Thanks for sharing. I'm pretty sad about your beliefs, but they are quite prevalent. Rather than share more of my opinions, I'll just stick to what I understand to be the facts & share some notes on some points that I think you may be mistaken or perhaps misled on:

> Prevalence is <6% for vaccinated adults, and most cases resolve in 12 weeks (See Wikipedia). 

From the Wikipedia article you mention, it says 6-7%. I believe this risk is *per infection* as well. If someone gets infected 3 times/year, that's in the area of 17% / year of getting Long COVID.

From the source that "most cases resolve in 12 weeks", the full sentence is "Approximately two thirds of patients who have persisting symptoms at four weeks can expect to be recovered by 12 weeks". A 1/3 chance of getting persisting Long COVID is not very favourable odds, in my opinion.

> I think your image is misleading because it doesn't account for the overall percentage of getting long covid in the first place. Also there's no citations, but I get that it's social media and all. 

I think you may have interpreted my sharing a graphic about symptoms of Long COVID as implying a higher chance of getting Long COVID? The intention was not to imply that the existance of these symptoms makes them more likely, it was to state what possible risks come with each COVID infection.

I'm quite intentional about getting my information from primary sources, and not believing anything I see on social media as true on its own. The graphic I included is from Wikipedia as well and is from a cited source.

You might also be interested in this study, which suggests that Long COVID prevalence may be as high as 23% of the population: https://www.cell.com/med/fulltext/S2666-6340(24)00407-0

The CDC does indeed say what you quoted. It also says, "(1) People can be reinfected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, multiple times. Each time a person is infected or reinfected with SARS-CoV-2, they have a risk of developing Long COVID. (2) Living with Long COVID can be hard, especially when there are no immediate answers or solutions."

Stay safe,

~ Kira