The road to addressing Long Covid

NA Alwan�- Science, 2021 - science.org
Science, 2021science.org
The risk of COVID-19 has been largely communicated only in terms of deaths and hospital
capacity, with recovery and survival conflated with each other. Around one in three people
with symptomatic COVID-19 still experience symptoms 12 weeks after onset. Long Covid
can be experienced by all age groups and not only those with acute severe disease. The
debilitating symptoms are wide-ranging, multisystemic, and predominantly fluctuating or
relapsing. There is still much to understand about Long Covid, but what is not well�…
The risk of COVID-19 has been largely communicated only in terms of deaths and hospital capacity, with recovery and survival conflated with each other. Around one in three people with symptomatic COVID-19 still experience symptoms 12 weeks after onset . Long Covid can be experienced by all age groups and not only those with acute severe disease. The debilitating symptoms are wide-ranging, multisystemic, and predominantly fluctuating or relapsing. There is still much to understand about Long Covid, but what is not well understood should not be ignored.
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