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Covid-19: Impact of long term symptoms will be profound, warns BMA

BMJ 2020; 370 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m3218 (Published 13 August 2020) Cite this as: BMJ 2020;370:m3218

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Re: Covid-19: Impact of long term symptoms will be profound, warns BMA

Dear Editor,

A simple question:

What is the difference between so-called long-term Covid and postviral fatigue syndrome? Everything I have read so far suggests they are the same thing, and if so to treat "Long Covid" as some special phenomenon seems misplaced.

Competing interests: No competing interests

05 September 2020
Andrew N Bamji
Retired consultant rheumatologist
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