How will long Covid play out over the coming years?
Long Covid experts say we need better diagnostic criteria, better testing, better clinical trials and individualised treatments, alongside support systems for those affected over the coming years.
The story of long Covid is just beginning, and no one — not even the experts — knows how it will play out.
The “known knowns” are that few, if any, health systems around the world are equipped to cope with the parallel pandemic of long Covid. It will have profound social and economic impacts above and beyond the already devastating effects of acute Sars-CoV-2 infection.
