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Not your fault and not just you, but I'd like to point out that everyone is using this as an about 10%, when it actually says "at least 10%" right up front. That also only accounts for "severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections" when it then states "The incidence is estimated at 10–30% of non-hospitalized cases, 50–70% of hospitalized cases and 10–12% of vaccinated cases."
It's almost certainly on the low side given that an estimated 7.5% of US adults already had Long COVID last June.
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/nchs_press_releases/2022/20220622.htm
Bottom line, 10% is a bare minimum and the chances of us escaping with "only" 10% of people having Long COVID has likely already long passed us by.
@gwagner @BE Right. The authors used the low end of the estimated ranges 10-30%, 50-70%, and 10-12% to come up with 10% as a “conservative estimate.” I would have worded that as the “most conservative estimate.” It would certainly be reasonable that the actual number be significantly higher.
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