- A new study suggests that symptoms commonly associated with ‘long Covid’, such as tiredness, brain fog, and muscle pain, are just as likely to occur in people who never caught Covid.
- The study found that there was no significant difference in the likelihood of developing symptoms like chronic fatigue syndrome between those who had Covid and those who did not.
- Researchers recruited over 4,000 adults who tested positive for Covid and found that three to four percent reported symptoms consistent with chronic fatigue syndrome.
- The study’s findings indicate that Covid is no more likely than other acute illnesses to be associated with chronic symptom burden from chronic fatigue syndrome.
- The research adds to a growing body of evidence suggesting that long Covid could be overblown or attributed to other illnesses.
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