# Long Covid - what's the prevalence and prognosis?

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**Category:** The Quarantine Zone\
**Tags:** covid-quarantine\
**Created:** [March 4, 2021, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-covid-whats-the-prevalence-and-prognosis/937157 "2021-03-04T08:31:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2021, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-covid-whats-the-prevalence-and-prognosis/937157/48 "2021-05-12T23:51:49Z")

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I suppose @Riemann is suggesting that two people breathing hard, probably in each other’s faces, might, just might, be at some risk of transmitting COVID between them if either of them had an active infection.

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