'Long Covid' makes the pandemic even scarier

The coronavirus - unlike its cousins, the common cold or most seasonal flus - apparently likes to linger. And how long these symptoms can stay in our systems remains to be seen. PHOTO: REUTERS

(BLOOMBERG) Unless you learnt Latin and Greek or went to medical school, words such as "sequelae", "encephalopathy" or "anosmia" probably mean nothing to you. That may be about to change, at least if you try to keep up with the literature about Covid-19.

And if you're like me, the more you learn, the more you'll worry.

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