Long COVID Is Real, and Many Real Questions Remain | WebMD

This article shares insights made by CEID Founding Director Dr. Nahid Bhadelia during a recent Infectious Diseases Society of America media briefing on long COVID:

“…Unanswered questions include: Does an autoimmune reaction drive long COVID? Does the coronavirus linger in reservoirs within the body and reactivate later? What protection against long COVID do vaccines and treatments offer, if any?

To get a handle on these and other questions, nailing down a standard definition of long COVID would be a good start.’Studies so far have used different definitions of long COVID,’ Nahid Bhadelia, MD, founding director of the Boston University Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases Policy and Research, said during the briefing.

Fatigue is the most common symptom of long COVID in research so far, said Bhadelia, who is also an associate professor of medicine at Boston University. ‘What’s difficult in this situation is it’s been 2 years in a global pandemic. We’re all fatigued. How do you tease this apart?’ she asked.…”

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