While emerging research suggests the omicron variant may be less likely to lead to severe disease, those who have long Covid say they desperately want to avoid reinfection.
in November in southern Africa. Therefore, it is too early to see how it will play out in the coming months.
Still, there is no evidence to suggest omicron would behave differently compared to previous variants. Covid resulted inOmicron's apparent propensity to cause less serious illness may provide a false sense of security, said Dr. Greg Vanichkachorn, medical director of the Mayo Clinic's Covid-19 Activity Rehabilitation Program in Rochester, Minnesota.
"Over three-quarters of our patients had very mild illnesses and then went on to develop long-haul Covid," he said.from the Penn State College of Medicine estimated that more than half of those with Covid will have symptoms for at least six months following their infection.
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