# Coronavirus COVID-19 (2019-nCoV) Thread - 2022 Breaking News **URL:** \ **Category:** The Quarantine Zone\ **Tags:** covid-quarantine\ **Created:** [January 1, 2022, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2022-breaking-news/957022 "2022-01-01T05:02:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 481
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A big study in the Lancet find that those who survive covid have an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes. > [@Long Covid - what's the prevalence and prognosis?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-covid-whats-the-prevalence-and-prognosis/937157/77): > > Covid increases the risk of developing type 2 diabetes. A big review of data from the US veteran’s administration hospitals finds that those who survived covid for 30 days were about 40% more likely to develop diabetes than if they hadn’t had covid. That was an increase in the number of cases of about 13.5 per 1000 at twelve months. The increased risk was greater for those who were seriously ill with covid than for those who had milder cases, but were still significant for those who weren’t hos… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2022-breaking-news/957022)._