Vaccination, Omicron and being a man could reduce your risk of long COVID

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About 14% of people surveyed in the US say they had lingering COVID-19 symptoms past two months, according to international researchers. The team surveyed 16,000 people to search for trends in long COVID, defined as symptoms lasting 2 months or more. Comparing those who reported long COVID symptoms to those who didn't, the researchers say long COVID was more likely in women and people aged over 40. Long COVID symptoms were less common among those who had Omicron compared to the original variant and among those who were vaccinated, they say.

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From: JAMA

About The Study: In this study of more than 16,000 individuals, 15% with a prior positive COVID-19 test reported symptoms lasting longer than two months. Those who completed a primary vaccination series prior to infection were less likely to report long COVID symptoms. The risk varied among individual subgroups.

Authors: Roy H. Perlis, M.D., M.Sc., of Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, is the corresponding author.

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conference: JAMA Network Open

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Organisation/s: Massachusetts General Hospital, USA

Funder: The survey was supported in part by the National Science Foundation (Drs Ognyanova, Druckman, Baum, and Lazer).

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