Eric Topol March 23, 2023
While the risk of severe, acute Covid that leads to hospitalization or death has decreased during the 3+ years of the pandemic, the primary concern has shifted to the chronic side—winding up with Long Covid. My colleagues and I reviewed Long Covid in-depth earlier this year, but there have been new reports that firm up evidence for 4 ways to reduce the likelihood of chronic sequelae from a Covid infection (or re-infection).
Novid
The first and only definitive way is to avoid Covid infections. As I previously reviewed, there are still approximately 10-15% of Americans who are likely Novids, never having been infected (potentially confirmed with negative anti-nucleocapsid antibodies), and that per cent will continue to decrease over time as...
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