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Friday, July 3 2020 Dive In |
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That’s a US national security official responding to the confiscation of a very large Chinese shipment of wigs, weaves and other human hair products. The reason: They were likely made in forced labour camps for Uighur women—and perhaps from their own hair. Shaving heads of detainees is standard practice at these camps. China is the largest exporter of hair in the world. Human right activists note that it has reported a 78% increase in production of human hair from 2017. Read more here. Illustration: Parth Savla |
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The ‘long haul’ road to Covid recovery |
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The TLDR: A number of patients who have recovered from Covid-19 are reporting symptoms months after they have been ‘cured’. And some of these conditions have destroyed their quality of life. Doctors are struggling to understand why this is happening. The big reason: the virus can attack virtually every organ in the body, and no one knows exactly how it works.
The ‘long haulers’ That’s what these patients call themselves. They are still displaying a variety of puzzling symptoms up to 100 days after recovery. These can include breathing difficulties, elevated heart rate, chronic fatigue and even cognitive problems—like brain fog, hallucinations and short-term memory loss.
The important bit: noted by the Wall Street Journal: “Many patients are younger and had previously been healthy, with Covid cases initially considered mild to moderate.”
The estimates of the number who experience such problems vary widely. One Oxford researcher puts it at 10% of all cases. A US expert studying such patients claims it may be as high as 5% to 15%.
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