
A new preprint from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) RECOVER study found that COVID reinfections may increase the risk of Long COVID by about 35%.

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Attempting to recover or improve your quality of life with Long Covid or other IACCs today is a Sisyphean effort. Our governments, public health organizations, and leaders have condemned us to an underworld (a wayside?) where we push the boulder of our recovery up a mountain, only to be reinfected and watch it tumble back…





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