This study finds about a third of patients self-report fatigue at 2-3 weeks after a positive coronavirus test. That might be a reasonable generous upper bound for the likelihood of chronic fatigue, though I wouldn’t trust telephone studies of self-reported symptoms all that much.
Fatigue that lasts 2-3 weeks after the worst symptoms are over is common with essentially all bad viral infections—post-flu fatigue is common for example (can’t find any good statistics on how common). So, I don’t know if 1⁄3 reporting fatigue 2 to 3 weeks after tells us anything useful about how common post-covid fatigue lasting months afterwards is
These are patients who had a positive test in April. Most infected people without symptoms or with mild symptoms did get tested in April in the US. We know about 20-40% are asymptomatic, with higher % among younger people. So actual rate based on this study would be upper bounded by 1⁄4 (not 1⁄3) and point estimate closer to 1⁄5. (I also agree with SDM).
This study finds about a third of patients self-report fatigue at 2-3 weeks after a positive coronavirus test. That might be a reasonable generous upper bound for the likelihood of chronic fatigue, though I wouldn’t trust telephone studies of self-reported symptoms all that much.
Fatigue that lasts 2-3 weeks after the worst symptoms are over is common with essentially all bad viral infections—post-flu fatigue is common for example (can’t find any good statistics on how common). So, I don’t know if 1⁄3 reporting fatigue 2 to 3 weeks after tells us anything useful about how common post-covid fatigue lasting months afterwards is
These are patients who had a positive test in April. Most infected people without symptoms or with mild symptoms did get tested in April in the US. We know about 20-40% are asymptomatic, with higher % among younger people. So actual rate based on this study would be upper bounded by 1⁄4 (not 1⁄3) and point estimate closer to 1⁄5. (I also agree with SDM).