# Long Covid **URL:** \ **Category:** The Quarantine Zone\ **Tags:** factual, covid-quarantine\ **Created:** [March 26, 2021, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-covid/938760 "2021-03-26T10:51:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [March 27, 2021, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-covid/938760/23 "2021-03-27T17:12:21Z")
This site is for pros by subscription, but they’ve made their coronavirus coverage free for the duration. I spent a lot of time on this site for the first few months. If my links appear paywalled to you, you can sign up with nothing more than an email address. Anyhow, here’s a quickie on long COVID with links to some interesting research. > **[COVID-19 'Long-Haul' Symptoms Overlap With ME/CFS](https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/948223)** > > Long-term symptoms following acute COVID-19 illness were predictable based on prior experience with postviral fatigue syndromes including myalgic encephalomyelitis, experts say. And here > **[Long COVID Brings Welcome Attention to POTS](https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/948174)** > > Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) is one manifestation of so-called long-haul COVID. Patients may benefit from research funding. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2021, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-covid/938760/24 "2021-03-29T13:05:52Z")
Is there any data re: the overlap between long covid and vaccinations? I suspect vaccs are too new for folk to have developed long COVID AFTER having been vacced. But I thought I’ve seen suggestions (no idea how/whether reliable) that vaccs have helped folk experiencing long COVID. ---
**Author:** ![Bootb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19b73/32.png) [@Bootb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootb)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2021, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-covid/938760/25 "2021-03-30T23:48:08Z")
Early indications are encouraging. > **[Vaccines helping to alleviate COVID-19 long-hauler symptoms](https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/vaccine/its-got-to-be-the-vaccine-covid-19-long-hauler-feeling-relief-after-1st-dose-shot/275-411e2420-a2b6-47d9-98b1-b55bf1b190bf)** > > Joy Hovestadt lost her sense of smell in March 2020. A year later, it was still gone. But the vaccine is helping. ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2021, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-covid/938760/26 "2021-04-01T19:33:40Z")
From the UK, this just in: > **[Long Covid: More than a million affected in February, survey suggests](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-56601911)** > > Official statistics suggest one in five people experience ongoing symptoms five weeks after infection. > **About one in five people have symptoms of long Covid five weeks after an initial infection and one in seven after 12 weeks, an Office of National Statistics (ONS) survey suggests.** > > It estimates that 1.1 million people were affected in the UK in the four weeks from 6 February. > > About 20% of people said ongoing symptoms limited their day-to-day activities a lot. The article has a couple of interesting charts on: the most prevalent symptoms present five weeks after (presumed) infection date; and prevalence in different age groups five weeks after (presumed) infection date. j [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-covid/938760.md?page=1)