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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-10-11/cmo-paul-kelly-downplayed-long-covid-says-medical-specialist/101522054>
'A leading medical specialist and long COVID patients say the chief medical
officer (CMO) downplayed the state of long COVID in Australia while justifying
the end of national isolation requirements.
Steven Faux, who heads up a long COVID clinic at a Sydney hospital, called the
comments "unusual" and akin to "pulling the sheet over your head".
During a press conference last month, when the October 14 mandatory isolation
end date was announced, Paul Kelly said health authorities were still assessing
the extent of long COVID in Australia.
"We're not seeing a major picture of long COVID," he said.
"For the majority of Australians, we were not exposed to COVID before we had at
least two vaccines.
"We know that the major risk factors for long COVID are having had infection
before vaccination, being unvaccinated, having severe illness and having other
types of COVID that were not Omicron."
Professor Faux, who co-directs the long COVID clinic at St Vincent's Hospital
in Sydney, said Professor Kelly's comments did not accurately represent the
patients who were presenting at his practice.
"Mostly we're seeing people who got [COVID-19] in December and that's the
Omicron wave … and the majority we are seeing are vaccinated," Professor Faux
said.'
Via Violet Blue’s
Pandemic Roundup: October 13, 2022
https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-73246405
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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