Most long covid effects resolve within a year after mild infection | BMJ - ISS-G20 Laboratorium Repository

Most symptoms or conditions that develop after mild covid-19 infection linger for several months but return to normal within a year, finds a large study from Israel published by The BMJ today.

In particular, vaccinated people were at lower risk of breathing difficulties – the most common effect to develop after mild infection – compared with unvaccinated people.

These findings suggest that, although the long covid phenomenon has been feared and discussed since the beginning of the pandemic, the vast majority of mild disease cases do not suffer serious or chronic long term illness, say the researchers.

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