COVID-19 false dichotomies and a comprehensive review of the evidence regarding public health, COVID-19 symptomatology, SARS-CoV-2 transmission, mask …

K Escandón, AL Rasmussen, II Bogoch… - BMC infectious …, 2021 - Springer
Scientists across disciplines, policymakers, and journalists have voiced frustration at the
unprecedented polarization and misinformation around coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID …

Infection fatality rate of COVID-19 in community-dwelling elderly populations

C Axfors, JPA Ioannidis - European Journal of Epidemiology, 2022 - Springer
This mixed design synthesis aimed to estimate the infection fatality rate (IFR) of Coronavirus
Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in community-dwelling elderly populations and other age groups …

[HTML][HTML] Persistent COVID-19 symptoms in a community study of 606,434 people in England

M Whitaker, J Elliott, M Chadeau-Hyam, S Riley… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Long COVID remains a broadly defined syndrome, with estimates of prevalence and
duration varying widely. We use data from rounds 3–5 of the REACT-2 study (n= 508,707; …

[HTML][HTML] Physical and mental health 3 months after SARS-CoV-2 infection (long COVID) among adolescents in England (CLoCk): a national matched cohort study

T Stephenson, SMP Pereira, R Shafran… - The Lancet Child & …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background We describe post-COVID symptomatology in a non-hospitalised, national
sample of adolescents aged 11–17 years with PCR-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection …

Characteristics and impact of Long Covid: Findings from an online survey

N Ziauddeen, D Gurdasani, ME O'Hara, C Hastie… - PloS one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background Long Covid is a public health concern that needs defining, quantifying, and
describing. We aimed to explore the initial and ongoing symptoms of Long Covid following …

Population antibody responses following COVID-19 vaccination in 212,102 individuals

H Ward, M Whitaker, B Flower, SN Tang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Population antibody surveillance helps track immune responses to COVID-19 vaccinations
at scale, and identify host factors that may affect antibody production. We analyse data from …

Age-stratified infection fatality rate of COVID-19 in the non-elderly population

AM Pezzullo, C Axfors, DG Contopoulos-Ioannidis… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
The largest burden of COVID-19 is carried by the elderly, and persons living in nursing
homes are particularly vulnerable. However, 94% of the global population is younger than …

Persistent symptoms following SARS-CoV-2 infection in a random community sample of 508,707 people

M Whitaker, J Elliott, M Chadeau-Hyam, S Riley… - Medrxiv, 2021 - medrxiv.org
Background Long COVID, describing the long-term sequelae after SARS-CoV-2 infection,
remains a poorly defined syndrome. There is uncertainty about its predisposing factors and …

Prevalence and duration of detectable SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid antibodies in staff and residents of long-term care facilities over the first year of the pandemic …

M Krutikov, T Palmer, G Tut, C Fuller, B Azmi… - The Lancet Healthy …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background Long-term care facilities (LTCFs) have reported high SARS-CoV-2 infection
rates and related mortality, but the proportion of infected people among those who have …

Evolution of neurologic symptoms in non‐hospitalized COVID‐19 “long haulers”

ST Ali, AK Kang, TR Patel, JR Clark… - Annals of clinical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Objective We characterized the evolution of neurologic symptoms and self‐perceived
recovery of non‐hospitalized COVID‐19 “long haulers” 6–9 months after their initial Neuro …