Long Covet

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There may be multiple different causes of long covet, we need a by marker to try to understand what kinds of drivers are present in witch patients. There was some recent work from university hospital zuric that found lower levels of certain antibodies in people with long covid. It's too early to tell what percentage of people who got omicron variant will develop long coved,. But i suspect it will be similar to the other variants in thea strain of sarscove too, that lead to long covet. And even without that, we already have existing millions of people having long covet around the world. So on top of it, i'm afraid that the omic

Extreme fatigue, brain fog, sleep disturbances, chest pain and skin rashes. These are just a few of the on-going symptoms of long Covid, a disorder that can persist for many months after an initial Covid infection. With such a vast range of symptoms, and health organisations stretched to capacity by the acute stage of the disease, long Covid has continued to remain something of a mystery. But with numerous studies trying to understand what exactly people are suffering from, progress is being made. Ian Sample speaks to Prof Akiko Iwasaki about what we do and don’t know about long Covid, and how the vaccine could reveal clues about what’s behind the disorder. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/sciencepod