The Long-Term Health Impacts of Being Infected With the Coronavirus

Experts take clues from other infections and predict what the future might hold for Covid-19 survivors

Dana G Smith
Elemental
Published in
9 min readMay 19, 2020

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In the Covid-19 self-help group Survivor Corps on Facebook, people share their symptoms of crippling fatigue, feeling groggy or fuzzy-headed, joint pain and deep bone aches, chest…

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Dana G Smith
Elemental

Health and science writer • PhD in 🧠 • Words in Scientific American, STAT, The Atlantic, The Guardian • Award-winning Covid-19 coverage for Elemental