Everything We Know About Long-Haul COVID | Health Digest

CEID Faculty Dr. David Hamer’s insights on long COVID are quoted:

“…While SARS-CoV-2 was initially believed to be a respiratory infection, scientists now know that it can directly or indirectly affect the brain. ‘This is a systemic illness and it affects many parts of the body. The brain fog — or really I would call it difficulty concentrating and difficulty thinking — is something that is described in a number of different viral infections,’ Dr. Davidson Hamer, an infectious disease expert and Professor of Global Health and Medicine at the Boston University School of Public Health and School of Medicine, told NBC Boston. ‘And it may persist for weeks and that’s definitely been a challenge for people who have long COVID….’”

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