Gabriele Pollara<p>> Both SARS-CoV-2 and non-COVID-19 acute respiratory infections are associated with a wide range of symptoms more than 4 weeks after the acute infection<</p><p>In other words, long Covid is a thing, but is not completely unique to Covid. </p><p>"Long-term symptom profiles after COVID-19 vs other acute respiratory infections: an analysis of data from the COVIDENCE UK study"</p><p><a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/COVID19" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>COVID19</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/longCOVID" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>longCOVID</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/influenza" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>influenza</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/URTI" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>URTI</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/infectiousdiseases" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>infectiousdiseases</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/IDMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>IDMastodon</span></a> <br /><a href="https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(23)00428-5/fulltext?dgcid=raven_jbs_aip_email#%20" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/</span><span class="invisible">article/PIIS2589-5370(23)00428-5/fulltext?dgcid=raven_jbs_aip_email#%20</span></a></p>