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This is a poll for ME/CFS patients who already had ME/CFS, and then later caught COVID. The poll asks whether or not COVID permanently worsened your pre-existing ME/CFS.
So for all ME/CFS patients who have caught COVID, please indicate how COVID has affected your pre-existing ME/CFS, by selecting the poll option which specifies how much your ME/CFS has worsened after COVID, or did not worsen as the case may be.
In this poll the worsening of ME/CFS is quantified in terms of how much you moved down on the standard ME/CFS scale of: very severe, severe, moderate, mild, remission.
Just a brief reminder of that scale (fuller details in the link):
So for example, if you had moderate ME/CFS before COVID, and after COVID, you were permanently moved down to severe ME/CFS, then in this poll, state that COVID moved you down by 1 level on the scale.
By a permanent worsening of ME/CFS, we mean a worsening that has lasted at least 6 months after you had COVID.
This poll is open to both those vaccinated for COVID, and those unvaccinated.
However, this poll is not intended for patients who first developed their ME/CFS from COVID itself (it's not intended for pure long COVID patients, only existing ME/CFS patients who later caught SARS-CoV-2).
So for all ME/CFS patients who have caught COVID, please indicate how COVID has affected your pre-existing ME/CFS, by selecting the poll option which specifies how much your ME/CFS has worsened after COVID, or did not worsen as the case may be.
In this poll the worsening of ME/CFS is quantified in terms of how much you moved down on the standard ME/CFS scale of: very severe, severe, moderate, mild, remission.
Just a brief reminder of that scale (fuller details in the link):
Mild — an approximate 50% reduction in pre-illness activity level
Moderate — mostly housebound
Severe — mostly bedridden
Very severe — totally bedridden and need help with basic functions
So for example, if you had moderate ME/CFS before COVID, and after COVID, you were permanently moved down to severe ME/CFS, then in this poll, state that COVID moved you down by 1 level on the scale.
By a permanent worsening of ME/CFS, we mean a worsening that has lasted at least 6 months after you had COVID.
This poll is open to both those vaccinated for COVID, and those unvaccinated.
However, this poll is not intended for patients who first developed their ME/CFS from COVID itself (it's not intended for pure long COVID patients, only existing ME/CFS patients who later caught SARS-CoV-2).