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The Latest on Long Covid

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Long COVID and EBV Reactivation

Long COVID can also in some people be in inflammatory condition whereby the immune system remains activated long after the infection has passed and targets the wrong tissues. Natalie McDermott who we heard from earlier is in the fairly rare position of experiencing what it's like to have long COVID as well as being an infectious diseases doctor herself she thinks in her case an inflammatory reaction against the wrong tissue might be part of the story nothing new there Lawrence Young he's from the University of Warwick thank you Lawrence.

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