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       2023-06-22T12:23:00Z
       
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       What is the prevalence of long COVID? And why different estimates often disagree(d) w/ each other? What's the role of vaccination?The choice of the reference group is fundamental to understand the prevalence and to compare distinct groups within and across countries.We performed a large-scale ecological analysis and developed a statistical method to reconcile distinct estimates, gaining insights on the prevalence trend. Overall, we find:- consistent trend estimates across the UK and the US for distinct age groups, with higher prevalence in the US- vaccines have a positive, but limited, benefit in reducing the prevalence of long COVID- 7x increase between 2020 and 2022- some regions of the world are more affected than othersOur study is ecological, but provides a grounded way to compare the prevalence across distinct countries & distinct age groups. Our results are: - numerically, in great agreement with patient/cohort-based estimates.- consistent across the globe- affected by some limitations, anyway.This study can be of interest for @LongCovidKids @longcovidsos @longcovid @erictopol Paper: https://journals.plos.org/globalpublichealth/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgph.0001917#LongCovid #GlobalPublicHealth #COVID