaccine before and after 36 months of age, there was a statistically significant increase in autism cases specifically among African American males who received the first MMR prior to 36 months of age. Relative risks for males in general and African American males were 1.69 (p=0.0138) and 3.36 (p=0.0019), respectively. Additionally, African American males showed an odds ratio of 1.73 (p=0.0200) for autism cases in children receiving their first MMR vaccine prior to 24 months of age versus 24 months of age and thereafter. Conclusions: The present study provides new epidemiologic evidence showing that African American males receiving the MMR vaccine prior to 24 months of age or 36 months of age are more likely to receive an autism diagnosis.