Post-Viral Epidemiology (LONG COVID) Part 1 with Wes Ely

Oh hey, it's your aunt who always carries Kleenex, Alley Ward, and this episode is a long time coming. Just about. Five years. So March 11, 2020, it's been called the day that everything changed, I'm sure you remember. Uh a little something called the SARS-CoV-2 virus started to make its debut globally, and the COVID nineteen pandemic became a part of our lives in history. Some people more than others, it's woven your history. As worldwide studies estimate that the virus has caused directly or indirectly the deaths of up to thirty six million people. So if you have had COVID and you bounce back quickly, you're lucky. If you haven't had it You're lucky. If you've had it, you still feel weird, sit down.

Let's discuss and please do send this episode around to anyone who could use it. I know long covet is on a lot of our minds and it's hard to find the information that you need. This is exactly what I've hoped that it would be. Okay, so in this part one, we're gonna learn how to know if you have long COVID, the symptoms, why it happens. where in the body it happens, how it feels. And then next week we're gonna talk more about treatments and advice if you think you have it, and some really wonderful firsthand experience from some friends and scientists I know who've struggled with long COVID, including some great advice for caregivers. So this expert Oh it's so good. So he got his MD from Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana. He is now a professor of medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He has published over four hundred and fifty peer reviewed papers. He's been cited over a hundred thousand times. Somehow He also found time to author a critically acclaimed book. It's called Every Deep Drawn Breath, and it's about developing treatment for patients in the ICU that will improve their lives after illness. We'll talk about it. His lovely spouse. Also a pathologist.

This guy lives in Bracet. He's also a pulmonologist. Now, when it comes to long COVID, he is one of the most highly respected and sought after specialists. And I was thrilled when he agreed to let me barrage him. with all of our questions. We're gonna get there in a sec, but first thank you to all the patrons at patreon.com slash ologyes who sent their questions for this episode in and who support the show for as little as a dollar a month. Thank you to everyone out there listening to Smology's which is our classroom safe, kid friendly shorter spin-off show. You can find Smology's wherever you get podcasts. Thanks also to everyone out there wearing Olaje's merch from Oligy's Merch.com. Also for zero dollars, you can help just by leaving a review. I read every single one of them. Here's one just left by Yodel Bat, who wrote, If you love hearing someone gush about a passion, then you will have a good time. And although, okay, this episode seems like oh Lord. Covid still, but this expert. Yes.

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